Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

Inside the luxurious carriage that was currently moving.

Audrey was stunned by Audis' words. She thought for a moment before saying, "Duke Negan's reputation is still considered good."

"Your so-called reputation is just the evaluation of the nobility," Audis said. "There are also some things that the nobles disdain to discuss."

He smiled and said, "Let's take a look at the information I provided first."

Audrey nodded slowly, without saying anything more.

Audis smiled and said, "It's been a while, let's talk about something happy."

"But I find it hard to find a topic that makes me happy," Audrey said with emotion.

After learning that the "Hermit's" goal for this trip was Duke Negan, Audrey couldn't be happy.

"I have another purpose in coming to Backlund," Audis said with a smile. "During an exploration, I found a gentleman trapped in a special space.

"He is a Backlunder and has been trapped there for over a hundred years. Now he has finally returned to the real world and hopes I can help him find his relatives."

"More than a hundred years?" Audrey was attracted by the new topic. "What a wonderful experience. Did you help him find his relatives?"

"I found them." Audis began to talk about Longzhel's affairs. As he expected, Audrey temporarily stopped talking about Duke Negan.

After chatting for a few more minutes, Audis said goodbye and left.

When the carriage door was closed again, Annie and Susie in the same car seemed to have suddenly come back to their senses, feeling as if they had been in a trance.

Then Susie felt a little strange. Why did Audrey's expression become so serious in the blink of an eye?

But now was not the time to ask these questions. After returning home, after the maids helped Audrey change into her pajamas and left, Susie dared to ask, but Audrey said first: "Susie, please guard the door for me. I have something important to do."

Seeing Audrey's solemn expression, Susie realized that now was not a good time to ask for a dog biscuit reward, so it agreed, "Okay, Audrey."

After Susie guarded the door, Audrey entered her study and obtained a stack of information using the granting ritual.

At this time, Audrey gave Susie a bag of dog biscuits, and then she carefully read the materials.

As a result, the more she read, the more shocking it became. She didn't expect that Duke Negan had cruelly suppressed workers' strikes and even killed farmers who worked on his manor, just because their greetings were not polite enough.

Also, several legal brothels in Bayam were owned by Duke Negan behind the scenes, and almost all the women there were tricked from the East End of Backlund.

Their fates were very tragic. After becoming ill or no longer young, they were driven to the streets, and most of them died miserably in Bayam.

These things are less than one-twentieth of the entire information.

For a moment, Audrey was silent. She didn't intend to report Mr. "Hermit". Her original idea was to pray to Mr. "Fool" to explain the "Hermit's" plan to assassinate Duke Negan and ask Mr. "Fool" to come forward to resolve it.

But at this time, she didn't know how to tell Mr. "Fool" about this matter.

In Audrey's impression, Mr. "Fool" has always been the nemesis of evil, and now Duke Negan is obviously evil.

Moreover, she didn't expect that Duke Negan, who always looked very kind every time they met, also had a fierce side.

......

Backlund, West End, 68 West Second Street.

Following Bernadette's guidance in the afternoon, Audis came to this row of villas. Just as he was about to ring the doorbell, the door opened by itself.

However, this time there was someone in the living room. Bernadette sat on the sofa and asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"I've eaten." Audis went to the kitchen to pour himself a glass of water, while looking around, "The environment here is very good."

Bernadette noticed that Audis seemed a little strange: "Is the mission not going well?"

Audis smiled wryly: "I was noticed."

"Noticed?" Bernadette was stunned: "Who?"

"Fortunately, it's someone I knew before," Audis said. "I've temporarily stabilized her.

"However, the assassination operation will be brought forward. I plan to carry out the assassination tomorrow morning."

Bernadette frowned: "It's too hasty."

"Yes, it's too hasty." Audis smiled. "But it's okay, as I said before, that Duke is not difficult to kill."

Bernadette nodded: "If you need help, just ask."

Audis said "um" and drank the water in his glass: "I want to rest early today. I'm going to Queen's Avenue at four o'clock tomorrow morning."

Bernadette got up and took Audis to the room she had prepared for him.

Lying on the bed, Audis immediately used "meditation" to fall asleep. There will be a fierce battle tomorrow, and he must reach his best condition.

At four o'clock on Saturday morning, the reminder of spirituality made Audis suddenly open his eyes. After a little while, he got up and put on the knight's uniform that was easy to move in, then took the briefcase and checked the scrolls.

