Chapter 437 Happy New Year!
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Town.
Old Bogg was a watchman on the construction site; before that, he was a "Gong-Banger," responsible for patrolling the lakeside and sounding the alarm immediately upon spotting a monster.
Fortunately, there's no longer a need for anyone to do that dangerous job.
Old Bogg looked at the construction site illuminated by the lights and couldn't help but sigh.
Everyone knows that the current Lord is very wise, but he's just too restless. At noon, Old Bogg heard the Knight Lord...
Calling him Knight Lord, but before this Lord came, Conrad was a recognized simpleton.
He was always slow when working in the fields, looked a bit dull, and worried about paying taxes every month, even though he could read and write.
In the blink of an eye, he's now a Knight Lord!
This has made several thugs who used to bully Conrad afraid to go out, but a few days ago, Conrad caught them and put them to work on the construction site, doing the hardest and most tiring jobs, it is said.
Old Bogg walked forward unhurriedly. The Knight Lord actually said today that he would divide the lands of those bullies among everyone.
No one believed it, and even if they did, no one would dare to take it.
Most of the bullies have been around since Viscount Wright was in power. Old Bogg remembers that there were bullies in the town and villages when he was a child, and after those bullies died, there were their sons, and another batch of bullies.
Now the land is being divided, but who knows what means they'll use to take it back in the future?
Ahead was the excavated foundation. Old Bogg sighed again. How long will it take to build with so much foundation dug up?
Such good land, dug up everywhere with ditches, but the building materials are said to be coming in a while, what a mess!
With so much money, the Lord might as well give some to everyone in the territory so they can have a good year.
Just as he was thinking this, Old Bogg saw a faint light not far ahead: "Those troublemakers!"
Kids often run to the construction site to play at night, and of course, thieves often visit too, so there's almost nothing valuable on the construction site at night.
Rumble~
The sound of something heavy falling to the ground startled Old Bogg.
Unfortunately, the night was not very clear, and the light in Old Bogg's hand couldn't see what was happening ahead.
Old Bogg only felt like there was something terrible in the air ahead. This feeling reminded him of his experience as a "Gong-Banger," being stared at by a ghost-like monster, with a similar feeling.
Rumble~
Another sound of heavy objects falling!
Old Bogg swallowed and retreated behind a pile of earth.
He had been a "Gong-Banger" for seven years. The "Gong-Bangers" before him had died in the mouths of monsters after working for no more than three years.
It's not that he was so powerful, but he knew not to be brave, to hide when he should hide, to run when he should run, nothing is more important than his own life.
The rumbling sound rang more than a dozen times before finally quieting down.
Old Bogg came out from behind the pile of earth and stared blankly at what was in front of him.
There seemed to be a small mountain over there!
He approached it boldly and saw a lot of cement and steel bars, as well as scaffolding and other tools.
After a long while, Old Bogg finally came back to his senses and ran towards the town: Too scary! Steel bars and cement actually fell from the sky just now! Luckily, I didn't go any further, or I would have been crushed to death by these things!
What happened just now was completely beyond his understanding, he could only think that those building materials fell from the sky.
Before he reached the town, he saw many people rushing this way with lights, and the person at the head was Roy!
Old Bogg quickly went forward to report. Roy was relatively calm, listening to Old Bogg's report while coming to the mountain-like building materials.
Seeing the piles of building materials, Roy was also speechless for a long time.
Just now, the Lord suddenly came to tell him that a batch of building materials had just been unloaded from the cargo ship, and asked him to find someone to guard it and sort it out tomorrow.
What cargo ship can carry so many things?
Also, why was it unloaded directly at the construction site? It's so far from the dock! Are the porters so dedicated these days?
But after a long silence, Roy still said to everyone: "These are the building materials that have just been unloaded from the dock, some of you stay to guard them!"
Old Bogg was about to say something, but Roy glanced at him: "Don't forget, the Lord is a 'God-Favored One' of the Earth Mother!"
In fact, he didn't know what was going on, but if he wasn't sure, it was always right to push it to God.
Old Bogg lowered his head in horror: So that was a miracle just now!
...
The next morning, Hobert yawned and rubbed his shoulders as he came to the yard.
He was indeed quite tired yesterday, but seeing the large pile of building materials down the mountain, he felt a sense of accomplishment again.
But soon Hobert thought again that this was only a quarter of the first batch of building materials. He sighed, wondering if he should ask 'The Fool' to help with the transportation?
