Chapter 461 It's time for the Tarot Club again
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Territory.
Donna yawned: "You woke me up so late just to show off these expensive and useless things you bought?"
Hobert lightly flicked Donna's head: "This is a gift your sister-in-law bought for you! Don't take it if you don't want it."
"I want it! Sister-in-law is the best!" Donna immediately said with a smile: "I've loved seashells since I was little, I'll put it on my desk."
Hobert thought he was hearing things: "Didn't you just say these things were expensive and useless?"
Donna stood up, displeased, and said: "Hobert! How can you say that about something my sister-in-law bought for me?"
Hobert opened his mouth wide, and after a long while, he said: "I have never seen such a shameless person!"
Fors watched the siblings and couldn't help but shake her head and chuckle.
Back in his room, it was already past ten o'clock at night.
Hobert didn't feel tired, he just felt that today had been too exciting. In the morning, he was fighting and killing, and at noon he transformed into a tourist. Shopping on the commercial street at night really felt like accompanying a girlfriend.
After savoring it for a while, Hobert entered the "Nation of Disorder" to check his spoils of war today.
Today's spoils of war included 2 sealed artifacts, as many as 22 Beyonder characteristics! There were also 2 Beyonder materials, and 422 pounds in cash.
He first placed the cash neatly stacked with gold pounds and gold livres on the stone platform, and then Hobert looked at the two Beyonder materials. They were Sequence 6 and Sequence 7 level Beyonder materials, probably traded and hoarded at the Beyonder gathering.
One of them was a "Mutated Heart of the Black Radiance Beast", which is one of the main materials for "Baron of Corruption".
Thinking of Gale having a "Briber" subordinate, it was probably a reward prepared for that subordinate in the future.
One of the two sealed artifacts was a "Seer" pathway sealed artifact, with the ability to divine and use some "Magician" skills.
The other was an earring, a Beyonder item of the "Assassin" pathway, which allowed the wearer to have excellent skills and fighting abilities, and also had the effect of concealing traces, but not invisibility.
Finally, there was Hobert's favorite part: checking the Beyonder pathways. This battle yielded 1 "Guardian" Beyonder characteristic, and 1 "Judge" Beyonder characteristic.
3 Sequence 7 level characteristics: one "Briber", one "Pyromaniac", and one "Werewolf" Beyonder characteristic.
8 Sequence 8 level characteristics: two "Pugulist", two "Sheriff", two "Barbarian", one "Provoker", and one "Lunatic" Beyonder characteristic.
9 Sequence 9 level characteristics: three "Warrior", two "Lawyer", two "Arbiter", and two "Hunter" Beyonder characteristic.
After "crushing" a batch of them, Hobert looked at the slowly re-aggregating Beyonder characteristics and thought: Although the "Judgement Group" Beyonders are somewhat like a motley crew, they mainly come from the four pathways of "Warrior", "Arbiter", "Lawyer", and "Hunter".
He let his thoughts wander: The "Warrior" pathway obviously came from Gale, the "Arbiter" and "Lawyer" pathways came from Feynapotter nobles, and the "Hunter" pathway should also come from the Feynapotter Kingdom. It's just hoarding the spoils from the Beyonder battles with the Intis Republic, so it's better to use them to play some role.
Finally, Hobert looked at the "Werewolf" Beyonder characteristic: Where did the "Prisoner" Beyonder characteristic come from?
Hobert remembered that one of the two "Numinous Episcopate" executives he killed before was a Beyonder of the "Prisoner" pathway.
Although this pathway appeared somewhat abruptly, Hobert didn't take it too seriously. It's extra money, make a profit when you can, who knows when you'll earn it next time, no need to worry about these things.
Hobert looked at his accumulation of the "Warrior" and "Hunter" pathways. He planned to keep the Beyonder characteristics of these two pathways for now, to cultivate Beyonder forces loyal to him.
Hobert brought some gold pounds back to the real world, and the next morning, he spent 1200 pounds to acquire the three spoils of war from Fors.
For Fors, the 1200 pounds were earned easily, just providing cover and stopping the Sequence 8 and Sequence 9 enemies from escaping.
Fors, who had spent almost all of her savings at the Tarot Gathering before, became rich again!
Fors played all day yesterday and half a day today, dragging Hobert to see the snow scene, and Donna followed along shamelessly.
Arriving at the mountain peak, Hobert looked at the snow-covered landscape in his territory, which made him feel very proud, and he immediately thought of the poem "Ode to the Plum Blossom".
When Hobert was in college, he used this poem to participate in a recitation competition, but unfortunately only got fifth place, and now he has almost forgotten it.
He only remembered: "The northern scenery, a thousand miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow."
