Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audis and Leonard quickly arrived at the department store on Nuohouse Island. This kind of department store in a small city couldn't compare with the department stores in Backlund.

Although it also had two floors, Audis always felt like it was a "small supermarket in a county town."

After wandering around and finding the location of the office area, Audis and Leonard barged in and found Jeff, the department store owner, who was flirting with the female secretary in the office.

While Jeff was still in a daze, Audis had already stepped forward, grabbed Jeff's collar, and lifted him up directly: "I want to ask you a few questions."

Leonard made a gesture to let the somewhat frightened female secretary leave and closed the door.

Then he looked at Audis and Jeff, and said in his heart: It seems very impolite to ask questions like this.

Jeff struggled for a moment, and when he saw that he couldn't break free at all, he knew that he had met a formidable opponent: "You... Please ask."

Audis said: "How can I find Burke?"

"Can't find him..."

Audis pretended to throw Jeff out.

"Really can't find him..." Jeff quickly said: "On the sea, who can find a ghost ship?"

Audis asked again: "Then where has he mainly appeared in the direction of Nuohouse Island recently?"

"I really don't know!" Jeff said with a sad face: "I'm just helping him inquire about information and helping him dispose of stolen goods.

"He pays the money, and I do the work."

Leonard said at this time: "I think it's better to interrogate him in my way."

Audis asked cooperatively: "What way?"

"Directly invade his mind." Leonard said: "Then mess up his mind, and no matter what you ask him, he will answer obediently.

"The only insignificant price is that he will become an idiot from now on."

Jeff swallowed. He had come into contact with some extraordinary information and seemed to have heard about such things when bragging with some extraordinary people.

Audis said: "How can you interrogate prisoners in such a brutal way?"

Jeff nodded immediately, expressing his full support for Audis.

"It's more convenient to use my method." Audis said: "Just kill him and 'spiritually connect', and he will answer whatever you want to ask.

Jeff smiled bitterly: You can't always seek convenience!

Then Audis said as if unintentionally: "For example, the connection between Jeff and Burke, and the information that Burke is looking for something in the nearby sea, weren't they all obtained in this way."

Jeff swallowed. He didn't expect that these two people knew so much, and obviously some crew members of the "Skull" pirate group had been killed, and even the important crew members must have been killed, otherwise they wouldn't know such important information.

"I'll tell you... I'll tell you," Jeff hesitated for a moment and then said.

Although if Burke knew that he had leaked the secret, he would definitely die miserably, but if he didn't say it, he would die today.

Moreover, the two people in front of him were quite strong, and perhaps Burke would not have the chance to take revenge on him.

Jeff took a deep breath and then said: "I heard the first mate of the 'Skull' mention unintentionally that they have always been wandering in the northern part of Nuohouse Island recently."

Audis put Jeff down: "What is the specific location, due north? Northeast? Or northwest?"

"Northeast direction." Jeff quickly said: "A merchant ship saw the 'Skull' appear in that direction yesterday."

Audis patted Jeff on the shoulder: "Very good, is there a portrait of the 'Skull' here?"

"No, but I can draw one for you."

After saying that, Jeff quickly picked up a pen and drew the general structure of the "Skull".

After getting the portrait of the "Skull", Audis and Leonard entered the spirit world with the "Travel Ring" without any delay.

Jeff stared blankly at the two people disappearing into the illusory door, and after a long while, he said: "Lost a big customer."

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Back in the "Argo"'s cockpit, Audis said: "We have a course, head northeast towards Nuohouse Island!"

While Yilai Zhe was replanning the course, Audis called all the crew members to a meeting.

He said: "The target we are looking for is currently looking for something in the 'Dangerous Waters', so we may also have to chase into the 'Dangerous Waters'. Everyone should be mentally prepared.

"However, even if the other party is a ghost ship, it is impossible to stay in the 'Dangerous Waters' for a long time. They should often leave the dangerous waters to rest.

"We will search around Nuohouse Island and try to find them outside the 'Dangerous Waters' and defeat them."

Everyone said together: "Yes."

