Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery.

Chapter 361 The Pirate Generals’ Request
According to Tracy's observation, there is a more mysterious and powerful existence behind the "Admiral of Mystery", who does not seem to be a subordinate of the "Queen of Mystery".

Tracy had to change her strategy, and the conditions she offered seemed a bit hasty because they didn't know what Odysseus and the forces behind him needed.

So Tracy was a little surprised that the two parties had just reached a cooperation intention.

Afterwards, she planned to use "joy" to obtain Odysseus's body fluids and strive to further control "Admiral of Secrets" to avoid revealing the transaction intentions of both parties.

Seeing that "Joy" didn't work, Tracy played the card she had prepared for the "Mysterious Queen", hoping to use the "Queen" to temporarily stabilize the "Admiral of Secrets" so that she could go back and discuss further cooperation plans.

Hearing Admiral Mystery's question, Tracy smiled and said, "It would be best if we could establish cooperation with both you and the Queen."

Odysseus pondered for a moment before saying, "If it involves the 'Queen', I need to know further details about your plan so that I can report this matter to the Queen."

"No problem." Tracy said cheerfully, "We accidentally learned that the 'Mysterious Queen' has been looking for her father.

"All the 'Queen of Mystery' needs is a simple favor, and she could get a clue about her father."

Odysseus laughed and said, "Are you putting pressure on the 'Queen'?"

Tracy didn't explain their plan any further, but instead explained what they knew about the "Mysterious Queen".

This was actually putting pressure on Odysseus, making him feel that they seemed to know the "Mysterious Queen" very well.

But Odysseus was not fooled: "Let me guess what you mean by conditions. I heard that Trier was once an important battlefield in the Pale Age. One of your daughters, the Original, even died there.

"I also heard that the underground world there is very complicated, influenced by the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Witch'. It is said that the archangel of the Sauron family also fell there.

"Emperor Roselle's power rose in Trier, and he served as the Archon for so many years. He must have left some traces in the underground world there.

"But what I want to tell you is that the traces left by Emperor Roselle will not be of any help to the Queen.

"Or do you think that the 'Queen', who grew up in Trier, doesn't understand the peculiarities of that city's underground?"

These words surprised Tracy a little, because much of the information that Odysseus had just mentioned was only known to important members like her, and some of it was not even clear to her.

And the last words of "Admiral Mystery" made Tracy not know how to refute.

At this time, Odysseus said again: "If you want to seek cooperation, you must show sincerity.

"For example, what exactly do you want the 'Queen' to do? When will your plan be carried out? Where will it be carried out? What is the approximate purpose?"

"I don't know the full plan," Tracy said honestly. "I'm afraid you'll capture me and use me as a psychic."

Odysseus asked, "Then answer as many of my questions as you can."

"We'd like to ask the Queen to use her Mysterious Reappearance ability under special circumstances," Tracy said. "I'm not sure about the exact timeline, but it'll probably be in two months."

Odysseus hummed and said, "I will report truthfully."

Then he asked, “How can I contact you if I have a response?”

"I'll tell you how to summon my messenger."

Odysseus nodded: "Okay."

After leaving his contact information, Lieutenant General Disease stood up and said goodbye.

She couldn't say whether this operation was a success or a failure. If she said it was a success, several of her operations had failed, and she had also disclosed a lot of information in advance that she shouldn't have disclosed.

Although it failed, we did reach a deal.

Watching the figure of "Lieutenant General of Disease" leaving, Odysseus sat behind his desk and fell into deep thought.

Think about what the "Witch Sect" wants to do?
About ten seconds later, Bernadette's voice suddenly rang out in the air: "You're right, I know something about Trier's underground."

Odysseus was stunned: "When did you come?"

"You two just started talking." Bernadette appeared in the chair in front of Odysseus and said with a smile, "I'm curious, how did you resist the temptation of a 'witch'?"

"Because I know they were all men before," Odysseus said, "This is the tradition of the Witch Cult. It seems that only in this way can they get closer to their 'original' self."

