Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

On Monday morning, Audis, accompanied by Mandy and two other ladies, took the earliest train to the "Garr Estate" he had purchased in the central part of Blue Mountain Island.

The name of this estate was a matter of "convention."

Generally, people would name the estate after the surname of the actual holder.

Bayam's language, environment, and so on were similar to Backlund's, but it wasn't until the train left the city that Mandy and the others felt the "exotic atmosphere."

At least in Backlund, it was rare to see such a large forest and such vast farmland.

Audis also told them about some of the local conditions: "The biggest unstable factor in this railway transport business is the rebels, but recently the rebels have not been attacking trains much, at most they will rob some supplies."

"We don't need to worry too much about this, because most of the time they are robbing cloth, daily necessities, and household items, and rarely rob building materials."

If he were robbed, Audis would have to consider whether to ask "The Fool" for compensation.

Mandy looked at the dense forest and asked, "Will they actively attack the manor?"

"Generally not." Audis said, "Because there is only food in the manor, and no industrial products they need."

He paused and added: "One good thing about the tropics is that you rarely die of starvation."

"Of course, don't think of this place as a good place. The number of people who die from disease here every day is definitely more than the number of people who die from starvation in Backlund."

"It is possible to be bitten by a mosquito in the morning and die from it in the evening."

Mandy was taken aback for a moment: "So that's why you plan to do the pharmaceutical business?"

"Those medicines are not prepared for the locals." Audis said: "It's not that I don't want to help them, but they don't trust the Loen people and don't want our help."

"Of course, it's hard to say what the situation will be in the future, maybe we will have some cooperation with them."

The "them" that Audis was referring to were the rebels and the Church of the Sea God.

He continued: "But now, we need a lot of funds, so the first batch of drugs is mainly sold to Loen people or people from the Northern Continent who live in the tropics."

"Many diseases may not be fatal to the locals, but this kind of disease rarely occurs in the Northern Continent, so it will take the lives of the people of the Northern Continent."

The most common of these is malaria. In the absence of antibiotics, there is almost no effective drug for this disease. After contracting this disease, whether you can survive depends entirely on luck.

Mandy nodded. Yesterday, the waiter in the hotel specifically reminded her not to eat or drink anything outside, otherwise it would be easy to get malaria.

While chatting, the four people arrived at the Nate Town train station, and along with Audis and the others, there were two full carriages of goods.

In order not to affect the operation of the train, the two carriages were directly left on the spare track at the station, allowing the consignee to slowly unload the goods.

Bazel had already prepared seven carriages and hired enough coolies and tenant farmers. It only took an hour to fill all the carriages, but only half of the two carriages of goods had been unloaded, and they would have to load another round later.

Audis and the others sat next to the coachman and took the carriage to Garr Estate together.

Mandy and the other three did not notice that the carriage drivers were actually "Extraordinary Puppets."

They were the puppets that had just been made yesterday. After putting on hats and glasses designed for them by Audis, they looked no different from normal people.

If you observe carefully, their movements are a bit stiff, and their tone of speech is a bit strange.

But basically they will not be exposed, because no one will pay attention to the coachman's movements and tone.

Arriving at the warehouse, Bazel opened the door in front, and after confirming that there were no tenant farmers or ordinary people around, he directed the convoy into the warehouse, and then activated the magic circle.

When they saw the layers of doors appearing, Mandy and the others were still a little surprised and nervous.

Under the control of the "Extraordinary Puppets", the carriages entered one after another, and in a blink of an eye they came to Cruz Island.

The reason for preparing seven carriages was because the current "Teleportation Magic Circle" can only pass seven carriages at a time at most.

Rupert was on Cruz Island to meet them. He first directed the "Extraordinary Puppets" to unload the goods before coming to Audis.

Audis introduced Mandy and Rupert to each other, and Rupert smiled: "If all my colleagues were as beautiful as Ms. Mandy, I would not want to return to the 'Argo'."

