Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Audace didn't stand on ceremony with the navy: "'Sword of Dawn's' First Mate Bazel and Second Mate Rupert should both have the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and Bivis should have the rank of Major.

The combat captain and boatswain should have the rank of Captain, and the other crew members should have the rank of Lieutenant, with salaries paid according to their ranks."

Tim recorded it: "I can give you an answer now, no problem."

Audace added: "Help me repair the large cruiser I just captured.

In the future, I will call myself 'Pirate General'. Please don't interfere, Navy."

"I'll coordinate," Tim said. "You can sail the ship to Chackle Island. There's a large dockyard there, and I'll send professionals there."

He paused and added: "As for the 'Pirate General' matter, the Navy certainly won't interfere, but you'll definitely have a bounty on your head then."

Audace smiled: "A bounty isn't a problem. On the contrary, many bounty hunters will come to my door."

Tim was stunned for a moment before saying, "Wait a moment, I'll report your request."

After three or four minutes, Tim returned again, smiling: "It seems that Admiral is very fond of you. He agreed to all the conditions you proposed and even allowed us to attend the upcoming banquet.

Also, there's this."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of dark black crystal: "Admiral said that if you inject spirituality into it, he will be able to sense your location.

However, the range is limited to the Rosed Islands and the western Sonia Sea."

Audace took the black crystal and immediately understood: because these two sea areas are under the rule of Loen.

Then he smiled and said, "If I leave like this, wouldn't it seem disrespectful to the Admiral?"

"It is!" Tim said, a little nervously. "The guests at the banquet are all big figures from the Rosed Islands. Many people would break their heads to get an invitation to the party…"

"Don't worry, I'm not an insensible person," Audace said with a smile. "I just think it's a bit boring for a pirate to attend such a party."

Tim breathed a sigh of relief: "Then just treat it as enjoying the food."

"Okay." So the two came to the banquet hall together. A huge crystal chandelier hung from the top, illuminating the entire venue as if it were daytime.

The banquet had already begun, and the guests, holding wine glasses, had already begun to socialize and converse in groups of three or five.

The protagonist of this banquet was Emlyn, wearing a military uniform. A circle of people was surrounding them, talking and laughing.

Audace looked directly at the food on the long table. It was indeed quite rich, with roasted chicken, pan-fried foie gras, stewed lamb, Backlund roasted goose, Oravi lobster, and other delicacies.

Not only was the quantity large, but the appearance was also quite exquisite.

So Audace took a plate and used food tongs to take a few of his favorite foods and went to a corner to enjoy them.

The taste was good, more delicious than the food in those big hotels.

While eating, he observed the guests at the banquet, hoping to find out which one was Klein.

…

Klein changed into someone else's appearance, wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, and entered the banquet hall with Emlyn's subordinate, Billert.

He had just taken on the task of being Admiral Emlyn's double. According to the plan, he would replace the Admiral at tonight's banquet.

According to habit, he first looked around at the surrounding environment. Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the corner: wasn't that Mr. Gehrman? Didn't he go to be a pirate? Why is he here? Why did he suddenly put on glasses?

Audace's spirituality sensed Klein's gaze and looked over here. Klein quickly and naturally turned his head away, but his heart was still pondering Mr. Gehrman's purpose and what identity he was using to attend the party.

Then Klein noticed the table full of food. He was about to get a plate when Billert whispered beside him, "Pay attention to the Admiral's behavior."

Klein had no choice but to give up the idea of getting a plate and observe the target.

Afterwards, Klein and Billert received Admiral Emlyn's code and came to the backyard, signed the contract, and obtained the 'Ninth Law'.

When he returned to the banquet hall, Klein had already turned into Emlyn's appearance. He thought to himself: This time, no one will stop "Admiral" from enjoying the food, right?

As a result, when "Admiral" went to get a plate, he was surrounded by several people again, continuing the previous conversation.

Klein sighed and glanced at Mr. Gehrman in the corner, who was putting a piece of fat lamb into his mouth with a fork, chewing unhurriedly.

