Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 282 Leonard's mission was successfully completed
Odysseus had never imagined that during the Fourth Epoch, the Balam Empire's military station had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

When he saw the walls glowing with a pale white light, he knew that part of the military station was still in operation.

Next, he ordered the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" to charge up its energy in case something suddenly rushed out from inside, and then immediately floated up, as far away from the military station as possible.

But when the "Argo" floated to the surface of the sea, Odysseus and others immediately saw that there was a person standing steadily on the water in the rough sea.

The staff in his hand was about one meter long. The top of the staff was a circle with a dark blue gem in the middle.

This time, because I was close, I could finally see the other person's face clearly.

He stared at the "Argo" with cold eyes, but it was not the face of a living person. Several black, bone-exposing areas had rotted away on its cheeks.

At the same time, Odysseus noticed that the other person had pointed ears and seemed to be an elf in his lifetime.

But there was no time to ask about the other party's race. When Odysseus saw the "quality" of the gem on the staff in the other party's hand, he knew that this guy was an enemy at the demigod level.

"Soul-destroying cannon! Fire!" Before others could react, Odysseus gave the order decisively.

If the distance is too far, the enemy may have a chance to dodge, but when the distance is so close, the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" arrives in an instant, continuously firing "cannonballs" and instantly pushing the "Elf" far away.

Under the continuous impact of the "Soul-Destroying Cannon", the "Elf" was blown to pieces, but Odysseus noticed that every piece of flesh rolled down the sea, just like rolling down the hillside, and not a single piece fell into the sea.

"Turn! Turn!" The moment the Soul-Extinguishing Cannon went out, Odysseus practically shouted, "Get away from the 'dangerous sea' as fast as possible!"

The "Argo" quickly turned the rudder, cut through the waves and escaped from here.

At this time, the others reacted one after another. Bazel reminded: "Captain! That staff... that staff... if we had captured it..."

"I saw it!" Odysseus clenched his fists and said, "But you also have to know that fighting a demigod from the Sailor path at sea is courting death!
"Even if the opponent is not in the right state and cannot display the true strength of a demigod, it is still courting death!"

A long time ago, Odysseus had warned himself not to be overly greedy on this sea.

Just like now, don’t think about the staff. If you run slower, you may end up in the sea.

As Odysseus spoke, he quickly came to the window at the back and observed the "elf" through a telescope.

Just as he expected, the elf's flesh rolled to the bottom of the waves, began to gather again, and soon pieced together, riding on the waves and strong wind to catch up.

Odysseus's scalp suddenly tingled. He now understood Balke's feelings just now.

Others also saw that the "elf" was catching up again.

Leonard asked, "Should we use the Soul-Exterminating Cannon again?"

"We need to rest for two minutes. Well, now we only need to rest for 80 seconds." Odysseus said: "Prepare the ice bombs on the stern of the ship's 'Extraordinary Machine Gun' and fire!"

Bang bang bang bang bang~
The firing of the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" made the sea behind it icy cold. Although the "Elf" was not afraid of such shells, every time it lifted its feet, its legs would be frozen by the ice, seriously affecting its speed.

So the "elf" raised his staff high, and fish made of sea water appeared on the sea surface, helping him block the shells of the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon".

Odysseus ordered: "Charge the 'Electromagnetic Cannon'!"

After the "elf" caught up, he was about to raise his staff to attack, but was hit by an "electromagnetic cannon" first.

He was not afraid of electricity, and he conducted the current generated by the "electromagnetic gun" into the sea water. However, the silver-white flames brought by the current restrained the undead creatures to a certain extent, and it took time for it to be extinguished.

Just after the "elf" dealt with the flames on its body, the rest time of the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" ended, and it smashed the "elf" into pieces again and pushed it far away.

……

In the distance, the "Skeleton", which was already badly damaged but still standing, was leaving the sea area at its fastest speed.

Balk, the captain of the "Skull", watched the fight between the "Argo" and the "Elf" carefully through a telescope.

