Chapter 502: Tarot Club after Half a Month

Chapter 502: Tarot Club after Half a Month

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Back in the Kingdom of Feynapotter, on the west bank of Full Moon Lake, Hobert offered the spoils of this operation as a sacrifice to the "Nation of Disorder."

He couldn't wait to take a look at the black glove. Using the authority of the "Nation of Disorder," he discovered the glove's special nature:

The Beyonder characteristics that formed this glove had undergone extreme distortion. The Beyonder characteristics of the "Imperative Mage" within the glove were not entirely complete. It had actually been twisted together with a portion of the Beyonder characteristics of a "Mentor of Disorder," forming a very strange Sealed Artifact.

Or rather, the Beyonder characteristics of the "Mentor of Disorder" had been constantly providing the "Imperative Mage's" Beyonder characteristics with the power of "distortion," which was how this Sealed Artifact achieved a strange balance.

In addition, the spirit and mental imprint of the "Imperative Mage" who provided the Beyonder characteristics for this Sealed Artifact still had a portion remaining within the Beyonder characteristics.

Therefore, the ability of this glove is: "Within a specified time, the holder can use the mental residue within the Sealed Artifact to use all the abilities of the 'Imperative Mage'! The usage time and interval are: three minutes of use, two minutes of rest, then another two minutes of use, but with three minutes of rest, and then another one minute of use, after which you must rest for at least three hours before continuing use. If the usage process is interrupted, it will take two hours of rest to restart the timing. If used again during these two hours, the previous timing will continue."

Relatively speaking, the negative effects are not very large: "Each time this Sealed Artifact is used, the holder will fall into a state of 'chaos' at least three times in the following day. The holder needs to have a strong will to constantly fight against the spirit within the Beyonder characteristics. If there is any slack, they will be affected by the other party, and even the holder's spirit may suffer irreversible damage."

Hobert sighed: A very good Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, "1-107," that will be your name from now on.

As for the other two Sealed Artifacts, they were both Grade 2. The necklace on Bennett was the Sealed Artifact that gave him the ability to "Travel."

This Sealed Artifact only has the abilities of "Travel" and "Opening Doors," but the negative effects are greater than Hobert's "Traveler's Knife": "The holder is prone to getting lost when entering the spirit world and will always be late or one step behind at crucial moments."

This "negative effect" seems unlikely to cause much harm, but it can actually be very dangerous at times, such as the distress call from that brother (Bennett), which was just one step too late.

The remaining Sealed Artifact possessed some of the abilities of a "Baron of Corruption." Hobert habitually sealed them a little and put them on the Grade 2 Sealed Artifact side.

Finally, the most exciting moment arrived: checking the Beyonder characteristics.

This time, a total of 8 Beyonder characteristics were obtained, all of which were pathways that Hobert currently had a large demand for. Among them, Hobert had already thought of two uses for the "Disciplinary Knight" Beyonder characteristic.

There were also 4 Beyonder characteristics at Sequence 6 level, namely 2 "Baron of Corruption," 1 "Judge," and 1 "Scribe."

2 Beyonder characteristics at Sequence 7 level, namely 1 "Briber" and 1 "Interrogator."

2 Beyonder characteristics at Sequence 8 level, namely 1 "Barbarian" and 1 "Trickmaster."

For Hobert, there could never be enough Beyonder characteristics from the "Lawyer" pathway. Every time an Beyonder characteristic of this pathway is used, the Balk family will become stronger.

Hobert's foundation in the Southern Continent will be deeper.

The Beyonder characteristics of the other two pathways will be used for the advancement of the members of the First and Second Squads.

After putting away the gains from this battle, Hobert returned to the real world to rest.

In order to prevent another assassination like Bennett's, and to prevent being targeted by the Tamara family, Hobert simply kept "1-106" with him at all times.

When he lay down to rest, Hobert savored the ability of "Danger Perception."

Although this ability gives people a great sense of security, it easily makes people suspicious.

Just like before Bennett appeared, Hobert always thought that George III was going to harm him. As a result, he even had plans to run away overnight.

Therefore, "Danger Perception" cannot distinguish where the malice comes from, but can only distinguish the approximate level of danger of the malice.

Thinking about it, Hobert fell into a deep sleep. The previous "outburst" had consumed a lot of his spirituality.

In the following days, Hobert sat in the west bank, changed the beliefs of the people in the wilderness, and determined the harvest goals for each village and town. Hobert felt that his potion had been digested a lot intermittently.

