Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 338 Odysseus's Commission to "Little Sun"
At the Tarot Club.

After the deal between the Hermit and the World was reached, the World finally said, "I have no more deals."

The venue fell silent for a few seconds before Emlyn the Moon said to Fors the Magician, "I will pay you for the clues you provided today."

He now has a total of three clues, one clue that can lock the target, and two clues that give the target's approximate range of activities.

Fors nodded and said, "Okay."

Xiu will have another income, but she will also charge a "brokerage fee" of about 10%.

Emlyn then turned to look at the Sun: "We have the roots and auxiliary materials for the Elder Tree you requested.

"Give me a list of the monsters around Silver City, and I'll pick out a few items of comparable value.

"Well, they cost me two thousand pounds, and my fee of two hundred pounds, which makes a total of two thousand two hundred pounds."

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Moon." Derrick, the Sun, felt delighted, and suddenly felt that Mr. Moon wasn't so annoying after all.

He quickly materialized the corresponding list and handed it to "Moon" Emlyn.

Emlyn glanced through it, then cleared his throat and said, "This, this, and this."

Derrick took careful note and said he would be able to gather the money for Emlyn in two days at most.

The transaction was completed and the venue fell silent again.

Just as everyone was wondering why Little Sun hadn't asked Hermit for extraordinary weapons during this gathering, Sun Derrick looked at Hermit and said, "Mr. Hermit, on our way back, we seemed to have seen the unusual thing you mentioned earlier."

The other members immediately recalled that at the last gathering, the "Hermit" made a strange request, asking the "Sun" to pay attention to the abnormalities in the "God-forsaken Land".

Everyone was quite surprised at that time. Could it be that the "Hermit" could do something that would affect the "God-forsaken Land"?

"The Sun"'s words immediately aroused everyone's curiosity, and they pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation between the two people.

Odysseus asked, "What is that strange thing like?"

"Suddenly, a luminous object appeared and quickly rose into the air," Derrick described. "There seemed to be dots of light flickering within the light, a bit like the stars described in books."

There is only lightning in the sky of the "God-forsaken Land", and there has never been a normal night sky.

Odysseus nodded, and was sure that it was the "Staff of Gus". He hoped that Amon's clone had not seen this staff.

He thought for a moment and then said, "I want to issue you a commission. Find the source of the light and get what I need."

Derrick guessed that Mr. Hermit might issue such a commission, so he wasn't surprised. Instead, he asked, "Is this mission dangerous? What does the light source look like?"

"There may be some danger." Odysseus said: "I will continue to follow up on this matter. If it is very dangerous, I will notify you immediately."

For example, if it was taken away by Amon's clone, "Little Sun" would not be allowed to die.

The other members were all sighing in their hearts about the benefits of having members from the "God-Forsaken Land" in the Tarot Club. Other members could even issue some tasks related to that continent.

"You might need some help," Odysseus said. "That light source is called the 'Staff of Gus'."

Odysseus then asked Mr. Fool to materialize the appearance of the Staff of Guth: "This is his appearance."

When Klein, Alger, and the others saw the simple staff, they all recalled that the Hermit had a staff like this.

The other members could probably guess that this should be a very good magical item.

But they are quite curious, why does the "Hermit" know that this magical item is in the "God-forsaken Land"?
Odysseus continued, "Besides you, I'm sure many monsters were also attracted by the 'Staff of Gus'. You will probably have to take the staff back from the monsters."

Before attending the Tarot Club, when Odysseus went to confirm the situation of the "Staff of Gus", he noticed that many monsters were searching for the light source near the Staff of Gus.

However, the "Staff of Gus" was inconspicuous when it was not infused with spirituality, and has not yet been found by those monsters.

Derrick nodded: "I understand."

"What reward do you want?" Odysseus asked.

Derrick hesitated and said, "100 extraordinary weapons of various types."

Seeing the Hermit was taken aback, he immediately changed his words and said, "80 pieces will do."

"No, no, no," Odysseus said with a smile, "I didn't expect that you would need so many weapons.

"Just 100 pieces, deal!"

The transaction amount was apparently 5000 pounds, but in fact, Odysseus's cost was only about 460 pounds.