Audis reiterated: "In addition, there is only one captain on this ship, and the three 'Red Gloves' must also obey my command."

Leonard nodded: "Yes!"

After the meeting, the crew members began to take turns observing the sea in the cockpit.

Audis returned to the studio, rested for a while, and then put on the "Craftsman Pocket Watch" and began to make "Small Spirit Wave Cannons" according to the drawings.

Because of the help of magical items, as long as there are raw materials, Audis can make all the parts, so he doesn't need to go to Lashia Island to "place an order".

At noon, they came to the northeast of Nuohouse Island and began to search around this area.

Although there is a general direction, this sea area is also very large, and when they can find the other party depends on luck.

They wandered around the entire sea area all afternoon, and one-third of the parts for the "Small Spirit Wave Cannon" had been made, but there was still no gain.

Audis came to the deck and saw that the sun had already set in the west. He planned to find a place to anchor and rest at night, because this sea area was not on the航道 and was relatively close to some islands, so there might be reefs.

It would be troublesome if they hit a reef.

At this time, Rupert, who was on duty, took out a telescope and reminded: "Captain, there is a situation at ten o'clock."

Audis took the telescope and looked over there, but he couldn't see exactly what the situation was, but there was a group of seabirds circling there.

Audis ordered: "Change course, go and take a look."

The "Argo" then changed course, and Audis also returned to the cockpit.

After sailing for more than ten minutes, Audis, who was holding a telescope and looking out, said: "It's dead fish."

Rupert was stunned: "Dead fish?"

"Yes, the sea is full of dead fish," Audis said.

As the "Argo" continued to move forward, sporadic dead fish appeared on the sea.

Everyone on the "Argo" felt some unease in their spirituality. They came to the cockpit one after another, looking at the situation ahead.

Audis put down the telescope: "The 'Skull' should have been here not long ago."

He guessed: "I don't know the specific abilities and negative effects of that ship, but I guess it should occasionally cause large-scale deaths of marine life around it."

Audis looked at everyone: "This is a more reasonable guess.

"Or, only the 'Skull' is a variable around, which may cause a large number of fish to die."

Everyone nodded. After Audis said this, they also felt that this should be the case.

"Sail around the surrounding sea! Well, get a little closer to the dangerous sea area." Audis then ordered: "They will definitely come out of the 'Dangerous Waters' before dark!"

So next, the "Argo" was surrounded by crew members watching the sea in all directions by Audis.

Because of the limited manpower, Audis also asked Leonard and the other three to help.

At this time, the "Argo" sailed into the sea area with the most dead fish, and everyone on board felt an even stronger unease in their spirituality.

That was because there were too many dead fish. The eyes of each dead fish seemed to be looking at the sky, and also seemed to be looking at the people on the "Argo".

They rose and fell with the waves, as if they were not completely dead yet.

It was the sight of the dead fish that made the crew feel a little uncomfortable.

However, there was only unease, but no sense of danger.

After passing through the sea full of dead fish, everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, and then sailed around the sea full of dead fish, seriously starting to observe the surrounding situation.

At more than six o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was about to fall to the horizon, reflecting a few very beautiful fire clouds.

Yilai Zhe, who had just had dinner and came to replace Leonard, glanced at the horizon and said: "There will be a big storm later."

Leonard looked at the horizon again. He felt that the scenery was quite beautiful, and there were not many clouds in the sky. Would there be a storm?

"Take in the sails!" Audis, who heard Yilai Zhe's words, immediately ordered: "Those who haven't had dinner, go and have dinner quickly, it may be very busy later."

Leonard glanced at the horizon again before returning below deck to have dinner.

He had only eaten half of his dinner when the wind started blowing outside. When Leonard and the others were about to finish eating, they heard an urgent alarm, as well as Captain Audis's order: "All crew members come to the cockpit! The 'Skull' has been found!"

Leonard was stunned for a moment before quickly throwing down his food and running to the deck.

As soon as he arrived on the deck, he was stunned for a moment. The pretty sunset and fire clouds he had just seen had disappeared, replaced by dark clouds with a strong sense of oppression.

These dark clouds were like ink, flowing from one side of the sky to the other.

