Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Next, Audiss, along with Rupert and Noy, used a "Scroll of Flight" to take a look at the northern part of the island.

This area wasn't very flat, so development was limited, with only two sparsely populated villages.

Moreover, these villages were separated from the port town by a stretch of primeval jungle.

Audiss wandered around for a while, eventually landing on a mountain peak, carefully examining the surrounding terrain.

Finally, they flew into the mountains, where the scenery in the valleys was quite pleasant. The further west they went on the island, the more villages they found.

These villages had also developed a considerable amount of farmland. Audiss roughly estimated that the population in the mountains alone was probably thirty to forty thousand, and the population of Plains Town and Port Town was also thirty to forty thousand.

The total population was higher than previously estimated.

It's just that the people in these mountains were not yet under his control.

After taking a look around, Audiss returned to the port town and went to the town's only tavern for a drink.

The tavern was a wooden structure. In fact, most of the structures in the town were wooden, with very few stone buildings.

Because on this kind of island, wood was the easiest resource to obtain. Cement and steel could only be bought in Bayam; there was no point in thinking about it on this deserted island.

The wooden house was quite spacious, with a bar and several tables.

There were not many customers at this time. The tavern owner was still wiping the bar. When he saw Audiss enter, he quickly smiled and said, "Captain... no, Mayor, would you like a drink?"

Audiss nodded, "A special beer, please."

"There's only one kind of beer here," the chubby owner said with a smile. "It's a light beer that I brew myself. You can try it."

Audiss hummed in acknowledgment and sat at the bar. "How much?"

"No charge," the owner said with a slightly flattering smile. "It's my honor to offer you a beer."

Audiss didn't decline. "Okay, this drink is on you, but don't offer free drinks to anyone who comes in after me."

"Yes, yes, yes." The chubby owner said, not quite understanding what the mayor meant, and went to pour a full glass of beer.

Audiss had just taken a sip when Sheriff Tom entered, saying, "Thank goodness, I've finally found you, Mayor Carle. Hunter, get me a glass of cider."

Hunter was the chubby owner's name.

Audiss asked, "What's the matter?"

"I wanted to ask about the two pirates captured earlier, and the dozen or so Egbert prisoners. How should they be dealt with?" Tom sat next to Audiss and took a sip of cider before speaking.

"Hang the two pirates. Hang them at the docks to vent everyone's anger," Audiss said. "Keep the dozen or so prisoners for now. Observe them for two more days. If they don't have any diseases, I'll have a use for them."

Tom smiled. "But... how will their food be provided?"

He explained, "The townspeople are unwilling to support these dozen or so idlers."

Audiss thought for a moment. "Let the restaurant make it for them first. I'll pay the bill for whatever it costs.

"In addition, have five officers take turns guarding them, and I'll pay each person 1 Sule extra per day."

This small amount of money didn't matter to Audiss now.

Tom immediately beamed. "Okay, okay, okay!"

After chatting for a few words, when he was about to get up to leave, Audiss reminded him, "Pay for your drink."

Tom was stunned for a moment. He usually didn't pay much when he came here, but he didn't dare disobey the new mayor, so he obediently paid for the drink.

Not long after the sheriff left, Virgil, the white-haired chairman of the council, came in again. "I've finally found you, Mr. Mayor. There are many administrative matters in the town that need your attention."

He smiled kindly. Most pirates would frown upon hearing the word "administrative matters."

This "Mayor Carle" smiled and said, "Oh, tell me, what administrative matters are there?"

Virgil said, "We... we should go to the conference room to talk about it."

"Just say it here," Audiss said casually.

Virgil then sat down and said to Hunter, the tavern owner, "A glass of rum, please."

He took a sip of wine before saying, "The first question is, if we divide it into two towns, where should the dividing line be?"

"The central axis of 'Lighthouse Mountain'," Audiss replied.

Virgil was stunned for two or three seconds. "Mayor Carle's" answer was enough to show that the order to divide into two towns was not issued casually, but was a decision he had made after careful consideration.