Hobert shook his head with a smile, estimating that if 'The Fool' helped move the building materials, he would simply cancel his qualification to participate in the Tarot Gathering.
Today is New Year's Day, and Philip was directing the servants to clean the yard early in the morning.
Actually, there wasn't much to clean, as it had just been cleaned a few days ago to welcome Mona and her party.
This is the first New Year in this world!
Just as he was feeling emotional, Hobert's spirituality sensed something. He looked at his study, opened the 'Crystal of Order' sealed outside the scepter, and struck a fighting pose.
"Sorry, I came uninvited." A man's voice came from the study: "But please rest assured, I have no malice."
Hobert opened the door of the study and saw a man in his thirties, clean-shaven and with his hair combed meticulously.
Freya had already come to the study to practice her vocabulary. Although the sudden appearance of this gentleman startled her, she did not panic because her teacher had also appeared so suddenly before.
She was just a little curious: Did teachers and their friends like to appear and disappear so suddenly?
Hobert probably guessed that the other party was from the 'Theosophy Order,' but he still asked: "May I ask who you are?"
"I am Jonathan, the vice president of the 'Theosophy Order' in Southern Colson."
Sure enough, Hobert put away his scepter: "Please sit down. Hehe, I don't think I need to introduce myself."
Then he asked Freya to ask Allen to bring tea.
The two sat down around the desk, and Jonathan looked around the study: "I heard Monica mention the 'Fire Dragon' you invented. I must say, you are a creative young man."
Hobert smiled: "I didn't create this thing, I just brought it here."
After Freya and Allen brought the tea, Jonathan politely took a sip: "Regarding your proposal yesterday, we had a meeting all night.
"The final decision was to try to cooperate with you more deeply."
He spread his hands: "I must say, you have provided us with a new way of thinking. Many people are amazed by this proposal. As Monica said, you are a natural politician."
Through the descriptions of Monica and Helen, Jonathan really wanted to meet this young man, and the final cooperation matters would also be discussed by him personally with Hobert.
So Jonathan came directly to Hobert's study.
Although this was a bit irregular, the 'Mystic' could go wherever he wanted.
Hobert smiled and said, "It should be said that you made the right choice.
"But I have two conditions. First, there must be no extremists among the official Beyonder!"
Jonathan nodded: "That's for sure."
"Second, the 'Theosophy Order' must provide a squad, the captain can report their actions and tasks to the 'Theosophy Order,' as well as the information obtained in the tasks, but must obey my command!"
Jonathan did not immediately agree, but asked: "Is it only this one squad?"
"No, there is another squad, the captain of that squad is a Sequence 6." Hobert used his 'pie-drawing magic.'
Jonathan asked again: "How many members does the other party have?"
"About seven or eight."
"How should the Sealed Artifacts or spoils seized in the mission be distributed?"
Hobert said: "Whichever squad gets it belongs to that squad, but if it is obtained jointly, I have the right to distribute it!"
Jonathan thought for a moment: "Okay."
He paused and said: "I will let Helen, the captain dispatched by the 'Theosophy Order,' be stationed in Jeffery Town. After returning, I will equip her with two Sequence 7, four Sequence 8, and three Sequence 9 members."
Hobert stretched out his hand and smiled: "Happy cooperation."
The two shook hands, and Hobert suddenly thought: "Oh, right, I have several 'Apprentice' pathway Beyonder characteristics to sell, I wonder if you are interested?"
"Of course, I'm interested." Jonathan smiled: "How many are there specifically? What Sequence are they?"
"6 'Apprentice', 4 'Trickmaster', 3 'Astrologer', 1 'Scribe."
These Beyonder characteristics all came from the Tamara family. To avoid attracting attention, Hobert had not sold these Beyonder characteristics.
Jonathan: Are you kidding me by calling this a few?
He asked: "Where did you get so many Beyonder characteristics?"
Could it be from the members of the 'Theosophy Order' in other regions?
Hobert smiled: "Some ancient families also have the inheritance of the 'Apprentice' pathway."
He deliberately did not explain clearly, it could be the Abraham family, or it could be another family.
Moreover, Jonathan had not heard recently that there had been a large number of casualties among the members of the 'Theosophy Order'.
Even if such a situation occurred, with the opportunity to recover the Beyonder characteristics, Jonathan certainly would not let it go: "How much do you plan to sell them for separately?"
"As allies, I'll give you the base price for 'Apprentice' and 'Trick Magician', 360 gold Lire and 720 gold Lire." Hobert smiled:
"But 'Astrologer' and 'Scribe must have a premium, after all, it took a lot of effort to get them, 2000 gold Lire and 5000 gold Lire respectively."