He only remembered: "Pity Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, lacking literary talent, Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song, slightly inferior in grace. The proud son of heaven, Genghis Khan, only knew how to bend his bow and shoot big eagles."
Although Fors also recited a few poems, Hobert felt that in terms of sentiment and mind, those poems were far inferior to this poem in his mind.
The only flaw was that the weather had begun to warm up, the snow was melting quickly, and the mountain roads were a bit muddy.
So the three of them returned to the Lord's Mansion at noon and did not continue to enjoy the snow in the afternoon.
That afternoon, Hobert received two letters, one from Elliot, who said in the letter that the Balk family had organized 36 young members of the family, hoping to study in the Northern Continent.
But the problem now is that their Loen language is still very poor and has not reached the level of normal communication.
So Elliot wanted to ask the "Favored of God" to arrange a study class, so that they could learn Loen language first after arriving in the Northern Continent.
All tuition and other expenses will be borne by the Balk family, paid in gold.
Hobert pondered for a while, but he could ask Edwina if there were any permanent Loen language charms?
While writing a letter to "Iceberg General", he received a letter from Daly.
Daly informed Hobert that the Archbishop had approved the continuation of trading Beyonder characteristics with Hobert, and the specific person in charge was Leonard.
This was good news, so after replying to Edwina, Hobert wrote a letter to Leonard, saying that he had several Beyonder characteristics of the "Secret Supplicant" pathway in his hand, and asked him about the purchase price from Sequence 9 to Sequence 6.
While waiting for the two to reply, Corwin returned to Jeffery Territory.
Hobert simply asked how the errand went? Then he appointed him as "Human Resources Knight", temporarily equipped with only one assistant, to do human resources work.
The operation of the territory has been on the right track. Although Hobert has been "absent from work" for two days, the territory is still operating normally, but there are a few things that have been backlogged and need to be dealt with by Hobert.
After Conrad takes office as the mayor, such backlog of things will no longer occur.
At more than four o'clock in the afternoon, Edwina and Leonard replied one after another.
Both replies were simple. Edwina said that there were charms that could permanently master languages, but the price was relatively high. She thoughtfully gave the price in gold livres: 52 gold livres each.
Charms with time limit are cheaper. For example, you can speak, understand, and write Loen language within a month, which only costs 8 silver livres, and it will be even cheaper if you want a batch.
Hobert calculated that 36 permanent charms would only cost 1872 gold livres. He believed that the Balk family should not be short of this money, after all, they will need to import equipment from the Kingdom of Loen in the future, need to read the instructions, need to communicate with Loen engineers, and so on.
Let the kitchen make donuts first. Hobert replied to Elliot, telling him about the permanent charm. Hobert didn't ask for much, just added 3 gold livres in the middle, telling them 55 gold livres each.
Then Hobert opened Leonard's letter. He only replied with a phrase: Basic price!
Hobert shook his head: Lazy poet classmate, in the attainment of "laziness", he can be compared with Fors.
Hobert entered the "Nation of Disorder" and took out 8 Beyonder characteristics of the "Secret Supplicant" pathway.
They are 2 "Secret Supplicant", 2 "Listener", 2 "Shadow Acsetic", and 2 "Rose Bishop".
In fact, these 8 illegal characteristics only came from two "Rose Bishops". After breaking contact with the Church of the Evernight Goddess, Hobert has not had a way to sell these materials.
If it is the basic price, their selling prices are 300 pounds, 600 pounds, 1200 pounds, and 2500 pounds respectively.
Although Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 seem very cost-effective, Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 are definitely not as good as selling at Beyonder gatherings, but Hobert is only willing to sell these Beyonder characteristics to the orthodox gods' churches.
He roughly calculated that he could sell a total of 9200 pounds. Hobert smiled, happy that he had successfully turned a 5000 pound deal into 9200 pounds!
After the donuts were made, Hobert sent the two people's letters and packages separately.
Half an hour later, Hobert received a reply from Elliot.
Elliot stated in the letter that the Balk family was willing to buy 40 permanent charms, but could only pay in gold.
Hobert then wrote to Edwina to confirm the deal.
Leonard's reply fully demonstrated the work characteristics of the Nighthawks. Leonard sent a package at twelve o'clock in the evening, which was neatly filled with cash.
Seeing so much cash, Hobert, who had already slept, suddenly felt refreshed. He counted it all night, not a pound less!
After sacrificing the money to the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert remembered that Leonard only sent the money, and didn't even send a reply!
Shaking his head, Hobert continued to sleep, even smiling in his sleep.
He even had a dream in which he completed a transaction with the vampires and rolled around on a bed made of money.
...
The construction work in the territory is steadily advancing. Leisure time always passes quickly. The snow in Jeffery Territory basically melted in only two days. Except for the construction site, everywhere else is muddy.
