Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 335 Vice Admiral Iceberg Visits Cruz Island

At the new pier on Cruz Island.

Odysseus explained to Edwina, “No one took it seriously at the beginning, because in their view, this port was built with my money, so it was my property and had nothing to do with them.

"But things are different now. The spectacular scene just now has made them feel so proud. They feel that they have contributed to such a magnificent project."

Edwina was stunned for a moment: "You plan to give this port to the residents here..."

But she was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly realized: "Are you trying to cultivate their collective consciousness?"

Hearing the phrase "collective consciousness", the corresponding knowledge appeared in Odysseus's mind: this is a concept proposed by Emperor Roselle, also called "national consciousness" or "state consciousness".

The general meaning is that the people should have sufficient understanding of the nation and the country, and cultivate their sense of honor for the nation and the country, so that they can be organized more effectively and make them clear to whom they should be loyal and who their enemies are.

When Edwina saw Odysseus smiling without saying anything, she knew that her previous guess was generally correct.

At this moment, she felt something strange: a pirate was cultivating the collective consciousness of a group of natives!

This sounds magical.

Odysseus did not continue talking about this topic, but waved to the "Argo" and asked it to sail into Moon Bay.

Next, the "Argo" and "Golden Dream" became the first ships to enter the port.

After both "pirate generals" ordered their respective crews to move freely, Odysseus brought Edwina to the streets of the port town.

Odysseus pointed to the wide streets and introduced: "In the beginning, the streets were not so wide. At that time, this place was just like an ordinary pirate town, with buildings in a mess and alleys that were very winding.

“Fortunately, those are all wooden houses, and as long as there are enough people, they can be moved relatively easily.

“So I seriously transformed the town.”

At this point, he suddenly sighed, "Standardized streets like this are more comfortable to look at."

Edwina noticed that the main road in the town had been paved and workers were installing street lights on both sides of the street.

But these streetlights were taller than normal gas streetlights, and Edwina didn't see any workers laying the gas pipes.

Odysseus brought Edwina to a street lamp that was to be installed, and the workers around him quickly saluted Odysseus.

Odysseus waved his hand to signal them to continue, and said to Edwina: "This is what I want you to see."

As he spoke, he squatted down and pointed at the metal parts in front of him and said, "The structure of this street lamp is very simple, it only has a base, a lamp pole, a lampshade and a bulb.

"There's nothing fancy about the base or anything like that. I just want you to see the bulb."

As he spoke, he took a wooden box beside him and opened it. A bright light shone out from inside, which was a bit dazzling to Edwina even in the daytime.

The wooden box contained palm-sized "spirit storage crystals", which were full of spiritual energy. Their brightness was about the same as the street lamps in Odysseus's memory.

Odysseus took out one of them and handed it to Edwina: "Hold it in your hand and feel it."

Edwina took it and immediately felt the surging spiritual power stored in the "Spirit Storage Crystal".

She was stunned for a moment before asking, "What material is this?"

Originally, Edwina thought it was a "lighting crystal", a kind of crystal that can emit light for a long time, but because it is rare, it is very expensive.

Edwina thought that Admiral Arcana had found a batch of "lighting crystals" somewhere, so he planned to use them here.

The reason she thought she had discovered a batch of crystals instead of buying them was because she knew very well that it would cost a lot of money and Odysseus would not waste gold pounds on such a place.

It was only then that Edwina felt when she held the light bulb in her hand that this seemed to be a material she had never seen before, which could continuously emit light as long as it had spirituality.

"This is a material I accidentally discovered during one of my studies." Odysseus reached out and took the light bulb. "As long as it is filled with spiritual energy, it can keep shining like this for a year!"

Edwina looked at the "Soul Storage Crystal" in front of her and asked, "What's the cost?"

Odis answered frankly: "In the long run, the cost is much lower than using gas."

Edwina asked again: "Is the production process complicated?"

"It's a bit complicated, but the production process is simple to operate. Most of the processes can be completed by ordinary workers after sufficient training."

Lieutenant General Iceberg concluded: "This is definitely a material that can change the lighting industry."

Odysseus put the "energy storage crystal" back into the wooden box and said with a smile, "How about we go to the top of the mountain and talk?"