Then he took out all the sealed items and placed them beside him, fastened the leather case containing the "Gustav Staff", and finally put on the "Black Spider Armguard" with two-meter-long blades, changing his appearance.

The last preparation was to use the crystal ball to predict whether today's action would go smoothly, and the result was "There will be twists and turns, but it will generally go smoothly."

After preparing everything, Audis used the ability of "Travel" to come to a corner of Queen's Avenue.

At the moment when Audis appeared in the real world from the spirit world, Audis used a "Stealth Scroll" and waited quietly by the side of the road.

In Audis' accumulated information about Duke Negan, it was mentioned that as he grew older, Duke Negan's sleep time was greatly reduced, and he would go out to his office before six o'clock in the morning.

Audis hid in the thin mist, waiting quietly.

After using many "Stealth Scrolls", the iron gate of Duke Negan's mansion was suddenly opened, and seven luxurious carriages sped out from inside.

The convoy quickly passed in front of Audis, and the curtains were closed, making it impossible to see the scene inside the carriages.

Audis faintly felt that there seemed to be a Sequence 5 in the carriage at the rear.

He didn't immediately chase after it, but planned to wait and see which road the convoy would take at the first fork in the road.

Because there are five roads from here to the office location in the North District, and the convoy may not take any of them.

Just as Audis was about to use the "Travel" ability, he suddenly thought: I wonder if Duke Negan has any magical items with the "Travel" ability?

But then he thought, even if he did, it was unlikely that he would use it when going to and from work, because he has always been under the protection of secretaries and bodyguards. He can't equip each secretary and bodyguard with a magical item that has "Travel", right?

Otherwise, if he teleports to the office by himself, then the office will become the most dangerous place.

The key is that these nobles pay the most attention to face and are unlikely to do anything alone.

Like Audis, he feels that the face of those nobles is a joke. Having such an idea, he would do something like "traveling" directly from home to the office.

Thinking of these, Audis used "Travel" to come to the first fork in the road. After knowing which route the other party took, he used "Travel" again to come to the first good ambush location.

Because it was still early, there were only some homeless people on the street.

Audis put on the sealed items one by one in a state of invisibility, waiting quietly.

After waiting for about two minutes, Audis saw the swaying horse lamps in the dim mist where the sky was not yet bright.

Audis planned to attack the second carriage. Seeing the other party's reaction would give him a rough idea of which carriage Duke Negan was in.

The carriage continued to travel quickly, and the target came close to Audis.

Audis took a deep breath and suddenly struck. A "spider leg" more than two meters long suddenly protruded from the armguard on his right arm, cutting the second carriage in half from the middle as easily as cutting tofu.

Sitting in the carriage was a young man with a look of surprise. The sudden change made him unable to draw his gun. The half of the carriage he was in crashed into the wall after being cut off.

Audis suddenly felt something was wrong, and then he didn't attack immediately, but observed the reactions of other carriages.

The other carriages ignored Audis and drove past Audis as quickly as possible. At this time, the door of a carriage at the rear opened, and a man in his thirties with a cold face jumped out.

That was a Sequence 5. He raised his hand: "Imprison!"

At the same time, a firework was released from a carriage in front.

Audis used "Flash" to dodge the opponent's "Imprison". At this time, he was sure that Duke Negan was not in this convoy at all.

Otherwise, all these carriages must be full of staff or bodyguards, and there would not be a situation where there was only one person in such a large carriage.

Moreover, this Sequence 5 "Punishment Knight" did not choose to immediately protect a certain carriage, but immediately planned to hold back the assassin.

That firework was to report the news and let more people come to support.

Thinking of this, Audis did not linger in the battle. He deliberately entered the shadows in front of the "Punishment Knight" using the "Hermit Ring".

For this assassination, Audis' idea was not to use the "Disaster Scepter". Although this Level 1 Sealed Artifact is powerful, it makes too much noise and may expose himself.

Then, he used sealed items and scrolls to guide the clues in the direction of the "Aurora Society", at least to create the illusion that this was an extraordinary person of the "Mystic Prayer Seer" pathway.

So, for this operation, Audis simply used his trench coat to conceal the leather bag containing the scrolls, as well as the leather holster holding the "Gustav Staff."

Since he hadn't yet used any highly identifiable abilities, Audis immediately retreated, escaping from the shadows onto the next street, and then immediately entered the "Spirit World."

