Odis presided over the distribution of the spoils: "You may choose to exchange them for the items I have prepared for you, or for the corresponding items obtained from the spoils."
"Noy, do you have a Sequence 8 potion recipe? Good, your merits in this battle are enough for you to exchange for half of the main ingredient for the 'Clown' potion."
Noi was slightly taken aback, not expecting to have the hope of promotion so soon after setting sail.
"And Boatswain Salina, you've also obtained half of the main ingredient for the 'Wrathful People' potion," Odis said. "Both of you can choose to apply for an early promotion, and the merit points needed for the other half of the ingredient can be earned later."
He has already made an agreement with "the world" to conduct the transaction tonight, and will receive the special ability needed for Noi's promotion by tomorrow at the latest.
Salina spread her arms wide exaggeratedly and said, "Captain, you are absolutely amazing!"
She has been at sea for three years, but has only obtained the potion recipe for advancement, and has not yet been able to buy the main materials for advancement.
The main reason is that the characteristics or main materials of the "sailor" route at sea are very sought after, and most of the time you can't buy them even if you have money.
Moreover, 600 pounds is a huge sum of money for a Sequence 9, and the "Wrathful People" trait usually sells for 700 or 800 pounds, or even as high as 900 pounds!
Odis smiled slightly as he listened to Salina's exaggerated praise, and then said to Boris, "Your reward is that you officially become a crew member of the 'Argo,' and you can accumulate merits to exchange for the traits you need."
Boris breathed a sigh of relief, barely suppressing any sarcastic thoughts: "It's my pleasure, Captain."
"Cleveland, do you have a potion recipe?" Odis continued to ask.
The taciturn and unassuming combat captain replied, "Yes."
He had only recently saved enough money to buy the "Weapon Master's" potion recipe.
Odis smiled and said, "Very good. The merits you gained in this battle can be exchanged for one-third of the main ingredients for the 'Weapon Master' potion."
"Bivis, do you have a potion recipe?"
Bivis shook his head: "No."
That's already a Sequence 6 potion recipe, not so easy to obtain.
"Perfect, I have it here," Odis said. "Your merits can get you half of the 'Artisan' recipe. You can also apply to get the recipe first, go find the main ingredients, and then make up the merits later."
Bivis rubbed his hands together and laughed, "After all these years, I've finally realized the benefits of having an organization backing me up."
Everyone chuckled, realizing that the items they could exchange for with merit points were exactly what they needed right now, and they would definitely choose to use their merit points to exchange for items.
At the same time, they also realized that the captain was an extraordinary person with a wealth of experience.
Odis then said to Second Mate Rupert, "I don't have the potion recipe and main ingredients you need here. You can choose the spoils from the spoils, but based on your contributions, you can't exceed Sequence 7."
"You can also accumulate merit points first, and then exchange them for the main materials you need once you have them."
Rupert thought for a moment and then said, "I hope to accumulate merits."
Odis nodded and said to Bazel, "The merits you gain in this battle can be used to obtain the potion recipe for 'The Corrupted Baron'."
"We also captured an extraordinary trait this time. Since it was captured, we'll give you an extra quarter of the extraordinary trait. You can exchange it for more by accumulating merit points later."
Bazel smiled and said, "Thank you, Captain."
He then said, "I would like to obtain a magical item with a stronger offensive capability, which can be traded for in gold pounds."
He has accumulated enough gold pounds to buy a magical item comparable to Sequence 6, but he doesn't have the means to do so.
Odis took out the sealed artifact he had just seized from Egbert: "This is a magical item I found on Egbert, corresponding to the 'Wind-Cherisher'."
"I have already assessed it. It has four abilities: 'Flight,' 'Wind Blade,' 'Diving,' and 'Raging Strike.' The negative effects are not significant."
"Because this is spoils of war, I can sell it to you for 4,500 pounds if you need it."