Bernadette laughed and said, "Just because of this? I feel like they are more feminine than women."

"Isn't this enough?" Odysseus was a little surprised: Sometimes I forget that Bernadette is an Intis!
Emperor Roselle was the one who could say something like "The witch tastes really good." They seemed to be more open-minded about this aspect, at least more open-minded than the Loen people.

So Odysseus didn't continue discussing this issue, but instead asked, "Is there really a scent left by Emperor Roselle underground in Trier?"

"According to my research, there seems to be his 'man in the mirror' there." Bernadette further explained: "There is a very special 'mirror world' down there, which seems to have been formed in the 'pale age' of the Quaternary Period, or even earlier.

“Many people in Trier have a special mirror image in there.

"The Beyonders of the 'Witch' Path seem particularly interested in that 'Mirror World'. While investigating this matter, I encountered members of the 'Witch Cult' several times."

Bernadette then shook her head somewhat dejectedly: "You were right just now. That 'man in the mirror' is of little help to me."

The only effect may be that she inferred that her father should still be alive in a strange way, otherwise the "man in the mirror" would definitely be affected.

Odysseus was stunned. This was something he didn't understand.

Bernadette asked, "What are your plans regarding this collaboration?"

Odysseus did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you think of the 'Witch Cult'?"

"I don't have a good impression of them." Bernadette leaned back in her chair and said, "Their appearance always brings some pain and disaster.

"But it's not to the point of hatred."

Odysseus smiled and nodded: "It's almost the same as what I thought."

Only then did he answer Bernadette’s previous question: “Agree to cooperate first, and then we’ll talk about it after we know their specific plans.

"If they are planning to bring disaster, report them to the True God Church.

"If their actions are directed against some evil secret organization, I don't mind helping."

The latter is probably unlikely.

Bernadette hummed, indicating her agreement with Odysseus’s idea, and warned: “You have to be careful during this period, the conversation just now did not achieve their goal.

"They'll probably send a demigod to find a way to blackmail you."

Odysseus smiled and said, "Do you want to sleep with me so much?"

Bernadette didn't smile, but looked back at him quietly.

Seeing that his joke didn't make Bernadette laugh, Odysseus cleared his throat and said, "I will return to Wotai Province tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I will have your protection then and won't be afraid of them."

Bernadette nodded in satisfaction at this answer.

Not long after Bernadette left, Cattleya arrived.

She also came to trade "Soul Storage Crystals" in bulk with Odysseus.

Odysseus said, "I can only give you 50 yuan now, but I can give you an internal price."

Because of Bernadette, Odysseus will of course give special care to Cattleya.

Cattleya asked, "How much is the internal price?"

The normal price is 300 pounds for a piece of "Spirit Storage Crystal", but she heard that if she orders in bulk, she can indeed get an internal price.

"30 pounds."

Cattleya couldn't believe her ears: "How much?"

Odysseus smiled and said, "You heard right, 30 pounds."

Currently, the only ones who can get this price are "Vice Admiral Iceberg" and Cattleya.

"Vice Admiral Iceberg" was able to get this price because Odysseus wanted to ensure that his interests were tied to the other party's. This was equivalent to telling the Church of Knowledge that as long as they needed it in the future, they could buy the "normal-sized" "Spirit Storage Crystal" at this price.

Afterwards, Odysseus set the market price of the "Soul Storage Crystal" at 300 pounds per piece. If it was sold in the parish of the Church of Knowledge, the Church of Knowledge could be considered to receive a profit of 30 pounds for each piece.

The church ensures the safety of those shops from attacks by other churches or secret organizations.

As long as the church protects it, other churches and secret organizations can only go to Odysseus to place orders if they want them.

For them, "Soul Storage Crystal" is more important than money, especially the church. Odysseus estimates that they will definitely purchase a large amount.

If you need it in bulk, we can give you a wholesale price of 270 pounds.

But if the transaction is not done in the parish of the Church of Knowledge, the 30 pounds of Odysseus will not be given to the church.

The fact that Cattleya was able to get this price was purely a favor to her.