For the villagers, this is the last period of rest. After the spring, the weather warms up quickly, and they will start spreading manure and sowing seeds soon. At that time, they will be busy day and night.
This year everyone is particularly hopeful, because the area of their own land is much larger, and the crops harvested in the land will belong to them. Just thinking about this makes people happy.
In a blink of an eye, it was Monday afternoon again, and it was time for the Tarot Gathering.
At three o'clock sharp, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he came to the giant-like hall again.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!" The first item of the gathering: "Justice" Audrey's greeting.
"The Fool" Klein responded: "Good afternoon, our 'Psychiatrist' Miss."
Last Friday, Audrey completed the transaction with "Moon" Emlyn and was finally promoted to "Psychiatrist".
Hobert also echoed: "In the future, if there are any transactions that are not suitable to be brought to the real world, you can ask Miss Justice to hypnotize us."
Audrey smiled and said: "If any members have psychological problems, they can also come to me for treatment. I don't charge any consultation fees at the moment!"
Then Audrey continued to greet as usual. As the number of members increased, the time spent in this session became longer and longer.
Then it was the sacrifice diary and Klein's reading time, but this time Klein's reading process was very fast. Hobert estimated that the diary sacrificed this time did not have much valuable information.
Major events have occurred in the previous gatherings, which have disrupted the procedures of the Tarot Gathering. Now that it has suddenly returned to the normal procedures, Hobert is a little unaccustomed.
The third session is free trade. "Moon" Emlyn first said to Hobert: "When and where do you plan to trade?"
Hobert was not in a hurry to answer this question, but said to Klein: "Mr. Fool, I request to communicate with Mr. Moon alone."
"Can."
Emlyn was slightly stunned, can it still be like this!
After Klein established a separate communication space, Hobert said: "The time is Tuesday at eight o'clock in the evening, as for the transaction location..."
He asked knowingly: "...I heard that Backlund has a Harvest Church, are you familiar with it?"
Klein, sitting at the head of the bronze long table: You asked the right person, he is not very familiar with it, he just goes there every day.
"How can a noble vampire be familiar with places like the Harvest Church!" It was as if someone had stepped on Emlyn's tail, he almost shouted it out.
But he immediately seemed to think of something, glanced awkwardly at the Fool at the head, and then said: "I, I occasionally pass by there."
Hobert nodded: "That's good, I require the transaction location to be opposite the Harvest Church in Backlund."
"This..." Emlyn was a little embarrassed. This seemed to imply a humiliation to the vampires. I wonder if Lord Nibbs will agree?
"You still have to tell them!" Hobert smiled and said: "If it's just me trading with you, I might even give the vampires some discounts.
"But since they are going to send two viscounts, then sorry, there are no discounts, and I must decide the transaction location, because those two viscounts made me take huge risks for this."
Emlyn "hmm"ed: This is a good excuse, but... but why do I feel insulted?
Hobert added: "I need a batch of medicines to treat colds, chills, and diarrhea, preferably made into three types, ready to use, starting with a hundred servings each!"
Because of the snow, Hobert heard that many people on the construction site were sick. The "pharmacist" he was cultivating had not yet been finalized, and now there were only two barefoot doctors from the territory watching over the construction site. The medicine they prescribed was not very effective.
Emlyn raised his chin: "You've come to the right person."
Although the quantity required was not small, he and his parents could complete this order.
He was very familiar with the prices of various herbs: "Each portion for treating colds requires 15 Solas, each portion for treating chills requires 2 Solas, and each portion for treating diarrhea requires 6 Solas."
These were all common ailments, and the herbs used were very ordinary, and a dozen portions could be made at a time.
Emlyn added at the end: "The expiration date is one month."
Hobert calculated and couldn't help but sigh: He still needed to cultivate his own pharmacist! Three hundred ordinary potions would cost 115 pounds!
He said: "Deal!"
With this transaction settled, the two ended their private exchange.
The other members were no strangers to the "Emperor's" transaction with the vampires, so they didn't show much curiosity.
At this time, "The World" said in a hoarse voice: "I want to sell an Beyonder characteristic. Its original owner was good at divination and could change his appearance."
This was the first soul released from the "Creeping Hunger", and it was an Beyonder characteristic of the "Faceless".
As soon as "The World" finished speaking, Hobert immediately said: "I'll take it for 4,000 pounds!"
Klein didn't expect it to be so smooth. He originally thought it might be difficult to sell, after all, none of the Tarot Club members were related to the "Seer" pathway.
He thought he would have to ask everyone to help inquire through their respective channels.
"Deal!" Klein said immediately.
As a fairly popular Beyonder characteristic, the price given by the "Emperor" was not very high, but the advantage of this transaction was that it was clean and efficient.