Of course, the price is so low now, and the biggest cost is labor cost. However, when the "Knowledge Wilderness" has those two "intelligent puppets", the labor cost can be almost ignored.

Derrick sighed, a satisfied smile on his face.

"But I still hope to continue the Beyonder attribute transaction with you." Odysseus said, "How about this? I'll pay you 2200 pounds for the 'Moon', and you convert it into Beyonder materials for me."

He now has a stable sales channel, and the sale of extraordinary materials has become an important source of income.

Now is the time to spend money, and Odysseus certainly doesn't want any problems to arise in this business.

Derrick was stunned for a moment before asking Moon, "Mr. Moon, is this okay?"

Emlyn said, "It would be best if I could receive gold pounds."

This saves the time and risk of selling extraordinary materials.

Odysseus smiled and said to Derrick, "Then let's make a three-way deal. You can give me the 2200 pounds of extraordinary materials over two weeks."

Then he looked at Emlyn the Moon and said, "I can give you the 2200 pounds today."

Once all three parties are satisfied, the transaction is completed.

After that, no new members initiated transactions, so the "transaction phase" ended and entered the "communication phase".

Alger, the Hanged Man, first said thoughtfully, "The Pope of the Church of Storms has fallen."

As he spoke, he glanced at Odysseus out of the corner of his eye.

The other members were stunned for a moment, and then they all showed surprised expressions.

The death of the Pope is definitely a major event in the extraordinary world, but why didn’t they receive any news?
Especially for Klein and Cattleya, who were also on the sea. Theoretically, the fall of the Pope of the Storm Church would have had a huge impact on the extraordinary power of the entire Violent Sea.

At this time, Alger continued, "However, the Lord of Storms appointed a new Pope that day. Once the new Pope is ready, he should announce this matter."

Priestess Cattleya seemed to understand what was going on: Gad II's traits had been reclaimed by the Church of Storms, and that very day, a Sequence 3 was promoted to an Angel, becoming the new Pope. They would wait until the new Pope stabilized before announcing this matter.

In an extraordinary organization like the Church, there should always be one or two "reserve popes" to deal with situations like the current one.

They must have digested the potion and prepared the ritual, just waiting for a Beyonder characteristic to be promoted to angels.

Klein had a similar suspicion to Cattleya's. He also recalled that some time ago, The Hanged Man was stalking The Hermit and competing with other churches for a demigod-level Beyonder characteristic.

Then he thought: Could it be that the three churches are fighting so hard that the angels are coming out to fight?
Then he denied his idea, because the church would not be so irrational. Even if a battle at the angel level really happened, the angels of the Storm Church could always run away even if they could not win.

That’s strange, why did the Pope of the Storm Church fall?
Could it be that a war between gods has been triggered?
Audrey had just recovered from her shock. "Mr. Hanged Man, why did this happen? I mean... I mean, how did the Pope of the Church of the Storm fall?"

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation." Alger said.

He only remembered that he was lucky that day. The hurricane blew the "Blue Avenger" into the fog, and he managed to escape.

The "Bo Tao", which arrived a little later than him, sank in the "dangerous sea" and no one on board survived.

Later, Alger carefully recalled his spiritual feelings at the time, and from the church's reaction, he deduced that the Pope might have fallen.

"I know some inside information about this matter." "Hermit" Odysseus suddenly said.

Alger breathed a sigh of relief. He had just mentioned this matter because he hoped to learn the inside story from the Hermit.

Everyone looked at the Hermit, and Klein thought: This is indeed related to the previous fight for the demigod's characteristics.

"The whole process was a conspiracy by Adam," Odysseus said without reservation. "Even I became a character in the story written by Adam."

what?
Adam's conspiracy?
Klein seemed to suddenly recall the fear of being dominated by "0-08".

Alger hadn't imagined that the actions of the three churches would be related to the "Angel King" Adam.

After a brief moment of surprise, Cattleya immediately realized the logic behind this: Adam and the three gods, including the "Lord of Storms", were on adjacent paths!

Derrick the Sun looked the Hermit up and down. "Mr. Hermit, how did you...how did you get out of that story?"