The "Punishment Knight" was stunned for a moment, not expecting the assassin's踪影 to disappear so suddenly!

Then, as if realizing something, he quickly ran back.

A second or two later, Audis had already reappeared in front of Duke Negan's mansion, and he immediately used an "Invisibility Scroll" on himself.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, and many rooms in the mansion were still lit.

Audis estimated the time, quickly made a prediction, and "Flashed" towards the North District along Queen's Avenue.

Leaving Queen's Avenue and arriving on Jonarado Avenue in the Hilton District, Audis saw three carriages running towards him.

As Audis had expected, since there was a decoy convoy, the carriage actually carrying Duke Negan should have departed shortly after the fake convoy left.

It was impossible for the decoy convoy to have reached its destination while the real convoy hadn't even departed yet, otherwise the decoy would be pointless.

Therefore, Audis did not break into Duke Negan's official residence, but quickly searched along the route.

Jonarado Avenue was not the best place for an ambush, because it was too close to Queen's Avenue, and many nobles' homes had extraordinary bodyguards, or the nobles themselves were Beyonders.

If a fierce battle broke out here, they would definitely come to investigate, and the enemy would likely become more and more numerous.

So, the battle had to be ended as quickly as possible!

Audis suddenly rushed forward and threw out a scroll designed for this assassination: "Impact!"

A scroll made using "Iron Law Stone" as a material was thrown out, creating a violent mental shock within a radius of tens of meters.

The horses pulling the three carriages, as well as the coachmen, immediately fainted.

Not only them, but ordinary people within a radius of tens of meters, as well as all conscious beings, also fainted.

Audis's bottom line has always been that it doesn't matter if a few more Beyonders are killed, but he tries not to involve ordinary people.

After all, from the moment they consume the potion, Beyonders are essentially entering a very cruel world, and the power they gain from consuming the potion means that Beyonders have defaulted to accepting everything in this cruel world.

Because the horses suddenly fell, the three carriages lost control one after another.

However, Beyonders would not faint, especially "Middle Sequence" Beyonders, who would only feel a throbbing headache and discomfort, which would subside after a few seconds.

Audis had already rushed to the front and used a second scroll: "Imagination!"

This was a scroll made using "Imagination Fruit". For a time, Duke Negan's secretary, Lockhart Siakam, engaged in a fight with an enemy conjured from imagination, jumping down from the carriage.

Duke Negan was trying to blow the conch conjured by "Imagination", hoping to quickly summon the "Singer of God", Ace Snake, for support.

Seeing that Duke Negan's secretary had come down from the second carriage, Audis immediately had a target: "Death!"

He broke through the wooden carriage door and punched Duke Negan out of the carriage, throwing him heavily to the ground.

At this time, the effect of the "Imagination Scroll" had disappeared, and the severely injured Duke Negan came to his senses and quickly reached out to grab the real conch.

Audis would certainly not give him such an opportunity. From the "Black Spider Armguard", long spider legs stretched out, piercing the conch, causing it to leak air, while also piercing Duke Negan's chest.

"Chaos!" Lockhart, the secretary who had recovered from "Imagination", immediately used his extraordinary ability towards Audis.

Audis's thinking experienced some "Chaos", preventing him from delivering the final blow to Duke Negan, and instead, he took out the "Gustav Staff" and rushed towards Lockhart.

The secretary breathed a slight sigh of relief, but at this moment, the head of the "Gustav Staff" shone with starlight, and the light of dawn descended around him.

"Light of Dawn" had the effect of dispelling all extraordinary abilities, and the "Chaos" in Audis's mind was alleviated.

However, he did not go back to continue attacking Duke Negan, who was desperately trying to escape, but instead used a scroll on the secretary, who had a Sequence 5 level: "Chaos!"

Lockhart didn't expect the assassin to have a scroll with almost the same ability as his own, and quickly tried to "distort" the location where the scroll exploded.

As a result, he discovered that this scroll was very advanced, and his "distortion" ability had almost no effect on it.

In the next second, Lockhart was affected by the scroll and fell into a state of chaos, leaving the enemy in front of him and rushing to protect Duke Negan.

The head of the "Gustav Staff" in Audis's hand shone with starlight, and the dawn-like light descended around him again, quickly solidifying and forming a huge two-handed greatsword, which he fiercely stabbed towards the secretary's back.

"Imprisonment!" A Sequence 6 "Judge" crawled out of another carriage, stopping Audis in time.