Leonard saw that the dark clouds had just passed the "Argo" not long ago, and he could still see the clear sky in the distance.

On the other side, the night seemed to have arrived early, and the dark clouds in the distance seemed to be sticking to the sea.

He didn't expect that in the time it took to eat dinner, the situation on the sea had changed so much.

Arriving at the captain's room, the first mate Rupert handed over a telescope and pointed Leonard in a direction.

Leonard saw a ship sailing towards them on the sea beneath the thick, dark clouds.

It was the "Skull Ship"!

Having seen the portrait, Leonard immediately recognized it as the "Skull Ship"!

The reason he could see the "Skull Ship" so clearly from such a distance was because lightning and hurricanes surrounded it, the silvery-white lightning illuminating the sea around it.

The wind and waves there were much stronger than here, some even as high as small hills.

The lightning and hurricanes seemed to have been summoned by the "Skull Ship," which was riding the wind and waves through the heavy rain.

Leonard lowered his binoculars and asked, "Is the 'Skull Ship' charging towards us?"

Had they already discovered the "Argo" and were preparing to attack?

"That's what I thought at first," Audiss said. "Watch for a while longer."

Leonard picked up his binoculars again and suddenly saw a huge evil spirit appear on the sea. The evil spirit was as tall as a giant, raising its axe and slamming it down on the sea.

Instantly, the sea was split open, and the hurricanes and lightning were cleaved apart.

The "Skull Ship" seized this opportunity to quickly break free from the encirclement of hurricanes and lightning.

The hurricanes and lightning then attacked the giant evil spirit, quickly tearing it to shreds.

Leonard immediately understood: "The lightning and hurricanes are besieging the 'Skull Ship'."

"Exactly," Audiss said. "I suspect the 'Skull Ship' may have provoked something it shouldn't have in the 'Dangerous Waters.' Now, the other party is chasing it out of the 'Dangerous Waters'."

He pondered for a moment and then said, "Head towards the 'Skull Ship'! Prepare the 'Spirit Extinguishing Cannon'."

Since there might be danger over there, they could fire a shot from a distance to see what was going on.

This was the first time Leonard had heard the term "Spirit Extinguishing Cannon." It was a compound word, and he understood its literal meaning.

Then he saw the deck in front of the cockpit open, and a very complex weapon with industrial beauty and aesthetic charm rose up.

Pitter-patter~

At this moment, large raindrops fell, and in just an instant, the wind and waves grew much stronger, and the "Argo" also began to list.

The oppressive feeling of the storm made Leonard and the other three "Red Gloves" members who were out at sea for the first time feel very small.

The "Argo" and the "Skull Ship" were like sitting on a seesaw, one rushing to the "peak" of the wave, the other falling to the "trough" of the wave.

At this time, the "Spirit Extinguishing Cannon" had completed its charge, and the pale white "cannon barrel" reappeared, illuminating the dim deck.

However, it did not fire immediately because the "Argo" was trying to find the best firing angle.

The "Skull Ship" seemed to have sensed the threat and was fleeing in the opposite direction of the "Argo."

Finally, both ships reached the "peak" of a wave.

Audiss, looking ahead through his binoculars, was about to order the firing when he suddenly saw a person following behind the "Skull Ship."

That person was holding something like a staff, running on the surface of the sea, chasing the "Skull Ship."

On the sea, he seemed to run as nimbly as on flat ground. Hurricanes surrounded him, causing his robes to billow, and he actually flew up.

Flying and running like this, he closely followed the ghost ship, often attacking the "Skull Ship" with lightning.

Audiss was stunned for a moment before ordering: "Stop charging the 'Spirit Extinguishing Cannon,' switch to the 'Spirit Wave Cannon'."

Soon, the pale white "cannon barrel" disappeared, and after waiting for more than ten seconds, the "Extraordinary Puppets" replaced it with the two extended metal rods.

Although they had waited more than ten seconds, the spirituality that had just been charged had not completely dissipated. Under the effect of the magic circle, they had undergone certain changes, covering the "Extraordinary Puppets" with a layer of white frost.