Odysseus smiled and replied, "Of course, I received help from a great being."

Cattleya was stunned: "The Hermit" couldn't possibly call the "Queen" a "Great Being". Didn't he get help from the "Queen"?

But then she felt relieved: it must be Mr. Fool’s help.

The other members also had similar guesses. Klein, the Fool, who was sitting at the head of the group, saw everyone's expressions and realized what they were thinking. This made him smile bitterly: I don't know who he asked for help either.

"Adam hoped to intensify the conflicts between the Church of Storms and three other churches," Odysseus continued, "His plan was very successful. In this battle, not only did the Pope of the Church of Storms fall, but a demigod each from the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the Eternal Sun also died.

"Well, don't pay too much attention to the details of this incident, because this is Adam's story. Whether it's reasonable or not, the ending is already determined."

At this point, he thought to himself: Don’t mind the fact that I got a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, I’m also a victim!
Everyone opened their mouths and understood what "Hermit" meant: the angel and the two demigods were written to be dead!
Klein sighed inwardly: This is the "King of Angels", even angels can be written to death!

The other members also immediately had a concrete understanding of the power of the "Angel King".

Audrey calmed herself down first, then asked, "Mr. Hermit, Adam...what's Adam's purpose in doing this?"

She organized her words and continued, "For the past few hundred years, Adam has never provoked a conflict between the three major churches. Why did he suddenly take action? Could it be that he found an opportunity?"

Odysseus was stunned for a moment before saying, "I don't know about that either."

Audrey looked at the Hermit's movements and expression for a second or two before she said "Oh". Judging from the Hermit's reaction just now, he should know some inside information, but he said "I don't know".

Now Audrey's thinking was no longer as simple as before. She soon realized: since the "Hermit" knew that I could probably see some of his inner thoughts, but he still said "I don't know" without any concealment, it must be that it was inconvenient for him to say.

At this time, the Magician Fors asked, "Will this lead to a full-scale war between the three major churches?"

"Probably not." Odysseus said: "When Gad II fell, the three gods including the Lord of Storms noticed Adam's plan, so the three churches were very restrained afterwards.

"However, after the Storm Church announces the inauguration of a new Pope, the three parties will surely engage in a struggle, both openly and covertly."

Fors nodded. She also felt that the three churches would not give up just like that.

Cattleya asked, "Won't the three churches seek revenge on Adam?"

"It probably can't be found." Odysseus smiled and said, "If it could be found, Adam would have fallen in the Fourth Epoch."

Klein manipulated the "world" to join in the conversation: "In recent years, the Extraordinary Realm seems to have been moving in an unstable direction."

"After all, it's almost time for the new era." Odysseus said with a smile.

For a moment, everyone fell into deep thought, and the topic ended there.

Ten seconds later, Audrey, the "Justice," said, "Last week, Duke Negan was assassinated."

Even Cattleya, who was at sea, knew: "The leader of the Conservative Party in the Kingdom of Loen?"

Fors had also heard about this incident, and it was said that it was done by the Aurora Society.

Audrey nodded: "Yes."

Alger, who had previously participated in the investigation of Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilingos, said as if it had nothing to do with him: "He's still dead."

Then he asked, "After the last assassination attempt, didn't he ask for some extraordinary power to protect himself?"

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation." Audrey glanced at the "Hermit" out of the corner of her eye.

Odysseus smiled and said, “As far as I know, he did.

"First of all, Duke Negan himself is a Sequence 6. Although he has little combat experience, he is indeed a 'Mid-Sequence' Beyonder.

"Also, his secretary is a Sequence 5 who has been with him ever since the last incident.

"In addition, there are at least two Sequence 5 and two Sequence 6 extraordinary bodyguards, allowing Duke Negan to call upon a Sequence 5 and a Sequence 6 at any time.

"It is said that the 'Singer of God', Ace Snake, gave Duke Negan a conch shell. As long as the conch shell is blown in Backlund, the 'Singer of God' will arrive within half a minute."

Alger was stunned: "This is much stronger than the previous protection!"

Especially the conch of the "Singer of God". With the ability of this demigod, he can definitely arrive at the scene within ten seconds.

