Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 286: Harvesting the First Level 1 Sealed Artifact
The moment Odysseus's messenger, Elbella Stiano, appeared, the sense of threat behind them disappeared without a trace.

Before Odysseus could ask for help, the messenger lady raised her hand and a ball of light flew out from her palm.

"Squeak~"

Odysseus suddenly heard a sharp rat cry from behind him. He and Cattleya turned around and saw a huge rat the size of a human wearing human clothes, fleeing quickly.

It does not crawl like ordinary mice, but walks upright, but its limbs are shorter and it walks slower.

At this moment, it was hit by the bright light emitted by the messenger. The light pierced his body and emerged from his body, causing it to scream.

Then the big rat was completely swallowed by the strong light. When the strong light dissipated, the big rat turned into dust, leaving only the extraordinary characteristics that were rapidly gathering.

Odysseus turned around and was about to ask the messenger Elbella a few questions, but the messenger raised her hand first and said, "Let's talk later."

As she spoke, she walked quickly towards the glowing room, and then the light became even brighter.

This light still has great appeal to Odysseus and Cattleya.

The two of them took a deep breath and hid in the corridor on the side, and the huge attraction weakened.

Odysseus pinched his temple and said, "I didn't expect that the monster was actually a rat in this space."

The "mental shock" just now still made Odysseus feel dizzy and a little nauseous. It would take a few days for him to recover from such a shock.

Fortunately, thanks to the impact just now, he and Cattleya got rid of that strange state in an instant.

"It seems that the rat swallowed a demigod-level characteristic and survived by chance." Having said this, Cattleya pointed to the glowing room over there: "What is that?"

"My messenger," Odysseus replied.

The two people, who had rich knowledge of mysticism, immediately understood what was going on with the rat. It had swallowed up a part of the characteristics of a "mystic" and miraculously did not die in the loss of control.

However, it must have taken a long time for it to regain its rationality. The scratches in the corridor just now should be the traces left by its frenzied stage shortly after it had the devouring characteristic.

After going through the most difficult period, it was still the same as a wild beast, going out from here to hunt, or bringing the prey back to enjoy in the narrow corridor just now.

I don’t know if it was through reproduction, but the condition of this mouse actually got better and better. It even wore clothes and walked upright. It can be seen that it at least has the intelligence of a normal person.

Just today, the appearance of Bernadette and Bonois broke the peaceful life of this mouse. In order to drive away these two powerful enemies, it activated the magic circle in the space outside and hid there quietly waiting for the people outside to leave.

At this moment, Odysseus suddenly realized that the reason he appeared here was that he was attracted by something inside, rather than being pulled in by the power of a magic circle.

After all, he has a certain connection with the "Wilderness of Knowledge". Normally, this will not cause any trouble, but after encountering a relic related to the "Universal Knowledge" path, this connection may react with some things in the relic.

And that pulling feeling is most likely the pulling caused by this reaction.

Because Odysseus was using the abilities of the "Travel Ring" at the time, Cattleya was also affected and pulled in.

The mouse didn't know the details of Odysseus and Cattleya. After all, no one had been able to come here for a long time. Suddenly, two people came in, so it felt a little uneasy.

So after it discovered Odysseus and Cattleya, it did not take action immediately.

However, it knew that these lights were very dangerous, so it drove Odysseus and Cattleya over and prepared to use these lights to deal with the two people.

Just as Odysseus figured this out, the light over there suddenly became extremely dazzling, but in the next moment, the light disappeared at once, and the two people suddenly felt that the attraction just now also disappeared.

Odysseus now understood why this light had an inexplicable attraction. Those lights should represent adjacent paths, or at least the characteristics of the demigod level.

And he believed that it should be something like the body of a messenger, which itself has some abstract meaning and can attract the characteristics of the same or adjacent pathways.

The attraction they feel is the attraction of extraordinary characteristics.

After more than ten seconds, Odysseus's messenger Elbera came over while moving her arms.

Odysseus was slightly stunned. Although the messenger lady was still wearing hunting clothes, she looked flesh and blood.

She looked exactly like the female angel from the Stiano family that Odysseus had just seen.

