Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The former town head of Cruise Island, Pres, and his group originally thought that the "Dawn Sword" pirate crew only consisted of a few people. After seeing so many people on the island participating in the battle, they would definitely find it difficult to command, so they would entrust them with the command.

Pres and others had interacted with the "Deep Blue" pirate crew in this way. When the captain of the "Deep Blue" pirate crew, Egbert, had any needs, he would notify Pres and ask Pres to organize manpower for specific labor.

For example, if Egbert notified Pres that he wanted to hold a banquet on the island, Pres would start organizing manpower, clearing a space, and then moving wine, food, tables, chairs, and preparing enough street girls, etc.

In short, after Egbert and his subordinates arrived, they only cared about revelry.

This is the usual operation for pirates arriving on an island. When they need a large number of locals to serve them, they first go to the local leader.

They don't have the idea of organizing the locals themselves because it's too much trouble.

Pres believed that eventually, Captain Gall would, like other pirates, rely on them to command the common people in the battle.

But what they didn't expect was that Captain "Gall" divided the young and middle-aged forces on the island into two with just a few words, and the forces in the southern plains immediately broke away from their control.

This caught them off guard to some extent, and when they reacted, they realized they didn't dare to object.

Because Tang Xiu had just said that the "Dawn Sword" pirate crew had just annihilated a "Red Lion" pirate crew with more than 300 people, and only eight survivors remained from such a large pirate crew.

This immediately made Pres and others realize that although this pirate crew was small in number, it was very strong.

And just now, the restrained aura displayed by the entire pirate crew also gave them tremendous pressure, making no one dare to be the first to speak out against it.

After Odis announced the division into two war zones, he asked the crew to urge them to immediately elect captains.

It was easier for the people on the port side, after all, they basically all used Ruen language.

However, most of the people in the southern plains could only understand a few Ruen words, and they usually communicated in the local language.

Odis had no choice but to have Wells explain to them village by village that the election had been completed on the port side, while only five villages on the southern plains had elected captains.

Odis then asked Rupert, Sarina, and other crew members to supervise their election here, and told them to wait here after the captains were elected, as Odis wanted to hold a meeting with them.

Then, Odis took the twelve captains from the port side to a combat meeting first.

That was where the autonomous council held meetings, a fairly spacious room.

Along with Odis were Bazel, Beavis, and Cleveland Gale, and the rest were the newly elected captains.

In fact, these ordinary people couldn't play much of a role when fighting the "Deep Blue" pirate crew.

Odis was just taking advantage of this battle to disrupt the original power and rights structure of this island.

After all, he was preparing to build a secret base here and wanted absolute control over this island.

In the meeting room, Odis asked a captain elected from the port side to hang up the previously drawn nautical chart, and then said, "If Egbert has any brains, he won't attack the port, and even if he does attack, it will only be a feint."

He said this not because he had Noi divination, but because the attacking side, as long as it sailed the ship into "Moon Bay," it had already failed halfway.

Odis could completely drive the "Argo" and block it in "Moon Bay" and slowly bomb it.

Even if the "Argo" was just an ordinary sea ship, its artillery could hit the opponent outside the port. The "Argo" had good maneuverability at sea, while the enemy ship's firing angle in the bay was very limited.

If the enemy ship in the bay wanted to run, that would be even better. The "Argo" could take advantage of the enemy ship sailing outward, and two rounds of salvo when only the bow cannon could be used would basically scrap an ordinary sea ship.

So Odis concluded that the battlefield would never be at the port.

He looked at the dozen or so people sitting at the table. Most of them had been seen at the lunch table, such as Pres, Tom, and the six members of the autonomous council with white hair.

They were the actual rulers of this town, and at this time they became the recommended captains.

The remaining four places were Tang Xiu and others, the sons of these rulers.

Pres asked, "Captain... no, Mayor, from what direction will Egbert attack?"

"The northern and southern plains of Cruise Island." Odis glanced at the nautical chart and pointed to the corresponding positions, "Three hundred of you will go to guard the northern part of the island, two hundred will go to guard the hills south of the port, and only one hundred will be left to support the port."

"In addition, those police officers must all be sent to the northern part of the island, and the remaining gun holders must all go to the hills."

There was a small hill between the port and the southern plains. That hill directly entered the sea, and the lighthouse was built on it. The locals called it "Lighthouse Hill."

The reason why Odis had the following orders was because he had just keenly realized that among the approximately 600 people guarding the port, the most combat-effective were the dozens of police officers.