Then Alger seemed to realize something and asked the Hermit, "How do you know so clearly?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "Because I was the one who killed Duke Negan."

In his opinion, this was not a secret and there was no need to hide it, because two members of the Tarot Club already knew about it.

Everyone was stunned when they heard the news. Cattleya asked, "Why would you kill a duke?"

In her opinion, it didn't matter whether the duke was fat or thin, or what his character was like. She cared more about Odysseus's purpose.

"Someone offered me a reward I couldn't refuse." Odysseus smiled.

Audrey looked at the Hermit. She had no idea such a thing existed.

Then the whole story became clear to her. Someone hired the "Hermit" to assassinate Duke Negan, and the "Hermit" knew that the Duke was not a kind person, so he took on the task and completed the assassination.

Klein also felt that this was more reasonable. Otherwise, if there was no hatred, there would be no need to go to Backlund to kill people.

Cattleya confirmed, "Is it that simple?"

Odysseus replied, "It's that simple."

Cattleya basically ruled out that this was a task issued by the "Queen" and wanted to ask who gave Odysseus the task?
But then she realized that this should be considered relatively confidential information in the mission, and Odysseus would not tell her even if she asked him, so she thought of writing a letter to the "Queen".

Fors was even more curious: "How did you disguise yourself as a member of the Aurora Society?"

She noticed that Mr. Hanged Man, Ms. Priest, and other members were looking at her, so she explained, "According to the preliminary investigation by the official Beyonders, it is believed that the Aurora Society killed the Duke."

"It's simple," Odysseus said with a smile. "All we need is a magical item from the 'Secret Prayer' path and a few 'Flesh Bombs' to disguise the scene as the work of the 'Aurora Society'."

In fact, it was mainly the interference of the "real creator's whispering", otherwise the "Singer of God" would definitely be able to discover some clues.

At this time, Audrey, who initiated this topic, asked again: "Who wants to kill Duke Negan so much? What benefits can they get after Duke Negan dies?"

Alger looked at the Hermit; he had the same question.

In fact, he had this question when Qi Lingos assassinated him last time.

Cattleya also looked at the Hermit. Although she hadn't asked the question just now, she was looking forward to the answer to this question.

Odysseus thought about it for a moment before saying to Audrey, "If I can answer your question, it's like repaying the favor you did me."

Everyone was stunned. When did the "Hermit" owe a favor to "Justice"?

Do they know each other in the real world?
Only Audrey understood that the favor the Hermit was referring to was not exposing his surveillance. Before Justice Audrey could say anything, Odysseus said, "The person who issued this mission was a member of the Twilight Hermit Order."

The other members were somewhat surprised when they heard this answer.

At the Tarot Club last week, when they were trading intelligence about Emperor Roselle, they learned that the suspected leader of the "Twilight Hermits" was most likely Adam.

I didn't expect that such a high-level organization would issue this task.

"As for what benefits they can gain," Odysseus smiled and said, "It has something to do with the philosophy they have always upheld.

"In their eyes, Duke Negan seems to be hindering the world from developing in the direction they want."

Hearing this, Klein recalled a movie he had seen before, which talked about how the world was manipulated by an organization.

Upon hearing this, Alger opened his mouth and said, "It is indeed an evil secret organization."

Want to control the world?

Audrey, the "Justice" character, asked, "What direction do they want the world to go in?"

Odysseus spread his hands and smiled, "I'm not sure either."

Cattleya's focus was on the fact that the rewards offered by the "Twilight Hermits" should be quite generous.

However, this kind of question is not easy to ask.

The magnificent hall fell silent for a few seconds. After chatting about a few other topics, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Club.

……

Back in the real world, Odysseus was stunned for a while before sitting up and taking out bundles of gold pounds from the "Wilderness of Knowledge". If he decided to buy the "Biological Toxin Bottle", then the reward for exchanging information at this Tarot Meeting would not be enough to pay for that money.

Soon, using the bestowal ceremony, Odysseus obtained the "biotoxin bottle" and designed an experiment to see if the toxin in this magical item could be used in the scroll.

……

"The Place Abandoned by God", Silver City.