They were carried back under the deck by two "Extraordinary Puppets" before starting to recharge.

When the "Extraordinary Puppets" reported that aiming was complete, Audiss immediately ordered: "Fire!"

The "Spirit Wave Cannon" did not require such a stable firing angle, as long as the direction was right, it could fire.

Leonard saw a very small spot of light emitted from that precise mechanical structure.

That spot of light seemed to contain enormous energy, cutting through the waves and smashing through the hurricanes, as if nothing could stop it.

Rumble~

Even in the thunderous storm, it could not cover up the violent explosion.

From the waves split open by the spot of light, Leonard saw a huge explosion, the flames and impact soaring into the sky, and the dark clouds were blown away a lot.

Audiss was staring at the person chasing behind. The other person seemed to have dived into the water just now and might not have been seriously injured.

Soon, the waves closed again, and the explosion could no longer be seen.

At this time, Leonard seemed to have come back to his senses: "What was that?"

The boatswain Sarina beside him smiled triumphantly: "That's the cannon invented by the captain. How is it? Very powerful, right? I was shocked when I saw it for the first time."

She emphasized: "The kind that really jumped up!"

Leonard nodded blankly and asked again: "What was that?"

Audiss took off his binoculars: "Just think of it as an extraordinary weapon."

Then he ordered: "Full speed ahead! Turn the helm to port, avoid the stern of the 'Skull Ship'."

No matter who was chasing the "Skull Ship," Audiss intended to stay away from him.

"Full speed ahead" was very dangerous in such large waves. Even if the "balance system" was operating at full capacity, the violent shaking could still be felt.

But now they had to speed up to check the situation of the "Skull Ship."

Finally, after reaching the "peak" of a wave again, Audiss took his binoculars and, with the help of the faint light, saw that the explosion had caused the "Skull Ship" to capsize, and many crew members seemed to have fallen into the water.

However, the ghost ship was not an ordinary sea vessel after all. It must have used some protective measures and was not directly destroyed by the "Spirit Wave Cannon."

At this time, the person who had been running on the surface of the sea parted the water and came out of the waves.

He was indeed unharmed, still holding the scepter in his hand, summoning lightning to attack the "Skull Ship."

Suddenly, several large tentacles parted the sea, entangled the "Skull Ship," and dragged it away from the attack of the person holding the staff.

Audiss noticed that the large tentacles were very similar to those of a deep-sea monster.

However, the color was very abnormal, and there were signs of decay. It should be the corpse of a large sea monster.

Since he could still summon the corpse of a sea monster, it meant that Burke was not dead yet, and the "Skull Ship" could still hold on for a while.

Audiss ordered: "Follow it!"

Since someone was chasing and beating the "Skull Ship," Audiss was naturally happy to follow behind and watch the show.

But they couldn't be too far away, otherwise, they might miss the best opportunity to collect the body.

Audiss lowered his binoculars and took a deep breath: "Where did the 'Skull Ship' provoke that guy from?"

Leonard and the others also saw the person coming out of the waves.

But they had no clue.

Audiss then guessed: "Could it be that they found the ruins, but because they didn't receive a warning, they explored it, and as a result, they provoked someone or something they shouldn't have?"

After all, the ruins had existed for more than a thousand years, and it was unlikely that there were still living people, so Audiss called it "something."

Leonard observed the "Skull Ship" outside and said, "That's very possible."

Audiss took a deep breath: "The 'weapons' of the Fourth Epoch can still operate normally now."

Leonard put down his binoculars and said: "To be honest, I'm not that surprised, especially after seeing the power of the 'Spirit Wave Cannon'."

Then he asked: "What should we do next?"

"Follow behind from a distance," Audiss said. "Even if the 'Skull Ship' is a ghost ship, it must have been injured by the 'Spirit Wave Cannon'. It also has such a powerful enemy behind it, so it should be sunk soon."

"We can wait, wait until the guy with the staff leaves, and then we'll go collect the body."

Leonard asked: "What if the guy with the staff doesn't leave?"