Elbella's appearance is not very beautiful, but she has a very good temperament. This temperament reminds Odysseus of a young female teacher in college who was very good at professional knowledge and wrote the textbooks used by students.

The female teacher had a similar temperament, neither humble nor arrogant, neither hurried nor slow, giving people the feeling that "knowledge makes personality strong."

"You must have a lot of questions now, right?" Elbella's voice finally became normal.

"Yes." Odysseus said, "Are you really the mother of Adam and Amon?"

what?
Cattleya thought she had misheard: The messenger of the "Hermit" was the mother of Adam and Amon?
"I guess so." Elbella replied.

Then, without waiting for Odysseus to ask, she continued, "I know what the doubt in your heart is. The 'Ancient Sun God' can indeed give birth to life on its own.

"But when it comes to uniqueness, He must borrow another male or female individual to be expelled relatively smoothly and produce a corresponding life with a certain degree of humanity, rather than the uniqueness itself generating wisdom."

Odysseus nodded slowly, finally resolving his earlier confusion. In other words, if it were just about eliminating Beyonder characteristics, there really wasn't any need for such fuss. However, if one were to eliminate uniqueness, even at the level of the "Ancient Sun God," without relying on the most fundamental laws of nature's generation of life, it's very likely that uniqueness would develop intelligence on its own.

Odysseus knew very well that for the "Ancient Sun God", there was an essential difference between the wisdom of life controlling uniqueness and the wisdom of uniqueness manipulating that life.

Especially Adam, he was a backup plan reserved by the "Ancient Sun God" and there could not be any mistakes.

The other half who has children with the "Ancient Sun God" can be either a man or a woman, but this ancient god also has to save face and is unlikely to find a man to have children with, because in that case, it would be difficult to explain who is the top and who is the bottom.

Elbella continued, "Some characteristics of the 'Perfect One's' path allow me to relatively easily accept the uniqueness within the Ancient Sun God.

“And after having children, I wasn’t affected that much.

"After all, in some ways, I was a ball of light at the time."

Odysseus felt that his useful knowledge had increased again, and the "Perfecter" path actually had such advantages.

Cattleya, who was standing by, finally realized: Really... the person in front of her is really the mother of the two "Angel Kings". How... why can the "Hermit" find such a powerful messenger?
"The reason I said 'sort of,' is because of some special reasons that make my identity a bit awkward." Elbella continued, "However, I am indeed Amon's mother."

Cattleya was stunned, and she immediately realized that there must be some secret here.

Odysseus suddenly understood: What should I say? I can only say, "The God Circle is really messed up!" My good son has become my husband! The most important thing is that this is the most realistic description, without any falsehood or unethical expression.

But he immediately had a new question: "After you lost your Beyonder characteristics, why didn't you seek Amon's help? Or Adam should have helped you too?"

Elbella said seriously, "I don't trust them. Um... Although I just said that I am their mother, please don't bring in the human concept of mother-child affection.

"They are gods from birth, grow up to adults in a month, and have no concept of motherhood.

"And to be honest, I didn't have the concept of becoming a mother at the time. I just felt that this was a task assigned by the 'Ancient Sun God'."

Odysseus probably understood what the other party meant. To him, there was a strong bond between mother and son, but in the eyes of the gods, this was just a cooperation that everyone could benefit from.

After this topic was over, Odysseus asked again: "Where is this?"

"This was once the headquarters of the Stiano family." Elbella explained, "This space is very special. After I was driven out of here and before I regained my complete body, I couldn't enter here.

"The only way to get in here is if someone calls me from inside."

Odysseus understood: "Because there is a demigod-level monster in here, you plan to let me become a demigod before providing you with help?"

Elbella looked around before answering, "The main reason is that if we show up here, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery will definitely send angels to stop us.

"Although I can hold him back, the aftermath of the battle is not something a Beyonder below the level of a Demigod can withstand."

Odysseus nodded again, and at the same time he was basically certain that the light balls in the other room were another part of Elbella's body.

I also roughly guessed why that part of the body was here.

But just to be sure, he still asked, "I heard that everyone here before is dead?"

"They should all be dead." Elbella said with almost no change in her expression, "After all, Yugus did something shameful here. It's impossible for anyone here to survive."