So Virgil swallowed and said, "It's best to discuss it with the other members of the council..."

Audiss glanced at him. "Do my orders need to be discussed with you?"

He paused and said, "There's one thing you must understand: I issue orders, and the council executes them. It's not me discussing with the council how to solve problems."

"Yes, yes, yes." Virgil took a sip of wine and said, "The second question is, what should we do if the people who fled the island before want to come back?"

"Accept them," Audiss said. "But we don't know if they have already joined the 'Deep Blue' pirate group? Or whether they are spies of the 'Deep Blue' pirate group?

"So each of them must pay a 'self-certification fee' of 3 pounds to come back. Hmm... this money will be collected by the council and used for the town government's daily expenses."

The "Deep Blue" pirate group had been destroyed. Whether they had joined them or were their spies didn't really matter anymore.

This fee was obviously a punishment for them.

Virgil swallowed. There were four or five hundred people who had fled before. If their fines were collected, it would be a lot of money in the town, and there would be a lot of room for manipulation.

He then asked, "If... I mean, if they don't have that much money, what should we do?"

This wasn't Bayam. Many families couldn't even afford 3 pounds, let alone 3 pounds per person.

"They can write an IOU," Audiss said calmly.

Virgil was obviously stunned for a moment. This method was simple and practical. He didn't expect the mayor to solve the problem he had prepared so quickly, so he asked again, "The third question is, which town do the two villages in the north belong to?"

"They don't belong to any town," Audiss said. "I will send a village chief there in a few days."

This was another order that Virgil couldn't understand. Then he asked, "Are there any previous decrees that need to be abolished? Do you have any new decrees?"

Audiss asked in return, "What previous decrees are there?"

Virgil took out an old notebook, put on his reading glasses, and read from the notebook, "The previous two mayors issued a total of 12 decrees. The first is that a murderer must pay with his life.

"The second is that a thief's fingers will be cut off the first time, his palm will be cut off the second time, and he will be shot the third time.

"The third is that streetwalkers must hand over 40% of their income to the mayor.

"The fourth is that if a North Continent person kills a local person, the fine is 16 pounds.

"The fifth is..."

Audiss listened quietly. From the third one onwards, things gradually became strange, but it wasn't difficult to understand. They were all decrees to protect the rights and interests of North Continent people and to protect the authority of the mayor.

After Audiss finished listening, he said, "Keep only articles 1, 2, 7, and 9."

The seventh article was about the regulation of equal trade, and the ninth article was that the right to use the port belonged to the mayor.

Audiss added, "In addition, add another one: the land under each family's name cannot exceed five acres. Those who exceed this limit will have their land confiscated. Families whose land is idle and do not grow grain will be punished with fines and whipping."

Virgil's hand trembled slightly as he recorded it. "Mr. Mayor, why is there such a decree?"

"The locals are too lazy," Audiss said. "In the past two days, I have discovered that some land is in an idle state. I will need a lot of food in the future, and I cannot allow such a thing as idle land to happen!"

Audiss really couldn't stand seeing idle land. Every time he saw those lands, he wanted to cultivate them himself.

Here, nature provided abundant food, and the North Continent people occupied too much land, greatly compressing the living space of the local people, so the population of this island hardly increased.

Although the locals were very poor, they rarely went hungry in the Stormy Sea.

The inescapable poverty and the lack of pressure to survive made many people choose to "lie flat with the whole family."

And those idle lands basically belonged to the North Continent people, because the price of grain had fallen in the past two years, causing many lands to be idle.

"I mean, why can't the land under each family's name exceed five acres?" Virgil asked.

The land of the council members far exceeded this amount.

Audiss said unhurriedly, "This is also to avoid land being idle. Such good land should be used to grow more grain. In the future, I will send people to the port to buy it."

"That's really great," Virgil said. "May I ask, how much grain do you need?"

"As much as you have," Audiss said with a smile. "And you don't need to transport it to other islands to sell."