Derrick suddenly sat up from the bed, jumped to the ground, put the "Hurricane Axe" on his waist, and ran to the round tower where the "Council of Six" was located.

He told the guard that he wanted to see the "Chief" and waited for dozens of breaths before the guard brought Derrick to the top of the round tower.

Chief Colin, who had gray hair, said expressionlessly, "What do you want from me?"

Derrick saluted before saying, "Your Excellency, during a previous operation, I discovered several methods for making disposable extraordinary weapons.

"After recent continuous attempts, I have completely mastered the method of crafting weapons. I only need to use some 'low-sequence' level extraordinary materials that we rarely use, and I can continuously create extraordinary weapons."

He felt that the time was ripe and he should "confess" the matter to the "chief".

Colin nodded and said, “Very good.

"You will receive a certain amount of merit for this. In addition, you can use the unused inventory in the warehouse at will without having to exchange it for merit."

The six-member council had long noticed those one-time extraordinary weapons, and had someone exchange merit for a few from Derrick Berg, and studied them carefully.

After confirming that these weapons were very practical and posed no threat to Silver City, they kept an eye on them while allowing Derrick to trade with other residents.

And he didn't bother to ask where these weapons came from.

After using them for a while, the residents of Silver City gradually became fond of these weapons, and their value increased from the initial 10 merits to the current 50 merits.

Many people suggested to the six-member council that they should simply let Derrick take full-time charge of the production of these extraordinary weapons.

However, because Derrick was somewhat special, the six-member council had never taken the initiative to inquire about this matter.

Colin didn't believe a word Derrick said today, but he understood what he meant: as long as there were enough extraordinary materials, those extraordinary weapons could be supplied in large quantities in the future.

So Colin said that the unused stock could be taken at will.

This result surprised Derrick. At the beginning, when Extraordinary weapons only had 10 Merits, he could earn a certain amount of Merits for each weapon. Later, the price went completely out of control, rising higher and higher. As a result, Derrick lived a relatively wealthy life in Silver City and made many friends.

He didn't expect that he wouldn't need Merits to exchange for extraordinary materials that he wouldn't need in the future!
While Derrick was delighted, he didn't forget the other main purpose of this trip: "I can provide 100 such extraordinary weapons soon.

"However, my spirituality has realized that the glowing object from before will be of great help in the creation of extraordinary weapons, so I hope to search for that item."

Chief Colin didn't respond immediately, but looked at Derrick quietly.

This made Derrick feel somewhat guilty. He knew that the Chief must know that he had lied in many places, so he first told the Chief what he could provide to let him understand that this was a deal.

After looking at Derrick for a while, Colin said, "Go back and get ready, and we can set off."

Derrick breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I still need a few companions."

"The exploration teams have been formed, and you are the final member of those teams." Colin said, "I will lead this operation."

Even without Odysseus's commission, Silver City also planned to explore the source of the light. However, the previous plan was for Elder Lovia to lead the team, but now Colin plans to lead the team himself.

……

Cruz Island, in the captain's studio of the Argo.

After simple experiments, Odysseus determined that the ability of the "Biotoxin Bottle" could be combined with the scroll, and has designed the "Flu Scroll", "Itch Scroll", "Dehydration Scroll" and "Aphrodisiac Scroll".

Through research, it should be possible to design some other scrolls.

So Odysseus finally decided to buy the "biotoxin bottle".

So at this Tarot meeting, Odysseus had a total of three expenses: the "Biotoxin Bottle" cost 4500 pounds, the "Judge" feature cost 1200 pounds, and 2200 pounds was paid to "Moon" Emlyn.

The total cost is £7900.

The reward for this Tarot Club intelligence transaction was only 2700 pounds in cash, and in the end Odysseus had to sacrifice another 5200 pounds.

I didn’t make any money from my first Tarot Club, and I even spent so much.

In addition, Odysseus also obtained 20 pieces of extraordinary materials of sequence 9, and there are more than a dozen pieces. "Little Sun" will pay them at the next Tarot meeting.

After completing the transaction, Odysseus wrote a letter to Edwina to discuss going to Lenburg. Before he finished writing the letter, he received another letter.