She smiled slightly. "You should have guessed it, right? Yes, he found the 'uniqueness' of the 'Perfector' path in advance, so he needs the Beyonder characteristics in me."

At this point, Elbella's expression changed slightly: "I originally thought that he would be able to talk to me about this matter, because I am already looking for a way to eliminate the Sequence 1 characteristics in my body.

"In this world, I am the one who supports him most in becoming a god."

Odysseus thought to himself: As expected.

Cattleya didn't know the true name of the "God of Steam and Machinery", but after hearing this description, she guessed some of the truth.

Then she was shocked by her own guess!

"Later I understood." Elbella continued: "He needed my death to show that he was severing ties with the 'True Creator', Adam, and Amon.

"And he had to kill me so that he could join the 'Six Gods' at that time."

Cattleya took a step back. Although she did not believe in the "God of Steam and Machinery", she also felt that this truth was extremely blasphemous!

She thought to herself: Is this why the Hermit knows so much secret history? After all, not everyone has a messenger from the Third Age who was once an angel!
Odysseus said, "I understand. Thank you for telling me so much."

He took a deep breath and asked again: "So, have I finished helping you ahead of time?"

"No, this only brings back my body. Currently, I can only use the power within this body to occasionally reach the level of an angel." Elbella said, "I still need an angel-level characteristic to stabilize my condition."

Odysseus twitched his lips. "Doesn't that mean I can only help you when I become an angel?"

"It can be done when you are still at the demigod level." Elbella said, "Because I know the whereabouts of an angel-level trait, a trait that the Steam Church has not yet mastered."

Odysseus nodded: "I understand."

He took a deep breath and asked, "Can we leave from here?"

Elbella nodded and waved towards the "Mystic Scholar" attribute over there, and the attribute immediately flew into his hand.

Cattleya opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

Odysseus had no choice but to say, "That characteristic..."

"According to our previous agreement, all the spoils here belong to you," Elbella said, "but we'll divide them up after we get out of here."

Odysseus nodded, and suddenly he and Cattleya's vision were covered by a strong light. When the strong light disappeared, they appeared in a hall.

Odysseus was not sure which floor he was on, and there was no need to worry about it because he saw the magic circle at the exit.

Unfortunately, many important parts of the magic circle are built underground, so it is impossible to see the entire magic circle, and it is not easy for Odysseus to study the magic circle now.

He didn't see where Elbella injected spirituality, and the magic circle was activated. In the blink of an eye, Odysseus had arrived in another space.

This is also a hall, almost exactly the same as the previous hall, but Odysseus's spirit sensed that he had returned to the real world.

Just as Elbella was about to speak, a beam of light came from afar and stopped not far from them. The light became longer and wider, and Bonova walked out of it.

At this moment, his face finally showed some expression, and he asked in surprise, "Sir Elbella?"

Elbella was stunned: "The angel of the Steam Church actually knows me?"

Bonois immediately lowered his head: "I have seen you in the murals inside the church."

Odysseus didn't expect that the Steam Church actually had murals about Elbella!

At this time, a pair of illusory wings appeared not far from Odysseus and others, and Bernadette also rushed over.

She first glanced at Odysseus and Cattleya, and seeing that they were not injured, she looked at Elbella.

At this time, Elbella said to Bonova: "It seems that Yugus still remembers that he has a sister."

Bernadette's eyes narrowed. She remembered that the "God of Steam and Machinery" was called Yugus!

Elbella added: "Go back and tell Yugus that in the future, giving up his position as a god is his only way out."

Bonois was slightly stunned, looked up at Elbella, then bowed and turned into light and left.

After the people from the Steam Church left, Odysseus introduced Bernadette, "This is my messenger, Ms. Stiano.

"Madam Messenger, this is my leader, the 'Mysterious Queen'."

The two nodded in greeting. Bernadette remembered that Odysseus's messenger seemed to be a spiritual creature in a not very good condition, but judging from the appearance of this messenger, he was in good condition.

Elbella was in a good mood today and joked with Bernadette, "You have a good eye for selecting your subordinates."