Unlike Bazel, Rupert was more talkative.

Mandy also smiled and said: "I am also very happy to have such an excellent colleague like you."

"I hope you will like it here." Rupert turned to Audis and said: "Captain, a stranger came to the tavern again today, saying that he is your friend, named Tim."

Audis was stunned for a moment: "It seems that he is preparing to work here."

He said: "You direct the unloading of the goods here, I will go take a look. Mandy, the three of you come with me, I will take you around the surrounding area."

Leaving the pier, Audis saw that the captured merchant ship had just left the port, and Donahue and the others had begun their first voyage.

This voyage was entirely funded by Audis, mainly to purchase some tools and daily necessities from Chaikel Island and Nicart Island.

In Audis's opinion, even with the "Teleportation Magic Circle", the merchant ship still had to be operated.

The main purpose was to train a group of sailors.

In the future, Audis will have more and more ships. Those ships can use a large number of "Extraordinary Puppets" as sailors, but there must be a few human sailors to make judgments, review various instructions, and so on.

The relevant knowledge of sailors can be obtained through the "Helmet of Wisdom", but going to sea is not just about theoretical knowledge.

So, while the demand was not very large, Audis was prepared and used this merchant ship as a "training ship."

The "Ghost" in the port was still quietly docked there, as if waiting quietly for departure.

Audis stood there and looked at the pier for a while before leading Mandy and the others forward.

Many people in the town looked over here. Even though Mandy and the others were dressed relatively plainly at this time, their makeup and clothing were relatively beautiful in the colony.

Not to mention a remote island like Cruz Island, which basically has no concept of "makeup" and "no makeup."

Arriving at the tavern, Audis saw Tim chatting with the boss, Hunter. After Audis came in, Tim raised his glass: "Want a drink? The beer here is pretty good."

"No, I'll have a drink at noon." Audis said: "This is Mandy, the future acting town mayor. This is Tim, a partner."

After briefly introducing the two parties, he said to Tim: "We are going to take a look at this island, would you like to come with us?"

"Of course." Tim finished the beer in his glass and smiled at the tavern owner: "I'll talk to you again when I have a chance."

After leaving the tavern, they simply strolled around the town and then walked to the nearby Lighthouse Hill.

It wasn't that they wanted to walk slowly to see the surrounding terrain, but that they could only walk, because there were only two horses on the entire island.

There is a dirt road between Port Town and Plain Town. Because it often rains, it is very muddy, and soon the shoes and trousers of the five people were dirty.

However, Audis didn't seem to care at all. He said to Tim: "I know what you are planning to do. You plan to reveal that you are a Loen Navy in your conversations with the island residents, and secretly tell everyone that this place is being protected by the Loen Navy, right?"

Without waiting for Tim to answer, Audis continued: "But what I want to tell you is that I am going to make the Fenebopot Navy suffer a loss, so don't ruin my plan."

"Don't be smart and interfere in the affairs of the island, because I can drive you away at any time."

Mandy and the other three looked at each other, not expecting that Mr. Garr's "partner" was from the Navy.

Tim was stunned. He looked around to make sure it was wilderness before asking, "What are you going to do?"

What he asked was how he planned to trick the Fenebopot Navy.

"This is our internal affair, you are not qualified to interfere." Audis said unceremoniously.

Tim was somewhat frustrated, but also somewhat helpless. After all, the money had been paid, and now he could only trust Audis's promise.

No matter what Audis did, as long as he didn't let the Fenebopot Navy take the "Ghost" away.

Audis said to Tim seriously: "I don't care if you drink and eat in the port as long as you pay, because your temperament is more like a pirate, and you won't attract people's attention."

"But if you ruin my next plan, the Navy must make compensation."

Tim grinned: "Okay, I will pay attention and not let people discover my true identity."

After Audis warned Tim, he pointed to Lighthouse Hill and said to Mandy and the others: "I plan to build the new town on the inner side of that hill."