He knew very well that the zombie-like "elf" was the "demigod soldier" of the Balam Empire, a "zombie" transformed by His Majesty the "Emperor of the Underworld" himself.

However, after the fall of the "King of Hell", they also suffered a huge impact, and most of them could no longer move.

Although this "elf" can still chase ships, the "wisdom" it retains is far lower than that of the Fourth Epoch, and it can only use some demigod-level abilities.

Otherwise, if the "Elf" had created several whirlpools in front of the "Skull" or used large waves to block it, the "Skull" would have sunk long ago.

To be exact, the "Skeleton" was almost sunk just now, but fortunately the "Argo" attracted the attention of the "Elf" at the critical moment.

At this time, Balk noticed that the "elf" chased after it for the third time, and at the cost of being smashed again, the "Argo" was suddenly trapped in the white "lightning forest".

The "Argo" was immediately injured, but Balk saw that the speed at which the fragments of the "elf" gathered together was significantly slower this time.

……

In the cockpit of the "Argo".

The crew watched the entire ship being swallowed by the "thunder forest". Everyone seemed to feel the power of the sea in an instant, and became very helpless and confused for a moment.

At this moment, everyone seems to have the same idea: this is not a force that can be resisted by human power!

After more than a dozen lightning bolts, the "shield" of the "Argo" was broken. Odysseus quickly opened the door of the cab and continuously threw "defense scrolls" at the "Soul-Destroying Cannon".

Because this is the only thing that can hold back the "elf".

Not until he threw out all the "defense scrolls" did he finally save the "Soul-Destroying Cannon".

However, the mast of the "Argo" was broken by lightning, and the broken part fell on the deck. The "Extraordinary Machine Gun" at the stern was also struck by lightning, causing a malfunction and could no longer be used.

Another lightning strike split the wall of the wheelhouse, injuring the boatswain Salina and a member of the "Red Gloves".

A big hole appeared in the wall, and the sea breeze rushed in, and rainwater also flowed in. Everyone was in a hurry and tried to block the hole with a sealing blanket.

For a moment, everyone finally felt the power of the demigod of the "Sailor" path on the sea.

But this is not the end, because the "elf" catches up again.

However, Odysseus, who was observing the rear with a telescope, said: "One more shot, and we should be out of danger."

He also noticed that this time the "elf" took longer to recover than before, and its entire body was twisted and distorted, as if it could break apart again at any time.

The "Soul-Destroying Cannon" was originally a weapon invented by Odysseus to deal with undead creatures. It is extremely aggressive to spirits. After a few shots, the accumulated effect finally appeared.

Even if the "elves" are "zombies" transformed by the "King of Hell", the "King of Hell" has fallen for such a long time that its combat effectiveness can no longer be compared with that of more than a thousand years ago.

This time, the "Elf" still used the method of exchanging injuries for injuries. It was hit by a cannon, and also allowed a hurricane with a drill at the end to hit the "Soul-Destroying Cannon".

Although Odysseus no longer had the "Defense Scroll", fortunately he still had three "Scale Armor Scrolls". He quickly used one of them, so that the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" was only "twisted" and not directly destroyed.

However, the "Soul-Destroying Cannon" and "Spirit Wave Cannon" can no longer be used. First, they cannot be aimed again, and second, they are prone to "explosion".

Fortunately, the "elf"'s recovery speed became slower, but Odysseus noticed that the "elf's" flesh was still rolling down from the water surface, and no piece sank to the bottom of the water.

In other words, as long as you get close to it, it will still be very aggressive, and Odysseus immediately gave up the idea of picking up the staff.

The "Argo" continued to travel at the fastest speed, and finally left the "Elf" far behind, and the storm around it gradually subsided.

After driving for another half an hour, the storm gradually disappeared. When everyone saw the starry sky, they realized that they were finally out of danger.

The experience of this battle made everyone feel like they had survived a disaster.

At this time, Odysseus went to check the injuries of the crew members. Fortunately, they were not seriously injured. They were just knocked unconscious by the electric shock and had some skin burned.

Odysseus took out the "Biological Waist Ring" from the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and performed a minor operation on them, and they were no longer seriously injured.