So Hobert set his sights on the east bank. If he continued to change the original ruling method like now, and the lives of the people changed drastically, he estimated that he would be able to completely digest the potion without unifying the South Colson area.

This made Hobert sigh: The digestion of the "Black Emperor" pathway potion is indeed inseparable from "domination."

During this period, Hobert also completed the transaction of the Atlanta flower with "Hermit" Cattleya. After drying it according to the method provided by Cattleya, the required powder can be obtained.

Then, the auxiliary Ingredients for the "Earl of the Fallen" are only the "brain marrow of the six-legged imp" and a bottle of ten-year-old vintage wine.

On Sunday night, Hobert went to Backlund again and completed the transaction with Miss Sharon.

When he saw the 150,000 pounds in cash, Hobert was sure that the economic strength of the Moderation School was so strong!

Through this transaction, the two people established a preliminary mutual trust, providing good conditions for future transactions.

After getting 150,000 pounds, Hobert felt unprecedented wealth, but he also thought about building an industrial zone and building bridges and railways. This made Hobert sigh. It costs so much to operate the entire territory alone!

But since he has such conditions, he is very willing to invest only by himself. First of all, this will not be controlled by others, and it has to be said that this is a very good way to launder money.

Now the territory has begun to create considerable income. In the future, after the territory is completely built, it will have long-term income, and this money will be earned back many times sooner or later.

After sacrificing 150,000 pounds to the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert was smiling in his dreams.

In a blink of an eye, it was Monday afternoon. Hobert used the reason of taking a nap to prevent anyone from disturbing him.

He didn't participate in the Tarot Gathering last week. When he participated in the Tarot Gathering again, he was a little excited.

At three o'clock, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he came to the familiar Giant Hall again.

After everyone saw "Emperor" again, "Fool" Klein, who knew the inside story, of course didn't take it too seriously, and "Hanged Man" Alger didn't take it to heart either. He knew that nothing would happen to the Emperor.

Audrey, the "Justice" who also knew the inside story, just smiled and said in the greeting session: "Welcome back, Mr. Emperor."

"Sun" Derrick encountered new troubles again this time, and at the same time he also wanted to ask Mr. Emperor why he didn't attend the meeting last week, but now is not the time to discuss this issue, so he can only ask when he has the opportunity.

"Magician" Fors seemed to suddenly breathe a sigh of relief. She felt that the reason for this sigh might be because she could finally trade for high-level information again.

"Moon" Emlyn smiled slightly. He could finally discuss the history of the Fourth Epoch with "Emperor" later. This will definitely make everyone realize the erudition of the Blood Race!

"Hermit" Cattleya scrutinized "Emperor." She was very curious about "Emperor's" absence last week, but she felt that she was not very familiar with "Emperor," so it was not easy to ask too clearly.

After Audrey greeted everyone, this Tarot Gathering officially began.

First of all, it was still the sacrifice of the diary and Mr. Fool's reading time.

A few minutes later, Mr. Fool said: "You can start now."

This time, "Sun" Derrick encountered a new problem again. He rushed to say before everyone else: "Elder Lovia has been released. I met her in the library."

Several members who knew who Elder Lovia that "Little Sun" was talking about were stunned. The exploration team she led had lost control, and she herself must have problems. How could the Six-Member Council of City of Silver release her?

And Cattleya, who had just joined, didn't know what they were talking about, but she didn't ask, just listened quietly.

After saying this, Derrick looked at the "Hanged Man" next to him.

Alger thought for a while and asked back: "At the last gathering, you said that the Chief of City of Silver conducted a preliminary exploration of the Giant Court. Before releasing Elder Lovia, had your Chief returned to City of Silver?"

Audrey's expression remained unchanged, but she thought in her heart: Why did Mr. Hanged Man suddenly ask about this… That's right, it is impossible for the other members of the Six-Member Council not to wait for the Chief to return to release such an important person! Then is the release of Lovia related to the Chief's exploration results? Hey, why didn't I think of this just now?

Derrick was quite surprised by Mr. Hanged Man's accurate guess: "Yes, just recently."

At this time, Fors, who was quietly listening, suddenly had an idea based on the information she had learned before: "Mr. Sun, could it be a situation like this?

"Your Chief took the exploration team and that little boy Jack to find the road that can lead to the outside world, and found that they must borrow the power of the 'True Creator'.

"Hehe, this is not a lie I made up, but a reasoning based on facts. The father of that little boy Jack belongs to the 'Aurora Order'. They followed the 'True Creator's' sanctuary to your place.