They all had guns, and most of them were rifles.

This was because they often had to fight with the tribes in the mountains, so they had good marksmanship and were very combat-effective.

A portion of the residents who were willing to participate in the battle also had guns, and most of them used revolvers.

The last part was the servants, most of whom were locals who had been serving the people of the Northern Continent for a long time. Although there was no concept of slaves on the surface, their status was similar to that of slaves.

The weapons of this group were varied, including guns, bows, crossbows, and cold weapons.

Not only were their weapons poor, but they also basically had no fighting will.

If Pres and the others superficially obeyed but secretly disobeyed and sent this group of people to the northern part of the island, then Odis's plan to disrupt the power structure on this island would be ineffective.

The twelve newly elected combat captains looked at each other. They did not expect that Captain "Gall's" deployment would be so precise!

This made them realize once again that Captain "Gall" was different from the pirate captains they had encountered before, and for a moment they didn't know how to resist.

Seeing that no one answered, Odis said again, "Are you all deaf? Or are you all mute?"

At this time, a member of the autonomous council said, "We are mainly afraid of..."

Before he could finish speaking, Odis asked Bazel, "Did you bring a gun?"

"I brought it." Bazel took out his extraordinary weapon in the shape of a revolver.

Odis said, "Shoot anyone who has objections directly."

Bazel glanced at everyone, "Yes."

The meeting room immediately fell silent.

Odis coldly said, "I don't have time to explain to you why I arranged it this way, because you wouldn't understand even if I explained it, and you wouldn't listen even if you understood."

"You only need to know one thing, if you decide to defend your homeland, you must absolutely obey my orders."

He paused and then said, "The specific arrangement is that Bazel and Cleveland, you lead three hundred people to set off tomorrow to guard the northern part of the island."

"Remember, hide in the forest and conceal your tracks. If you find anyone following, don't hesitate, shoot them dead."

Bazel and Cleveland immediately stood up and said, "Yes."

First Mate Bazel was already quite familiar with Odis. He knew very well that when Captain Gall was arranging a battle plan, he would completely change from his usual easy-going appearance, like two different people.

Although Cleveland was still a little unaccustomed to it, he liked the current "pirate-like" atmosphere very much: Although I don't explain, you have to listen to me, and if you don't listen, I'll kill you!

Odis then said, "Beavis, tomorrow lead two hundred people to the hills south of the port, where you will hide and ambush."

Beavis stood up and said, "Yes."

"Pres, you lead 100 people to stay at the port and prepare food for them." Odis said, "Note, only send it once a day."

"Similarly, if you find followers, kill them immediately."

Pres didn't expect that he would be responsible for logistics: "I'm not participating in the battle?"

He saw Bazel pick up the gun and immediately changed his words: "Yes... I mean, yes!"

For some reason, Pres also had a gun and was an extraordinary person, but he didn't dare to speak loudly or put on the airs of a town head in front of Bazel.

What he didn't know was that Bazel was a "Briber," and the extraordinary people of this path had an aura of majesty.

"The above is the specific order." Odis stood up and said, "Discuss how to organize the manpower yourselves."

"First Mate, the three of you go to the ship to rest first, and come back tomorrow to lead the people to the battlefield."

After Odis and others left, the remaining twelve people were all from Cruise Island.

The strong man Tom then said, "Are we just going to be manipulated by them like this?"

A director of the autonomous council, Conner, said, "At least he is seriously deploying and is also seriously helping us defend the island."

The old man smiled and then said, "As for his little thoughts, hehehe, don't forget that most of the land on the plains is ours, and we brought order here."

"When the battle is over, he will find that managing a small town is very troublesome and will still entrust us with management."

Pres said, "I think he is not quite the same as ordinary pirates."

As he spoke, he looked at his son, Donahue. Donahue nodded and said, "It's indeed a bit different. He… he seems to see the most crucial part of a matter at a glance."

The crowd recalled "Captain Gal's" arrangement just now and immediately felt that this summary was very appropriate. "Captain Gal" did cut to the chase right away, leaving them no room for resistance.

…

Audiss returned to the pier, but the villages in the southern plains had not yet completed their selections.

So he had someone move a chair and waited slowly.

It wasn't until about five in the afternoon that all thirty-two captains were finally selected.

Audiss waved his hand: "Follow me."

He walked in front, leaving the port in large strides, and headed towards the southern plains.

While walking, Audiss also called Wells to learn about the situation in the south.

There were 16 villages on the plain. Before the Rune people came, it was the population gathering place on this island.