And Hobert had already decided to sell this Beyonder characteristic to the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
In order to make up for the lack of ritual magic in the "Sleepless" and "Corpse Collector" pathways at the "Low Sequence", the Church of the Evernight Goddess currently has many Beyonders of the "Seer" pathway.
Therefore, the acquisition of this kind of Beyonder characteristic cannot still be based on the base price.
Even if it was based on the base price, this transaction would still be profitable for Hobert.
Audrey said with some regret: "It's a pity, it's just an Beyonder characteristic."
The Beyonder power to change appearance sounded very tempting.
Hobert opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
Through the battles of the previous two days, Hobert felt that the "Faceless Necklace" was becoming more and more useless. Before, Hobert felt it had some use because of the "Paper Substitute" ability of the "Faceless Necklace", and he had been wearing it.
But when Hobert reviewed the battle with Gale, he suddenly realized that the "Paper Substitute" ability was not very useful.
If he encountered a powerful enemy, such as a demigod, one "Paper Substitute" would not be enough.
But if he encountered an enemy of Sequence 5 or below, he wouldn't need the "Paper Substitute" ability at all.
Hobert originally planned to sell it to Audrey, but then he thought about it again. This necklace also had the ability to divination.
Hobert still had a need for this aspect, so he couldn't sell it for the time being.
Then "The World" initiated a new transaction: "I need the remaining spirituality of an ancient wraith and a pair of eyes of a six-winged gargoyle."
"I seem to have the eyes of a six-winged gargoyle there," Hobert said. "But I need to go back and confirm."
"Well, I'll reply to you tonight at the latest."
That was what he had obtained from tomb raiding before. At first, he thought it was the core crystal of the six-winged gargoyle, but when distinguishing the levels in the "Nation of Disorder", it didn't seem to be a main material of Sequence 5.
After hearing "The World's" request, Hobert realized that it might be an auxiliary material of Sequence 5.
At that time, Hobert's level was too low to make a detailed distinction. Now he should be able to complete this distinction, but he had to go to the "Nation of Disorder" before he dared to confirm it.
Even if it was an auxiliary material, it could be sold for seven or eight hundred pounds at this level.
"The World" said in a hoarse voice: "Okay."
Because no one had the "remaining spirituality of an ancient wraith", this transaction was temporarily put on hold, and everyone said they would help "The World" pay attention.
This free trade session was unusually hot. "The Hanged Man" Alger even asked everyone to help inquire about the "Ocean Songster" potion formula.
The "Wind Blessed" potion had begun to be digested, and he planned to take advantage of his current good financial situation to prepare for his promotion to Sequence 5.
Hobert immediately thought of Edwina's pathway. He believed that the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom should have the corresponding potion formula, and they should also be happy to spread these potion formulas.
However, the price must also be very beautiful, so Hobert planned to ask Edwina when he had time before giving Alger a definite reply.
Audrey looked at the Tarot Club like this and felt somewhat gratified. At the beginning, this gathering was only trading potion formulas of Sequence 9 level.
Now, most of the members have become "Mid Sequence", and they have already begun to trade potion formulas of Sequence 5 level.
The free trade session ended here, and everyone entered the information exchange session.
Audrey asked Emlyn curiously: "Mr. Moon, do vampires really imitate human nobles and use baron, earl, etc. to distinguish ranks?"
"It's humans who imitate our vampires!" Emlyn's chin was raised so high that you could almost see his nostrils: "How many years have human nobles existed? Our vampires have had our own history since the Second Epoch!"
"Little Sun" Derrick said a little unconvinced: "There are no similar records in the City of Silver's classics!"
Emlyn said proudly: "The records of the small City of Silver, how can they be compared with the history of our vampires."
After he finished speaking, he thought in his heart: Where is City of Silver? I've never heard of it.
Derrick said a little aggrieved: "Mr. Emperor, please judge for us, which came first, the vampire's title or the human noble's title?"
Hobert pondered for a moment: "Humans should have appeared first."
"Little Sun" looked at Emlyn triumphantly.
Emlyn said coldly: "Mr. Emperor, what is your basis? Could it be that humans already had nobles in the Second Epoch?"
"In that Second Epoch with dragons and giants, humans were indeed like a second-class race." Hobert smiled: "But I don't feel any inferiority as a weak human being.
"Because humans used the time of the Second and Third Epochs to become the masters of this world. There may still be dragons and giants now, but the number should be very, very small.
"Anyway, the elves of the North and South continents are extinct. Mr. 'Hanged Man' can testify to this."
Alger nodded, indicating that he did know about this.
Before Emlyn could speak, Hobert said again: "Of course, my guess is based on the time of the appearance of the first 'Blasphemy Slate'."
Everyone was stunned. How did it get related to the "Blasphemy Slate"?
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