Just as Odysseus was about to drink a beer to relieve his fatigue, Bazel, who was on duty, sounded the alarm.

Odysseus hurried to the cab and found the "Skeleton".

This ghost ship looked even worse than the Argo, with two of its three masts broken and a large section of its hull missing.

At this time, the ghost ship was being dragged forward by the corpses of two large fish.

The two ships sailed on the calm sea, making Odysseus feel like brothers in distress.

Odysseus observed carefully before giving the order: "Move closer to the 'Skull'."

The crew members were all stunned. Even Leonard said, "We have tried our best."

Odysseus smiled and said, "The Argo has been badly damaged. Someone has to bear the cost of our losses."

Of course, he was half joking when he said this. The reason for making such a decision was that the "Argo" still had an "extraordinary machine gun" that could be used, the ship's "shield" was also restored, and Odysseus could also directly use the scroll to attack the opponent.

The key point is that the enemy is more tired than the crew of the "Argo", especially Balk. In order to resist the "elves" before, he summoned many undead and corpses, and should have consumed a lot of spiritual energy. Now is a good time to destroy the enemy.

Now that the captain had given the order, the crew immediately went into combat mode.

When the "Skull" saw that the "Argo" was chasing it, it immediately changed course and escaped.

But the "Argo" was in hot pursuit and soon came into the range of the "Extraordinary Machine Gun".

Odysseus immediately ordered: "Fire!"

Bang bang bang bang bang~
The flaming shells ejected from the ship instantly engulfed the stern of the "Skull" in a sea of fire.

But then, a giant octopus corpse climbed onto the stern of the Skeleton, using its decayed body to block the artillery fire.

When Odysseus saw the "Skeleton" responding in this way, he immediately felt relieved. This meant that the opponent was no longer able to attack. After a while, the opponent could only launch a desperate attack.

The "Extraordinary Machine Gun" fired continuously for three minutes and then entered a resting state.

During these three minutes, the corpses of several large marine creatures were smashed, and the tail of the "Skeleton" was beaten like a sieve, with a tendency to sink from the rear half.

At this time, Captain Cleveland, who was in charge of the lookout on the deck, reported: "Captain, the speed of the 'Skull' has suddenly slowed down."

Odysseus put down the telescope and ordered, "Noy, guard the wheelhouse. The rest of the crew, all go up on deck and prepare for battle!"

Coming to the deck, the first mate Bazel commanded the "Extraordinary Puppet" to throw the broken mast into the sea.

However, an iron chain has been tied to the mast, and the "Argo" will tow the mast forward, because there are many extraordinary designs on this mast and it cannot be easily discarded.

As Odysseus expected, the "Skull" slowed down in order to engage in close combat with the "Argo".

When the two sides were close enough, the giant evil spirit that had previously split the waves, lightning and hurricanes appeared on the side of the "Skull".

But this time, the evil spirit was not as solid as before.

The giant evil spirit raised its axe and rushed towards the "Argo". The crew was prepared for the "shield" to break again because the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" was not very effective against the evil spirit.

However, Odysseus calmly threw a "Sea Serpent Scroll" into the sea.

Hula~
Leonard and others saw a bulge in the sea water, which transformed into a giant sea snake.

This sea serpent had scales made of water and a tongue made of water. It rushed over and wrapped around the giant evil spirit, biting the opponent's axe, completely trapping the giant evil spirit.

Leonard glanced at Captain Gar next to him. He had heard something about the abilities of the Scroll Professor, but had never heard of such a scroll and ability.

At this moment, he deeply realized that Bishop Dean's evaluation was correct. Although Captain Gar was only a Sequence 6, he already had the strength of a "Pirate General".

Balk, who had an iron prosthetic left hand, had just taken advantage of the cover of the giant evil spirit and, with the help of evil spirits or the corpses of large sea fish, had rushed to the vicinity of the "Argo".

Balke's arrangement was wise because he found that the Argo was a small sea ship and would not have too many crew members or combatants.