These young and strong men who were willing to fight were really unwilling to be miners. Although their current lives were poor, they were still passable.

But they heard that the life of a miner was not only tiring but also easy to die in the mine.

So they decided to take a gamble, but they didn't have a unified command. Each village had its own ideas and could only rely on the Rune people living in the port to organize them to fight against the "Deep Blue" pirate group.

Their weapons were even more terrible. Basically, they were bows, arrows, and cold weapons.

During the conversation, they passed through a relatively gentle valley, which was formed by the hills in the south of the port and the mountains in the center of the island.

This is also why pirates and refugees established a port in "Moon Bay" back then.

At that time, Moon Bay did not have much fertile land, but its geographical location was very good. If the locals resisted their rule, as long as they guarded this canyon, they would be basically safe.

As long as this valley was in their hands, they could enter the plains at any time, making it easy to advance or retreat.

After passing through this valley, the view suddenly opened up, and as far as the eye could see were tropical jungles and farmland.

The houses where the locals lived were all built with trees, large leaves, and grass stalks. Some families only had a grass shed.

Not many people were working in the fields. Most of them were in their own grass sheds, staring blankly at Audiss and others.

Audiss also looked at them. The children's eyes were bright, the adults' eyes were numb, and the old people's eyes were turbid.

In such an environment, it was really not easy for more than a thousand people to dare to resist the invaders.

However, he was also very clear that most of these thousand people were watching. If the battle went smoothly, they would follow Audiss.

But if a few people died as soon as they came up, they would most likely turn around and run away immediately.

Audiss then asked Wells to help translate, and most of the people went back first, leaving only the thirty-two captains to follow him.

The group continued forward until nightfall when Audiss and others arrived at the village they had seen on the "Argo" before.

The coastline of the South Bank is not a straight line. It has concave and convex parts, and this is the most prominent position on the South Bank.

Audiss planned to hold a meeting on the beach here, but before that, he had to fill his stomach first, so he asked the two captains of this village to prepare food.

As a result, the ridiculous thing happened. The two captains quickly came back to report that the village chief said: they would only prepare food for Audiss and his crew, and the others would either go back to eat or go hungry first.

Audiss smiled and said to Salina: "Go slap the village chief twice."

"Okay!" Salina took a step and stopped to ask: "Do you want to slap him to death?"

"No need." Audiss glanced at the boatswain: "At most, knock out two teeth."

"Okay." Salina agreed and immediately asked the two captains to lead the way to slap him.

Soon, screams were heard not far away, and Salina then came back to report: "The village chief has agreed to provide food to each of us."

Audiss "hmm"ed. He had been mentally prepared before. The most difficult point in defending the South Bank was not how strong the enemy's offensive would be, but that the villages simply did not know how to cooperate.

They were also willing to fight against the invaders, but if it was not absolutely necessary, no one was willing to be the one who "fired the first shot". The villages simply could not negotiate a result on how many people and supplies to contribute.

Because they always felt that they had paid more and suffered losses, while other villages had paid less.

At this time, reasoning was far less useful than slapping.

As the smoke rose from the village, before dinner arrived, Audiss said to everyone: "The biggest obstacle between us is the language barrier, and Wells can't translate for us without sleeping."

As Audiss spoke, Wells was translating for everyone.

"Fortunately, I have a magical item here that can allow you to immediately learn the Rune language and Rune script." Audiss said: "For the victory of this battle, I require each of you to use that magical item."

This was exactly why Audiss wanted to personally command the Southern War Zone. He wanted to bury thirty-two chess pieces in the southern plains.

When needed, these thirty-two people will definitely be able to play a significant role, because those who are elected as captains are generally the village chief, or the village chief's son, or a young man who is relatively prestigious in the village.

Moreover, Audiss changed his usual behavior this time, not seeking their opinions, nor giving them the right to choose.

Because he knew very well that the rule of Pres and others made them have a strong wariness towards the people of the Northern Continent. It may not be useful to reason with them properly.

At the same time, Audiss did not forget to glare at Salina, glaring back at her sentence "Captain, do you still have such a good thing?".

After Wells finished translating, the captains present discussed it for a while, and some people even wanted to escape.

However, Audiss had been prepared and had Rupert and other crew members guard behind them in advance.

Then, Audiss pointed to a captain: "You come here."

The captain shrank his neck immediately, but when he saw Noe pulling out his gun next to Audiss, he quickly came to Audiss.