"When you report to your superiors, don't say it's 30 pounds," Odysseus instructed. "Just say it's 270 pounds. That's the wholesale price I give to other 'pirate generals.'"

"Okay." Cattleya felt a little embarrassed.

Odysseus asked, "Did your superiors tell you about the previous attack on Cruz Island?"

"I'm here to explain this to you," Cattleya said, "between the 'Ten Pillars' of the 'Moss Ascetic Order'..."

Because the Hermit hadn't asked about the Moss Ascetic Order's attack on Cruz Island, Cattleya was afraid he might misunderstand, so she explained it as soon as she had the chance.

But Odysseus interrupted, “I know.

"Currently, the Ten Pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order are roughly divided into three factions due to ideological differences.

“You are a subordinate of Phoenix, not the faction that launched the attack the day before yesterday, so it is normal that you are not aware of it.

"But after you leave Cruz Island, you will definitely be investigated. You need to think of a strategy to deal with it."

Cattleya was stunned for a moment, suddenly filled with fear: "Why does the Hermit know so much?" "Could it be... could it be that the Lord of Mysteries has targeted the members of the Moss Ascetic Order?"
Then she thought: They would definitely target the Moss Ascetic Order! After all, He and the Hidden Sage are gods of the same path!
Seeing Cattleya's expression, Odysseus smiled and said, "Don't overthink it. I just happened to learn some information about the Ten Pillars through other channels.

"Phoenix is one of the Ten Pillars, in charge of the Raging Sea and the Sonia Sea. I assume he's your direct superior."

Cattleya sighed: "The Hermit's reasoning ability is still so terrifying."

After thanking Odysseus for the reminder, Cattleya talked about what she saw in the "Scroll Shop" and praised Odysseus's anti-theft design for being very novel.

In fact, for Odysseus, that is the concept of magnetic buckles in shopping malls.

He knew very well that pirates were a group of lawless people and could not be expected to complete the transaction without stealing or robbing.

With Odysseus around, they certainly wouldn't dare to rob, but they still had the courage to steal.

So he designed a "spiritual magnetic buckle" to prevent theft.

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Cattleya stood up and said goodbye.

As Odysseus watched her leave, he suddenly realized that Cattleya's attitude towards him seemed to have changed since the last time he had dinner with her and Bernadette in the cabin on the top of the mountain.

The specific feeling is not as indifferent as before.

Cattleya was not an indifferent person, but before that, Odysseus could clearly feel that Cattleya deliberately kept a distance from him and others.

But now Cattleya was clearly actively trying to dispel that feeling of indifference.

It was evening and Odysseus was about to enjoy dinner when suddenly a waiter came to tell Odysseus that the "Lieutenant General of Dusk" wanted to see him.

Odysseus thought to himself: It is indeed the "Lieutenant General of the Dusk", who only comes at dusk.

Soon, the waiter brought the tall "Lieutenant General of the Dusk" Ivan Bulatov to the office. After the two sat down on the sofa, Bulatov made a request to purchase "energy storage crystal" without any politeness.

This is a necessary procedure for every "pirate general" to meet Odysseus. Odysseus only sold it to him for 20 yuan, but it can now be pre-ordered in advance, and he promised to deliver it within a month.

After the two sides reached an agreement, Bulatov said, "I saw a giant on Cruz Island?"

Vice Admiral of the Deep Sea and Alva of the Black Hand met Groselle when they arrived at Cruz Island before the Pirate Conference.

Over the past month, news of a giant on Cruz Island has spread, so one of Lieutenant General Dusk's missions is to investigate that giant.

"That was an ancient giant," Odysseus replied. "I met him in a special space and saved him.

"A few days before the Pirate Conference, I took him to the Giant Town in the Feysac Empire. However, he found it difficult to integrate into the giant community, so he returned here and planned to settle down."

Odysseus knew very well that this was most likely an investigation commissioned by the Church of the God of War to "Lieutenant General Dusk", so he made it very clear.

Vice Admiral Dusk said "Oh". He thought that Admiral Mystery's words involved the giant town far away in the Feysac Empire. Admiral Mystery should not lie on such an issue.