Edwina nodded: "Okay."

Odysseus grabbed Edwina's arm and used "travel" to take her to a huge rock on a high mountain.

From here, one can overlook the east and south of Cruz Island. Edwina saw that there was a large construction site on Lighthouse Hill. On the side facing the sea, permanent military facilities were being built, including bunkers, turrets, and positions reinforced with concrete.

On the inner side of Beacon Hill, government buildings and residential buildings are being built.

The military facilities have been completed. Edwina saw Noy, a crew member on the "Argo", directing the "Extraordinary Puppet" to assemble the "Extraordinary Machine Gun".

On the construction site inside, there were at least five or six thousand people busy working. Such a labor scene was somewhat shocking to Edwina.

Odysseus sat on the rock, feeling the sea breeze, and said, "The crystal I just showed you, I named it 'Spirit Storage Crystal'.

"Its primary function isn't to emit light. Its most important function is to store spiritual energy. The spiritual energy stored in a palm-sized 'Spirit Storage Crystal' is enough to unleash ten Sequence 6 Beyonder Abilities, or three or four Sequence 5 Beyonder Abilities."

Edwina glanced at the street in the port town: In that case, the value of these crystals is three times higher than the "lighting crystals"... not five times.

Odysseus continued: "This is a very important part of my research.

"The most direct use is that by replacing the 'Spirit Storage Crystal', I can avoid the need to rest for the extraordinary weapons and tools I invented. As long as the other parts are not damaged, they can be used continuously."

Edwina finally asked, "How much does it cost to produce a 'Soul Storage Crystal' like that?"

"About 20 pounds." Odysseus tried to exaggerate. In fact, the cost was less than 1 soli. After all, the raw materials were just sand.

The reason why the cost is as high as 1 soli is because Odysseus has included the machinery, magic arrays, and "extraordinary puppets" on the assembly line.

Based on the current production volume, the cost is 1 soli, and as the output increases, this cost will drop sharply. After all, once the machinery is built, the magic circle is constructed, and the "extraordinary puppet" is arranged, it can be used for a long time.

The production cost will become lower and lower. If we continue to produce slowly for one or two years like we do now, the cost of these palm-sized "Spirit Storage Crystals" may be less than a quarter of a penny.

The reason why Odysseus quoted such a high price was mainly because the biggest cost in the production process actually required the use of demigod abilities.

That is the biggest cost. We need a demigod or a Beyonder who holds a Level 1 Sealed Artifact willing to help.

Edwina was somewhat shocked when she heard Odysseus's offer.

Because it’s too cheap!
At this time, Edwina probably understood why Odysseus was looking for her. Such a discovery would be a huge fortune. Perhaps it can no longer be described as huge, but rather a huge fortune.

No extraordinary organization would miss such an opportunity. If these inventions became known to too many people, Odysseus would be in great danger.

Odysseus then continued, "The path I'm on now is one no one has walked before. The most difficult 'section' of the research and development phase is over. The most difficult 'section' after this is how to promote these things."

He looked at Edwina and said, "I need a partner."

Edwina didn't respond immediately. Instead, she thought for a moment before asking, "Why don't you cooperate with the Church of the Evernight Goddess?"

"It's not about non-cooperation," Odysseus explained, "but rather about cooperation with the Church of the Evernight Goddess, and the main location of cooperation is destined to be Loen.

"The interest groups in this country are very powerful. Not only will I have to share the fruits of my labor with the Church of the Night, but I will also have to share them with those interest groups. This will be a huge loss for me.

"I've done some research and I know that the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is quite powerful in countries like Lundberg and Masi. The interest groups in these small countries are not very complex. Basically, as long as they have the support of the church, they won't encounter much resistance.

"Once I have accumulated enough strength, I will go to Loen to develop. I won't have to be polite to those interest groups anymore."

Edwina was silent for a few seconds before taking a deep breath and saying, "I will report this matter to the church, and I will also report the plan you just mentioned."

Odysseus smiled and said, "How can I thank you?"

"If this cooperation is successful, I will also benefit greatly," Edwina said frankly. "Besides, you saved me before. Theoretically, I shouldn't ask for any compensation, but I really want to learn how to understand the magic circles you draw."