Audiss took out the "Helmet of Wisdom" that he had prepared and put it on the captain's head. The captain immediately looked sad, as if he was being tortured.

Audiss did not hesitate and quickly activated the "Helmet of Wisdom". The magic circle on the helmet lit up, emitting a faint light.

In the captain's desperate expression, the process of "imparting knowledge" had ended.

Audiss said: "Okay."

The captain was a little unbelievable: "Good, is it okay?"

Audiss took off the helmet: "What's your name?"

"My name is Grant." The other party said.

Audiss nodded: "Recently, pay attention to practicing speaking Rune with Wells. It won't be long before you can fully master this language."

Grant was stunned, because just now he completely understood what the captain meant, and his answer was still in Rune.

Before that, he could only roughly understand Rune, but he couldn't speak Rune at all. If the other party spoke too fast, he would be a little slow to react.

The surrounding captains saw all of this and realized that Grant really understood Rune now. All of this was full of incredibleness, so they surrounded him and asked questions.

Not to mention they felt surprised, even Noe and Salina and others looked at the "Helmet of Wisdom" in Audiss's hand, thinking it was a very practical magical item.

After the captains asked a lot of questions in a chaotic manner, they all looked at the helmet in Audiss's hand.

"Grant, help me translate." Audiss said: "The purpose of others ruling this island may be to enslave you, but my purpose is different, because enslaving you is meaningless to me.

"In addition, within my ability, I will also try my best to help you and bring true peace to this island."

Grant translated these words with tears in his eyes. He didn't know the truth of Audiss's words, but he was moved by Audiss's sincerity.

No Northern Continent people had ever expressed kindness to them. They would only demand, demand, and keep demanding.

Even when they demanded, they had never expressed kindness like they do now.

Everyone fell silent after hearing this translation.

Audiss added: "Help me translate again, whoever wants to master Rune should come over quickly, only this one day, it will be charged tomorrow."

After Grant translated these words for everyone, the captains came to express their willingness to use that "magical item".

So when the village chief of the village sent dinner, everyone here had already mastered Rune.

After dinner, everyone sat cross-legged on the beach and began to listen quietly to "Mayor Gal's" description: "The battlefield of the final battle will either be at sea or here.

"But what is certain is that whether the final battle will happen here or not, there will be battles here, because this is an excellent landing point.

"So we must be prepared to fight the enemy here. There are five coastal villages. Starting tomorrow, the captains of these five villages must organize the villagers to stand guard.

"Remember, one open post and one hidden post.

"The hidden post means that another sentry hides in the dark. When the sentry on the surface encounters danger and does not have time to report the enemy's situation, the hidden sentry must bear the corresponding warning responsibility.

"Villages that are not near the sea cannot be idle either. At least 500 warriors from about 8 villages should be concentrated here, ready to support other villages at any time.

"Of course, the battle will most likely take place on this beach where we are," Audiss said, seeing that everyone was listening attentively, and continued: "Let me talk about logistics."

"I know that the villages don't have much food stored, so we can't supply food uniformly like a regular army."

"That's why I want each village to elect two captains, one responsible for fighting in the front and one responsible for transporting food for the soldiers. You can discuss who is responsible for combat and who is responsible for logistics."

At this time, Wells, one of the thirty-two captains, asked: "Mayor, how... how should we fight? You can see that we only have bows, arrows, axes, knives, and swords. How can we fight pirates with cannons and guns?"

"Of course, I know this. Your main responsibility is to keep watch, organize and relocate the villagers, set traps and ambushes, and clean up the battlefield," Audiss said.

"My crew will be fighting the enemy head-on."

"But when the enemy enters a well-designed ambush and loses the advantage of their firearms, I demand that you dare to rush out and fight."

Speaking of this, Audiss pointed to the village behind them and made specific deployments: "After the battle begins, ambushes will definitely be set up in this village. If those pirates quietly enter the village, and we are held up on other battlefields, then you must rush out and fight them."

The captains nodded, feeling that such a request was completely acceptable.

After all, if you plan to defend your home, you must engage in some battles.

This meeting was very successful, and Audiss unified the captains' combat thinking.

Then he issued specific orders, planning to complete the defense of the southern part of the island the next day.

After the meeting, Audiss did not use extraordinary abilities, but chatted with several crew members while walking back to the "Argo" along the beach.

First Mate Rupert said: "I didn't expect that a few days ago we were still fighting pirates, and today we have become the protectors of this island."

"Let's fight this battle well," Audiss said with a smile: "This island will become a very important stronghold for us."