So after the "Skull"'s spiritual power was almost exhausted, Balk chose close combat.

The first thing that greeted them was the "Extraordinary Machine Cannon" and the "Extraordinary Machine Gun". Balke had been prepared for this and used the corpses of large fish as cover. These two weapons did not kill many people.

However, the attack of the "Extraordinary Mortar" caught them somewhat off guard.

Especially when used in conjunction with the "Explosive Scroll", it can explode a large area.

As the giant evil spirit grew dimmer and gradually disappeared, the sea serpent summoned by Odysseus also turned back into sea water and fell into the sea.

At this time, the pirates of the "Skeleton" pirate group also successfully boarded the deck of the "Argo".

At this point, machine guns and other extraordinary weapons could easily injure their own people, so they were rendered useless. However, they were met by "Extraordinary Puppets" armed with swords, possessing steely bones and a fearlessness of death. Almost simultaneously, Odysseus unleashed a "Scale Armor Scroll," charged at the enemy, and kicked one back into the sea.

At this time, two huge tentacles suddenly stretched out from the sea, and at the same time a foul smell came. Balk summoned a huge sea beast corpse again, trying to drag the "Argo" into the water.

Odysseus quickly used a "Sea Serpent Scroll" and dived into the sea to fight with the corpse of the sea monster.

He looked around and soon found Balk standing on the corpse of a large sea fish.

Odysseus grabbed a "flying scroll" and rushed forward, but at the moment the scroll exploded, a strong light suddenly appeared.

The moment Odysseus fell, he realized that he had made a low-level mistake and mistook the "Scorching Sun Scroll" for the "Flying Scroll".

Just when he was about to fall into the water, he opened the second scroll, and this time it was finally the "Flying Scroll".

Odysseus quickly flew away and threw a "Flying Scroll" to Leonard, shouting, "The one hiding on the skeleton!"

The reason why he made such a low-level mistake just now was probably because of the ability of the first mate of the "Skull", which made him very unlucky.

Leonard, who was fighting with the pirates, kicked his opponent away, caught the scroll, and saw the target pointed by Odysseus.

That was the first mate of the "Skull" pirate group, a "Disaster Priest".

Leonard used the "Flying Scroll" and quickly rushed towards the opponent to fight.

Odysseus used the method of "travel" to appear beside Balk: "Harvest!"

Balk tried to dodge, but this ability could not be avoided at all. He had to summon an evil spirit to block in front of him. He was hit by a punch from Odysseus, and both he and the evil spirit were knocked into the water.

Although Balk was not seriously injured due to the obstruction of the evil spirit, he was injured after all.

He quickly summoned a skeleton more than three meters tall on the sea surface. The skeleton held a two-handed sword and slashed heavily at Odysseus.

Odysseus ignored the blow and raised his gloved hand: "Imprison!"

The two-handed sword hit Odysseus, but a layer of illusory dark blue scales appeared at the place where he was hit.

The giant sword slipped and slid into the sea.

Odysseus was unharmed.

"Death!" Odysseus used a combo, flew over and knocked Balk away.

This blow seriously injured Balk. He was about to summon the help of the undead, but Odysseus used his "harvest" ability again, hitting Balk's lower abdomen and breaking all his internal organs.

The "big pirate" twitched a few times and died in the cold sea water.

Odysseus took a deep breath. Although the ability of "harvest" can be used continuously, using it for the second time will consume a lot of spiritual energy!
He carried Balke's body, flew into the air, and shouted, "Balke is dead!"

The pirates suddenly wavered, and some of them were ready to run back.

After Odysseus threw Balk's body on the deck, he went to besiege the "Disaster Priest" with Leonard.

While Leonard was trying to resolve his bad luck, he launched an offensive and gradually gained the upper hand.

The addition of Odysseus immediately expanded the advantage and soon killed the first mate.

With the deaths of the captain and first mate of the "Skeleton" pirate group, they completely lost their morale and finally began to flee back. But at this time they saw that the "Skeleton" had actually sailed away on its own, and headed towards the "dangerous waters" on its own.