Odysseus smiled and said, "You should have said it earlier. This matter doesn't involve the issue of compensation.

"We are friends, and as friends, such requests should be met."

Edwina felt very comfortable hearing these words.

At the same time, she also realized that such a private gift could not be handed over to the church for the time being.

It must be handed over to the church after obtaining Odysseus' consent at the beginning of the cooperation.

"That's a rune I invented myself." Odysseus briefly introduced it: "Not long after I started learning about occultism, I made a major discovery: the occult symbols we commonly use are simplified.

“A true occult symbol should be one that can ‘express’ extraordinary power, so I began to look for ancient occult symbols.

"During this search, I came across Ancient Giant and Ancient Dragon scripts. While studying these two symbols, I made a major discovery: occult symbols do not have fixed runes or writing formats!
“As long as the runes are written according to a certain algorithm and are confirmed to be able to mobilize natural and extraordinary forces, it will be fine.

“The search for ancient occult symbols proved completely hopeless, so I began to invent my own runes.

“The initial invention process was very difficult, but as I mastered more and more runes, subsequent inventions became easier and easier.

"It wasn't until about a year and a half ago that I finally invented a set of runes that were suitable for human writing habits and written thinking. I named it the 'Gal Runes'."

Edwina was silent for a few seconds again, but this time the silence was due to shock.

Originally, through the contact during this period, she thought she already knew the man in front of her very well, but today's conversation once again overturned her understanding of Odysseus.

After a long while, she said, "Your achievements are as great as Mr. Hermes, who invented the ancient Hermetic language."

Before, she thought that this was an ancient rune mastered by Odysseus. She never imagined that this was a rune invented by Odysseus.

This made Vice Admiral Iceberg realize that the "Gal Rune" was the first collaboration between Odysseus and the Church of Knowledge.

Because this is so important, there will definitely be such a record in the extraordinary history in the future: the Church of Knowledge played a vital role in the promotion of the "Gal Rune".

"I don't know if it's great or not," Odysseus said with a smile. "I only know that if I reveal the 'Gal Rune' too early, the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery and the 'Hidden Sage' will definitely come to snatch it."

This also indirectly explains why they broke up with the Steam Church: because of differences in ideas and the failure to establish a good cooperative relationship.

As he spoke, Odysseus took out the secondary array of the "Space Array" and pulled out a booklet from it. "This is a comparison table I compiled of the meanings of the 'Gal Runes'. The following is the specifications for the operation array and geometric body usage."

After learning from Bonova that they were deliberately concealing the advanced magic circles and ancient runes, Odysseus hoped that the 'Gal Rune' could be popularized to more people as soon as possible.

Now is a good opportunity, and Odysseus can use it as a bargaining chip to establish a cooperative relationship with the Church of Knowledge.

Edwina took the booklet and flipped through a few pages as if she had found a treasure. After reading it for a while, she closed the booklet with great patience and continued talking to Odysseus.

Odysseus smiled and said, “This is what I said before, I hope you can help me with it.

"Now that we've finished discussing the real business, let's go and release Groselle and the others."

Edwina was stunned. "Have you found enough 'Swindler' traits?"

Odysseus nodded and smiled, "Yes."

Edwina didn't say anything, but she was sighing in her heart: He has a wide range of channels.

Odysseus took Edwina's arm again, and the two of them came to the halfway point on the opposite side of Lighthouse Mountain.

There is a small valley here. At this time, a large number of workers are cutting down trees and weeding, clearing out a large open space.

The arrival of Odysseus and Edwina made them bow again.

Rupert, who was supervising the work, smiled and said, "Alright, just respect the mayor in your heart. There's no need to salute so respectfully. Get to work."

Then he walked quickly towards Odysseus and Vice Admiral Iceberg: "Captain, Madam."

After a pause, Rupert reported to Odysseus, "If we want to build a village, we must clear all the vegetation here in the early stages. This process is a bit slow."

"Don't worry." Odysseus looked around and said to Edwina, "I plan to build a village here and place Groselle and the others here."

After they adapt to modern life, if they do not want to stay on Cruz Island, Odysseus will expand the village and make it part of the new town of Beacon Hill in the future.