But the "Sword of Dawn" in his hand could cut through all extraordinary abilities. Audis broke through the cage and stabbed towards Lockhart again.

At this time, Lockhart's "chaotic" state was about to end, and he was already prepared, avoiding the vital point. Audis only stabbed him in the right shoulder, almost cutting off his entire shoulder.

The intense pain caused Lockhart's "chaotic" state to end prematurely, but immediately Audis followed up with another scroll, saying in Ancient Hermes: "Art!"

Lockhart's spirituality immediately sensed the threat and fled in a different direction from Duke Negan.

At this time, attracting the assassin's attack was also a good idea.

But what the secretary didn't expect was that this scroll was a "group attack" skill.

Audis "snapped" his fingers.

Duke Negan's chest, which had been injured earlier, exploded in front of Lockhart, with his spine and ribs turned out, and his internal organs almost completely shattered.

But as a Beyonder, Duke Negan had not completely died, but simply fell to the ground and could not get up.

Even a Sequence 6 had no chance of survival under such serious injuries, but his brain could still function normally for a while.

Audis did not immediately kill Duke Negan, but snapped his fingers at Lockhart again.

Snap~

"Wait a minute, I..." Before Secretary Lockhart could finish speaking, he was blown into the sky.

Because the injuries he had just suffered were more severe than Duke Negan's, the power of the explosion was even greater, directly blowing away his head, along with half of his chest and his left shoulder.

When he fell to the ground, he was already in two pieces.

The scroll that Audis used was made using "True Creator's Whispers" and "Black Spider" blood.

It was much more powerful than an ordinary "Flesh Bomb" and was also a scroll specially designed for this battle.

Moreover, Audis also knew what the secretary wanted to say, because this guy seemed to be a member of the "Twilight Hermit Club", and at this time he should be trying to save his life by exposing his identity.

How could Audis give him such an opportunity? His first mate, Basel, was still waiting for this secretary's characteristics to advance.

If the "Twilight Hermit Club" asks, just say you don't know. Anyway, they didn't say. Of course, the "Twilight Hermit Club" probably won't ask such things.

Audis looked at the "Judge" who had just crawled out of the carriage. The other party had been affected by the "Impact Scroll" and the "Imagination Scroll" one after another, and had only just recovered when he acted to cover Lockhart.

At this time, seeing that Duke Negan was beyond saving and Lockhart was also dead, the "Judge" immediately fled.

Snap~

Another finger snap.

The "Judge's" left hand had just scratched a little skin, and that little wound was blown away by his own flesh and blood.

Audis suddenly used "Flash" to catch up: Harvest!

He punched the seriously injured Sequence 6 to death.

At this time, Duke Negan finally died in pain.

Then Audis raised the "Gustav Staff", the head of the staff shone with starlight, and the corpses of the three Beyonders were blown together and landed in the distance from the battlefield.

Then the head of the "Gustav Staff" shone with starlight, and a layer of white light belonging to the "Death" pathway descended around them, and the extraordinary characteristics of the three people quickly separated out.

Audis picked up the characteristics, and without time to search the bodies, he threw out another scroll: "Whispers!"

This was also a scroll designed using "True Creator's Whispers". Audis had invested a lot of money in this assassination mission, because that ball of "True Creator's Whispers" could only make 9 scrolls, and 2 were used here.

The maddening "Whispers" sounded, and the remaining spiritual bodies of Duke Negan and the other two had no ability to resist at this time, and were immediately polluted. Even if they were "summoned", no useful information would be obtained.

Not only their spiritual bodies, but also the surrounding natural spirits were affected, unable to provide any useful clues to the official Beyonders.

This was also why Audis had to blow their bodies farther away, otherwise those fainted ordinary people and horses would be affected by the "Whispers" and turn into monsters.

Audis quickly checked the scene to make sure he hadn't left any clues, and then, based on the idea of ​​doing a full show, quickly jumped into the "shadows" again.

No mistake a first a hair a content a look a look!

This scene happened to be seen by the "Punishment Knight" who came to support from the "fake convoy".

Seeing the scattered internal organs and pieces of flesh and blood on the ground, as well as large patches of blood, the "Punishment Knight" was stunned for three seconds before reacting and checking whether Duke Negan could be saved.

Afterward, Duke Negan's bodyguards rushed over, and some extraordinary individuals from Queen's Avenue also came to check the situation.