"The specific construction drawings are still being drawn, but I think that before that, the road should be repaired."

"After passing the mountain valley in front, we will reach the plain."

Audis felt that it was too slow to walk like this, so he used two "flying scrolls" to fly everyone to Lighthouse Hill together.

After experiencing "travel" and the "teleportation magic circle", Mandy and the others were no longer surprised to fly up at this time, but felt very novel, after all, this was an extraordinary world they had never been exposed to before.

Audis first pointed to the opposite side and said: "The workers you see logging are the three small construction teams that I 'invited'."

"They are currently building dormitories. As the first batch of tools arrives, their work efficiency will become faster."

"After the dormitories are built, one of them will go to build Plain Town, one will lay roads, and one will build the new town."

Tim hesitated for a moment before asking, "Is there a ship docking today?"

Audis ignored his question and continued to Mandy and the others, "This is a large project and requires a large workforce."

Mandy nodded and said, "One problem right now is that the local natives generally don't speak Luen, so we may only be able to use harsh methods to bind them to the construction site."

"Regarding this point, I've already come up with a solution." Audis smiled and said, "The first building in Plains Town will be a small shop selling various daily necessities from Bayam.

"Because of the influence of those Luen people in Port Town, those things are hugely attractive to the natives here.

"Then I'll provide them with some job opportunities so they can earn pounds to buy goods. When that time comes, you won't need to mobilize them; they'll show up at the construction site on their own."

Mandy nodded: "That's a good idea, but we need to do a good job of theft prevention."

Tim, however, couldn't quite understand: "Are you planning to pay the local natives wages?"

Audis glanced at him before saying, "I'll tell them that the money is paid to me by the navy."

Tim twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing an ugly smile.

At the same time, he realized that Audis wasn't just saying things. No matter what opinions he expressed about this island, Audis wouldn't give him a good look.

"I plan to build Plains Town in that location," Audis said, pointing into the distance.

He looked at the open space and noticed that there seemed to be quite a few people working there: "The new town mayor seems to be mobilizing the villagers to build. Let's go take a look."

So the group flew to the open space where they planned to build the town. Sure enough, Audis saw Mayor Wells and Deputy Mayor Grant directing dozens of villagers to build wooden houses.

They were already used to Audis flying around. Seeing Audis and the others land, Wells quickly came forward to greet them.

Audis asked a few questions and, as he suspected, Wells and Grant had gone to Rupert after becoming mayor to inquire about the situation in Plains Town and to ask where the town government would be built.

After learning that a new town would be built on this open space, they first brought people to build the town government.

The two of them were originally respected young people in the village. Now that they had become mayors and were going to manage other villages, the villagers were very supportive and came to help.

Audis smiled and said, "Starting today, everyone who labors here will receive 8 pence per day."

The villagers didn't quite understand, but Wells and Grant understood and quickly thanked Mayor Gahl.

Although they were both "mayors," they were very clear that Mayor Gahl had more power than them.

"Just build three or four houses. Leave one empty; I want to open a shop." Audis added, "In a while, I will build brick houses here."

Then he ordered, "Your first task is to find all the previous captains after the houses are built.

"I've found grammar and math teachers for them. Have them come to learn grammar and math. You two must also study hard. This will be very useful in the future.

"I will pay everyone who comes to study 5 pence a day. The study time will probably take one or two weeks.

"Occasionally, I will also have Mandy send people to lecture you, help you build the framework of the town government, and teach you how to do management work."

Tim didn't comment this time, but he felt that Audis seemed very eager to spend money. Also, he really couldn't understand what could be learned in two weeks. Maybe they couldn't even learn the full pronunciation of the alphabet.

In fact, Audis's purpose was very clear. As long as the locals had money in their hands, as long as they had the idea of buying goods and the desire to make their lives better, then he could mobilize their enthusiasm.