Not only were they surprised, but Odysseus was also very surprised.

But he thought about it and didn't pursue.

This ghost ship is obviously more powerful than the "Ghost". After Balk's death, there may have been a crew member who stayed behind, who was not sure whether he was unlucky or lucky, and became the new captain.

The reason why he might be unlucky is because this ship has some "negative effects". If he is below Sequence 6 and is not a Beyonder on the "Death God" path, he is likely to be "counter-controlled" by this ship.

In any case, now that it has a new captain, the "Skull" may regain a certain degree of combat effectiveness, and the "Argo" is no longer able to pursue.

There was no longer any suspense in the battle. As the pirates who had boarded the deck were eliminated, the "Extraordinary Puppet" began to fire into the sea with the "Extraordinary Machine Gun", and the remaining pirates immediately surrendered.

Leonard flew back to the deck, took a look at Buckle's body, and said to Odysseus, "We need an environment where we won't be disturbed."

"Go to my studio," Odysseus reiterated, "but his head and Beyonder characteristics belong to me."

Leonard immediately said, "No problem."

After saying that, he and three members of the "Red Gloves" quickly went below deck with Balk's body.

Odysseus had little interest in the secrets of the Church of the Evernight Goddess. He asked Bazel to tie the captives around the mast and asked Rupert to clean up the battlefield.

After more than half an hour, the captives were tied up on the deck. Odysseus asked, "Are there any pirates with bounties among them?"

"There are three." Basel had noticed this when he received the prisoners just now.

"Kill them," said Odysseus.

Amidst the pirates' pleas for mercy, Basel fired three shots, killing the three pirates.

On the other side, the spoils were also recovered. These spoils mainly included extraordinary characteristics, heads with bounties, and two sealed objects.

Because of the close combat this time, the bounty of the "Skeleton" pirate group was basically seized.

After the battlefield was cleaned up, the "Argo" set sail again and headed for the Island of Nohaus. Odysseus planned to repair the "Argo" on this island.

Leonard and the others had also completed the "spiritual communication" and handed over Balk's extraordinary characteristics and corpse to Odysseus.

Leonard said, "I hope to purchase Balk's Beyonder, as well as the other Beyonders of the 'Death God' pathway captured in this battle."

"No problem." Odysseus smiled. "But we have to divide the spoils first. I'll discuss the price of these Beyonder traits with you tomorrow."

Leonard smiled and said, "Okay."

Then Odysseus asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" to watch over the pirates, while the other crew members went into the cockpit to divide the spoils.

"The prize money for this round of battle depends on how much bounty we can collect," Odysseus said. "However, the cost of repairing the Argo will be paid from the bounty, and then we will divide the remaining bounty."

No one had any objections. If the "Argo" hadn't been so reliable today, they would have been buried at the bottom of the sea long ago.

Then Odysseus said: "Just like last time, I have prepared spoils for you.

"You can choose from the spoils according to your own contributions, or choose the spoils I have prepared for you."

He paused for a moment and then said, "First Mate, in the last battle, you already obtained a quarter of the Beyonder characteristics. Combined with the contribution you made in this battle, you can definitely obtain the complete characteristics.

"Second Mate, you chose to accumulate merit in the last battle. With the merit from this battle, you can redeem the complete features."

First mate Bazel and second mate Rupert smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain!"

"I want to remind you," Odysseus said, "because the characteristics you need are all captured in battle, it is relatively easy to obtain the extraordinary characteristics required for promotion.

"If you exchange merit for corresponding characteristics, it won't be so easy."

Then he said to the other members, "For example, Cleveland has obtained one-third of the extraordinary characteristics of 'Weapon Master' this time.

"In this case, although you can apply for an early promotion, you still owe a debt of one-third of the characteristics."

Cleveland nodded and said, "I understand."

Odysseus began to announce the spoils that others would obtain: "Boris will get one-third of the 'Arsonist' trait, and both Salina and Noy will get the complete promotion trait."

Without exception, they all chose the spoils the captain had prepared for them.