This price was slightly higher than the price given to the Balk family for those Beyonder characteristics. Believers and allies were ultimately somewhat different.
Jonathan thought the price was reasonable: "Okay."
"Then the total value of 6 'Apprentice' Beyonder characteristics is 2160 gold Lire, and the total value of 4 'Trickmaster' Beyonder characteristics is 2880 gold Lire." Hobert said, taking out paper and pen to list a list:
"3 'Astrologer' Beyonder characteristics, total value 6000 gold Lire, and 1 'Scribe' 5000 gold Lire.
"Let me calculate, the total is 16040 gold Lire, I'll round it down to 16000 for you."
"Okay." Jonathan smiled: "I'll have Monica bring the money to trade with you in the afternoon."
After sending Jonathan away, Hobert continued to teach Freya vocabulary. Freya studied very hard, so today he taught twenty words.
After that, Hobert enjoyed the festive atmosphere. Everyone around him was full of smiles, and everyone was full of hope for the coming year.
In the afternoon, Monica came to complete the transaction. The money and goods were fine, and the two said "Happy New Year!" to each other before returning to celebrate the New Year.
Hobert was finally relieved. Currently, he has 58000 gold Lire, of which 16000 was just obtained from the transaction, 24000 was the harvest from the transaction with the Balk family, and 16000 was the money from selling the Ancient Blue Dragon Beast, and the last 2000 gold Lire was Hobert's "old money."
In addition, Hobert has nearly 4600 pounds and 5000 pounds worth of gold.
The payment for the second batch of building materials is not a concern for the time being. After completing the transaction with the Tudor family, it is estimated that the third batch of payment will also be available.
Hobert plans to ask at the Tarot Gathering who can contact the Temperance faction of the "Rose School". It would seem too targeted if he directly asked Klein.
If the Temperance faction digests another batch of "Prisoner" pathway Beyonder materials, or sells them two Sequence 4 Beyonder characteristics, it is estimated that the payment issue for the building materials will be basically resolved.
He only needs to worry about the decoration costs.
Hobert smiled and said to himself: I am richer than I imagined!
In the evening, under the unified deployment of Philip, more than a dozen bonfires were piled up on the streets of the town. As soon as night fell, everyone lit the bonfires and began to sing and dance around the bonfires.
Today is a rare day for them to relax, everyone is singing and dancing together, celebrating this special day.
Looking down from the Lord's Mansion, the town was brightly lit, full of laughter.
Hobert was also driven by the atmosphere created by everyone, and said to Fors next to him: "Let's join them too!"
Fors had wanted to go for a long time. Although she usually didn't like singing and dancing, she wanted to see the New Year customs that were different from Loon. Hearing Hobert's invitation, she immediately agreed.
Looking at the backs of Hobert and Fors leaving, Donna "hmph"ed: "Hobert has changed, he doesn't take me to play with him anymore."
Monrisa smiled: "He's about to start a family, of course, it's different from before."
"If he doesn't take me, I'll go myself." Donna said: "Freya, let's go together."
Before Freya could say anything, Donna pulled her out the door.
When the two of them came to the town, Hobert and Fors were already dancing in front of the bonfire.
The dance steps they had learned previously were out of sync with the surrounding environment, so they simply learned the cheerful and simple steps of the people around them.
The benefits of being a Beyonder were evident at this moment, as they learned almost instantly and quickly integrated into the cheerful environment.
The arrival of the lord and lady brought the bonfire dance to a climax. The residents of the town surrounded Hobert and Fors, dancing and laughing.
The days when they were exploited by bandits and knights seemed to have been forgotten, as well as the bewilderment and unease brought about by the Earl's mobilization throughout the territory and the sudden promulgation of new policies.
Everyone was single-mindedly enjoying the joy of this moment.
It wasn't until the bonfire gradually died down that everyone felt tired, and reluctantly returned home, and then smashed things!
In this almost isolated town, the custom of smashing everything that can be smashed on New Year's Day is still popular.
They believe that this can throw away all the troubles of the past year and welcome the new year without any burden.
In large cities such as Feynapotter, this custom no longer exists, but a new custom has formed: on New Year's Day, young people jump into the cold river to wash away all their troubles and greet the new year cleanly.
However, it is also possible to greet the new year with a runny nose and a cold.
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Kingdom of Loen, a small town outside Backlund.
Klein, in a dilapidated hotel, looked at the fireworks in the direction of Backlund: "New Year!"
