Chapter 457: Taking Fors to Earn Extra Money
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Hobert didn't laugh at Flegrea like Farbauti did; for a "seer," misinterpreting some divination was unavoidable.
After all, fate isn't so easy to decipher; it's easy to get an interpretation that's the opposite of the actual situation.
Flegrea might have divined that someone would ascend to the position of "The Fool" in the future, and that person would be someone "not belonging to this era." Of course, Flegrea would think that was himself after his resurrection.
After all, both "The Fool" and "not belonging to this era" seemed to describe him.
Hobert was curious: "What arrangements did you and Flegrea make in the Tucker Plains?"
"Of course, arrangements for Flegrea's resurrection!"
Hobert nodded; that made sense. The Evernight Goddess would definitely destroy such arrangements. If Flegrea was still as mad as he was before his resurrection, he might even try to seize the uniqueness of the "Sleepless" pathway from the Evernight Goddess.
In other words, Flegrea divined that he might fall, and that someone "not belonging to that era" would ascend to the "Fool" position in the future, so he confidently made arrangements for his resurrection, only to have them destroyed by the Evernight Goddess at some point.
Flegrea might have other backup plans, but currently, his hope of resurrection is slim. He's being watched by the Evernight Goddess from the front, and blocked by the newly risen "Fool" from behind.
And soon, both the Evernight Goddess and "The Fool" will have the chance to become Outer Deities.
If Flegrea wants to resurrect from the two pathways he previously occupied, there's currently no chance.
Farbauti's emotions gradually subsided, and he became expressionless again: "In that case, this thing is useless to me here."
He raised a hand, and Hobert felt like something had appeared in his hand, but it looked like nothing.
"Give this to Amanises."
As he spoke, Farbauti reached out his hand. Hobert unconsciously reached out to take it. His two hands felt weight, but visually and spiritually, there was nothing in his hands.
"This, this..." Hobert asked strangely, "Could this be the 'Concealment' authority?"
That's not right! The Evernight Goddess is now the true god of the "Darkness" pathway, and she should have already grasped the "Concealment" authority!
Besides, Hobert remembered that in the Goddess's image, one of her hands was empty, like she was holding the "Concealment" authority of the void.
At this time, Farbauti explained: "It comes from the cosmos, and you can use it to find the cosmic part of the 'River of Eternal Darkness.'
"Also, holding this item can maximize Amanises's state, turning all the creatures in the universe that worship the cosmos into her anchors!
"Before, Flegrea was able to maintain a certain amount of sanity while possessing the uniqueness of both the 'Darkness' and 'Fool' pathways at the same time because he held this item.
"As far as I know, the undead bird Gregrace has a similar item!"
Hobert felt a bang in his mind: The Evernight Goddess herself is the "Concealment" authority. Does she need to hold any sealed artifact to grasp the "Concealment" authority? Then, in the battle with the God of Combat, the thing held in one of the Evernight Goddess's hands should be this thing Farbauti gave me! The Evernight Goddess used it to stabilize her anchors, so she was able to maintain a good state in the subsequent war, even when her followers wavered!
Thinking of this, Hobert took a deep breath: The war in the Northern Continent will not break out for another half year, but the pressure of the battle of the gods is already at its peak. The Evernight Goddess is already preparing for war. I believe the God of War is not idle either, such as giving the uniqueness of the Justiciar Pathway to Philip I, Castiya, of the Feynapotter Kingdom.
Farbauti also urged: "Sacrifice it in the dream outside the hall. If you bring it to the real world, the entire Southern Colson area will fall into eternal darkness, and all life in Southern Colson will fall into eternal dreams!"
Hobert looked at his empty hands: "Okay."
Obviously, in this round of the game between the Evernight Goddess, Flegrea, and Farbauti, the Evernight Goddess won completely. Farbauti's state is not very good, so he had to obediently hand over this special sealed artifact that Flegrea had previously stored with him, or that he had obtained while Flegrea fell.
Of course, the main reason why Farbauti handed over what the Evernight Goddess needed because of a single sentence from the Evernight Goddess should be that his main body is hiding in the dream.
This guy said before that the "Mother Tree of Desire" does not have the relevant authority of dreams, and he was very confident that he was safe in the dream.
But now it's different. If he makes the Evernight Goddess unhappy and she turns to help the "Mother Tree of Desire," it's estimated that she can easily "blow up" Farbauti's equipment.
When dividing the spoils, the Evernight Goddess can still get what she wants.