Then he immediately changed the subject: "This time, I also brought the appointment letter of Major General and a promise to the Feysac Empire."

This is a secret commission from the Feysac Empire.

Odysseus felt that he really liked this quick and decisive way of doing things. After a few words, they got to the point, and "Lieutenant General Dusk" talked about the Feysac Empire's solicitation without any hesitation.

Not everyone is as tactful as the people of Loen when expressing their problems.

In other words, the best way to talk to a pirate is to quickly tell him what benefits he can get, and then discuss your own demands.

So he asked, "What promise?"

"If you can attack the Loen Navy's rear base at a critical moment," Bulatov said, "after the Feysac Empire obtains Loen's interests in the Raging Sea, it will completely hand over the Raging Sea to you."

To Odysseus, this could be described as "huge wealth", but the problem was that he knew very well that the Feysac Empire was defeated in the subsequent war and even ceded some of its current colonies.

Furthermore, even without the God War, it would be difficult for the Feysac Empire to completely occupy the Raging Sea that Loen had managed for over a century.

However, the smaller the probability of something happening and the greater the promised benefits, the more interested pirates with a gambler mentality will be.

Unfortunately, Odysseus didn't have a gambler's mentality, so he smiled and said, "I'm only a Sequence 5. I can't defend such a large ocean."

"You can ask the forces behind you for help." Bulatov said immediately.

The original plan of the Feysac Empire was to establish cooperation with the "Mysterious Queen" through the "Admiral of Mystery". However, after witnessing the battle the day before yesterday, Bulatov changed his mind and turned to directly cooperate with the forces behind Odysseus.

In his opinion, the "Mysterious Queen" might even be a subordinate of the evil god who descended with power the day before yesterday.

Odysseus thought for a moment before saying, "I'm sorry, I can't agree to this cooperation."

Bulatov was stunned for a moment before asking, "Would you like to consider it?"

"I, or rather, we, are not very interested in occupying the entire Raging Sea." Odysseus smiled and said, "But we can trade normally. We will not stop all transactions just because of a future conflict between Loen and the Feysac Empire."

Bulatov breathed a sigh of relief, quite satisfied with the outcome. "Can we trade the machine gun that giant used the other day?"

"Sure." Odysseus smiled and said, "6000 pounds a door.

"We also have machine guns for sale, 1200 pounds each."

A smile crept onto Bulatov's scarred face, and he immediately said, "I also need a large number of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles."

After he and his crew tried both guns, they fell in love with them.

Odysseus thought to himself: Look, here comes the first international order.

He thought for a moment before saying, "You'll have to wait a bit. Our inventory is severely low right now. Come back to order in half a month. If you want a large order, I can even deliver it to your door."

After seeing off Lieutenant General Dusk, Odysseus lay in the recliner and prepared to establish an organization that apparently had nothing to do with him.

After the war breaks out in the future, the weapons produced by the "Secret Admiral" can be sold to Loen, and another organization can be used to sell the weapons to the Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic.

This is the experience of the Americans in making their fortune.

Then Odysseus felt the digestion progress of some potions. Since the appearance of the "Lord of Mysteries" the day before yesterday, Odysseus felt the obvious signs of digestion of potions more frequently.

Odysseus imagined that the further digestion of the potion might be due to the shock brought to the pirates by the "Lord of Mysteries" and the speculation and association brought about by various extraordinary organizations.

The former feels that the "Lord of Mysteries" is very powerful and very mysterious.

The latter, after guessing for a long time, still couldn't quite figure out which god this was. Could it be some ancient being?

Although the Lord of Mysteries had appeared on the mountain outside Bayam City before, there were only a few people there at the time and it did not attract much attention.

This action to defeat the "Order of Moss" was the first public appearance of the "Lord of Mysteries".

These reactions were transferred to Odysseus through the Lord of Mysteries, causing the potion to be further digested.

In addition, in the eyes of the pirates, the true identity of "Admiral of Mystery" became more and more mysterious, prompting the further digestion of the potion.