At this time, the ascetic Snowman who was helping here also came over and greeted Odysseus and Edwina.

Edwina looked around and said, "The environment here is nice."

Odysseus took out Groselle's Travels from the Teleportation Array and said, "I'll go in, and you stay outside."

Edwina said "hmm", and Rupert, who was standing by, saw the captain cut his finger and smear the blood on the book. The next moment, the captain disappeared.

About ten minutes later, a tall gate appeared in front of Rupert, and he saw a giant walking out from inside.

The second mate of the "Argo" rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Coming out from the tall double doors in front of him was indeed a giant more than four meters tall with huge vertical eyes!
When the captain said he wanted to build a house for the giant, Rupert thought he was joking.

At this point Rupert couldn't laugh at all.

When the huge figure appeared, Siatas, who had black hair and soft cheek lines, followed out.

Rupert was stunned: "Elf?"

The legendary elf!

The workers who were logging over there were also stunned. They stared blankly at the tall Groselle and forgot about the work in their hands.

At this time, Rupert fully understood why the captain wanted to build a separate village. If the giants and elves were arranged in the port town and the plain town, it would definitely cause a sensation and unrest.

At this time, Odysseus came out with the last two people. One of them was wearing Loen-style clothing, and the other was dressed very strangely, with the left and right sides of his clothes completely different.

Odysseus explained to them: "I have organized people to build a new village here for you.

"But we're still in the process of preparing the site. During this time, you'll be staying in a newly built workshop across the street."

As he put away Groselle's Travels, he smiled and said, "The accommodation conditions are a bit poor, but this matter is too urgent. For now, I can only find you a place to shelter from the wind and rain..."

Having said this, he saw the bewildered faces of Siatas and the others, so he slapped his forehead and said in Ancient Fusac: "I will first use a magical item to enable you to understand Loenese."

Then, he explained to Siatas and Grove in ancient Elvish and Ancient Giant language, not very skillfully.

Edwina sighed, "Thank goodness you know so many languages."

Odysseus smiled, then put away the Travel Notes and took out the Helmet of Wisdom, giving it to Siatas and Solomon's nobleman Mobet to use.

Although Groselle's head is very large, this technology utilizes spiritual infusion, so there is no need to put his entire head in it. It only needs to be activated normally.

After everyone understood Loenese, Odysseus said to them, "Most people today have never seen giants or elves, so Groselle and Siatas should refrain from moving around for now. Give the ordinary people here time to react.

"In a week or two, go and look around the island.

“I will prepare houses for you here and build a village for you alone.

"I suggest you stay on this island for a month or two, and then leave after you've completely adapted to modern life."

Groselle held the exaggerated giant sword in his hand and laughed loudly. "Everything is up to you." Siatas and others had no objections. After all, Odysseus had only been in the "Travels" for a day or two, unlike them, who had been with each other for a long time.

They were already very satisfied as long as they could be rescued as agreed.

Odysseus said to Groselle, "I heard there's a giant tribe in the northern continent. I'll send someone to inquire for you in advance. As soon as I get some information and you've adapted to modern life, I'll take you to the giant tribe."

Groselle sighed, "That's great! I also want to ask them, what have the giants experienced over the years?"

Odysseus then said to Siatas, "I do know of a family that is an elven family, but after thousands of years of reproduction, the appearance of the elves has changed significantly."

Siatas's appearance also had distinct oriental features, which was one of the reasons why Odysseus was willing to help them: among these five people, there were descendants of fellow villagers.

However, the facial features of "Admiral of the Deep Sea" Hal Constantine are basically the same as those of people in the Northern Continent. This should be the result of intermarriage with humans over the years.

Odysseus continued, "I heard there are other elves in the depths of the ocean. I can help you find out about them and send you a ship to take you out to sea in the future."

Siatas breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you."

Odysseus then said to Mobet, who was standing beside the female elf, "I do have a clue about the Zoroast family, but I'm not sure if I can help you. You may need to go to the northern continent to search for it yourself."

Mobet smiled and said, "To be honest, even if I find the descendants of my family, I don't know what to talk to them about. There's no rush for this. I'll search for the elves with Siatas first."