Egbert always carried the sealed artifacts with him, so the negative effects were not significant.
On the high seas, the "Sailor" pathway is at level 6, and the sealed item has relatively minor negative effects, starting at 6000 pounds!
Bazel immediately said, "I want it!"
Since meeting "Captain Gal," he has made a lot of money through several missions. Combined with his previous savings, even without the reward for this mission, it would be enough for him to immediately acquire this magical item.
Since everyone has accepted the spoils exchanged for merit points, the remaining spoils belong to Odis.
After dividing the spoils, Odis said, "This time we also captured a ghost ship and a merchant ship. Our 'Sword of Dawn' now has a fleet!"
Everyone was very happy, after all, a "fleet" is a symbol of a pirate group becoming powerful.
Salina couldn't help but say, "How come I've never heard of making money by hunting pirates before?"
After a battle, you can not only get promoted, but also have a fleet.
Rupert smiled and said, "To be precise, it's because I made so much money fighting pirates with Captain Garr."
Bivis quietly said, "Yes."
After witnessing Captain Gard's methods of fighting the pirates, he wholeheartedly agreed with Rupert's assessment.
It should be noted that among the pirates who rushed towards "Lighthouse Hill" were more than a dozen extraordinary individuals, including a Sequence 6, but they all died on that hillside in less than ten minutes.
Without the Argo, this battle would have been extremely difficult, given that the enemy had a ghost ship and two Sequence 6 Beyonders.
This fighting style was completely new to Bivis, and he wanted to ask the captain several times about the workings of those weapons.
But he felt he hadn't been in the pirate crew long enough, so he didn't ask.
"I am already the mayor of Cruz Island," Odis added. "This involves the issue of rotating duties on the island."
"There must be at least one crew member and one navigator trainee on the 'Ghost,' and at least one crew member on Cruz Island."
Odis then made detailed arrangements. The first to be on duty on the Ghost were Bazel and Ansel, and the first to be on duty on Cruz Island were Rupert and Noy.
Odis's plan was for the Argo to continue sailing at sea, with him traveling between the sea and Cruz Island. The work he had arranged on Cruz Island would require the crew's supervision.
Only after the deployment was completed did they raise their glasses in celebration and truly begin to enjoy the dinner.
After a few drinks, the atmosphere of conversation became increasingly lively, and Rupert began to "educate" the new crew members about the story of First Mate Bazel.
This story is widely circulated in the Rothschild Islands, and most people have heard it to some extent. Today, we finally heard the "complete version".
But when the conversation turned to the negotiations with the Navy, Bazel suddenly said, "The main reason I was able to transform from a pirate to a bounty hunter is because I was a Navy informant a long time ago."
"'The one with the severed finger' also knew about this and thought that this identity would bring him some help, so he did not object."
"Because I had provided the Navy with several valuable intelligence reports, they agreed to cancel my bounty after I bribed their officers."
Everyone was taken aback. Salina didn't understand for a moment: "Pirates can get help from the navy?"
Bazel laughed and said, "The Raging Sea is too big. The main force of the navy is busy containing other countries' navies, and there is not much force that can be used to deal with pirates."
"So they also need some pirates who can provide them with intelligence and do things for them after paying them some gold pounds."
"Aside from some financial benefits, the navy generally doesn't interfere as long as no bloodshed occurs during the looting."
Salina nodded slowly, clearly something she hadn't expected.
Rupert, however, was somewhat disappointed: "This truth really affects the plot of the 'Bazel's Revenge' story!"
"Then you can continue using the original version," Odis laughed, then he asked Bazel, "What level of naval officer can you contact now?"
Odis already knew that Bazel was a naval informant, or rather, she knew it if she wasn't blind.
At the same time, Odis didn't think it was something to oppose. Moreover, among the crew, he trusted Bazel the most because Bazel was very discerning and knew very well that he was first and foremost the first mate of the "Argo" and only then a naval informant.