Of course, in order to preserve the strength of the Earth side, the Evernight Goddess is unlikely to do so.
Hobert certainly wouldn't let go of this opportunity. He asked Farbauti: "Do you know 'Uncertain Mist'?"
Farbauti was obviously stunned. He also gained knowledge today. This kid dared to take advantage of Amanises's power to obtain the information he needed.
However, this only surviving ancient god is all about being flexible: "I know. He is also an outer god. As far as I know, he used Solomon and Trunsoest to briefly descend his power to the Northern Continent three times."
Hobert then asked: "What is the specific process like?"
"Projecting one's will, and forming a projection with independent consciousness under the protection of a certain ritual or sealed artifact."
Hobert immediately thought of the projection he had just killed a few days ago. That should be one of the projections?
So he asked again: "What are the characteristics of such a projection?"
"Beyonders or Beyonder creatures are very susceptible to the projection's corruption, becoming the medium for him to spread corruption." Farbauti explained in detail: "The more creatures that are polluted, the stronger the projection's power!
"However, the projection has enough wisdom to avoid the investigation of the orthodox god's church. Sometimes they will actively hide themselves, quietly influencing a powerful Beyonder and turning him into a believer who believes in him."
Farbauti said: "The 'Mother Tree of Desire' likes to do this. One of Tolzna's subordinates became a believer of the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' and the 'Mother Tree of Desire' found a suitable opportunity to capture Tolzna."
Hobert recalled that Tolzna seemed to be the "Chained God," the "King of Angels" of the "Prisoner" pathway. There is no accurate information to prove that he has fallen, but according to Farbauti's meaning, he should be living a life worse than death.
Hobert remembered that the leader of the "Rose School," the "Abomination" Suah, was born from a Sequence 1 that the "Mother Tree of Desire" tore from the "Chained God."
Then Hobert suspected that Tamara herself, did she get a projection of "Uncertain Mist," and the entire Tamara family began to believe in "Uncertain Mist"?
Then, is the one who polluted the Demonic Wolf of Fog also one of the projections?
The Demonic Wolf of Fog was very proud of his corruption transfer operation. Now, in Hobert's view, it is estimated that the corruption on the Demonic Wolf of Fog has not been eliminated, and his transfer process has caused more creatures to be polluted.
However, the Demonic Wolf of Fog's transfer was not without effect. He successfully transferred the projection to the Marionettes.
This is because the Marionettes were once a part of the Demonic Wolf of Fog. Such a transfer can only be completed by Beyonder creatures or Beyonders of the "Seer" pathway.
Secondly, the projection of "Uncertain Mist" is also willing to do so, because those Marionettes can easily become his believers and are more easily controlled by him.
The only thing he didn't expect may be that he would soon encounter Hobert, who absorbed the main power supporting the existence of the projection into the "Nation of Disorder," turning the projection into ordinary "Great Old One's corruption."
Hobert even believed that if he hadn't taken action, most of the tourists in the manor would gradually become believers of "Uncertain Mist" in the years to come.
Thinking of this, Hobert asked again: "Do you know where the three projections are specifically?"
The answer he got was: "Didn't you just destroy a projection? I don't know where the other two are."
Hobert nodded slowly: It seems that as long as he uses the oil painting, Farbauti can perceive some of the things happening around him through the oil painting.
Finally, Hobert said: "Thank you for your answer."
Farbauti didn't respond, but disappeared directly from the throne, seemingly to express his dissatisfaction with Hobert.
Hobert didn't take it too seriously, and left the hall with his hands as if holding a ball of air.
He felt that if others saw him like this now, they would definitely think he was a fool, carefully holding a ball of air as if holding a bomb that could explode at any time.
After finding a suitable place, Hobert carefully put down the thing in his hand, and then materialized candles, essential oils, and other items in the dream to simply set up an altar.
After lighting the candles, Hobert began to recite the prayer: "Evernight Goddess, more sublime than the starry sky, more eternal than eternity, you are the Lady of Crimson, the Mother of Concealment, the Empress of Misfortune and Fear, the Mistress of Repose and Silence.
"Your devout believer begs for your attention;
"Beg you to accept my offering;
"Beg you to open the door to the kingdom."
That surging sense of tranquility that made people sleepy descended in the dream. Hobert saw twinkling starlight, giving people an illusory and dark feeling overall, and the sacrificial door like a transparent starry sky opened.