Bernadette was stunned for a moment before smiling and saying, "You have a pretty good eye for choosing contractors."

"You may not quite understand what I mean." Elbella said only this without further explanation.

As she spoke, she spread out her right palm, and three objects emerged from the dim light, which she handed to Odysseus: "As we agreed before, all the spoils of the operation will belong to you.

"In addition to the extraordinary properties of the 'Occultist', there is also the properties of the 'Astronomer', and a magical item."

Odysseus took it without hesitation: "Thank you."

"You have the trait now. Keep working hard to advance." Elbella smiled and said, "I might be able to provide some assistance when you advance to Master of Prophecy."

After saying this, she disappeared into the void without saying goodbye.

After Elbella disappeared, Bernadette asked, "Who helped you find this messenger?"

"I summoned her myself." Odysseus smiled helplessly. "I also thought her condition was strange at the time, but I never imagined she was such a strange angel."

Moreover, this angel has recovered to a strength stronger than Sequence 3, but has not yet reached the angel level!
But now is not the time to chat. Bernadette summoned the pumpkin-shaped carriage again. After the three of them got on the carriage, they entered the spirit world.

Inside the carriage, Odysseus looked at the three trophies he held. He took out the "Mystic Scholar" trait and handed it to Cattleya: "According to the previous agreement, this trait belongs to you."

In fact, Odysseus also struggled in his heart. After all, this was a characteristic of an "occultist". If this characteristic was shattered, he would most likely gain the characteristic of an "astrologer".

But he finally decided to give the feature away. After all, Bernadette had helped him a lot, and it had been agreed in advance that the feature would belong to Cattleya, who had provided the location of the island, so he felt that he could not break his promise because of greed.

The moment he gave it away, Odysseus felt relieved: People should have a bottom line, at least this way, there is no psychological burden.

"Thank you," Cattleya said. "The actual situation has changed somewhat from our previous plan. I owe you a favor."

Bernadette also said at this time: "You can keep the remaining two spoils. After all, they were given to you by the messenger."

She paused and continued, "As Cattleya said, there have been some changes to our previous plan. We can't divide the spoils as previously agreed."

If we follow the previous agreement, all the spoils except for the "Trickery Pegasus" and "Mystic Scholar" characteristics will belong to the "Mystic Queen".

This time, Odysseus did not hesitate to collect the two trophies, because his spirit felt that these two trophies were things he could use.

At this time, the pumpkin carriage returned to the real world, and the three people appeared at the place where they started, on the huge rock outside Wilcha Port.

Only then did Bernadette say to Cattleya, "I'll help you repay the favor."

Then she said to Odysseus, "I will convert this favor into merits for you. The merits you have accumulated are enough for me to help you prepare the ceremony for your promotion to 'Astrologer'.

"You have two other options. The first is to give you the 'Astrologer' trait and a Sequence 4 potion recipe. The second is that I just received intelligence on the location of a 'Shimmering Star Tree'. I can provide you with that location and the location of a Sequence 4 'Mystic' Beyonder creature."

Although Odysseus gave a demigod-level characteristic, because the coordinates of the island were provided by Cattleya, and it was also agreed in advance, this characteristic belonged to her.

So Bernadette's repayment was just right.

Odysseus made his decision almost immediately: "I choose the 'Shimmering Star Tree'."

Having the characteristics of "Astrologer" does make it easier to get promoted, but he still does not have the "Fruit of the Shimmering Star Tree", an auxiliary material that is not easy to trade.

He could buy it from Bernadette, but Odysseus still hoped to get the entire column of "Shining Star Tree" and clues to a sequence 4 level extraordinary material, because that meant he could also harvest a batch of spiritual materials.

These spiritual materials related to the "Mystery Peeper" path are excellent ingredients for making scrolls. For Odysseus, it is more cost-effective to obtain the main ingredients for the potion.

Because at Sequence 5, there is a great demand for scrolls, and more powerful scrolls can also be made. The demand for this kind of extraordinary materials will only increase.

"Okay." Bernadette nodded. "I'll have my messenger deliver the location of the Sparkling Star Tree to the Argonaut's workshop shortly."

Cattleya was suddenly surprised: "'Argo'?"