Salina glanced at the captain, then at the first mate, and realized that the captain didn't seem to care much about the first mate being a naval informant.
Bazel replied, "Colonel, the colonel in charge of intelligence."
Odis nodded: "That's good."
After chatting for a while, Rupert began to imagine the future development of the pirate crew. Everyone started to show off their boasting skills. After finishing the meal, everyone felt that they would become the "King Pirate Crew" of the sea tomorrow.
Odis returned to the ship, but instead of resting, he set up an altar and used the "gifting ritual" to obtain the "Master of Mysteries" property that had been corrupted by the "True Creator".
This special item is placed in an iron box and covered by a "spiritual wall," so you won't hear any babbling if you reach out and touch the iron box.
Odis carried it with him for the time being and did not immediately go to the "Wilderland of Knowledge" to deal with it, assuming that the "Fool" was still watching him.
Odis then entered working mode, inscribing a magic circle on the metal plate and embedding the extraordinary characteristics of the "Pharmacist" pathway on it.
Odis then found some prescriptions he had previously traded and obtained the corresponding herbs, the kind that could not be called spiritual materials but could cure diseases.
After preparing the herbs according to the prescription, Odis infused spiritual energy into the newly made metal plate. The magic circle on it activated, infusing spiritual energy into the herbs on the workbench.
Then Odis boiled the herbs and got a pot of dark liquid.
His intuition told him that this pot of medicine was very effective in treating malaria, and that it would take effect within minutes of drinking it.
This proves that Odis's experiment was successful.
Odis has been researching the corresponding abilities of the "Recorder," hoping that the magic circle he draws will possess the power of extraordinary abilities.
However, this research has been going on for a long time, and he can now even use "Garr runes" to describe the corresponding extraordinary abilities, but he is still unable to unleash them.
Just a few days ago, Odis and Fors gained the "Recorder" trait during their exploration.
In the past few days, he has taken advantage of this characteristic to conduct further research whenever he has time.
Through continuous experiments, Odis realized a problem: his research direction was wrong!
The spirituality of this world, while able to draw upon some of the forces of nature, is more like a "physical reaction" if one had to describe it!
If we consider spirituality as a form of energy, then Odis's magic circle before him was an application of that energy.
It's like the application of electricity, which can make a light bulb light up and make a machine turn.
But what Odis used to manipulate the magic circle was by no means an extraordinary ability.
Extraordinary abilities are those that emerge after spirituality has been "processed" with extraordinary characteristics.
This "processing" is very special; only extraordinary qualities can complete it, and Odis cannot imitate this process with anything other than extraordinary qualities.
His research failed, but it led to a new understanding of the relationship between spirituality and extraordinary qualities.
Through his research on the "teleportation array," Odis discovered a new way to apply the array to extraordinary properties.
That method is what he is currently doing in his experiments, such as using a corresponding magic circle to activate the "pharmacist" characteristic and create a drug that is very effective against malaria.
This may seem like a special method that utilizes extraordinary properties, or even a way of creating sealing artifacts, but it is not at all like that.
If combined with a magic array that gathers spiritual energy, this would be a production line for manufacturing drugs to treat malaria!
This breaks through the limitation that pharmacists cannot continuously "prepare" drugs.
The principle behind a "pharmacist's" prescription is roughly this: find the appropriate herbs, then infuse them with a spiritual essence that has been "processed" with extraordinary properties, and those ordinary herbs immediately acquire magical effects.
Odis had tried it long ago, but herbs that hadn't been infused with spiritual power by the "Pharmacist" had almost no effect.
The problem is that the "pharmacist's" spirituality is limited, and it is impossible for them to continuously concoct miraculous medicines.
Odis's research has now perfectly solved this problem; as long as one has sufficient spirituality, this extraordinary property can work 24 hours a day.
This will enable the mass production of the current "miracle drug".