After thinking for a while, Odysseus hummed a little tune and went to eat. He made a lot of money in a few days and reached a large number of transaction intentions. He needed to expand production capacity as soon as possible.

To this end, Odysseus added two dishes for himself and opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate.

The next day, Odysseus called Mandy and others and immediately deployed the task of expanding production capacity on Cruz Island.

A new batch of factories were built in Pingyuan Town, mainly manufacturing firearms, expanding the scale of pharmaceutical factories, etc., which are jobs that ordinary people can complete.

Odysseus also plans to open a parts factory in Lighthouse Town to produce parts for extraordinary weapons and "extraordinary puppets", as well as engrave runes.

However, the task of filling spiritual materials cannot be handed over to ordinary people. It must be transported to the "secret base" and completed by "extraordinary puppets."

At the same time, because the goods in the "Scroll Shop" were sold out, a group of pirates had left Cruz Island. They had to hurry to other islands so that they could sell the things they purchased at a good price.

The business of "magic potions" and selling stolen goods continues, and this place will be very busy in the next few days.

When Vice Admiral Deep Sea and Vice Admiral Dusk, two pirate generals with huge conflicts, left one after another, Odysseus finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With Groselle and the others here, Odysseus was no longer needed here, so he took Longzel back to Wotai State first.

Mandy will stay here to deploy specific tasks to expand production capacity.

After Odysseus returned to Votai State, he immediately began to suppress the bandits.

There are no large bandit armies in Wotai Prefecture now, but there are still many small gangs of dozens or hundreds of people.

Because these people's targets are too small and they can hide in the mountains at any time, it is difficult to completely eliminate them. This is the fundamental reason why the bandit problem is difficult to eliminate.

This is a unification problem for the entire Western Province, even for the entire Lenburg, and even for the country that occupies part of the central plateau.

After Odysseus eliminated the large group of bandits, he ignored the small groups. Many people were even disappointed and thought that the new governor was also stumped by this problem.

But what they don't know is that more than half of the countries in the entire northern continent are helpless in solving the problem, but for Odysseus, there are many "cases" to refer to.

So Odysseus made careful preparations first, and then began to act.

At the same time as the new anti-bandit plan began, Odysseus also focused on formulating policies to attract foreign capital. As long as there were more factories in Wotai State, more jobs could be created.

As long as people have jobs, they will no longer become robbers.

……

A few days later, in the suburbs of Bayam.

Daniz Dineva, with his burnt-yellow eyebrows, stared at the faint light on the table in front of him in a daze. He couldn't believe that this top-quality "Soul Storage Crystal" was only 600 pounds!
Recently, he was in charge of transporting a batch of supplies to Bayam's rebels, so he did not follow the captain to the pirate conference.

Today, he heard that someone was selling a "Soul Storage Crystal" in Bayam, so he found the pirate in front of him to inspect the goods after being introduced by an acquaintance.

In a certain treasure, the pirate group of "Vice Admiral Iceberg" discovered a natural "energy storage crystal". The quality of the crystal was not as good as this crystal, but it was sold at a high price of 2000 pounds.

The pirate who sold this "Soul Storage Crystal" to Danitz seemed to be in a hurry to use the money and hoped to sell it as soon as possible.

Danitz checked and confirmed there were no issues with curses, then completed the transaction.

He guessed that this was stolen goods, and the pirate did not know the true value of the "Soul Storage Crystal", so he sold it at this price.

But Danitz wasn't worried that the owner would come looking for him, because he was a subordinate of Vice Admiral Iceberg and was currently a respected guest of the rebels.

Danitz then put away the "Soul Storage Crystal", had lunch in a good mood, and leisurely returned to the hotel for a nap.

While sleeping soundly, Danitz had a dream. In his dream, he suddenly sat up and looked around in a daze.

It wasn't until the door opened and the delicately oval-faced Edwina came in that Danitz suddenly seemed to wake up: "Captain?"

Then he realized that he was in a dream: "Captain, have you finished attending the Pirate Conference?"