Odysseus hummed, then said to Snowman, who had been out for about a week, "As far as I know, there is no church dedicated to the 'Ancient Sun God' anymore. If you stay on this island, I can build a small church for you."

Snowman said: "The people here are very simple and honest. I am willing to stay here and continue my hard training."

Odysseus immediately instructed Rupert: "Build a small church in the style of the Third Age. Ask Snowman for the specific architectural structure."

Rupert nodded immediately: "Yes."

At this time, he had roughly guessed that the people in front of him seemed to be from different eras.

Finally, Odysseus said to the young Longzel, "I briefly discussed this with you in the Travel Notes. Your situation is the most special. You need to take the potion again to recover to the level of Sequence 5.

"However, since you have already digested the potion in the 'Travels', as long as your condition is good and you can find the main ingredients for the potion in time, you should be able to become a true 'Punishment Knight' very quickly.

“As for the main ingredients of the potion, you can try to collect them yourself, or you can choose to ask me to provide them for you.

"If you're searching on your own, be careful not to expose yourself. After all, you're from over a hundred years ago. If you're spotted by official Beyonders, they'll definitely capture you and conduct a thorough investigation.

"And after you become a 'Judge', return the magical item with the 'Judge' extraordinary characteristic to me. After you become a 'Punishment Knight', return the magical item with the 'Imagination' ability to me.

"If you need me to provide you with traits, you'll need to work for me. After all, Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 traits are extremely valuable to any organization."

Longzel thought for a moment and said, "Please let me think about it, but I prefer the latter."

He was well aware of how difficult it was for him to establish connections in the extraordinary world, and there was no reason for him to ignore the channels in front of him.

Odysseus continued, "You should be the one who can adapt to this era most easily, but I still suggest that you stay on this island for a few days. After you confirm that the magical items I designed are okay, I will arrange for you to go to Backlund.

"Before that, I can send someone to help you find out about your family."

Longzel rubbed his hands and expressed his gratitude somewhat excitedly.

At noon that day, several people had lunch together in the wild. Odysseus had a concrete understanding of the giant's appetite. Groselle ate a roasted pig and a stewed lamb in one meal.

When eating, I don’t even spit out the bones, I just chew them up with a crunch.

Odysseus and the others drank their mutton soup from bowls, but Groselle drank directly from the pot.

This made Odysseus realize that the breeding town would have to be twice as large to support the giant.

As for the expansion, he planned to have Rupert order some meat from Bayam and have it delivered every day via the teleportation array.

In fact, Odysseus had some selfish motives in rescuing these five people. If they could work for him, it would be equivalent to having five more subordinates at the Sequence 5 level, and his extraordinary power would be immediately upgraded.

But of course, this cannot be said openly. You can only build good relationships with them and invite them when the time is right.

Snowman has agreed to stay, and Longzel will most likely stay as well. This is already a very good start.

That afternoon, Edwina said goodbye and left.

After Odysseus arranged accommodations for Groselle and the others, he returned to the ship and offered the Travel Notes to Klein as a sacrifice, telling him that everyone who had entered the Travel Notes had already come out.

He breathed a sigh of relief: the hot potato had finally been passed on.

Odysseus had just received the Travel Notes when he had a "discussion" with Adam. He didn't want to hold this kind of thing for even a minute longer.

……

On the "Golden Dream".

Edwina stood on the deck, took another look at the port town, then hurried back to the study and wrote a letter to report Odysseus's affairs to her new teacher Douglas.

After summoning the teacher's messenger and sending the letter, Edwina waited nervously for the teacher's reply.

For her, this is definitely a big deal. She is well aware of the importance of the "Gal Rune". This is definitely a major invention that can change the current status quo of the extraordinary world.

This is even an opportunity for the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom to further expand its influence.

Just over ten minutes after the letter was sent, the space in the middle of the study suddenly became illusory, and Douglas, wearing the bishop's robe of the Church of Knowledge, stepped out from the spiritual world.

Edwina was stunned for a moment before she quickly stepped forward and called out, "Teacher."

She realized that the church also took this matter seriously.

In other words, this is definitely something that the church takes very seriously.