The more he looked, the angrier he became!

Finally, the banquet ended. Klein, who hadn't eaten anything, got into the carriage, and Lueran quickly handed over several documents.

Klein glanced at them and felt that he had been too conservative when he was reimbursed before. A roll of naval toilet paper actually cost 1 pound!

Returning to his residence by carriage, because he had signed an agreement with Admiral Emlyn, he could only sleep in the office today.

To pass the time out of boredom, Klein looked at the documents on the desk. He thought they were all boring documents, but one of the documents caught his attention.

That was the information of the 'Sword of Dawn' pirate group, but these materials were just clippings and some information provided by the intelligence department.

Thinking of Captain Gehrman who appeared at the banquet, Klein realized that there might be some secret transaction between Emlyn and Captain Gehrman, but some core documents were not on the desk, and he couldn't guess.

Then he sighed: Mr. Gehrman can quickly establish such a high-level network of relationships at sea.

…

Before that, Audace noticed that Admiral Emlyn had left the banquet hall for a while. He was very clear that the "Admiral" who returned again was already Klein.

After observing slightly with the corner of his eye, he couldn't see any problems at all, which made Audace couldn't help but sigh at the advantage of the 'Faceless' in playing others.

Audace didn't mean to say hello to Klein. He ate and drank enough in the banquet hall, and when the banquet entered its final stage, he said hello to Tim and left early.

Audace didn't return to the 'Argo', but went to Bayam, because the 'Intelligence Exchange Meeting' would be held tomorrow.

Since having those two 'intelligent puppets' in the 'Knowledge Wilderness', Audace has been more free. He only needs to inspect their work and personally make some advanced scrolls. He also has enough time to rest at night.

The next day, the 'Intelligence Exchange Meeting' was held as usual. Audace judged and analyzed each piece of information. Suddenly, a piece of information that asked him to judge caught his attention.

The information said that a 'resurrection from the dead' incident had recently occurred on Oravi Island. It was a local resident. After death, his family put him on the ground, preparing to bury him tomorrow.

But when the deceased's family members woke up the next day, they suddenly found that the deceased's body was gone.

Afterwards, they heard an amazing news. Someone saw the deceased leaving the street quickly, not knowing where he went.

Seeing this, Audace thought to himself: This should be the ability of the 'Prisoner' pathway or the 'Death' pathway. The former's Sequence 6 'Living Corpse' has the ability to manipulate corpses, and the latter's manipulation of corpses, spiritual bodies, etc. are their more core abilities.

He continued to read on. Later, the deceased's body was found. It wasn't because they were looking for the body, but because a tragedy occurred in Oravi Port, and more than a dozen people were brutally murdered.

The 'resurrected' deceased participated in the kidnapping of those dozen living people, and seemed to have also participated in the abuse of those living people.

The provider of this information heard about the 'resurrection from the dead' and happened to see the murder scene, so he did a little investigation and learned such shocking news.

The newspaper claimed to the outside world that it was a tragedy created by pirates.

Audace first announced: "This information is true."

Because these practices are very consistent with the characteristics of the 'Rose School's' indulgent faction.

He also noticed that the day of the incident was the last full moon. This case should be a 'Living Corpse' of the 'Rose School' indulging himself.

At the 'Living Corpse' level, the curse they receive is that they crave the warm blood and fresh flesh of humans during the full moon.

Then Audace began to think about whether he could use this information to find the 'Rose School's' stronghold in Oravi?

Audace's previous help to Rupert had already made him feud with the 'Rose School'. At that time, he thought of a strategy to actively attack the 'Rose School' to avoid being retaliated against.

Audace was a little busy some time ago and didn't take care of this matter, and the 'Rose School' was also busy. They seemed to be protecting that 'Orange Light' Hillary Angers, who had transformed into a great scientist.

But after this matter is over, they may have to retaliate against Audace.