"Yes, yes, yes, this is indeed a good thing." Virgil was interrupted like this, and he couldn't continue to ask the question just now. Of course, he knew that this was a deal: Mayor Carle would buy grain on the premise of complying with his decrees.

Moreover, Virgil had already thought of a countermeasure: anyway, the mayor didn't know how much land each family had. When the question came up, he would tell him that each family's land did not exceed 5 acres.

After chatting about two other minor issues, Virgil drank his rum and was about to get up to leave when Audiss said again, "You haven't paid for your drink yet."

Virgil was stunned for a moment before patting his head. "I'm getting old and my memory is not good."

After paying for the drink obediently, Audiss said again, "Call Donahue here."

A dozen or so minutes later, Donahue pushed the door open and entered: "Mayor Gale, you were looking for me?"

Then he said to Hunter: "A beer, please."

Now the tavern owner Hunter understood what Mayor Gale meant earlier. Donahue was the third person after the mayor to order a drink.

And these people usually came here to drink without paying.

Audis took a sip of his drink and said to Donahue: "I need you to organize a dozen young men willing to go to sea and sail that merchant ship to Chackle Island."

Chackle Island was a relatively large island nearby, which was why they had the chance to get a boat to Chackle Island for help.

Donahue was stunned when he heard this order. He was happy at first, then smiled bitterly and said: "We don't know how to sail such a big ship!"

"Those dozen prisoners do!" Audis said: "I will let that first mate be the captain, and you will be the first mate of that ship. The people you find must learn to sail this kind of big ship as soon as possible. In the future, we will have more merchant ships like this."

Donahue immediately said: "Yes, Mayor Gale, we will learn as soon as possible."

He did not expect that his father was obviously rejected by the new mayor, completely losing his former power, and the new mayor was obviously preparing to let him take charge of the merchant ship, giving him a good job.

When Donahue was about to leave, Audis reminded again: "Pay for the drinks!"

"Go tell everyone that in order to prosper the town's economy, everyone must pay after consumption. No one can be an exception!"

Donahue nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, I will go tell everyone."

Audis "hmm"ed, finished the wine in his glass, and said to Hunter: "Next time, I will also pay."

Hunter also realized that if he still said it was free, it would be like going against the mayor, so he quickly said: "Yes."

Audis got up and left, first sending Bazel to Biam and giving him 1,000 pounds of funds.

Then he returned to the ship, performed the ritual, completed the transaction with "The World", sacrificed the processed "Secret Sorcerer" characteristic, and then received the "final payment" of 2,000 pounds.

Audis did not put the 2,000 pounds in cash into the "Knowledge Wilderness". He also selected a sealed artifact corresponding to "Sheriff" from the spoils of the Knowledge Wilderness, as well as three Extraordinary characteristics, and then took these things back to Emerald Palace.

After inquiring that "Mysterious Queen" would not return until noon, Audis returned to his small courtyard and sat in an armchair to rest for a while.

He had been busy for the past two days, and there were still many things to do in the afternoon. It was rare to have a rest.

At lunchtime, Audis came to the restaurant and saw Bernadette there as expected.

"Come and sit down." Bernadette said: "Today's lunch is your favorite lamb chops."

Audis did not sit down immediately, but handed the leather bag in his hand to Pasha, the personal maid of the "Mysterious Queen": "I'm here today to hand in the spoils, and by the way, to freeload a meal."

Only then did he sit down and take a sip of aperitif.

And he sighed in his heart: Life here with Bernadette is still exquisite. Such a good aperitif is rarely available outside.

At the same time, Pasha opened the leather bag and turned to the "Mysterious Queen."

Bernadette sighed: "Your recent harvest is good."

Audis had been at sea for less than two weeks, and the one-tenth of the spoils he turned in were so many!

"I found that 'Argo' has already given me the strength of a 'Pirate Admiral'." Audis smiled and said: "I eliminated both pirate groups I encountered."