Odysseus was stunned for a moment and didn't have time to read the letter. He asked the messenger to wait for a moment. He quickly finished writing the letter and asked the messenger to deliver it to "Lieutenant General Iceberg".

Only then did he open the letter he had just received, which was sent by First Mate Bazel, saying that "Black Hand" Alva had arrived at Cruz Island.

Alva serves Nast, the "King of the Five Seas", and is now preparing for a new pirate conference.

Odysseus had talked to him before and hoped that the new pirate conference would be held on Cruz Island.

At that time, Alva did not agree immediately. He came to Cruz Island at this time to investigate whether the island had the strength to hold this pirate conference.

After all, there will be many pirates coming, and a small island cannot provide just wine and food.

Odysseus did not plan to show up immediately, so he asked Balzers to receive him first.

……

"Black Hand" Alva arrived at Cruz Island in the afternoon.

After talking with Odysseus once before, Alva immediately reported the situation to the "King of the Five Seas", and Nast soon responded: if conditions on Cruz Island permit, it can be held there.

Alva then began to make preparations, took some gifts and set off to talk to the "Admiral of Mystery" in person.

He got the news from "Elemental Dawn" that "Admiral Mystery" had a base on Cruz Island, so he sent his subordinates to the island to deliver the invitation.

At that time, Alva didn't pay much attention to this matter, because it was normal for big pirates to have their own strongholds.

Before setting off on this operation, Alva asked his subordinates about the situation on Cruz Island and learned that the island was now a huge construction site where various construction projects were underway.

This made Alva a little strange. He didn't understand why "Admiral Mystery" would make such a large investment in such a remote island?
After arriving at Cruz Island, Alva was first shocked by the port because it was so big. Generally, ports at the small city level were not this big.

Then a large cruiser named "General" rushed over from the east side of the island at an extremely fast speed and used flag signals to ask Alva's purpose.

After using flag signals to indicate that he had no ill intentions, Alva met Balzer, the first mate of the "Sword of Dawn", standing on the deck of the "General".

Looking at the huge ship in front of him, Alva now fully believed that the "Sword of Dawn" had once defeated a naval fleet.

After stating their purpose, Basel said that the captain was not on the island at the moment and they could wait on Cruz Island, but it was unclear when he would return.

Now that I'm here, I have to wait a few days.

So Alva and several of his subordinates, accompanied by Bazel, came to the port town.

In Alva's opinion, this small town was too shabby compared to the huge port.

However, what he didn't expect was that such a small port actually had street lights!
Alva looked left and right, trying to see if there was anything strange here. At this moment, he saw a huge figure in the distance.

The figure was more than four meters tall, with huge vertical pupils. He was currently halfway up the mountain, seemingly helping with logging.

At this time, Bazel said casually: "That is our captain's guest."

"Guest...guest." Alva finally realized: "Isn't that a giant?"

"Yes, that's a giant." Looking at the surprised face of "Black Hand", Basel said with a smile.

Alva exhaled, "This is the first time I've seen a giant."

"Please come this way." Bazel did not continue the topic. Instead, after arranging a room for Alva, he immediately tried to contact the captain with the crystal ball. When he failed to get through, he wrote a letter to the captain.

At this time, Alva wanted to look around the island, but was rejected by the accompanying boatswain Salina. She said that before getting the captain's approval, she could only accompany him and walk around the town.

Alva actually wanted to see the giant up close, and also to see the construction site on the hill over there to see the scale of the construction going on.

Since he was not allowed, he patiently chatted with Salina, hoping to get more information.

But to Alva's surprise, the boatswain Salina seemed talkative but alert and did not reveal any important information.

In this intermittent chat, time quickly came to evening.

Alva's subordinate suddenly came in quickly and said, "Captain, a large ship has arrived at the port."

Alva was just about to say, "Just dock, what's the big fuss?"

But then he thought again, it must be no ordinary boat, so he asked, "Whose boat is it?"

"It seems to be the 'News' and the 'Black Octopus'."

"What?" Alva knew that it was the flagship of Vice Admiral Deep Sea and one of his important ships.