Salina said: "Captain, can I say something?"

Audiss glanced at the boatswain: "There's no one else here, go ahead."

"I heard people say that pirates tend to become lax once they go ashore," Salina said. "Like 'Hurricane Admiral' Zilingos, he was killed because he went ashore."

Audiss first praised her: "It's good that you thought of using the word 'lax'."

He knew very well that this girl was not tongue-tied, just a little straightforward.

Salina smiled and said: "Yes, I thought for a long time before I came up with such a suitable word."

In fact, what she heard was "pirates don't have good results when they go ashore", and she felt that if she said it directly, she might get beaten.

"I'm different from ordinary pirates," Audiss said. "I came to the Violent Sea not to rob, nor to fight pirates to maintain justice, but to find a space to realize some of my personal ideas.

"I can't tell you about these ideas yet, but as long as I'm on the right path, I hope to become one of the 'Pirate Generals' soon."

"But the premise is that I need a huge space and my own power and subordinates."

"Originally, I was thinking about whether to build my own fleet to achieve my goal, but now it seems that developing my own power on an island is simpler and faster."

Boris, who had glued his mouth shut, tore off the tape at this time: "But... um, I mean but, if this stronghold is discovered by pirates..."

"This is not impossible. If we defeat the 'Deep Blue' pirate group, some pirates may realize that our stronghold is built here."

"What if the pirates come to attack us then?"

After speaking, he immediately taped his mouth shut again, because what he was about to say might not be very pleasant.

"That would be great," Audiss said to Rupert with a smile: "First Mate, if we set up a few 'Lingbo Cannons' on the high ground of the island, what do you think would happen?"

Rupert could almost see the scene: pirates from afar were cruising in the offshore waters, preparing to attack, but they were blown away.

"Just sit back and count the money," First Mate Rupert said with a smile: "I personally think it's more appropriate to use 'Extraordinary Machine Guns'. We can't use 'Lingbo Cannons', because that way, we will lose a lot of bounty."

The other three crew members did not quite understand what the captain and first mate meant, but they could hear that it was exactly the situation they hoped to see.

Audiss explained: "After this battle, you will know the strength of our pirate group."

Salina and the others nodded, and they were actually a little looking forward to the next battle.

They returned to the ship and had a good night's rest.

The reason why they had to rest on the ship was to avoid the spies of the "Deep Blue" pirate group from carrying out assassinations and other actions tonight.

Audiss and Bazel were not afraid, but the "low-sequence" crew members were likely to be hurt.

For safety's sake, it's better to live on the ship.

During the day, Audiss refused the young girls provided by Pres, also out of this consideration.

After all, they were not familiar with the power of the port, and it would be easy for them to be attacked by people loyal to the "Deep Blue" pirate group if they were in different rooms.

After all, you can't do that kind of thing together, can you?

For other crew members, it didn't seem impossible, but Audiss found it a little unacceptable.

After a good night's rest, Saturday arrived. As Audiss expected, although the orders he issued yesterday were very clear and not difficult, it still took a whole day to complete the deployment.

On the port side, except for the police officers, no one else had any executive power. It took a lot of time to gather them together, and there were constant troubles on the way to execute the orders. This one wanted to pee, and that one wanted to drink.

Finally, they arrived at the ambush site, but because it started to rain at this time, many people planned to go home again.

Audiss injured two people before they became a little more obedient.

Bazel and Bivis organized manpower to build some sheds with large leaves from the rainforest to shelter from the rain.

But after the rain stopped, many people caught a cold.

Especially those self-government council members who were not young, were completely sick after such a toss.

Even if someone took care of them, they still lay there groaning, saying things like, "Why live in the forest when there are good houses to live in", "So many people can't fight before the battle has even started", and so on.

It was very demoralizing.

Audiss glanced at them, put on the "Biological Waistband", prepared some medicine, and sent someone to deliver it to the people who had a cold.

Not long after they drank it, they found that their colds had miraculously healed.

Although those self-government council members were still lying on the ground resting, the topic of everyone's discussion suddenly turned to these magical cold medicines.

As for the southern plains, the villages began to quarrel again, this one saying that they sent too many people, and other villages should be responsible for their food; that one saying that their village was inland and should not guard the coast.

Audiss had no choice but to send Salina to slap them again. At first, Salina thought this was a good job and went happily, but after slapping for most of the day, she didn't want to slap anymore.

But fortunately, it took a day to finally complete the deployment.

The "Deep Blue" pirate group's tentative attack also began.