Audis didn't need to popularize the role of the pound, because before this, the North Continent residents of Port Town also used pounds as a transaction currency in addition to bartering.

The locals all knew that they could buy useful and novel things with pounds.

The reason Tim couldn't understand was only because he was a navy man, not a government worker.

In fact, government workers of this era were also unlikely to understand these things, or rather, what seemed like common sense to Audis seemed like new thinking to people of this era.

After wandering around the island all morning, Audis took Mandy and the others to Port Town for lunch. After lunch, a few people cooled off in the shade of a tree.

Audis asked Rupert to open the small shop on the island first. Wells had already built the site, and the goods had been transported. He just needed to find a competent salesperson.

Mandy sighed: "Everything is good here, but it's just too hot."

Audis smiled and thought: I could consider designing an extraordinary air conditioner.

Then Mandy asked, "Mr. Gahl, can we also come into contact with more magical things?"

"That's called Extraordinary." Audis explained: "People with extraordinary powers are called Beyonders.

"If you want to become Beyonders, you can also apply to me, because becoming a Beyonder will improve your mental and physical strength.

"But I must remind you that there are also great risks in becoming a Beyonder, because the more powerful the ability, the easier it is to lose control.

"However, if you just become a low-sequence Beyonder, the risk is still barely acceptable."

No mistake, one first, one send, one inside, one content, one look, one see!

Mandy nodded, looked at Audis, and waited for him to continue.

Audis smiled and said, "Let Rupert explain it to you. I still have something to do and need to return to the sea.

"In a while, let Rupert send you back to 'Gahl Manor'. There are Bazel's subordinates there. Let him protect you on the train back."

Mandy got up and said, "Okay."

Audis didn't stay any longer and used "Traveling" to return to the captain's studio.

This morning, he had assigned tasks to the crew, asking them to assemble ten "Extraordinary Machine Guns," ten "Extraordinary Mortars," and three "Portable Spirit Wave Cannons."

These parts were all manufactured by Audis in the "Knowledge Wilderness" using "Alchemist Glasses." This Sealed Artifact not only had magical effects, but also made Audis's work efficiency faster. It only took half an hour to complete the workload that previously took five hours.

It's just that after the efficiency became faster, the money was spent even faster. The batch of special metal with good ductility ordered from Raxia Island last time has now been basically used up and needs to be reordered.

In the studio, half of the tasks Audis requested had now been assembled, and the crew members were generally a bit tired. After all, they had been working continuously from noon yesterday to noon today, only resting for a few hours at night.

Audis simply gave them half a day off. The battle with Fene Potente hadn't shown any signs of starting yet, so they could wait until they had time to talk about it.

Amid Salina's cheers, they left the studio to take a nap or have a drink.

Audis sat at the workbench and rested for a while. As Bazel said, he had become more and more busy since going to sea.

Fortunately, Mandy had already begun to take over management work, and Audis could hand over the affairs of Bayam and Cruz Island to her to manage.

As long as this transition period passed, he would be able to relax a lot.

Just as he was making plans, Audis actually fell asleep like this. It was the reminder of his spirituality that startled him awake. He looked at his pocket watch and it was already two fifty-eight.

So Audis quickly went into the bedroom and lay down on the easy chair.

As soon as he lay down, his vision was covered by gray fog, and in an instant he came to the Giant Palace and sat on one side of the bronze long table.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool." Audis heard the voice of "Justice" Audrey greeting him and felt completely awake from his nap.

He resisted the urge to stretch and tried to adjust his emotions to enter the state of participating in the Tarot Gathering.

"Magician" Fors turned in two pages of Roselle's diary. "The Fool" Klein spent a few minutes reading it before saying: "You can begin."

Audrey immediately said: "Mr. Fool, I would like to communicate with Mr. Hermit alone."

Audis was stunned for a moment before saying, "Okay."

The other members also seemed to be stunned for a moment. Miss "Justice" sounded like she had something urgent to ask "Hermit."