Hobert took the opportunity to ask: "Great Evernight Goddess, may I ask how long Farbauti's state can be maintained?"
This was actually asking if the Evernight Goddess was willing to help Farbauti hide his tracks after receiving the thing.
The sand around the altar suddenly flowed towards the altar as if it had life, forming letters on the altar, eventually forming a sentence: I will continue to provide him with help in terms of "Concealment."
The sacrificial door like a starry sky closed, and Hobert realized that the sacrificial ritual was over. The altar was "empty" before, and now the altar still seems to be empty.
At this time, Hobert had time to savor the Evernight Goddess's answer just now, and quickly found the key point: "Continue" to provide him with help in terms of "Concealment"!
In other words, she was already providing help in terms of concealment for Farbauti before?
No! Hobert realized: Farbauti and Flegrea did not form alliances with other ancient gods. In that era when the ancient gods had crazy tendencies, "not an enemy" meant the possibility of being a friend. Farbauti should have realized the existence of the "Mother Tree of Desire" very early, so he sought some help from Flegrea.
Hobert guessed: At that time, Flegrea might have divined that he would be resurrected in the future as "The Fool who does not belong to this era," but there were many obstacles on the road to resurrection. There is someone who can help "The Fool who does not belong to this era."
Hobert didn't know exactly how to help, but thinking of his previous conversation with Farbauti, it seemed that he was very important to "The Fool."
He guessed that he might help Klein stabilize his state and resist the will of the "Celestial Worthy" to resurrect in the future, but he must become "Shadow of Order" before he has such ability.
In short, Flegrea must have divined that Hobert was of great use, so the two ancient gods may have reached a deal. Farbauti looked for opportunities to provide Hobert with some help to help Hobert grow faster, while Flegrea provided some help in terms of "Concealment" and stored the thing he sacrificed to the Evernight Goddess today in Farbauti's place.
So Farbauti, like Flegrea, has always had little presence, especially in the Third Epoch and Fourth Epoch, he still has little presence.
It is very likely that as time went by, the Evernight Goddess grasped the "Concealment" authority in the Third Epoch and was still providing "Concealment" help to Farbauti. Compared to outer gods like the "Mother Tree of Desire," the Evernight Goddess should be more hopeful that Farbauti can continue to persevere.
In this way, Farbauti did not completely hand over the remnants of that outer god today because of the pressure from the Evernight Goddess, but also had the meaning of "paying rent."
However, even if he understands this, Hobert will not completely trust Farbauti, because even if he has a transaction with Flegrea, it will not affect him making some sinister arrangements while improving himself.
After ending the sacrifice, Hobert finally withdrew from the dream. Just as he was about to continue sleeping, the image of "The Fool" suddenly appeared in his mind again.
Then "The Fool" played a video for Hobert. It was "Moon" Emlyn reporting in a prayerful way that after several days of discussion, the high-level vampires agreed to the deal with the "Emperor."
However, the vampires requested that they send two "Vampire Viscounts" to directly trade with the "Favored of the Creator." The time and place of the transaction will be discussed by Emlyn and the "Favored of the Creator."
Half-asleep and half-awake, Hobert first sighed: My dream is really busy tonight!
Then he muttered in his heart: Is Emlyn sick! Late at night... Well, vampires seem to be energetic at night.
Hobert tried to wake himself up, prayed to "The Fool," and thanked "The Fool" for notifying him of the transaction in the middle of the night.
Finally, Hobert said that the specific transaction time and place would be discussed at the Tarot meeting next Monday.
After lying back on the bed, Hobert looked at the dark roof and sighed: It's not so busy during the day.
In fact, as a Sequence 5, even if he is not on the "Sleepless" pathway, three or four hours of sleep a day is enough.
However, Hobert felt that sleeping seven or eight hours a day was a normal routine and made him feel psychologically comfortable, so he went to bed around ten o'clock every night and occasionally slept in the next day.
So Hobert used meditation to fall asleep again, and this time no one disturbed him, and he slept until dawn.
The next morning, on the way to the restaurant for breakfast, Hobert, with his keen hearing, heard Scholar in the neighboring courtyard's office muttering to Valk about Jeffrey's haunted territory again.
The snow in other places had reached their ankles, but there was no snow at all on the construction site. They really couldn't figure out why and could only assume it was haunted again!
It is said that many people were kneeling and worshiping at the construction site this morning, believing it to be a miracle!