Then, she resisted the urge to slap her forehead. It was flying the flag of "Elemental Dawn"; it had strange weapons; it had just set sail;
Now every clue matched the "hermit", but she didn't think of it for a moment, so she exclaimed unconsciously.

Cattleya saw the looks from the Queen and the Hermit and smiled sheepishly.

Now that the spoils had been divided, Odysseus was the first to take his leave.

After he entered the spirit world, Cattleya asked, "Your Majesty, he..."

Bernadette raised her hand and interrupted Cattleya: "He is a man who can change the world."

Cattleya was a little shocked. She didn't expect the "Queen" to have such a high opinion of the "Hermit"!

……

In the studio of the "Argo", an illusory door suddenly appeared, and Odysseus pushed the door open and walked out.

He poured a glass of water and took two sips before sitting in a chair to review his actions.

Although this exploration was somewhat thrilling, there was no fierce fighting, making it a rather special exploration for Odysseus.

Then he smiled and thought: It is just as the "mysterious queen" "predicted", we will encounter high-level enemies, but overall the danger is not great.

After waiting for a while, a letter appeared on the workbench in front of Odysseus.

Odysseus said to the air: "Thank you."

In fact, he didn't know whether Bernadette's messenger had left quietly. He had tried to observe with the "Eye of Secrets" before, but still didn't see the other party's messenger.

When I opened the letter, I found a hand-drawn sketch with the names of two islands as references.

The map of the Raging Sea immediately appeared in Odysseus's mind, and he finally understood why he chose the "Shining Star Tree" without hesitation.

Because the coordinates of this island are exactly the island that the "Argo" is about to explore!

Odysseus also realized when he was promoted to Sequence 6 that when he made decisions smoothly, there was always spiritual support "secretly".

That was the spiritual feeling that this choice was beneficial to Odysseus.

However, at this time, Odysseus's level was far from reaching the point where he could have any obvious feelings, and he only realized it after making the decision.

Taking a deep breath, he thought to himself: In that case, the process of collecting the "Shining Star Tree" should be relatively smooth.

The magic potion of "Scroll Professor" will be completely digested in the next few days, and it is time to consider promotion.

After a short rest, Odysseus came to the "Wilderness of Knowledge" again.

First, he planned to take a look at the spoils, and second, to continue writing "Scroll: From Beginner to Mastery".

Odysseus still planned to finish writing this book at Sequence 6.

He first came to the spoils, where the body of the "Deceitful Pegasus" lay.

This kind of horse is smaller than a donkey and slightly larger than a dog. It has a pair of white wings on its back, but it has no horn, so it doesn't look like a unicorn.

Odysseus placed the body of the "Tricker Pegasus" on the workbench, secured it, and then used tools to remove its pituitary gland.

At this time, all of its extraordinary characteristics have been gathered in the pituitary gland, which makes the small pituitary gland flash with starlight, looking like a piece of crystal with star fragments.

Odysseus put away the main material for promotion, and then collected the extraordinary materials bit by bit.

Then he looked at the extraordinary characteristic given to him by the messenger. It was indeed an "astronomer" characteristic, and if it was shattered, it could also crush out many lower-order characteristics.

The "Craftsman" trait of Third Officer Beavis' promotion is available.

Finally, Odysseus looked at the magical object.

The magical object took the form of a pair of classic glasses, binoculars, not a monocle.

When Odysseus took it in his hand just now, he realized that this was a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, or rather a Demigod-level Sealed Artifact! It was targeted at the Sequence 4 "Alchemist" of the "Educator" pathway.

Odysseus felt that this should be the "unexpected gain" in the language of the "Mysterious Queen"!
Odysseus brought the sealed object to the "Central Simulator" and, using the "Wild Knowledge"'s status, learned of its abilities: it could use extraordinary properties to create magical items; it could give life to materials, causing them to undergo magical changes; and it could make all inanimate objects within three kilometers obey the holder.

Odysseus turned around excitedly. The last ability was of little use to him, but the first two abilities were like "god's help" to him now!
His spiritual power could sense that as long as the magical items made with this seal were below the level of demigod, the negative effects would be acceptable.