After establishing a separate communication environment, Audrey, who had been trying hard to restrain herself, finally said in a happy tone: "Mr. Hermit, I saw in the newspaper that you have wiped out another large pirate group!"

Klein, who was sitting at the top, was stunned for a moment: Wiped out another large pirate group? Then "Mr. Gahl" must have made a lot of money again!

Recently, he had been looking for opportunities to act, so he hadn't paid much attention to the news in the newspapers.

"Yes." Audis said casually: "The residents of Cruz Island asked me to protect them from being looted by pirates.

"So I went and wiped out all the pirates who were preparing to loot the island."

Klein thought: In other words, you looted the pirates?

Audrey said: "Mr. Hermit, can you tell me in detail? The newspaper only published a simple message."

Mainly because the Rothsted Daily hadn't received accurate information, so they only published a simple report.

Although Audis had sent a few pirates to Bayam, no one dared to believe the news that came out of the pirates' mouths.

Audis recalled for a moment and suddenly smiled: "That being said, I am quite good at commanding this kind of small-scale battle."

So he briefly explained how he responded to the first round of enemy attacks and then completely eliminated the "Deep Blue" pirate group's tactics.

Audrey listened with great interest, and when she heard that the pirates' attacks from two directions were successfully repelled by the "Hermit"'s forces, Audrey admired the "Hermit"'s tactical wisdom.

When she heard that the pirates were deliberately allowed to land on the shore and then wiped out with new weapons, Audrey wished she was the one firing the cannon.

Finally, she exclaimed, "I really hope to go on your pirate ship and experience some battles with pirates."

Klein also sighed, "The 'Hermit' is a qualified grassroots commander; at least those thousand or so people are being fully utilized by him."

Then he recalled some articles he had seen when he was a keyboard warrior, one point of which impressed him deeply: Some people are born to fight.

Klein felt that "Mr. Gehrman" was such a person, appearing very experienced in commanding a small-scale battle for the first time.

At this time, Odyss said to "Justice", "I probably won't have a direct war with pirates recently."

Audrey asked curiously, "Why?"

"Of course, it's because of the report you saw," Odyss said with a smile. "In the eyes of other pirate groups, defeating a large pirate group might be due to good luck.

"But defeating two large pirate groups in a row is enough to prove my strength.

"Pirates go to sea to find wealth, not specifically to fight, so when they see my flag, they will immediately slip away."

Audrey nodded, "I see."

Then she asked, "Mr. 'Hermit', if… well, I mean, if I go to sea, what kind of strength would I have among the pirates?"

Odyss analyzed, "You are Sequence 7 now, theoretically with the strength of a 'Great Pirate', but if you go to sea alone, it will be difficult for you to become a recognized 'Great Pirate'."

"Why?"

Klein thought to himself: Because your current sequence is too weak in attack.

"You lack the ability to defeat the enemy with one blow," Odyss analyzed. "The ability of a 'Psychological Alchemist' tends to influence the target, rather than attack the target.

"If you can't kill other 'Great Pirates', you can only become a recognized 'Great Pirate' by slaughtering ordinary people or attacking the navy, but I guess you don't like either of these methods."

Audrey placed her hands on the table in front of her and made an "Mm" sound, indicating her agreement. Then she smiled sweetly, "I was just asking casually. I may never… at least not in the next few years, have the opportunity to be an adventurer."

Odyss smiled and said nothing.

Audrey asked again, "Mr. 'Hermit', do you plan to be a pirate on the sea all the time?"

"No, I am now the actual ruler of Cruz Island," Odyss said with a smile. "I plan to build a base there and develop that island."

This news stunned both Klein and Audrey. Klein thought to himself: Are you serious? Pirates with a base are equal to having a weakness.

Audrey said happily, "That's great, Mr. 'Hermit'. Can I visit that island when I have time? Where is that island located?"