Douglas was a middle-aged man who looked approachable. He nodded at Edwina and said solemnly, "Tell me in detail how Odysseus designed the 'Gal Rune' and discovered the 'Soul Storage Crystal'."

Edwina immediately repeated the story in detail, and Douglas let out a long sigh. "No wonder the great 'embodiment of knowledge and wisdom' would send an oracle to the Pope regarding Odysseus. It turns out Odysseus is hiding such a great secret."

Edwina was stunned for a second or two before asking in surprise, "The 'embodiment of knowledge' even gave us an oracle?"

She suddenly understood why the seal given to Odysseus was approved so quickly. It must be that the oracle made the church's top leaders pay enough attention to it, so they simplified the process.

This level of attention surprised Edwina somewhat.

Douglas added, "After the search for Beyonder characteristics is over, try to get Odysseus to visit Lenburg. As long as he's willing to be baptized, he'll immediately become a favored one of the gods."

Edwina paused for another second or two before saying, "I'll try my best."

……

Bayam, room 203 of the Azure Hotel.

Klein returned to the real world from "above the gray fog." He had just entered "Groselle's Travels" and explored it.

Since the story has concluded, it is now possible to enter and exit the Travel Notes freely.

At the same time, he discovered that Groselle and others were still in the "Travel Notes"!

He originally thought that Odysseus had made a mistake, but after careful observation, he realized that it should be the spiritual remnants of Groselle and others.

They continue the original story in the book.

This suddenly gave Klein an idea. He could obtain some intelligence about the Second and Third Ages by entering their dreams.

But you have to wait and do some preparation before exploring.

dong dong dong~
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Klein looked towards the door and asked in a cold voice, "Who?"

"Sir, someone has delivered a letter to you." It was the waiter's voice.

Klein was stunned. When he reached the door, the scene outside appeared in his mind. A waiter was standing at the door holding a letter.

The letter didn't look dangerous.

So Klein opened the door, took the letter, closed the door, and performed a divination to confirm that the letter was not dangerous before opening it.

There were two lines of words written in the middle of the letter: Please go to Kent Blue Street to investigate the "Magic Pharmacy". The reward is 80 pounds. If you can find the boss behind the pharmacy, the reward is 300 pounds.

If you agree to this commission, please place a pot of flowers on the windowsill. If you don't see the flowers within two hours, it will be considered that you are unwilling to accept this commission.

Klein smiled: This guy is more cautious than me.

He lay down in the easy chair, holding the letter in his hand, and silently thought to himself, "The source of this letter."

"The source of this letter."

"..."

Then he fell asleep by "meditation" and used the ability of "dream divination".

The moment Klein fell asleep, his vision was hazy, but soon the scene before him stirred, outlining a picture: a man in his thirties, wearing a black robe, with a round face and a chubby body, was lying on a walnut desk, writing two sentences on a piece of letter paper.

Seeing the other person's size, Klein recognized him as the "Fat Pharmacist" Darkwill.

The next scene is that Darkwill arrives at the Azure Hotel in a carriage and gives the waiter a 5-pence tip, asking him to deliver the letter to Room 203.

Then, Klein woke up from his dream. He pondered for a moment, picked up his cane and went out.

Klein quickly walked to the back of the hotel and found an owl staring at the window of Room 203 on a building on the back street.

That was Darkwill's pet Harry.

Harry also saw Klein and was about to fly away when Klein said in a stern tone, "Tell Darkwill to come here within three minutes."

As he spoke, he shook the envelope and letter paper in his hand.

Harry was stunned for a moment, nodded, and flew away immediately.

Less than three minutes later, Darkwill came running over, a thin layer of sweat on his round face. "Are you the guest in room 203?"

Klein said, "Hmm."

“If I had known…” Darkwill thought to himself: If I had known, I would have just gone to visit directly and saved myself the trouble of writing a letter.

Klein looked around and saw that there were few people on the street. Then he asked, "How did you know I live here?"

"Old man...my teacher told me." Darkwill felt a little guilty.

Because his teacher's original words were to ask him to go to room 203 of the Azure Hotel and look for someone who could investigate the boss behind the magical drug store.

Darkwill was being clever and planned to use this method to hide his identity.

In fact, he had a letter with him, which detailed the information about the magical pharmacy and the direction of the investigation.