Odysseus took a look at the characteristics of the "Witch" and "Prisoner" pathways, and he seemed to have seen a "magical item wholesaler"!
The characteristics of these two methods cannot be sold at a high price in the market, but it will be a different story if they are transformed into magical items!

The second ability will also be of great help to Odysseus, as it will make the extraordinary weapons he creates more powerful and more comprehensive.

Odysseus just held the glasses in his hand, and some of the previous problems about the "land-based spiritual wave cannon" were solved!
At the same time, he can also produce higher-level extraordinary parts, which will provide great help to his further research and practice.

After being happy for a while, he went to look at the negative effects: after using it for a total of 1 hour, he must rest for 6 hours, otherwise the brain will be permanently damaged; there are two consequences after using this seal, losing all vision for 1 hour, or seeing a spiritual creature that can cause harm, and only one of the two consequences will occur.

Odysseus was stunned. It was barely within an acceptable range. The loss of vision could be adjusted at a time when danger was unlikely to occur.

But the second consequence needs attention. Odysseus thinks that he can prevent himself from seeing things that he shouldn't see by sealing his eyes.

However, before advancing to Sequence 5, Odysseus thought that he could use it in the "Wild Land of Knowledge" so that he could ignore its negative effects.

Finally, Odysseus named this magical item "Alchemical Glasses" and placed it on the shelf in a separate space.

After calming down, Odysseus continued to write the book, but he still had a smile on his face when he wrote.

……

Cruz Island, tavern.

Rupert Sean, the second mate of the Sword of Dawn, pushed the door open and entered the tavern. “I heard someone was looking for me?”

Hunter quickly said, "Yes, Mr. Sean, this is the gentleman looking for you."

While Hunter was introducing, Rupert was already looking at the other person. He noticed that the person who was looking for him was wearing a navy uniform of the Kingdom of Feynaport and wearing glasses. He was now looking at him with a smile on his face while holding a glass of wine.

In a previous meeting, the captain had mentioned that the Feynaport Navy might send someone, so Rupert was not surprised or panicked. He stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"Abel." The man was about thirty years old, with a long face and a casual demeanor. "You don't seem surprised or panicked to see the navy?"

Rupert also sat at the bar: "Hunter, have a beer."

While waiting for the beer, he said, "Why should I panic?"

"Because you're a pirate."

Rupert took his beer and smiled: "You are mistaken. I am the acting mayor of this island."

This answer made Abel stunned for a moment before he said, "You... really don't look like pirates."

Originally he wanted to say, "You are much more professional than Egbert and the others," but now it is inappropriate to say so, so he changed his words.

Then Abel said, "I hope to speak to your captain... oh, no, the mayor."

Rupert was a little wary: "This island is not under the jurisdiction of the Feynaport Navy."

Odysseus also instructed that they should pretend not to know that the "Deep Blue" pirate group's background was the Fenapotent Navy.

"It's not about asking you to pay taxes, but something else." Abel smiled and said, "Well, something that benefits everyone."

Rupert thought about it for a moment before saying, "Okay, you wait here."

"no problem."

Seeing Rupert go out, the smile on Abel's face disappeared: According to the intelligence just received at noon this day, the captain of the "Argo" appeared on North Island yesterday, and he would not be able to come back even if he set sail this morning.

He guessed that the captain must have a seal that could allow him to travel through the spirit world.

A pirate ship captain who can slip away at any time is a real headache.

……

Odysseus was already in Bayam when he received Rupert's signal.

After he got a little tired of writing in the "Wilderness of Knowledge", he decided to go for a walk outside. The first thing he thought of was Bayam. He asked Bazel to book a hotel and prepare to settle Mandy and the others.

As Odysseus was walking on the streets of Bayam and eating the snacks he had bought, he felt the signal sent by Rupert.

He immediately used the "Travel Ring" to come to Cruz Island and handed a skewer of grilled seafood to Rupert: "Let's go after we finish eating."

Rupert was a little confused when he received the seafood. After taking a bite, he sighed, "'Travel' is really convenient."

Odysseus smiled and said, "It will be very convenient for everyone soon."