So before that, Audace planned to strike the 'Rose School' again to divert their attention.

After the intelligence exchange session, Audace sold 8 extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 9 level, and after the exchange meeting, he used a few pieces of information that he had just identified to let Alan try to identify the authenticity.

Originally, Audace planned to cultivate Bazel, but in the future, Bazel may have other tasks, so Audace plans to cultivate the young Alan who came to join him instead.

According to previous observations, Audace noticed that Alan has a good talent in intelligence, but he still needs to do a lot of practice and learn extraordinary knowledge.

First of all, what Audace gave him was some knowledge that didn't involve the extraordinary. After he made a judgment, Audace gave him some guidance and talked about the ideas of identifying the authenticity of intelligence.

At noon, Audace came to Oravi for lunch and went to the scene of the crime according to the previous information about the 'Rose School'.

It was a clothing store. It was said that everything was normal when the store clerk left at night, but when they opened the store door the next day, the scene inside made the clerk faint directly.

At this time, the clothing store's door was sealed, and passers-by avoided it from a distance.

Odyss didn't linger there. He went to the corner and used the "Spirit Dispelling Scroll," emitting a pale white light, to direct a nature spirit into the clothing store.

Through the nature spirit's vision, Odyss saw that the corpses inside had already been taken away, but the traces of blood were still there. Many bloodstains were splattered on the clothes on the racks, adding some hideous stains and spots.

In the dim room, these clothes seemed like ghosts standing there, watching Odyss.

After a quick look around, it was clear that no clues had been left behind. Odyss was about to end his control over the nature spirit when he suddenly felt a darkness before his eyes. In an instant, he realized that the nature spirit had been killed.

This startled Odyss: Official Extraordinary?

Immediately, he quickly used a "Stealth Scroll" to hide his tracks.

Only then did he realize that it shouldn't be an official Extraordinary lying in wait. The official Extraordinary should have guessed that it was the act of a "living corpse," so the official Extraordinary investigating this case wouldn't be above Sequence 6.

The person lying in wait here was most likely a Sequence 7. Odyss must have been noticed when he passed by just now.

Moreover, the method adopted by the official Extraordinary was most likely to find the person manipulating behind the scenes through the nature spirit, rather than directly killing the nature spirit to find the person behind the scenes.

Just then, Odyss, hiding in the dark, felt the surrounding air suddenly turn cold. Then, a somewhat illusory phantom floated out of the void in front of him. It was a middle-aged man with an unusually pale face, wearing a formal suit, with a hint of suppressed madness in his eyes.

Odyss thought: If you don't have Miss Sharon's looks, don't learn from her and suddenly float out like that. It's scary.

At this moment, he realized that there was actually a "Wraith" lying in wait in the clothing store!

Because the "Wraith's" ability to hide is relatively powerful among the various pathways. If they hide in a mirror or in the spirit world without moving, perhaps only Sequence 3 or higher can detect them.

The "Wraith" was also somewhat confused after appearing. It could be seen that he intended to start fighting as soon as he appeared, but because Odyss was a "Favored of the Night," he couldn't find where Odyss was.

Then, the "Wraith" jumped into a glass window and appeared dozens of meters away.

What confused him again was that no one attacked him, and there were no ambushes around.

Odyss didn't act immediately because he didn't think he had figured out who the "Wraith" was waiting for.

Theoretically speaking, he could only wait for official Extraordinary here, but what if this "living corpse" incident was deliberately exposed? Then, the "Rose School" thought they were trying to lure out someone, or some people?

So Odyss chose to continue observing.

However, the distance between them couldn't be too far, otherwise, his spirituality wouldn't be able to find the "Wraith."

The "Wraith" waited for a while, thinking that the person controlling the nature spirit had already left, so he disappeared into the "void" again.

Odyss quickly followed, and the other party returned to the clothing store.

Obviously, even if he was exposed, he still didn't plan to leave there.

Odyss pondered for a moment, realizing that the other party was very confident in this operation, and even if the "Wraith's" tracks were exposed, it might become new bait.