Alva walked quickly to the door and saw two ships entering the port, both flying flags with sea monster elements. They were indeed the flags of "Vice Admiral of the Deep Sea".

He kept looking at the harbor until the ship docked, then he returned to his room thoughtfully.

After a while, Rupert, the second mate of the Sword of Dawn, came over quickly and said, "Hello, Captain Alva, it's time for dinner. I will accompany you for dinner.

"Would you like to eat here or in the restaurant?"

"Let's go to the restaurant." Alva smiled politely and asked, "Are those two large ships in the harbor the ships of the 'Admiral of the Deep Sea'?"

Could that be the guest of Admiral Mystery as well?

Rupert smiled and said, "Yes, the first mate is receiving you at the dock."

Alva nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly noticed that the street had become brighter.

……

After receiving the task of "actively contacting Odysseus", "Deep Sea Vice Admiral" Hal Constantine began to look for the location of Cruz Island on the nautical chart.

As a result, after changing several nautical charts, I finally found the approximate location of the island.

After searching in the nearby sea area for more than a day, we finally found this place.

But after arriving at Cruz Island, Hal Constantine was a little surprised at the port. Just from the fact that the port was still empty even though there were huge ships as long as 100 meters such as the "News" and the "Black Octopus", it was clear that "Admiral Mystery" had spent a lot of money on it.

If they were to build a secret base, they might also build a good deep-water port, but it would definitely not be so large.

After a while of communication, Hal Constantine realized that he had come at an inopportune time today, as "Admiral Mystery" was not there.

However, he didn't have any important tasks recently, so he took a few crew members to the dock, planning to stay there for two days to see if he could wait for the "Mysterious Admiral".

Accompanied by Basel, they just arrived in the town and saw that the main street of the town suddenly lit up.

At this time, the sky was just beginning to get dark, and you could still see clouds of fire on the horizon. The bright light seemed to have brought a section of the street back to noon.

Hal Constantine looked towards the lit place and saw a local native pressing a button on the street lamp. The lampshade suddenly shrank and the second light also lit up!
Vice Admiral Deep Sea couldn't help but ask, "Are those 'lighting crystals'?"

"No." Bazel had long noticed that Vice Admiral Deep Sea was attracted by the streetlight, but he waited for the other party to ask before answering: "That is a spiritual material found by our captain.

"It can glow for a long time, but it needs to be frequently infused with spiritual energy."

Hal stopped and laughed, "Such high-grade spiritual materials are used in street lamps. Aren't you afraid of them being stolen?"

"Local residents don't dare to steal." Bazel smiled and said, "Miss Noy behind me can easily find out who the thief is and where he hid the stolen goods.

“Only uninformed outsiders would steal.”

Vice Admiral Deep Sea nodded slowly before saying, "If I'm not mistaken, the person who turned on the light should be an ordinary person, right?"

"Yes." Bazel smiled and said, "These street lights were designed by the captain himself. The bright light of the crystal is blocked by lampshades during the day and turned on again in the evening.

"The button to open the lampshade is right on the pillar. It's an easy job and doesn't require any special skills, so it's usually left to sanitation workers."

Hal Constantine: "Are there sanitation workers here?"

"Environmental sanitation" is a concept proposed by Emperor Roselle, but currently, only large cities have sanitation workers, and even in Bayam, only some urban areas have them.

I didn’t expect that there would be sanitation workers in such a small island and such a small town.

"Yes, there are 'sanitation workers' in the town." Basel gave a brief introduction.

Hal hummed, and stood there watching the streetlights light up one by one.

Finally, after both rows of streetlights were lit, he sighed, "'Admiral Arcana' is very rich."

In his opinion, even if these luminous materials are not as expensive as "lighting crystals", they should still be quite expensive.

Then the group went to the restaurant for dinner. When they were halfway through the meal, Hal Constantine saw "Black Hand" Alva coming to the restaurant for dinner.

He was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to meet the confidant of the "King of the Five Seas" here.

The two of them just nodded slightly as a greeting.

"Vice Admiral of the Deep Sea" seldom comes to the Raging Sea, and "Black Hand" Alva is not very familiar with him.

(End of this chapter)