"So, for the sake of the entire City of Silver, your Chief decided to release 'Shepherd' Lovia after returning."

"If this is the case, Mr. Sun will be very dangerous next," Audrey said worriedly.

Hobert smiled and said, "No, on the contrary, I think he will be safer. Even if he shows some obvious suspicious points, the chief will turn a blind eye, and the more suspicious 'Sun' is, the more relieved the chief will be."

Audrey was stunned and looked at "Emperor" with Fors.

Derrick simply asked, "Why?"

Klein already understood: It's very simple, for balance!

It was "Hanged Man" Alger who answered "Sun's" question: "The danger of the 'True Creator' can be detected by any intelligent creature with eyes and a brain.

"Your chief will never put all his chips on Him. He will inevitably seek power that can check the 'True Creator'.

"And exposing their conspiracy, you, who have been possessed by 'Blasphemer' Amon, may represent another possibility.

"So 'Emperor' said that the more suspicious you look, the more relieved your chief feels.

"In addition, the more Lovia and the others want to hurt you, the more the chief and other elders will protect you."

Fors was a little stunned: Is this a good thing instead?

Audrey felt a little frustrated: Mr. Hanged Man is right. I still have a big gap with them in analyzing things and situations!

After "Little Sun" thanked Mr. Hanged Man, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a noticeably relaxed tone: "Mr. Emperor, why didn't you attend the meeting last time? Did you encounter something urgent?"

"Yes, I couldn't attend the meeting at that time." Hobert vaguely answered the question, and then continued: "If this is the case, we can conduct a second transaction. I still have an Beyonder weapon there."

In fact, there are still two, but he doesn't plan to sell the short sword for the time being.

The reason why he plans to initiate a new transaction is because the auction center has sold 6 Beyonder ingredients through daily transactions in the previous half month.

The transaction model of "exchanging weapons for ingredients" previously constructed by Hobert has taken shape. Now the monthly output of Beyonder weapons is three to four.

This output makes it impossible to make all Beyonder ingredients into Beyonder weapons. Therefore, if there is a chance to sell them, Hobert will not hesitate to cash them out.

After all, an Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 8 level can be sold for about 400 gold risos, and the income from 6 Beyonder ingredients is enough to pay the workers' wages once.

At the same time, the gathering held by Hobert after the auction has also basically taken shape, and has already attracted some extraordinary forces like April, or wild Beyonders.

They will sell some mystical items and also buy some.

Hobert has all the information about their buying and selling in his hands, and can purchase the items that others need, and then sell them to those who need them after adding a certain price difference.

Hobert handed over the processing of these information to Fors, while he himself only appeared at the auction and presided over the Beyonder gathering after the auction.

What Hobert wants to sell to Derrick is the Beyonder weapon made from one of the main ingredients of "Beast Tamer".

He introduced: "This weapon has two abilities. The first ability is to be sharper when cutting through the enemy's flesh, and there is a very small probability that it can cause considerable damage to the enemy even if it does not directly cut the enemy.

"The second ability is that when facing non-human opponents such as beasts and monsters, the holder can show a certain aura that makes beasts or monsters fear, and there is a very small probability that beasts or monsters will give up resistance."

Derrick's eyes lit up. This weapon is very suitable for use when facing monsters!

Hobert then said: "Here I have to explain that the probability problem of Beyonder weapons is difficult to control. It does not mean that the ability of probability will definitely be obtained after swinging ninety-nine times.

"It is possible that the probabilistic ability will be used when swinging the second time, or it may be triggered at any time thereafter, so there is no way to make the probabilistic ability controllable through prior preparation.

"In addition, these abilities belong to the level of 'Low Sequence', and will mostly be very useful against 'Low Sequence' targets and monsters.

"It also has a decent effect against 'Mid Sequence' enemies, but Beyonders at the 'Mid Sequence' level generally have corresponding methods to avoid such attacks."

"Little Sun" said: "Mr. Emperor, I know all this."

Hobert smiled: "Well, I'm just explaining it in case you don't understand something."

In fact, he was telling the other members. Of course, the Beyonder weapons in his hand cannot only be auctioned at the auction, which will affect the scarcity of the goods.

Then the Tarot Club is another very good dumping ground, after all, the members have their own circles.

After finalizing the transaction, Hobert said again: "I need the brain marrow of the six-legged imp."

"Hermit" Cattleya said: "I asked the previous seller for you, and the brain marrow in his hand was bought by one person."