However, because of the fireworks set off earlier, the first wave of extraordinary support was misled, and it was more than twenty minutes before the police and official extraordinary individuals arrived.

About half an hour after Duke Negan died, "Songstress of God" Ace Snake finally arrived by flying; he had gone for a walk in the park and failed to receive notification from his subordinates in time.

… …

Bayam Port.

A middle-aged man with deep eyes, carrying simple luggage, disembarked from a passenger ship.

This was Klein's new image; he planned to stay in Bayam for a short time before setting off back to Backlund.

Klein quickly left the port, intending to find a hotel to stay in first.

As soon as he left the dock, just as he was about to wave at a taxi carriage not far away, he heard a newsboy shouting: "Extra edition just delivered from Backlund by airship! Duke Negan assassinated and killed!"

Klein took out a 1-penny coin: "A newspaper, please."

After taking the newspaper from the newsboy, he read the contents while thinking: "The Hermit" is really fast!

Yesterday, "The Hermit" suddenly provided "Justice" with information about Duke Negan, and Klein felt that something was wrong.

He briefly flipped through the materials and guessed that "The Hermit" might be planning something against Duke Negan, hoping that Miss "Justice" could provide some intelligence.

In order to better persuade Miss "Justice", he revealed Duke Negan's misdeeds.

But Klein did not expect that he would see the report of Duke Negan's assassination the next morning.

After briefly glancing at the report, Klein put away the newspaper and walked towards the taxi carriage.

Regarding the death of Duke Negan, Klein did not have much subjective evaluation. As someone from the Eastern University of the Common Era, he couldn't say he hated the nobles of this era, but he certainly didn't have any emotions of worship or affection.

Previously, Klein participated in the assassination of "Rear Admiral Hurricane" Qilangos because "Justice" and "The Hanged Man" were both involved in that incident, so he was swept up in it as well.

It wasn't that he supported Duke Negan in his heart.

… …

Backlund, Queen's Avenue, in Earl Hall's luxurious villa.

Audrey, who hadn't slept well last night, came to the dining room and, seeing that her father and brother were not there, asked her mother, Caitlin: "Where's Father?"

"He went out on urgent business." Caitlin took a sip of juice and said: "Duke Negan was assassinated and killed; whether it's the Conservative Party or the Progressive Party, they will be very busy today."

"What?" Audrey did not hide her surprise: "So… when did this happen?"

What she blurted out just now was "So fast." She had just encountered "The Hermit" tailing at the ball yesterday, and as a result, Duke Negan was killed today.

"It is said to be a little after five o'clock this morning." Caitlin, who knew some inside information, said: "The assassin ambushed the Duke on his way to work."

Audrey sat in her seat, took a deep breath, and then said: "Mother, I remember Duke Negan had some special abilities."

She was euphemistically reminding her mother that Duke Negan was an extraordinary individual, so his death might also be related to the extraordinary.

"I'm not very clear on the specifics." Caitlin said: "I've only heard that the scene was too horrible to look at."

Audrey suddenly didn't know what to do. Although she knew that the murderer should be "The Hermit", these clues could not be provided to the official extraordinary individuals.

But doing nothing like this made her feel inexplicably guilty.

After quickly doing a "psychological sketch" for herself, Audrey roughly understood that the reason for her guilt was that Duke Negan had always been kind to her, often giving her gifts, and had even given her a large rubber plantation after the exposure of Qilangos' assassination.

But she didn't choose to help Duke Negan, so she felt a little guilty.

Audrey ate breakfast with some emotional downturn, and was preoccupied all morning.

At lunchtime, her father, Earl Hall, and Audrey's eldest brother, Hibbert Hall, appeared in the dining room.

Audrey quickly inquired about the assassination case of Duke Negan.

"Judging from the scene, it should have been done by an organization called 'Aurora Society'." Earl Hall talked about the news he had obtained from the official extraordinary individuals:

"The only thing that the police find a little incomprehensible is that the members of that organization are very crazy and brutal. The assassin cruelly killed Negan and his secretary, but the coachmen only fainted and were not greatly harmed."

Hibbert said: "Perhaps time was tight, and the assassin didn't have time to kill them."

Earl Hall didn't say anything, but obviously had a different view.

Audrey, on the other hand, had a corresponding understanding of this. In intense extraordinary battles, killing an ordinary person is often more convenient than stunning them.

Hearing this news made Audrey no longer waver. Obviously, "The Hermit" still had a bottom line and did not kill any innocent people.