"If he doesn't leave or takes Burke's body away, we'll leave," Audiss said. "It's not clear what the other party is, so we can't risk snatching Burke's body."

"But even so, your mission is basically complete. First, you prevented Burke from continuing to explore, although it wasn't you who prevented him, but he really can't continue to explore."

"Secondly, the ruins are basically certainly in the nearby 'Dangerous Waters'. The guy chasing Burke with the staff may be from there."

"If you feel that this is not enough to report back, you can wait until the storm stops, and then we will try to find the exact location of the ruins."

Leonard seemed to have different opinions, but in the end, he just said, "Okay."

After all, "Captain Gar" had emphasized before that he should listen to his command during operations at sea. It was already kind enough of him to explain it carefully.

Next, the cockpit fell into silence, and everyone was carefully observing the situation ahead in the shaking.

The sea monster corpse entangled with the "Skull Ship" seemed tireless, dragging the ghost ship at an extremely fast speed. Even the "Argo's" "full speed ahead" was a little unable to keep up.

The person chasing behind the "Skull Ship" looked very leisurely, chasing unhurriedly behind.

After chasing for more than half an hour, Odis and the others saw through their telescopes that hail was starting to fall from the sky.

At this moment, Yilai Zhe said, "We have entered the 'Danger Zone'."

Odis asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" in front of the instrument panel, "How is the ship operating?"

The "Extraordinary Puppet" carefully checked before saying, "Reporting Captain, the 'Balance System' is operating at full capacity, everything else is normal."

Odis nodded, "Continue the chase."

The "Argo"'s "shield" blocked all the hail, and it would light up every time hail hit it. This caused the area around the "Argo" to constantly flash with bright light, giving the crew a sufficient sense of security.

Especially Yilai Zhe, who had seen ships sunk by hail before, knew how terrifying hail at sea could be.

But soon, the sense of security disappeared.

At first, everyone saw some behemoths falling from the distant sky.

Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be hailstones as large as large seagoing vessels. This completely exceeded Leonard and the others' concept of hail.

Odis quickly ordered the "Extraordinary Puppet": "'Extraordinary Cannon' stand by! Attack the large hailstones!"

But soon, the hailstones in the sky became as big as small mountains. The "Extraordinary Cannon" had a limited firing angle and might not be able to destroy them in time. After all, it was not an anti-aircraft gun.

The situation was already very dangerous. Even the "Argo" would be injured if it took a hit like that.

Odis looked ahead again with his telescope and finally decided, "Prepare to submerge!"

"Submerge...?" Leonard thought he had heard wrong. He had heard that ships capable of underwater combat had been developed, called submarines.

But the "Argo" was a seagoing vessel, how could it submerge?

In fact, not only was he very surprised, but the other crew members were also very surprised. Salina exclaimed, "I thought I had seen all the functions of this ship, but it always manages to surprise me."

Odis asked the "Extraordinary Puppet" in front of the "instrument panel" about the operation of the magic circle before saying, "With the buffer of seawater, we can easily avoid these huge hailstones."

Then he ordered, "Activate the 'Water Repellent Membrane'."

The "Extraordinary Puppet" pushed a control lever to the maximum, and a thin membrane suddenly appeared around the "Argo", protecting the ship as if it had become a giant egg.

Odis checked and, seeing that the "Water Repellent Membrane" had been successfully deployed, issued a second command: "Open the 'Anti-Gravity Magic Circle'."

His designed submersion system did not use "traditional" submarine technology, but rather used the alteration of mechanics in metaphysics to manipulate the "Argo" to sink or rise.

Just then, a huge hailstone fell not far from the "Argo", stirring up a large layer of waves even in the storm's raging waves, almost capsizing the "Argo".

Odis quickly ordered, "Submerge!"

Everyone suddenly felt some changes in the surrounding environment, but they couldn't say exactly where the changes were. It wasn't until they saw the things on the table floating up that they realized the force field had fallen into some kind of chaos.

Immediately, the "Argo" plunged into the huge waves and quickly submerged.

But soon, the "Argo" broke through the mountain-like waves, briefly appearing on the surface before diving into the sea again.