Rupert didn't quite understand what the captain meant. He ate his seafood and spat out some shrimp shells before saying, "The Feynaport Navy has sent someone named Abel, who seems to be an officer."

Odysseus hummed, then looked towards the Ghost in the harbor and asked, "What do you think of this ship?"

"Excellent," Rupert said. "It doesn't require many people to operate, and it has the ability to create fog and release the dead from the underworld."

Odysseus asked again: "If I sell it for 2 pounds, would you think it is appropriate?"

Since the other party sent people to negotiate instead of directly dispatching warships, it means that they knew that the "Argo" was flying the flag of "Elemental Dawn".

For the Fenaport Navy, which has the weakest naval power among the "Four Great Powers", it is best not to offend such a powerful secret organization.

"I need to sell it." Rupert opened his mouth, but finally took another bite of seafood before saying, "The price is hard to refuse."

After all, it was just a ship, and the "Sword of Dawn" pirate group was a small but powerful pirate group. It was more than capable of operating the "Argo". Now that they had occupied Cruz Island, they could just send out the remaining personnel.

Now with the "Ghost", there are obviously not enough people, and this ghost ship can only dock in the harbor temporarily.

It is indeed better to exchange it for gold pounds, but Rupert is somewhat reluctant to do so. After all, ghost ships are rare... well, they are difficult to capture.

The two men finished their seafood and then walked slowly to the tavern.

Abel stood up and said, "Hello, Captain Gall, I thought I wouldn't see you today."

After all, he was still hundreds of nautical miles away yesterday, and he just came here today to arrange a time for a formal talk.

"Please sit down." Odysseus also sat down: "Hunter, have a glass of beer you brewed yourself."

Hunter immediately said, "Okay, Mr. Mayor."

Odysseus did not speak to Abel immediately, but asked Hunter, "How's business lately?"

"It's much better, sir." Hunter smiled. "The directors and police officers paid for the drinks they came for."

I just deliberately gave less, there was nothing I could do about it, there was really too little cash on Cruise Island.

The police officers started paying now only because Odysseus started paying them. Now that they have money, of course they will be more generous when paying.

Odysseus took a sip of the beer and said to Abel, "The beer brewed by the tavern owner himself is very unique."

Abel was stunned for a moment before smiling and saying, "I'll try it later."

Odysseus asked again, "Have you ever been to the beach? There's a beautiful stretch of coast in the southern part of the island."

Abel clearly felt that this captain was more difficult to deal with than the previous Mr. Sean, and had no intention of taking the initiative to talk about business.

After chatting for a few more words, Abel finally said, "Mr. Gall, I came here today to discuss something very important with you."

Odysseus took a sip of beer and said as if he didn't care much: "Then tell me."

"I heard you just got a ghost ship."

Odysseus glanced at the other man and said, "That ship is not docked at the port of Midway Island."

Rupert on the side smiled and said, "Mr. Abel, that ship wasn't taken from your navy. It seems that this kind of thing is not your business, right?"

Abel's smile froze, feeling stung by Rupert's words, but he quickly returned to his normal smile: "Look, we just happen to need a ghost ship, and we hope to purchase that ship."

Odysseus pretended to be stunned: "The navy is also going to be equipped with ghost ships?"

Abel smiled and said, "We have other uses."

Odysseus thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to sell it. 4 pounds."

Bang!

The wine glass Hunter was wiping fell to the ground, and he quickly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

4 pounds!

Hunter felt completely overwhelmed by the concept of such a large sum of money.

"Your asking price is too high." This little episode did not affect their conversation. Abel countered, "I think 1 pounds is a more appropriate price."

He smiled and said, "You may not know this, but 4 pounds is enough for four main fleets to sail the sea for a month."

Odysseus didn't seem to understand the threat and just said, "I heard that several of the Feynaporte Navy's first-class sailing battleships cost more than 8 pounds?

"An ordinary cruiser would cost 20,000 to 30,000 pounds, right?"

Abel took a sip and said with a proud smile, "Almost."

In his opinion, such strength is unmatched by pirates.

"If you send your navy to seize the Ghost," Odysseus said with a warm smile, "I will sink at least three of your cruisers in retaliation, causing you losses far exceeding 4 pounds."

(End of this chapter)