Although it was different from Odis's initial plan, it basically achieved his original vision: mass production!
In fact, all of Odis's research was aimed at mass production, and his research goal was to enable more people to enjoy the benefits of the extraordinary.
In Oedipus's view, ordinary people may not know the extraordinary, but they can enjoy the convenience that the extraordinary brings. Just as ordinary people may not understand the principles of electricity, but they can enjoy the light brought by electric lights.
Of course, Odis had no intention of selfless dedication; he also realized that the process contained enormous business opportunities and wealth.
Therefore, he has always had a grand plan: to monetize a portion of his research, develop his extraordinary power, and gain greater strength.
However, considering the attention he received, Odis only demonstrated some basic research while in Backlund. It wasn't until he left Backlund that Odis's plan officially began.
Projects like the "Argonauts," the "Extraordinary Puppet," and the "Special Drug Production Line" he just experimented with are all ways he monetizes his research.
Moreover, this monetization is all within a controllable range and will not attract the attention of others for the time being.
As Odis accumulates wealth and becomes more powerful, he will further monetize his wealth to gain even greater influence.
And so, like a snowball rolling downhill, it grew stronger step by step.
Now that Odis has a place to build his own base, he has the space to deploy the "miracle drug production line".
This drug won't attract much attention once it enters the market, since it's something that can be "produced" at the Sequence 9 level.
Moreover, Odis has noticed that there are currently no good drugs to treat malaria in the Roseside Islands, and a large number of people from the North Continent die from malaria every year.
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People born in low-dimensional regions of the North Continent generally lack antibodies against tropical parasitic diseases, so many North Continent people who come to Rosde die from these diseases.
In addition, the colonists frequently suffered from diseases such as cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever, almost all of which were fatal.
Odis had previously wondered why Emperor Roselle hadn't popularized antibiotics.
Until one day, he tried to cultivate a batch of penicillin bacteria in the "wilderness of knowledge" and found that antibiotics were almost ineffective in this extraordinary world.
However, penicillin bacteria are extremely destructive, and large-scale cultivation can easily lead to a new disease.
Odis pondered for a moment before realizing that after the "original creator" awoke, it wasn't just humans and other animals that mutated; viruses, fungi, and other microorganisms also underwent mutations.
Since then, the diseases caused by the virus have become more powerful. However, because the human body has also mutated, those who survived have become much more resilient, and their antibodies are now able to fight off these viruses.
The problem is that although the penicillin bacteria have mutated, the efficacy of penicillin has not changed much. Odis guessed that this might be because the penicillin manufacturing process involves artificial intervention, so the effect of penicillin is still at the level before the "original creator" awakened.
However, the medicine available at that time is no longer effective in curing the diseases we have now.
As a result, Odis's plan to cultivate penicillin on a large scale was also thwarted.
But now Odis has found a new approach. Since this is an era in which viruses have mutated and possess extraordinary power, it is clear that the methods used to manufacture "antibiotics" in this world also need to be improved and changed.
Odis's newly successful "miracle drug" is an "antibiotic" belonging to this world, and such a miracle drug will have a large market in the Rose Island alone.
Moreover, the medicines produced by Odis are certainly cheap enough, because the herbs themselves are worthless; the value lies in the "processed" parts with extraordinary properties.
Odis's research rendered this valuable "process" "worthless," with the biggest expense likely being hiring locals to brew and bottle the medicine.
After making some simple plans for the future, Odis put away the experimental product he had just prepared, casually placed the "Master of Mysteries" trait into the "Wilderness of Knowledge," and went back to his bedroom to sleep.
Around midnight, a spiritual reminder woke Odis. He didn't open his eyes, but instead took a deep breath and entered the "wilderness of knowledge" through "meditation".
Inside the source material, Odis stretched and waved his hand, and the iron box containing the "Master of Mystic Puppet" property flew over.
Upon removing the "spiritual wall" from the iron box and opening it, Odis heard a very sacred murmur.