Hobert shook his head and did not explain to them whether it was a miracle or a haunting.
While eating breakfast, Hobert asked Fors, "What are your plans for a while?"
Fors smiled wryly: "Writing a book, but fortunately, it will be finished in another two or three days. I plan to start large-scale construction with the Baron and end with the territory being built into a tourist attraction and an important port on the Taz River waterway."
"You make the decision on this." Hobert smiled: "You've been writing for so many days in a row, it's been quite boring, right? How about I take you out to earn some extra money today?"
Since becoming Sequence 5, Hobert no longer cared about ordinary extraordinary organizations.
So, in Hobert's view, helping Upton solve the problem today was just a way to earn extra money.
Fors felt as if she had never had such a strong desire to go out: "Okay, okay, then I might as well take a break today. If we come back early, I plan to go see the snow scene."
Hobert: When did I mean to let you take a day off?
However, seeing Fors's happy look, Hobert thought about it: Well, a day off is a day off, as long as it can be finished before the 15th, so that there is time to contact the publisher and publish it.
Donna smiled and said, "Where are you going to play? Take me with you, I've been working since I came to the territory."
"No!" Hobert directly refused: "Don't even think about going anywhere until you sort out your own work."
Donna pouted: "Stingy! I don't want to go!"
Hobert and Fors smiled at each other, knowing that Donna's little temper was up again.
After eating breakfast, Donna continued to work sulkily, while Hobert and Fors came to the study together.
Hobert briefly explained the next action: "Do you remember Upton, whom we helped before? Remember it."
"Yesterday I received a letter from Upton asking for help. He was targeted by an extraordinary organization for helping me with a favor. Today I am going to investigate.
"There may be some battles. I'll lend you this pistol again. When the time comes, you can pick up the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 attacks, and I will buy them with gold pounds."
Today, in addition to taking Fors out for a walk, the other thing is that he hopes Fors can accumulate some practical experience, so that he can find her to be a helper in the future.
Especially when she becomes a "Traveler", she will be a powerful assistant.
This is a part of Hobert's construction of his extraordinary power. While training Seel and others, he can also train Miss "Magician" by the way.
After all, Hobert knows how fast her promotion speed is!
Fors took the pistol with enchanting abilities. This was a magical item she was familiar with. With it, ordinary Sequence 8s were not Fors's opponents at all.
This time, Hobert simply didn't wear a mask. After all, the other party already knew his identity, and with Fors by his side, there was no point in wearing a mask.
However, he prepared a mask for Fors, not the kind worn by "God Envoys", a mask with the mysterious symbol of the "Creator" on the forehead, but an ordinary mask.
When Hobert and Fors first met Upton, they wore this kind of mask.
Holding Fors's shoulder, Hobert used "Travel" to bring her to Conant City, Upton's office.
Upton quickly got up to greet him. He was about to call out "God's Envoy", but noticed that Hobert was not wearing a mask today, and there was one more person.
So he simply didn't call anything, but smiled and said, "It's great that you can come in person!"
He glanced at the person next to Hobert and found that she looked like one of the female Beyonders who had helped him deal with the Tamara family members before.
Hobert said, "Briefly explain the situation!"
Upton began to tell: "The batch of gold that was sold some time ago, because the quantity was too large, was targeted by many gangs. They all thought I had robbed a transport ship transporting gold from a certain country."
He smiled helplessly and continued: "Most of the gangs were easily dismissed by me, but one gang had an extraordinary background, so I was careful when dealing with them.
"When negotiating with their boss, he said that he wanted to buy a batch of gold from me at a low price, and threatened me that if I didn't sell it to them, they would rob it.
"Then I was stalked. After investigating, I found out that there was an extraordinary organization behind this gang. I didn't have the confidence to solve the problem, so I asked you for help."
Hobert asked, "What is the name of the extraordinary organization behind them?"
"I don't know, I only found out that this happened."
Hobert nodded: "You wait in the office for a while."
After speaking, Hobert left with "Blink". Upton warmly entertained Fors: "Please sit down, would you like coffee or black tea?"
The person who could be brought by Hobert with his real face must be extraordinary, so of course he had to treat her well.
However, before he could make the tea, Hobert came back: "There are six stalkers in total, only one of whom is an extraordinary.
"Through spirit vision, I already know the gang's hideout. Let's go, we'll go and destroy this gang."
Upton opened his mouth: "Are we going to do it right away?"
"Otherwise, are we going to keep them for the New Year?"
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