This was mainly because the weapons of "Argo" were powerful, and Audis's strategy was appropriate, which could basically exert the power of those weapons.

Then he roughly talked about his experiences in the past week or so. When the appetizer came up, Bernadette took a sip of wine and said: "I regret only taking 10% of your spoils."

The two pirate groups that Audis eliminated both had some background and needed the protection of "Element Dawn".

Audis just smiled slightly and started another topic: "I only confirmed yesterday that the information about 'Trick Pegasus' Island came from 'Star Admiral' Cattleya."

"It's her." Bernadette put down her glass and said with some melancholy: "In the blink of an eye, she is preparing to be promoted to a demigod."

Then she looked at Audis: "You suddenly came to talk to me about this, have you heard something?"

"Yes." Audis said "frankly": "I heard that she used to follow you, and then you broke up."

"Breakup is not the right word." Bernadette said: "If she had been by my side, it would have been difficult for her to get exercise, so I let her go out and make a name for herself."

Audis ate a tomato from the appetizer. He noticed that the "Mysterious Queen" did not show a kind expression when she mentioned Cattleya, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

One mistake is a whole book of mistakes!

He asked: "Then, should I continue my transaction with her?"

"Continue." Bernadette said.

"Okay." Audis nodded: "Then how about we complete the exploration this Friday or Saturday?"

Bernadette "hmm"ed.

"Cattleya doesn't know that I am the captain of 'Argo'." Audis smiled wickedly: "Then how about I don't take the initiative to mention this next?"

"I'll give her a surprise then."

Bernadette smiled slightly: "That's your business. Why are you telling me?"

"Okay, I understand." Audis said.

Bernadette asked: "Now that the island is under your rule, what are your plans?"

"I plan to build a base there and seriously develop it." Audis smiled and said: "The process of building such a poor island is quite good to think about."

"Your idea is quite unique." Bernadette said: "Few people would go to build such a small island, even if there is an iron ore there, it is not worth much investment."

But she paused and said: "After a while, I will go to that island to take a look."

"Warmly welcome."

The two chatted while having lunch, and then chatted over tea for a while. Audis went to "Artisan" Diff to customize a batch of Extraordinary parts before returning to the small courtyard left for himself and taking a nap.

With the help of the "Artisan Pocket Watch", Audis could also complete those Extraordinary parts, but he really didn't have that much time now.

In this regard, he really hoped that Bivis could be promoted soon, so that he could have an extra helper.

The parts ordered this time included a "Spirit Wave Cannon", key parts for three "Extraordinary Machine Guns", and the "Wisdom Cube" and "Signal Processing Crystal" used for 50 sets of "Extraordinary Puppets".

He also ordered parts for 60 sets of "Extraordinary Puppets" from the factory.

The total cost of these things was about 6,000 pounds.

This made Audis sigh: My ability to spend money is also quite powerful.

He spent nearly 7,000 pounds in one day.

In the afternoon, Audis, who had a good rest, returned to "Argo" and sailed back and forth in the northern part of "Moon Bay".

At night, the surrounding sea area had another small rain. As the lights of the port town gradually went out, the entire island seemed to fall asleep in the rainy night.

Audis braved the rain and used a "Flying Scroll" to fly into the air, stopped at the position he had found in the afternoon, and then used a "Diving Scroll" and plunged into the water.

Soon, he came to the bottom of the sea. Audis took out the "Bubble Scroll" that he had prepared long ago, and suddenly created an airtight space at the bottom of the sea.

Audis threw in another "Water Absorption Scroll". After the scroll exploded, a sponge-like object appeared immediately.

In addition to the Flying Scroll, the other scrolls were invented by Audis to deal with tonight's action.

However, these were all new scrolls written with the "Gale Runes" he had mastered before, not with the newly mastered knowledge, so it only made his spirituality active, but there were no obvious signs of digestion.

When the object that appeared from the "Water Absorption Scroll" disappeared, Audis entered the bubble. The seabed inside was relatively dry. Audis took out the spiritual materials and began to draw some temporary magic formations on the ground.