This puzzled Odis, as theoretically, one shouldn't hear the ramblings of the "true creator" in the "wilderness of knowledge."
After a moment's thought, Odis recalled the reactions that occurred when she entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge" after encountering the "Eternal Whispers."
He now seriously suspects that this kind of "talkative" stuff can even have a reaction in the "wilderness of knowledge".
Odis went on to speculate that the means of imparting knowledge also included "language," but at the level of the gods, language became "talking incoherently."
Because the authority of the "True Creator" possesses the ability to "talk," the "wilderness of knowledge" will react accordingly.
Having figured this out, Odis began to listen carefully to the babbling, because in the "wilderness of knowledge," these "babbling" could not cause him any harm.
These "ramblings" sound profound in every sentence, but they are mostly incoherent. The only thing that can be clearly understood is the unique way of using the ability to "fall".
However, Odis had no use for these things, because he did not have the ability to "fall" into depravity.
Then Odis went to the "Central Simulator" and shattered the extraordinary properties of this "Master of Puppets".
After the properties were shattered, a black, viscous substance appeared. Just as it was about to re-envelop the properties, Odis raised his hand and used the power of the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to "pull" it out and put it into a glass bottle that had been prepared beforehand.
In the "wilderness of knowledge," this viscous black liquid appears remarkably still.
But Odis knew very well that if this glass bottle were brought into the real world, people within dozens of meters could hear the murmurs of the "true creator."
There was no rush to turn it into a scroll, so Odis temporarily put the glass bottle on the shelf.
Then Os looked at today's spoils, a total of 18 extraordinary attributes, two of which were Sequence 6: one was "Corrupted Baron" and the other was "Undead Mentor".
The four traits at Sequence 7 are: "Navigator" (Sailor), "Vampire" (Pharmacist), "Interrogator" (Arbitrator), and "Briber" (Lawyer).
The rest are all "low-sequence" characteristics, mainly concentrated in the "lawyer" and "arbitrator" pathways.
There are three magical items in total. One was sold to First Mate Bazel, and the remaining two correspond to the "Psychotherapist" of the "Audience" path and the "Sheriff" of the "Arbitrator" path, respectively.
Odis saw that there was already a small pile of extraordinary traits in the corner of the room. He only crushed the "Corrupted Baron" trait he had just captured, instead of crushing all the traits.
Since this was already quite a lot, Odis was already considering whether to sell some of it.
But Odis looked at the pile of gold pounds again. The initial use of the Argo had already allowed Odis to accumulate a great deal of wealth. This was the first step in monetizing his research, and it was going even more smoothly than he had planned.
Odis picked up a stack of gold pounds and did a "financial count". After counting for a long time, he came up with a number that surprised him: 17,330 pounds!
This does not include the more than one hundred pounds and change in his wallet, or the more than three hundred pounds of public funds on the "Argo".
This does not include the bounty from this battle, nor the £4,500 earned from selling the magical item.
Odis immediately realized a problem: the issue was no longer how to make money, but how to spend it.
The cash on display was indeed pleasing to the eye, but Odis also knew that if he wanted to develop his power and become stronger, he had to spend all of it!
Odis's first idea was to develop infrastructure and education on Cruz Island, and to begin training a group of "low-sequence" extraordinary individuals among the locals.
The second idea is to use "biological waist rings" to transform agriculture and animal husbandry, making these two industries, which are related to everyone's survival, more productive and requiring less land.
So Odis struck while the iron was hot and wrote two plans.
Once the plan was written, the characteristics on the other side were also reassembled.
Odis placed the plan and the characteristics of the "Master of Puppets" in the "Spatial Magic Array" so that he could retrieve them tomorrow.
Odis, after letting out a long sigh of relief, returned to the real world and once again fell asleep through "meditation".
On Wednesday morning, just as the other crew members got up, Odis told them to hurry up and eat breakfast, after which they would have a meeting.