Hobert let out a somewhat disappointed "Oh". He didn't expect this auxiliary Ingredient to be so hard to find.

The others did not help "Emperor" find corresponding clues.

After the transaction fell through, Alger continued: "I need the potion formula of 'Ocean Songster'."

He has saved a lot of money and believes that he should have enough financial resources to buy the potion formula of this level.

Cattleya was a little strange: "Hanged Man" is indeed a "Wind Blessed". Isn't he a member of the Storm Church? Why seek the potion formula of "Ocean Songster" outside? It is much less difficult to obtain the formula from within the church. Does he have a secret he wants to hide from the church? Or was he just pretending to be a member of the Storm Church before?

She said: "I can help you pay attention."

Seeing Cattleya's response, Alger asked smoothly: "Ms. Hermit, what do you need as a reward? I can collect clues in advance."

"Hermit" Cattleya immediately realized that this was "Hanged Man's" test. Having a need would expose many clues about her.

So she said: "I need a demigod-level mystical item with relatively acceptable negative effects."

Alger understood that "Hermit" was responding to his test in a mocking way, but he did not smash the table in front of him like most of his colleagues, but took a breath and said: "I will pay attention.

"But Ms. Hermit, you should be very clear that just the valid clues to such items may be worth the potion formula of 'Ocean Songster'."

This made Cattleya question her previous judgment: Very deep, not easily angered, this is not very much in line with the style of the Storm Church, could my first observation be wrong?

Hobert smiled aside. He didn't expect that it was already the third week, and the probing of these two old fritters was still continuing: "Mr. Hanged Man, I will also help you pay attention. The things I want are much simpler: gold pounds!"

Alger smiled slightly, showing enough goodwill: "Thank you, if you help me find out the potion formula, just name the price."

"Okay." Hobert said to Cattleya again: "Ms. Hermit, although I don't have any Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts…"

To be precise, there are not too many, only 7 at present. Hehehe, Hobert laughed unkindly in his heart.

He continued: "But I know the clues to two or three such Sealed Artifacts. If you need them, I can help you inquire."

Klein, at the head of the bronze long table, glanced at the "Scepter of the Sea God" in the corner: Two or three? "Creator" is very rich! Cough cough, or is "Fool" too poor?

Audrey observed the body language of the three people and suddenly understood something: This is the first time I have seen someone use this method to ease the atmosphere.

The other members were still a little confused and hadn't quite understood the mutual probing between "Hermit" and "Hanged Man" just now.

After hearing "Emperor's" words, Cattleya was slightly stunned before saying: "It is best to have a very strong attack effect, the kind that can quickly solve the enemy."

Hobert nodded and promised again: "I can help you inquire."

He thought for a while, "1-101" and "1-105" both meet Cattleya's needs, but their negative effects are very large and need to be resealed before they can be used.

This test ended here, and "Moon" Emlyn cleared his throat and said: "Mr. Emperor, I only learned by reading some Sanguine materials last week…"

Hobert had already drawn a key point in his heart: By reading some Sanguine materials!

"…It turns out that the Trunsoest Empire was the strongest in those years!" Emlyn smiled and said: "Not only was its national strength the strongest, but the key is that the Night Emperor also had a beautiful and dignified empress!

"That's right, that is our Sanguine's 'Goddess of Beauty' Auernia, and the royal families of the four countries in the Northern Continent are also the great nobles of Trunsoest.

"Is it because of so many powerful helpers that the Night Emperor won the early victory of the 'War of the Four Emperors'?"

Emlyn really felt everyone's attention, and he knew that the information he said must be unknown to everyone.

This made him unconsciously raise his chin.

"You're right," Hobert smiled and said, "But there is an even more important reason why the Night Emperor was able to win the early victory."

Audrey clenched her fists and said simply: "Mr. Emperor, I want to trade information about the Trunsoest Empire with you."

Hobert smiled and said: "No problem, I have already quoted a price before, I can give you a discount of 1,000 pounds, which counts as the consultation fee I owed before."

Last week, Audrey provided him with a good idea that made the minds of over ten thousand lunatics controllable, which was well worth the price.

Audrey smiled and said, "Thank you for your generosity, Mr. Emperor."

"In addition to Mr. Emperor's discount, I am willing to pay another 1,000 pounds for this information. Who is willing to join the deal?"

Emlyn opened his mouth, as if to say: We haven't finished discussing it yet! I also know… Well, I would also like to know another reason why the Night Emperor achieved early victories.

He readily said, "I am willing to offer 500 pounds to join!"

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