He spent this New Year alone.
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Backlund, Empress Borough, Earl Hall's villa.
The weather today was rare and clear, as if it had wiped away the tragedy that had just occurred in Backlund.
Audrey, who had just attended the New Year's ball, stood on the terrace, looking at the fireworks not far away: "Happy New Year, Susie."
"Happy New Year! Audrey."
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Rosted Archipelago, Hillston Port.
Alger avoided those reveling Loenese and continued to his destination in silence.
The local New Year is not on the same day as the Loenese New Year, so Alger did not feel any festive atmosphere.
Even the local New Year could not make Alger happy.
Because it would make Alger realize that another year had passed, but he was still alone.
...
Kingdom of Loen, Tingen City.
Selena locked herself in her room and stuffed cards with pre-written greetings into envelopes.
Then, according to the method mentioned in Teacher Hobert's letter, she prepared the altar.
This made Selena a little nervous and a little excited. She cleared her throat and said in Hermes:
"In my name, I summon:
"Spirit wandering in the void, friendly creatures that can be driven, messengers belonging exclusively to Hobert Jeffery."
The flame of one of the candles suddenly turned a ghastly green, and the candlelight quickly grew larger. Selena took a step back in surprise. This was the first time she had received a response in a mystical ritual.
Soon Selena felt as if something had been added to the room. Almost at the same time, she felt as if a huge rock was pressing on her spirit, making it difficult for her to breathe.
Fortunately, soon, the letter on the simple altar, as well as the three donuts she had prepared in advance, disappeared, and the huge sense of oppression also disappeared.
Selena stared blankly at the altar for a while before saying, "So cool!"
At this time, only the exclamation invented by Emperor Roselle could express her feelings.
She realized today that mystical rituals are so easy to get a response if you find the right method!
Before... well, Selena smiled: no wonder Teacher Hobert repeatedly told me not to contact Teacher Hanass' friends, it turned out they were all liars, and none of the rituals they taught me ever received a response. Fortunately, I met Teacher Hobert, this is the real mystical mentor.
Just as she was thinking about this, Selena's mother suddenly called from below: "Selena, Elizabeth and Melissa are here!"
They had agreed to go out to watch fireworks tonight.
The three girls bid farewell to Selena's parents and walked happily in the light of the gas street lamps.
There were many young people on the streets who were going out to watch fireworks in groups. On this special holiday, the night in this city seemed particularly lively.
As they chatted, they talked about their plans for the coming year.
Elizabeth was preparing to try to get into Backlund University, while Melissa was going to Backlund with her brother and continuing her studies at the University of Technology there.
Selena sighed: "Next year in the second half of the year, I may be the only one left in Tingen City."
She didn't tell her two good friends about her plan to go to Hobert and become a Beyonder for the time being.
Although it was not yet the season for graduation, the atmosphere of "graduation season" had already been pulled to the max.
"Let's talk about something happy!" Selena suddenly said, "How are you planning to spend the New Year's holiday?"
Elizabeth said: "I'm going to Conant City with my parents tomorrow for vacation."
Melissa: "Reading books, tidying things up."
So Selena extended an invitation: "Melissa, let's go to Boklund Manor together! My family is going there for vacation, ask your brother to come along!"
Elizabeth also persuaded: "Melissa, the hot springs there are very good, it is said that they can wash away all troubles."
But Melissa said: "We can't spend too much before Benson finishes his exams, let's talk about vacationing later."
Elizabeth and Selena smiled at each other, and Selena said, "Melissa, in the future, you will definitely be a good wife."
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Manor.
Today is January 1st.
Hobert stared at the roof for a while. After returning yesterday, he drank some wine with Fors and Donna and the others, and slept until after eight o'clock.
Alcohol had long since had no effect on the physique of Sequence 5. The reason why Hobert could sleep so soundly was purely because he was relaxed last night.
Hobert stretched, changed into his Baron attire, and put on his cloak: "Allen, tell Roy and Scholar to wait for me at the construction site in town!"
Roy and the others did not expect that the Earl would enter work mode just after the New Year.
They basically crawled out of bed, eating bread while going to the construction site.
When they arrived at the construction site, they couldn't help but laugh when they saw that the others were as embarrassed as they were.
Soon, Hobert also arrived, with Donna and Freya by his side.
Donna scratched her messy hair: "In theory, today is still a holiday, and your lord calling everyone up so early is illegal.
"Does anyone want to sue him? I'll help you contact a lawyer."
The few people smiled at each other, and didn't dare to speak.
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