The ship's food is currently being prepared by two "extraordinary puppets," and while the taste isn't exactly fantastic, it's passable.
Odis still wanted to find a chef, but most chefs were unwilling to go on the pirate ship.
Upon arriving at the conference room, Odis explained the comprehensive construction plan to be carried out on Cruz Island, leaving everyone somewhat bewildered.
They kept asking themselves, "Am I really on a pirate ship? Am I really a pirate?"
After outlining the general outline of the plan, Odis began to make specific arrangements: "Bazel, go to Bayam first, I have a few tasks for you."
"First, redeem the bounty."
"Second, go to the interior of Blue Mountain Island and buy a small estate, with the requirement that it be close to the train station and have convenient transportation."
"Third, arrange an intelligence exchange meeting on Friday."
Fourth, rent a shop to sell a special drug for treating malaria.
Fifth, contact your old subordinates and have them procure a batch of supplies and food that are useful on the island and not too expensive. You can check what supplies and food Cruz Island needs.
"In addition, we have them purchase building materials in large quantities, buying as much as is available on the market, until the price increases."
"Please ask me for all the above expenses. Make sure to keep a detailed account. If you feel it's necessary, you can hire an accountant."
Bazel paused for a moment: "Wait a minute, let me write it down."
After he made the notes, Odis then instructed the second mate, Rupert, and Noy to follow him around the island later, and made Bevis the first crew member to go on duty aboard the Ghost.
The other crew members are free to move around on their own and prepare for departure tomorrow.
After explaining the specific tasks, Rupert asked, "Captain, what are we going to do?"
"Spend money," Odis smiled. "I want to develop this island into the second economic and commercial center of the Raging Sea!"
Another economic and commercial center is Bayam.
Everyone was slightly taken aback. They didn't know how to evaluate the captain's bold words, and for a moment, they couldn't find the appropriate expression to respond.
Seeing the confused looks on everyone's faces, Odis continued, "You may not understand now, but in the near future, you will understand my purpose."
He stood up and said, "In short, everyone, let's get stronger quickly!"
After saying that, Odis quickly left. Once he was out of the meeting room, Rupert called out to Noy, "Quick, quick, the captain is already at work!"
Noy quickly closed his notebook and chased after them.
Once on deck, Odis gave Rupert and Noy three "flying scrolls" each, and they first traveled around the port town and the southern plains.
When people see the "flying mayor," they will take off their hats and bow. The legend of the new mayor has already spread across the island.
One of the legends is that the mayor has a pair of "invisible wings" that allow him to fly himself or give others the ability to fly temporarily.
The two places Odis visited were the only place on the island that had been simply developed by modern people, and the densely populated and grain-producing area.
Odis wandered around for a while, and finally landed on "Lighthouse Hill" in the middle with Rupert and Noy.
From here you can see the port town and the southern plains clearly. Odis said, "The new town will be built on this mountain."
"But it cannot be built facing the sea; fortresses and trenches should be built there to form a defensive line."
Rupert and Neuer stopped asking questions and simply wrote down everything the captain said.
Then Odis said, "Rupert, in a little while you go and inform the residents of the port town, and Neue goes to Wells and asks him to inform the villages."
"After that, the island was divided into two towns, one was the port town, and the other was the plain town."
"The mayor of Plains Town is Wells, and the deputy mayor is Glen. I will personally go and confirm the specific location for the town government in a couple of days."
Rupert asked, "And what about the mayor of the port town?"
Odis thought for a moment and smiled, "Let's talk about it in a couple of days. For now, let the self-governing association play the role of the town government."
"Oh, right, you also need to tell them that I've chosen 'Lighthouse Hill' as my base and that I'm going to requisition one of their large warehouses."
This was a condition they had agreed upon beforehand.
Odis took a deep breath, feeling suddenly overwhelmed with a lot to do.