"You are welcome anytime, as long as you have time," Odyss said with a smile. "As for the location of the island, it is northwest of Chirk Island, a bit remote. You may not have heard of that place."

Audrey smiled, "I'm not very familiar with the location of the islands."

She planned to find it on the nautical chart when she went back.

Klein thought for a moment. He had heard of Chirk Island, but never of Cruz Island.

But at the same time, he also knew that the Rosed Islands were very large, and the area of the Berserk Sea was not small, so it was normal to have never heard of some islands.

After chatting for a few more words, Odyss and Audrey ended their private exchange, and the Tarot Gathering continued.

At this time, "The Magician" Forsi said to everyone, "Everyone, I need 'Lavazon Octopus Ink'."

That was the auxiliary material for advancing to "Astrologer". She had asked for it at several Extraordinary gatherings last week, but she had not traded for this auxiliary material.

This made Forsi realize that at the Sequence 7 level, sometimes auxiliary materials are not easy to trade.

"The High Priestess" Cattleya waited for a second or two before asking, "How much do you need?"

"20 grams."

"30 pounds."

Forsi smiled, "Deal."

Then, Odyss initiated a transaction with "The Moon" Emlyn: "I hope to trade some herbal formulas with you."

Emlyn was stunned for a moment before saying, "Mr. 'Hermit', you should know that the reason why the herbs prepared by the 'Apothecary' are effective is because they have been 'processed' by the 'Apothecary's' Extraordinary abilities.

"Only herbal formulas are not very useful."

"I know," Odyss said with a smile. "I recently obtained an 'Apothecary' Extraordinary characteristic and hope to cultivate an 'Apothecary'. This matter is already in progress.

"I heard that although the spirituality of an 'Apothecary' will let them know which herbs can be combined to treat which diseases, this process is also greatly related to the 'Apothecary's' experience.

"I think the Blood Clan must be very experienced in this area, so I want to buy some herbal formulas for the 'Apothecary'."

"Of course!" Emlyn couldn't help but raise his chin when he heard Odyss's words, and then said happily, "I can help you sort out a list of formulas I have, with a total of more than one hundred formulas, which can treat most diseases.

"As for the reward, 100… 60 pounds! Yes, 60 pounds will do."

Odyss smiled, "Thank you."

He seemed to have already seen his pharmaceutical company's business booming.

After that, everyone fell into a brief silence, because they didn't have much demand for the time being.

Odyss had all the main materials and rituals for advancement, and Klein and "The Hanged Man" Alger and other members were basically working hard to digest the potion.

Cattleya was also starting to prepare for advancing to a demigod, but she didn't plan to seek the things she needed at the Tarot Gathering for the time being.

So after a brief silence, "Justice" Audrey said, "Mr. 'Hermit', I hope to trade information about the last emperor of the Fourth Epoch."

Odyss nodded and smiled, "No problem, this information also requires 4000 pounds!"

Everyone quickly apportioned the intelligence fee. Like the last gathering, "Justice" Audrey and "The High Priestess" Cattleya each bore 1000 pounds, and the other members each bore 400 pounds.

"The Sun" Derrick's intelligence fee was still paid with Extraordinary main materials.

After determining how the reward would be paid, Odyss took a deep breath and said, "In the blink of an eye, we have already traded for information from the last time period of the Fourth Epoch.

"With this last transaction, everyone will basically be able to understand how the current pattern of the Northern Continent came about."

The other members looked at "The Hermit" with some anticipation.

After all, during the Fourth Epoch, the Northern Continent experienced the first half of the "War of the Four Emperors", and the "Night Emperor" re-completed unification.

But currently, the Northern Continent has four countries. I don't know how it split again.

Odyss continued, "Speaking of the 'Nether Emperor', we have to start from the Second Epoch. He was once a subordinate god of the 'Destruction Black Wolf'."

Thank you 【来去归】 for the reward.

Thank you 【风雨雪】 for the reward.