The first was to make the bubble bigger and more stable. After there were more dry places, Audis began to draw the core magic formation of "Underwater City".

He planned to build his secret base here underwater.

This base does not need the scale of the underwater city, it only needs to have a place to place core things such as the "Extraordinary Drug Production Line".

Moreover, this magic formation is a "unitized" magic formation, which can be expanded at any time.

The specific location is in the northern part of "Moon Bay". Audis plans to set up a "teleportation array" of his own research that only requires "Ahorn Crystal" to operate.

Although this teleportation array can only "teleport" dozens of kilometers, it is enough to use it here.

At that time, the core production of things like "Extraordinary Potion" will be completed in the secret base, and what is taken out of it will be drugs that have been "enchanted".

Then hire people to cook and fill them, and bottles of special medicine will be completed.

When the last character was drawn, the bubble supporting here suddenly became illusory, and it looked as if it was completely separated from the outside sea water.

Audis smiled slightly. After this period of research, he successfully copied the magic formation of "Underwater City", allowing him to have a usable space of about 1,000 square meters at the bottom of the sea.

Moreover, this space is between the spirit world and the real world. Whether it is with the naked eye or "spiritual vision", even with the "Eye of Peeking Secrets", it cannot be seen.

Moreover, the spirituality cannot detect this place, making it very safe.

Audis dragged out another 5 "Extraordinary Puppets" from the "Wilderness of Knowledge." The construction work here will be the responsibility of the "Extraordinary Puppets." Audis does not intend to let anyone discover this place for the time being.

The initial work involves flattening the area, dealing with the coral, catching the crabs and other marine life hiding in the sand, and hammering some of the sandy areas with simple tools, and so on.

After this simple treatment, the area can be used temporarily. Once the building materials are complete, the area will be hardened and several workshops will be built.

However, the ground with the magic circle drawn on it cannot be moved. Audis plans to engrave the corresponding magic circle with metal plates after the ground is hardened in the future, and then upgrade the magic circle to a "permanent magic circle."

Since more "Extraordinary Puppets" will be needed here in the future, Audis ordered another 50 sets of parts in one go today, and also ordered 10 extra sets of metal parts for assembling "Extraordinary Puppets" for spare.

After drawing the range of activities for the "Extraordinary Puppets" and the range that needs to be processed, Audis used the ability of the "Travel Ring" to return to the "Argo."

As a result, he couldn't find the captain's cabin.

The captain's cabin is inside the studio, and there is only one door on that wall, but he just couldn't find his room.

Audis sat in the studio and sighed. The negative effect of the "Travel Ring" appeared again.

So Audis simply didn't go to rest, but took out the scales he had collected from "Former Sea God" Cavitua from the "Wilderness of Knowledge" and began to study them in the studio.

By studying the characteristics of "Wraith Dust," several scrolls with new abilities can be made. Then, theoretically speaking, studying the characteristics of these scales should also provide good ideas for making several new scrolls.

Previously, "Wraith Dust" could only be regarded as a "Middle Sequence" spiritual material, but these scales are at the demigod level! Some more advanced scrolls should be able to be researched.

After constant experimentation, Audis gained enough understanding of the extraordinary characteristics of these scales, but unfortunately, he found that his level was not high enough to create scrolls that could unleash all the power of these scales.

Audis was not discouraged. Even at his current level, he could still make two new scrolls with good effects.

Then, using crushing, he mixed in the corresponding spiritual materials and wrote two types, six scrolls.

One type of scroll's ability is "Scale Armor." After using the scroll, a layer of "Scale Armor" can be obtained within 3 minutes, which can block all physical attacks and most extraordinary attacks below the demigod level.

However, if it encounters a demigod-level attack, the scroll's ability cannot last for 3 minutes, and it cannot completely block the opponent's attack.

Of course, this may be purely superfluous, because at Audis's current level, if he encounters a demigod-level enemy, he probably won't even be able to use the scroll.