Odyss thought for a while, cautiously left the place, found Tim, and told him about this matter.

Tim was surprised after hearing this: "Why is the 'Rose School' having a major operation at this time?"

Odyss smiled: "I wish I knew."

Tim pondered for a moment: "Could their target be His Excellency the Admiral?"

After all, Emlyn just arrived on Oravi Island yesterday, and today they discovered a major operation of the "Rose School" with at least two "Wraiths" participating.

"Doesn't seem like it..." Odyss suddenly thought of the "Rose School's" subordinate organization, the "Celestial Church," which would launch an operation against Klein in the next day or two, and suddenly changed his mind: "But it's hard to say now."

Tim said: "Let's go, we'll report to the Admiral immediately."

Odyss pushed his golden glasses: Are you sure you want to report to the "Admiral?"

He said: "Doesn't the navy have an action standard for reference in such matters? Do we still have to report to His Excellency the Admiral?"

"You don't understand this." Tim smiled: "In this kind of thing, we must report to His Excellency the Admiral as soon as possible, so as not to let others steal our credit."

"Moreover, such an action may require His Excellency the Admiral to personally deploy the arrest operation, and may even need to contact the Storm Church to launch a joint action."

Odyss regretted telling Tim a little. Originally, he hoped to inform the official Extraordinary of the results he observed through Tim, and then use the power of the official Extraordinary to attack the "Rose School."

To make the "Rose School" suffer some more losses, so that they would be too busy to delay the action to retaliate against Odyss.

But the problem now is that, in Tim's view, this kind of thing should be reported to Emlyn first.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this procedure, but the problem is that the person sitting in the Admiral's position at this time is Klein, and this action will definitely increase the difficulty of his substitute mission!

However, since things have developed to this point, Odyss had no choice but to follow Tim to the navy's barracks. Tim first roughly explained his intention to Ruelin, the Admiral's secretary, who squeezed out ten minutes from Emlyn's schedule to let them report this matter.

In a small reception room, Odyss and Tim met "Emlyn."

After getting closer, Odyss noticed that the "Emlyn" in front of him was somewhat different from the Emlyn of yesterday.

Although the person in front of him also had a sense of oppression, he didn't make people feel uncomfortable like yesterday.

After the door of the reception room was closed, Tim immediately said: "Your Excellency the Admiral, Captain Gahr just discovered a major operation of the 'Rose School'..."

Next, in Tim's description, the "Rose School" seemed to want to blow Oravi Island into the sky.

Klein, sitting on the sofa, thought: Sure enough, wherever Mr. Gahr goes, something will happen.

Then he looked at Odyss: "Tell me, how exactly did you discover the 'Rose School's' actions?"

Odyss recounted the clues he had obtained at the intelligence exchange meeting, and how he had found them based on that clue, as well as the process of discovering the "Wraith," and his speculation.

This made Klein sigh: As expected of Mr. Gahr, from such a small clue, he can investigate so many things, and finally come up with a very reasonable speculation.

Ruelin, the secretary standing by the door, was also stunned. He didn't expect that "Captain Gahr" was so meticulous.

Klein said to Ruelin: "This matter must be taken seriously. Immediately notify the relevant departments and launch corresponding actions as soon as possible."

Odyss thought: I'm overthinking it. "The Fool" is also a person who understands "leadership speeches." He said a lot, but there were no specific instructions.

Ruelin immediately said: "I will immediately notify the Governor's Office and the Storm Church."

If this secretary couldn't hear the "specific instructions" in the leader's speech, then it was his problem.

Finally, he asked: "Are you going to personally command this operation?"

"I will pay close attention to this matter." Of course, Klein wouldn't take this risk. Then he said: "Let Captain Gahr also participate in the operation and listen to his suggestions more."

Odyss was stunned: Brother, I reported to the navy because I didn't want to be at the forefront. You're not participating yourself, so why are you pulling me into the operation?