This was because the waves were too high. It had submerged at the "mountainside" just now, and now it had only appeared at the "foot of the mountain" on the other side.

Soon, the "Argo" completely submerged to the bottom of the sea. The sound of the rainstorm and gale suddenly disappeared, and Leonard and the others even felt a slightly eerie silence.

The "Water Repellent Membrane" isolated the seawater, and the scene looked very magical, as if they were suddenly in the underwater world.

However, it was pitch black all around. Odis ordered the searchlights to be turned on to see the scene ahead.

In fact, they could only see seawater, but the field of vision had become farther.

After the huge hailstones fell into the sea, although they would create a considerable impact, the hailstones would not sink into the sea and would eventually float on the surface, which meant that the "Argo" no longer had to worry about the hail.

Odis repeatedly inquired about the operation of the magic circle before smiling, "Hopefully the person chasing the 'Skull' thinks we've retreated."

In fact, he originally wanted to say "hope they think we have sunk", but it was taboo to say such things at sea.

Before going to sea, Odis thought that only the East had taboos on ships. After going to sea, he learned that whether it was people from the North Continent or the South Continent, or the natives of the Storm Sea, there were many taboos at sea.

For example, some places strictly prohibit crew members from bringing black suitcases on board, some places strictly prohibit bringing bananas on board, and some places have taboos that prohibit saying words such as "rabbit" and "knife" on board.

In addition, because the sea is so unpredictable, people who often go to sea have enough awe of the sea, so people who mix in the sea basically believe in the "Lord of Storms".

Then, Odis said, "Each submersion can only last for half an hour, and then we have to come to the surface to breathe and let the 'Submersion System' rest a little."

"At that time, everyone must determine the direction of the 'Skull' as soon as possible to see if we need to adjust our course."

A few seconds later, everyone seemed to have completely recovered and accepted the fact that they were already in the sea.

First Mate Rupert asked, "Will it affect our speed in the water?"

"Not much," Odis said. "Now the undercurrent in the sea is pushing us forward."

Everyone didn't have any other questions and stared blankly at the seawater in front of them.

Occasionally, there would be sea fish or other marine life swimming around, but there were not many. Presumably, most of them had swam to other sea areas or deeper places to avoid the storm.

Odis then sat down on the chair to rest for a while. This kind of pursuit at sea was very exhausting.

Half an hour later, the "Argo" returned to the surface to rest. It was still hailing on the sea, and the sea breeze was much stronger, directly blowing the "Argo" askew.

The sound of the wind was so loud that you had to shout to be heard.

The wheelhouse was tilted at an angle of thirty or forty degrees, and Odis and the others felt comfortable only by leaning against the wall.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and everything within sight was dim, looking like the end of the world.

After searching for a while, they reconfirmed the direction of the "Skull". This ship was really able to hold on. After half an hour, it was still being chased and didn't seem to be sinking.

Because the sea was still very dangerous and the wind was too strong, Odis chose to submerge again.

Without the sound of the wind, the surroundings became quiet again, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Odis poured a cup of coffee and sat on the chair to rest again.

A few minutes later, Rupert, who was observing in front of the glass window, suddenly said, "Something's wrong."

Everyone was stunned and came to the glass in the wheelhouse to look outside. For a moment, they didn't notice what was wrong, but their spirituality did remind them that something was wrong around them.

Two or three seconds later, Odis suddenly understood: "There's not a single fish here!"

The last time they submerged, they could occasionally see swimming fish, but this time there was nothing!

At this time, everyone saw a white light in the seabed ahead.

In the dark seawater, such a light was particularly conspicuous.

Odis tried hard to observe with his telescope, but because the visibility was too poor, and after driving forward for a distance, he saw that those were relics emitting a pale white light on the seabed.

That should be the target Leonard wanted to confirm!

That Fourth Age military station!

"'Spirit Extinguishing Cannon' charge! Surface!" Odis felt his hair stand on end. He had no interest in exploring such dangerous ruins.

When the "Argo" returned to the surface, Odis and the others immediately saw that on the sea not far ahead, the person who had been chasing the "Skull" with the staff was waiting for them quietly.