At the same time they gave up the opportunity to choose the spoils from the captured spoils, and those spoils once again belonged to Odysseus.

Everyone has consumed a lot of physical energy in today's battle, so we will talk about promotion tomorrow.

Leonard's mission was completed, so Odysseus used "Travel" to send the members of the "Red Gloves" back to Bayam. He also took the heads of those with bounties and handed them over to Bishop Dean.

Bishop Dean promised to come and collect the reward tomorrow morning, and the full reward.

Then Odysseus returned to the "Argo" to rest. At about ten o'clock in the evening, the "Argo" finally arrived at the port of Nohaus Island.

Odysseus first dropped the captives on the dock and then sailed into the dock on the island.

There are people on duty in the dock to deal with emergencies such as people coming to repair the ship at night.

It’s just that the staff member on duty drank a lot of alcohol and thought that he was dizzy from drinking too much. Otherwise, how could the ship enter the dock without its sails?

The boat will be docked for now, and repairs will have to wait until tomorrow.

So after Odysseus arranged the order of everyone's night duty, he returned to the captain's room to rest.

The next morning, after the crew had breakfast, Odysseus gave the crew the extraordinary characteristics he had promised last night.

However, these are all "processed" features, only the part that needs to be promoted.

Both Bazel and Rupert are still lacking the main auxiliary materials, so they will have to wait until the materials are available before they can be promoted.

Odysseus has all the auxiliary materials that Salina and Noy need, but Salina is temporarily unable to advance due to her injury. On this morning, only Noy successfully completed the advancement and became Sequence 8 "Joker".

Then Odysseus began to assign tasks. After a while, Bazel had to return to Bayam to complete the tasks he had assigned.

Rupert will replace Beavis, and the third mate and Noy will be Odysseus's assistants in repairing the "Argo".

But before that, Odysseus went to discuss the ship repair with the shipyard.

After the other ship's engineer boarded the ship and took a look around, he found that the damage to the "Argo" was not serious. It only needed to repair the mast, a piece of deck and a few holes in the wall.

The mast can still use the broken section. The repair plan is to drill a hole in the middle of the mast and connect it with steel.

Then fix it with steel nails on the outside and put on a layer of steel hoops.

As for the deck and walls, they were even simpler to repair and could be done in about two days.

However, Odysseus paid more money, so the shipyard promised to repair it in one day.

The rest of the damage had to be repaired by Odysseus. He first asked Rupert to replace Beavis and then gave priority to repairing the "Spirit Wave Cannon".

Last night, Odysseus's scrolls were not wasted. The main structure of the "Spirit Wave Cannon" was not damaged, only some parts that fixed the gun body and adjusted the direction were broken.

The machine gun at the stern of the ship was severely damaged, with a hole in the shield needing to be patched, and many major parts and magic arrays were broken.

Odysseus first made the parts that needed to be carved, and gave the drawings to Beavis and Noy, asking them to carve them in the studio.

Odysseus brought Bazel back to Bayam, and Bazel first went to collect the bounty that the "Deep Blue" pirate group had previously obtained.

A total of 8100 pounds was rewarded, 3350 pounds was given as a bonus to the crew, and the rest belonged to Odysseus.

After a brief chat with Bazel, Odysseus used "travel" to come to the corner around the Church of Tranquility, then entered the church and met with Bishop Dean.

The two of them returned to the reception room where they had first met.

Bishop Dean, who was wearing a bishop's robe, smiled and said, "Leonard had already embarked on his return journey last night.

"They returned by airship and may have reached Backlund by now."

Odysseus nodded and thought: It seems that everyone in this channel is working overtime and won’t wait for an extra night.

"Leonard asked me to say goodbye to you on his behalf," Bishop Dean added, "He said it was a pleasure working with you."

Odysseus smiled and said, "I also feel very happy to cooperate with him."

Bishop Dean sighed, "I really envy the friendship between you young people."

He paused and continued, "Alright, let's get down to business first. Leonard should have told you that we hope to acquire some of the features you've seized.

“How about we talk about the price of those features?”

(End of this chapter)