Thinking of this, Odyss said: "Your Excellency the Admiral, I don't know if there are demigods involved in this operation. You still need to sit in command."

Klein thought: What? There might be demigods? Then quickly report to the official Extraordinary... Oh, right, I am the official Extraordinary now...

This made him somewhat embarrassed, because he was not the real Admiral Emlyn...

At this time, Odyss said again: "Of course, it is also possible that the 'Rose School' has several 'Middle Sequence' members participating in the operation. With the manpower of the Oravi Island Governor's Office and the Storm Church, it may not be enough to cope with such a situation."

If Admiral Emlyn also participates in the operation, Odyss will be his staff member, otherwise, he may be used as cannon fodder by the official Extraordinary.

In islands like Oravi Island, the Governor's Office is likely to have a Sequence 5 stationed there, and the Storm Church is also likely to deploy a Sequence 5.

If the "Rose School" has more than two Sequence 5s participating in this operation, then this operation is likely to have no major gains.

Therefore, if this operation wants to achieve any results, it still needs to rely on the power of the navy.

Usually, this naval base only has one Sequence 6, but among the followers of Admiral Emlyn, there is also a Sequence 5, as well as several Sequence 6s.

If the navy fully participates in this matter, the official Extraordinary will have an absolute advantage.

So Tim and Ruelin both looked at Klein.

According to custom, this operation should be commanded by Emlyn. Although they don't belong to the same command system, according to some internal Extraordinary agreements, in such emergencies, the Extraordinary being with the highest sequence or highest rank in the vicinity has temporary command authority.

However, whether to command or not ultimately depends on the decision of His Excellency the Admiral.

Klein pondered for a moment and said, "You guys go out first, I'll consider it."

Audis knew that "Admiral Emlyn" was going to perform divination, so he was the first to leave the room.

The others didn't pay much attention to it. After all, it wasn't the Navy's responsibility to strike against the "Rose School," so it was normal for His Excellency the Admiral to weigh things.

Soon, "Admiral Emlyn" called them back and said to Luelan, "Cancel all subsequent schedules, I will command this battle."

His divination result just now was: The "Rose School" has not dispatched any demigods, and commanding this operation will not be dangerous.

"Yes." Luelan immediately went to make specific arrangements.

Half an hour later, the first meeting was held at the Governor's Mansion. Those attending the meeting included Navy Major General Barlow, Governor's Guard Captain Cookin, and Storm Church High-Ranking Deacon Anlen.

The Governor's Guard Captain, in addition to providing extraordinary protection to the Governor, also provides protection to the Loen officials and administrative staff of the Governor's Mansion, and is also responsible for some extraordinary cases that disrupt social stability.

"Admiral Emlyn" personally presided over the meeting. First, Audis once again briefed everyone, describing the actions of the "Rose School."

After listening to Audis's description, Bishop Anlen said, "If my understanding is correct, most of this information is your speculation. Is there any concrete evidence?"

Klein, sitting at the head, was slightly stunned by the question, because he trusted and understood "Mr. Gehrman" and immediately believed his words. But at this moment, he also realized a problem: other than the fact that there was indeed a "Wraith" in the clothing store, the other speculations had basically no evidence.

If the Navy mobilized all the Extraordinary forces on Oravi Island with such fanfare, and in the end the opponent was only one "Wraith," it would damage Admiral Emlyn's authority and image.

Audis, however, said calmly, "The evidence is the previous incident of 'Living Corpse' harming ordinary people in the clothing store, which seemed like a performance.

"As far as I know, 'Living Corpses' of the 'Prisoner' pathway usually have a group of Living Corpses under their control, especially when the full moon is approaching. It's impossible for them to be in the mood to convert new Living Corpses to help them complete some actions.

"So from the beginning, this was a performance aimed at expanding the impact of the situation as much as possible."