This was a secret technique that Edwina had mastered. As long as she was within 800 kilometers, she could use some of Danitz's daily necessities to communicate through dreams.

"The Pirate Conference isn't over yet, so I'm leaving now," Edwina said. "Get ready. I'll be at Blue Mountain Island tomorrow morning to hand over a batch of 'Soul Storage Crystals' and 'Miracle Medicines' to the rebels."

"A... a batch?" Danitz suddenly had a bad feeling: "Are there a large number of 'Soul Storage Crystals' for sale at this pirate convention?"

"You could say that." Edwina glanced at Danitz. "You haven't paid a high price for a pirate's 'Soul Storage Crystal', have you?"

"No." Danitz immediately denied, "I just... I just remembered that we found a 'Soul Storage Crystal' in the treasure before, so I was very interested."

Edwina hummed, not paying too much attention to the details, but reminded again: "Be prepared for the response."

Seeing the captain about to end his dream, Danitz quickly said, "Captain! Um...um, I'm curious, how much does one of those 'Soul Storage Crystals' you purchased cost?"

"The market price is between £270 and £300."

Danitz breathed a sigh of relief. At this price, he wasn't too badly cheated in the previous transaction.

But Edwina continued, "I can get the inside price, less than 100 pounds a piece."

"100..." Danitz felt a sharp pain in his heart...

……

A month later.

During his free time in the office, Celt, the governor of Solothu State, which is adjacent to Wotai State, suddenly recalled the commission from Odis, the governor of Wotai State.

On the train on his way to take office, Odysseus met Celtic by chance, and the two had a great chat.

When Celt heard that Odysseus had eliminated the forces entrenched in the State of Wotai within a week of taking office, he was somewhat surprised.

Although the method is a bit extreme, the benefits of doing so are obvious. All of Odysseus's actions in the State of Votai will no longer be subject to any restrictions.

After that, within two weeks of taking office, Odysseus solved the large-scale bandit problem in the country.

Celt immediately sent people to find out the details. After learning about the combat effectiveness of Odysseus and his subordinates, the governor in his thirties fell silent.

He really couldn't understand why a person with such strong power and background would come to such a chaotic place like Western Province?

Is it true, as rumored, that this is how the church recaptured Wotai State?
A month ago, Odis, the governor of Wotai State, suddenly sent someone to deliver a letter, saying that he wanted to set up an "investment promotion office" in Solothu State and hoped to get Celt's help.

There was also a department in the central government of Lenburg responsible for attracting investment, but it was not permanent and such an institution was only set up when there was a need.

But the "investment promotion office" of Lunburg has always been set up in Azshara. Why is the investment promotion office of Wotai State not within the jurisdiction of Wotai State?
Although it was strange, Celt did not refuse such a simple task and asked his subordinates to provide some support and help.

Now a month has passed, and Celt received news that Azshara was going to secretly send people to the state of Wotai. Only then did he remember the commission from Governor Odysseus a month ago.

So he called the secretary to inquire about the situation in the investment promotion office.

"Many businessmen have come to invest in Wotai State because of this investment promotion office," the secretary said. "I heard that in Azshara, and in some other economically prosperous states in the east, there are similar investment promotion offices."

Celt was stunned for a moment, but soon guessed that Odysseus must have used his relationship with the Church of Knowledge to gain corresponding support.

So he asked, "Is the offer from Wotaizhou good?"

Otherwise, how could a state that had just ended a turmoil suddenly attract businessmen to invest?
The secretary said, "I'm not very clear about the specific situation."

Celt thought about it seriously before saying, "Please make the arrangements. I'm going to take people to Wotai Province tomorrow."

He was very interested in the changes in Wotaizhou and hoped to see it in person.

The secretary asked, "Is this a formal visit?"

"No." Celt said, "I just want to see the changes that have taken place there."

The next day, Celt dressed up as a businessman, led a guard of more than a dozen people, and went to Wotai State in a carriage.

What he saw and heard along the way was completely beyond Celt's expectations.

(End of this chapter)