The second type of scroll is "Sea Serpent Attack." As long as there is water around, the water can be shaped into a large sea serpent to fight for oneself for 30 seconds.

The main abilities of this sea serpent are tearing, devouring, and whipping, and its power is enough to hold back a Sequence 5 level target.

After the scrolls were made, Audis leaned back in his chair contentedly, admiring his work.

They look thicker than ordinary scrolls and emit a faint blue-green light, giving people a completely different feeling.

The scrolls made from demigod-level materials are indeed extraordinary.

At the same time, Audis felt signs of potion digestion, and this time it was digested even more than last time.

He felt it and estimated that his potion would be completely digested after about two more times.

Audis recalled the high-level extraordinary materials he had obtained, and immediately recalled the "Iron Law Stone" he had obtained during the last adventure, as well as the "True Creator's" whispers he had just obtained.

If these two things are made into scrolls, there is a high probability that the potion can be completely digested.

Then Audis quickly wrote down his insights in the draft of "Scrolls: From Beginner to Master" as the core part of this book.

He has been a little busy recently, and the potion is about to be digested. This book is less than one-tenth finished, so Audis plans to take some time to sort out the "model essays" of the scrolls he has invented in the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to speed up the writing of this book.

Taking a deep breath, Audis put away the newly made scrolls and glanced out the window.

It was already dawn.

Audis smiled helplessly and glanced at the direction of the captain's cabin. The door leading there had already appeared.

That morning, the "Argo" and the "Ghost Ship" formed a fleet and sailed out of "Moon Bay."

Many people in the town watched the two ships leave, including Audis. He said to the people who came to see him off: "I will stay on Cruz Island temporarily to preside over the construction of the base."

"However, I will be wandering around Cruz Island most of the time. If you have anything to do, please find my first mate, Rupert."

It can be seen that this decision made Virgil, the chairman of the autonomy association, and others obviously stunned.

Audis did not give them a chance to ask further questions and flew directly to "Lighthouse Hill," seemingly to continue to survey the terrain.

In fact, Audis's plan was to leave with the fleet, but he would definitely come back often. If he didn't tell everyone that he was staying on Cruz Island, he would have to hide from the residents of the island when he came back.

Flying to "Lighthouse Hill," Audis used the "Travel Ring" to come to the cockpit of the "Argo": "Full speed ahead, destination Chakir Island!"

He had a smile on his lips: "Let's do something pirates should do."

He had previously asked the ship spirit of the "Ghost Ship" that the maximum speed of this ghost ship was about the same as the "Argo's" "Full Speed Ahead."

It could indeed sail faster, but it couldn't maintain it for too long.

The boatswain, Sarina, scratched her head: "What should pirates do?"

"Rob!" Audis smiled: "Let the people of Chakir Island know that they have a new neighbor."

After speaking, Audis left the cockpit.

Sarina belatedly said: "That's right, I forgot if the captain didn't say it. Isn't fighting pirates our job?"

Since boarding the ship, she had heard the first mate, Rupert, say that the "Sword of Dawn" had recently eliminated the "Red Lion" pirate group.

And had just helped the residents of Cruz Island eliminate the "Deep Blue" pirate group.

This straightforward girl even had the illusion that she had joined the navy, not a pirate group.

Audis returned to his studio and was about to enter the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to sort out the documents when he suddenly found the pocket watch he was wearing lit up.

It was emitting a red light. Basel needed to find him.

So Audis checked his scrolls, told the boatswain and the battle captain, and used the ability of "Travel" to come to Bayam.

According to the guidance of spirituality, Audis met Basel at the "Wizard Affairs Office." Bishop Dean was actually here as well.

"Captain," Basel said after seeing Audis: "Bishop Dean is looking for you, so I called you here."

Audis looked at Bishop Dean, who was wearing a soft hat and bishop's robe: "Please sit down. What's the matter?"

After the three of them sat down on either side of the sofa again, Dean said: "'Red Gloves' hopes that you can provide some assistance."