Anlen was stunned. This was something he hadn't noticed before. However, this high-ranking deacon wearing a bishop's robe believed that this was not the evidence he was looking for. But thinking that Emlyn had personally commanded this operation, it meant that the Navy believed this information was accurate enough, so he didn't say anything more.

After explaining the situation, Klein asked everyone in a serious tone, "What are your opinions?"

This was the most troublesome specific deployment stage for Klein. He had always been used to acting alone and didn't have much experience in organizing this kind of capture operation.

Based on his experience as an official Extraordinary, he could indeed make a deployment, but that kind of deployment would definitely be based on Klein's habits, not Admiral Emlyn's.

However, Captain Cookin, wearing a Loen-style knight uniform, and Bishop Anlen were both clear about Admiral Emlyn's temperament, so they didn't express any opinions at all, but instead expressed their willingness to be dispatched.

Klein almost twitched his lips: I asked you to speak, but now you don't say anything.

"I suggest monitoring first." Audis understood Klein's embarrassment, so he said, "Because the 'Rose School's' play is not for us to watch.

"We can observe first to see who they are waiting for, and then we can determine how many people they will send this time.

"At the same time, we should set up a loose encirclement. When the encirclement is set up, if we haven't waited for their target, we can also search openly and force out the 'Rose School' members hiding in the dark."

Klein nodded unhurriedly, "This plan is good, but I'll add two more points. The first is that if the enemy has three or more Sequence 5s, we can let some of the enemies go, and only eliminate two Sequence 5s and most of the members.

"The second is that this deployment must have a unified dispatch. The three of you discuss how to deploy the encirclement, and be careful not to attract the enemy's attention.

"If there is anything you can't solve, you can report to me immediately, and I will dispatch it."

This is the classic "Let me add two more points," which will make others feel that he agrees with "Captain Gehrman's" plan, but it's not perfect enough.

If anyone later feels that this plan is different from Admiral Emlyn's commanding habits, it can be completely attributed to Audis.

Navy Major General Barlow was slightly stunned at first, then glanced at Audis. He was successfully deceived by Klein and thought that this young man wearing glasses had guessed His Excellency the Admiral's intentions. His answer just now was equivalent to speaking for Admiral Emlyn.

Now that the plan was finalized, it was the stage of specific implementation. Audis also got his wish and didn't participate in the front line, but was arranged with Tim on another street, ready to provide support at any time.

The two came to a cafe on this street and sat by the window, drinking coffee while paying attention to the signals on the adjacent street.

Tim took a sip of coffee and smiled, "Thanks to you, we don't have any danger in this operation, and we can still share the credit."

Audis smiled and didn't continue to discuss this issue. It would be ridiculous if there were any "Rose School" informants here.

He first chatted with Tim about life at sea and talked to Tim about his thoughts on suddenly joining the pirate group.

At this moment, Audis saw a familiar person, a woman in her thirties who looked dignified, Leona, Rupert's classmate.

Audis had previously helped Rupert save two people, one was Rupert's teacher, Kleist, and the other was his classmate, Leona.

They were both members of the "School of Life."

In that instant, Audis understood that the "Rose School's" play was for the "School of Life" to see.

At this time, the "School of Life" had basically recovered and was waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. Exposing the trace of a "Living Corpse" at this time would definitely attract their investigation, which would expose the traces of the "School of Life" members.

After Audis advanced, his thinking was much faster than ordinary people. While chatting with Tim, he thought of these things in a second or two.

So he immediately whispered, "I met a familiar person, I'll go chat with her for a while."

Tim was slightly stunned and didn't think much, "Okay."

Audis left the cafe and caught up with Leona, saying, "Madam, we meet again."

Leona was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here."

Audis smiled and whispered, "Are you here to investigate the case about the 'Living Corpse'?"

Leona said, "No wonder the teacher said that now is the best time to come, and he also told me not to take a carriage, but to walk."

Audis thought to himself: This pathway is really something.

He said, "Come on, let me introduce you to Admiral Emlyn of the Navy. Your plan and our plan need to be changed."