Then she recalled that in the information provided by "The Hermit", Duke Negan was guilty of heinous crimes and should be punished accordingly.

… …

Backlund West District, 68 West Second Street.

Sitting on the sofa, Odyss looked at the newspaper in his hand: "These reporters are really good at making things up. They even said that I had been lurking for several weeks and used a small cannon during the assassination."

Bernadette, who was on the side, said: "Judging from the situation at the scene, it does look like it was bombed by a cannon."

Odyss folded the newspaper: "The more they can make up, the safer I am."

Then he got up and said: "I heard that a restaurant in Bayam makes a good fish soup. Let's go there for lunch."

"We'll go back to Backlund in the afternoon and take a look at the National Art Gallery. I heard that there are many collections of kings and nobles there."

The art gallery occasionally invites nobles to display their collections. This is an opportunity for nobles to show their vision and strength, so they are generally happy to send their collections.

Bernadette smiled and said: "You don't have any pressure at all. Now, all the official extraordinary individuals in Backlund should want to catch you, right?"

Odyss smiled: "What does the assassin who assassinated Duke Negan have to do with me, a tourist? I'll play as I please."

Bernadette thought it was right, so she didn't have any objections. She got up with Odyss and used her extraordinary abilities to dine in Bayam.

… …

Bayam, Old Quinn's Fish Restaurant.

Klein was enjoying the specialty fish soup here when suddenly his spirituality sensed something and he looked towards the entrance of the restaurant.

Then he felt a flash before his eyes, and saw Bernadette, who had a heroic spirit between her eyebrows, entering in a simple and beautiful long dress.

Klein was slightly dazed for a moment, as if he had returned to the Common Era and saw a woman from high society.

Then he sighed in his heart: Bernadette's dressing style has indeed been greatly influenced by Roselle.

Then Klein looked to Bernadette's side, where there was a young man, handsome, cheerful, and the mustache on his upper lip gave him a mature temperament.

Gale!

Odyss Gale!

Klein immediately recognized that the person who came in with Bernadette was "The Hermit"!

Although he had put on makeup, and had a completely different appearance and temperament from when they explored Whale Island together before, Klein, who had the ability of "Faceless", still recognized him immediately.

However, he hid the surprise in his heart very well, withdrew his gaze, and continued to eat.

Moreover, his gaze just now was not abrupt. After all, the men in the restaurant just now looked at Bernadette. If Klein hadn't looked over, it would have seemed suspicious.

Then Klein thought in his heart: "The Hermit's" psychological quality is really strong. He completed the assassination in the morning, and now he still has the mind to come to the restaurant for lunch.

This shows from the side that "The Hermit" is very confident in his actions and is not afraid of the official extraordinary individuals finding him.

… …

Neither Odyss nor Bernadette noticed Klein.

The main reason is that the image of Gehrman Sparrow is highly recognizable, and Klein's new image is very common in Backlund, so neither of them paid attention to Klein.

Odyss felt that the fish soup in this restaurant was okay, or rather, he actually felt that the food in the various countries of the Northern Continent was similar, and not so palatable, so he could only use "okay" to describe it.

During the chat, Odyss told Bernadette that he should be able to establish a cooperative relationship with the Knowledge Church recently, and he would develop in Renborg for a period of time in the future.

Bernadette was slightly stunned, and then casually said "Oh".

In the afternoon, the two returned to Backlund and strolled around the art gallery. Odyss personally felt that it was more meaningful than the Billun Kingdom Museum. At least he saw many precious cultural relics, although most of them were also looted.

On the carriage on the return trip, Odyss said goodbye to Bernadette. He had been out for several days and had to go to the sea to take a look.

Odyss has the "Blessing of the Night", which has advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that it is very easy to completely hide one's tracks, and even demigods can hardly find it.

The disadvantage is that even Odyss's messenger can't find him, so he can only let the messenger send the letter to a fixed place, which is the captain's room of the "Argo".

So if friends or subordinates have any urgent matters, they can't find Odyss at all.

Odyss hadn't been to the captain's room for four consecutive days and had to go back and take a look.

Returning to her residence, Bernadette watched Odyss leave from the living room using "Travel". After a few minutes of "Travel" in the spirit world, Odyss returned to the captain's room and continued his voyage to Cruz Island.

… …

The next day, early in the morning, a light mist rose over the waters surrounding Cruz Island after a heavy rain.