As soon as Harry the Owl sees a pot of flowers on the windowsill of Room 203, he will send the second letter.

Darkwill was quite smug about this, feeling that he had designed a plan that would not reveal his identity at all.

In fact, there is a simpler way to deal with this matter. If you use the channels of Kleist from the "School of Life", you will know what is going on.

But because Rupert did not take the initiative to report the matter to the teacher, the "School of Life" still did not know what was going on at this time.

After hearing what the Fat Pharmacist said, Klein wasn't very surprised. The demigods of the Monster Path were always mysterious, but they could definitely find someone who could help them.

He then said, "Tell me about that drug store."

Klein was primarily interested in what kind of pharmacy the "School of Life" was investigating; perhaps there was some secret hidden behind it.

"It's a drugstore that opened just over a month ago," Darkwill explained. "At first, everyone thought it was just an ordinary drugstore, but soon a rumor spread throughout Bayam that the medicine there could cure malaria within three days.

"You may have heard that if you contract malaria, your survival depends entirely on luck unless you meet a true 'pharmacist'.

"So many people went there to try their luck, and after drinking the first dose of the medicine, the symptoms of malaria were immediately alleviated. After drinking the second dose, they were basically cured. After drinking the third dose, they were truly cured."

Klein had a guess in his mind: This should be an extraordinary potion, that is, a potion prepared by a "pharmacist."

Then he wondered: What's so good about this? Bayam probably had more than just Darkwill as a "pharmacist," right?

At this time, the owl Harry landed on the roof nearby and helped the two people keep watch.

Darkwill continued, "At first, we all thought it was a pharmacy run by a 'pharmacist,' and believed that such a pharmacy wouldn't last long and would soon be targeted by official Beyonders.

"But more than half a month later, not only did the pharmacy not close, but its business was booming, and the prices of those medicines were even raised by more than ten pounds!

"I heard that in order to prevent people from reselling the medicine, drug stores have a rule that the medicine must be drunk in front of the patient. That's when the medicine actually reaches the mouths of malaria patients.

"Strangely enough, the official Beyonders don't care about this pharmacy at all.

"Just a few days ago, this pharmacy has opened five branches in major islands such as Oravi and Dillinhos, and has also started to stock new medicines."

Klein nodded slowly: The official Beyonders don't care, which means this pharmacy has official background.

"At this time, a rumor, true or false, appeared in Bayam," Darkwill said. "It said that this pharmacy hired more than a dozen 'pharmacists' at high salaries to provide sufficient potions for the pharmacy.

“But I don’t know if the owner of the pharmacy is doing this for charity, as each dose of medicine only costs 15 soli!

"Logically speaking, this price isn't enough to cover the pharmacist's salary. Because the pharmacist's spiritual power is limited, he can't prepare many potions in a day. That's why the potion I prescribe costs 10 pounds.

“Even if this herbal medicine store has good sales, its costs wouldn’t be this low.

“So the teacher sent me to investigate, and I found out that the nurses and waiters selling medicine there were just ordinary people.

"Also, I observed for several days and never saw anyone delivering medicine to that pharmacy.

"I originally thought the 'pharmacists' were making potions in the basement of that store, but I found out after I found the landlord and asked him about it that the basement wasn't very big."

At this point, the "fat pharmacist" spread his hands and said: "I didn't know how to investigate, so I wrote a letter to the teacher, and he told me to come here to find you.

"As long as you can find out how they make the potion, you can get a reward of 80 pounds. If you can find out the boss behind the scenes, you can get 300 pounds."

"500 pounds," Klein said. "Because this matter is very strange, no one would accept such a commission for 300 pounds."

Darkwill opened his mouth and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Okay then."

He had to pay for the investigation himself, but his teacher promised that as long as he could find out who was behind the pharmacy, he would give him the formula for the Sequence 7 potion.

After commissioning the escort mission from Gehrman Sparrow last time, Darkwill gave all his money to the crazy adventurer as a reward. His business had been good recently, and he had just saved up about 500 pounds.

Unexpectedly, it ended up in German Sparrow's pocket again.

　Happy New Year! I wish you all great wealth and success in the new year.

　　By the way, I would like to ask for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)