The "Argo" and the "Golden Dream" cut through the mist and across the sea, arriving near Cruz Island as the island's inhabitants were having breakfast.

Odis flew to the "Golden Dream" and smiled at "Iceberg Admiral" Edwina, who was standing at the bow of the ship, saying, "We've arrived at just the right time today. In a little while, the dam will be dismantled, and seawater will be poured into the newly renovated port."

"Iceberg Admiral" Edwina looked at the dam for a moment before saying, "Those dams seem to be made of wood, right?"

Odis smiled and said, "I designed a water-resistant array on it. For short-term use, it's more convenient than a concrete dam."

Edwina nodded and said, "I'll go take a look."

As she spoke, her eyes suddenly turned azure, and a gust of wind blew her up, sending her flying towards the dam.

Odis, as the owner, followed her.

Arriving at "Moon Bay," Edwina realized the port renovation project was extensive. Inside the dam was a large, deep pit, the bottom of which was covered with a layer of stone to effectively prevent the seawater in the port from becoming murky.

"Iceberg Admiral" Edwina made a simple visual estimate that most of the docks in this port were at least 20 meters deep.

A rectangular pier extended from the front of the town. The soil beneath the pier had not been removed; instead, a sturdy pier was built on top of the soil using concrete.

The shores of the circular bay had also been built into docks. Edwina didn't know what the port looked like originally, but now it was an excellent deep-water port that could accommodate more than a hundred large ships.

For a remote island, this was definitely a major project.

However, Edwina didn't express her inner thoughts. Instead, she began to examine the array inside the dam.

At the same time, she noticed that the surroundings of Moon Bay were filled with people, who must have come to watch the port being flooded.

These people should all be ordinary people, but they didn't seem too surprised by "Flight" and "Wind Control." More people were pointing and gesturing at the dam, rather than at the two people flying in the air.

In addition, there were a few people at the bottom of the port, seemingly doing final checks.

Besides them, there were two people guarding the front of the dam, each carrying a sealed bucket on their back.

While observing the surrounding details, Edwina also took in the entire array.

But to her disappointment, this array, like the previous "Spirit Confinement Array," was filled with many "Gael Runes," which she couldn't understand at all.

Beep~

Just then, a whistle sounded from the shore.

Odis said, "They're starting the final preparations for the flood release."

Edwina had already memorized all the runes and patterns of the array, so she also looked towards the port, curious about how this wooden dam with the array would be dismantled.

Beep~

At this time, the second whistle sounded, and the few people who had been doing the final checks at the bottom of the port had withdrawn.

The two people guarding the front of the dam suddenly jumped and quickly climbed, soon reaching the top of the dam, more than twenty meters high.

Only when they moved did Edwina realize that these were two "Extraordinary Puppets."

Judging solely from their appearance and movements, they were no different from real people.

Although Odis didn't say anything, and Edwina didn't ask, she was very clear that these "Puppets" must have undergone some improvements compared to the ones she had seen on the "Argo" for the first time.

Beep~

The third whistle sounded, and the two "Extraordinary Puppets" standing on top of the "Dam" took off the buckets on their backs, unscrewed the lids, and then quickly poured the liquid from the buckets onto the inner wall of the dam from the middle towards both sides.

The liquid in the buckets was a special extraordinary potion. It flowed down the inner wall, washing away the array above, leaving it completely clean.

Crack~

Ordinary wood couldn't withstand the water pressure of the sea. Initially, a large hole broke open from the lower side, and then the hole in the wooden dam grew larger and larger, and the entire wooden dam quickly collapsed.

A large amount of seawater surged into the port aggressively, and the people watching the excitement on the surrounding docks were frightened and screamed, retreating one after another.

However, in the end, no seawater splashed onto the shore; it simply filled the port quickly and soon returned to calm.

The crew members on the "Golden Dream" were stunned by the scene before them. They had originally thought that this was just a small island, and the port wouldn't be very large.

Now that the seawater had filled the port, they could see that this was actually a small city-level port.

After the seawater calmed down, someone, it wasn't known who, first cheered on the port.

Soon the cheers infected the people around them, and the cheers rose and fell.

Edwina in mid-air asked Odis, not quite understanding, "What are they cheering for?"

"Cheering for the completion of this port," Odis said with a smile. "When building this port, we have always promoted to the workers that it is because of their efforts that this port can be completed."

Today is New Year's Eve, I wish you all a happy New Year in advance!