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All eyes were focused on the sea.
First, the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" appeared, along with a fleet of several pirate ships, looking like they were about to raid the port.
But then a giant ship, like a small island, appeared on the sea, charging towards the "Tree of Flesh and Blood".
Alger, on the dock, felt goosebumps all over his body. He had seen the "Black Emperor" from afar and felt that it should be the king of the sea.
In terms of ships alone, Nast could be worthy of the title of "King of the Five Seas".
But what was going on with this giant ship now? Alger even felt that it was a huge city moving on the sea.
And he recognized the flag; it was the family crest of the Trunsoest family.
Alger gradually recovered from the shock: "The Specter Empire!"
The reactions of the surrounding people varied. Some said, "That ship really exists!"
Some said, "I must be dreaming, right?"
Others said, "I probably drank too much last night!"
In short, the giant ship that appeared near the sea seemed to make the whole world feel unreal: How could there be such a big ship? And it can sail so fast?
A few people on the dock who had calmed down saw that the cannons on the port side of the giant ship were pushed out. From a distance, a row of cannons was pushed out from one side of the giant ship, about twenty of them.
Alger was one of the first to calm down. As a Sequence 5, he had excellent eyesight and could see that the cannons on the "Specter Empire" were all white, and he didn't know what metal they were made of.
At this time, the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" had already opened the spirit world, planning to escape quickly.
Buzz—
Just as its bow began to enter the spirit world, almost everyone in sight heard such a sound.
Everyone saw the shells on the "Specter Empire" pouring out, but those shells were very strange, they were white cylinders, like a beam of light being emitted, continuously firing for two or three seconds.
The "Tree of Flesh and Blood" was hit by "three" shells and immediately burst into white flames.
Immediately, screams came from the ship, which could even be heard by the people on the dock.
The pirates could still see from afar the people on the ship struggling and rolling desperately in the white flames, but they couldn't get rid of those white flames.
A gust of cold wind blew past, and everyone on the dock shivered, some from the cold, and some from the sudden sense of fear and screams.
At this time, the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" seemed like a purgatory on earth, and the wails there made the people on the dock couldn't help but take a few steps back, showing fearful expressions, and finally slumped to the ground.
Some felt a heat in their crotch and turned around and ran.
Among them, there were also many villains who killed like hemp, but they rarely encountered such a tragic scene.
Even Alger, who had seen many big scenes, felt a huge fear emerge in his heart.
He recalled this feeling of fear and immediately found the answer: Death, the underworld!
This fear comes from people's unwillingness to die and their desire to escape, from the fear of reaching the end of life.
Looking at the near sea again, some of the shells of the "Specter Empire" hit the sea, and a large area of white flames immediately ignited on the sea. That sea suddenly seemed to freeze, as if the sea also had its end of life.
The fleet composed of the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" also stood still on the sea. They were surrounded by cold white flames, forming a huge bonfire.
Many crew members wanted to jump into the sea, hoping to swim away underwater.
However, the white flames on their bodies could not be extinguished even in the sea. At sea, they continued to wail and struggle, and finally died in the constant burning.
But the flames still did not go out. It burned away the skin of the corpses, burned away the bones and internal organs of the corpses, and finally burned them to only some residue and Beyonder characteristics.
The "Tree of Flesh and Blood" was also burned down, and the spirit world it had opened before was also closed again.
At this time, there was no more wailing on this ship, as if there was no more life.
However, this ship was a huge life, so it kept burning.
At this time, the "Specter Empire", which had completed its turn, fired a few more shots and then lowered a small boat from the deck.
Some illusory figures appeared in the sea. They were water ghosts, holding Beyonder characteristics, flattering one by one, and Magnifying the Beyonder characteristics that had just sunk to the bottom of the sea on that small boat.
When the boat was pulled up, at least twenty or thirty Beyonder characteristics were recovered, as well as several sealed items.
Thick fog appeared around it again, and soon the entire ship was wrapped in mist and completely disappeared from people's sight.
The fire on the sea continued to burn for more than ten minutes until the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" was also burned to ashes before it finally went out.
Now this result was not expected by those demigods of the "Rose School of Thought" hiding in the spirit world, preparing to attack Tortuga Port.
This attack on the "Rose School of Thought" had been brewing for a long time, just to launch a surprise attack when Tortuga Port had become complacent after its opening.
In order to prevent the battle from overflowing, they planned to end this surprise attack within three minutes. The fleet would attack all ships that could attack the port, while the demigods would try to destroy the buildings of Tortuga Port.
After all, if a group of pirates die, another group will come, but the loss of buildings and ships is the real loss of the "Creator" forces and the pirates.
Originally a good surprise attack, it turned into a performance of the "Specter Empire".
The development of the situation left the demigods of the "Rose School of Thought" stunned in the spirit world for several seconds before they seemed to come back to their senses and immediately withdrew.
What they didn't expect the most was that the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" was burned down like this. You must know that Hobert had dismantled this ship to only a frame before, and it had been restored to its original state after several months of "feeding".
But this time, it was directly burned into wood ash floating on the sea, without any spirituality, and there was no possibility of recovery.
As a flagship of the "Pirate Admiral" level, it was destroyed like this.
This is another "ebb and flow". The "Rose School of Thought" temporarily lost its naval power to rely on, and the sea control of Longtail Island became unbreakable.
For the pirates, it was a surprise attack of the "Pirate Admiral" level, but the result was that they had no power to fight back. If ordinary pirates wanted to attack again, it would be purely courting death!
On the dock, as the official Beyonder shouted a few times with a loudspeaker: "The marine warning is lifted!"
They resumed normal patrols.
But the pirates on the dock only came back to their senses after half a minute.
One of the intelligence peddlers tried to maintain a calm demeanor: "Haha, this is the naval defense force of Tortuga Port! I have exclusive news about the 'Specter Empire' here. Those who want to trade, come with me."
Alger glanced at the other party's crotch, which was still dripping "water", and smiled slightly.
Speaking of which, he knew some real exclusive news about the "Specter Empire". The first time he saw this ship was when he and the "Emperor" went to explore the island hidden deep in the "Berserk Sea".
About three months ago, at a Tarot meeting, the "Emperor" also asked him and the "Admiral of Stars" to inquire about the whereabouts of the "Specter Empire".
Now it seems that the "Emperor", or his colleagues, have found the "Specter Empire", and the "Specter Empire" is obviously under the control of the "Creator" forces.
This made Alger sigh: This organization has become stronger.
He strolled to the food street. The food here was indeed good.
But Alger didn't eat a few bites, because the scene in front of him made him feel very horrified, even more horrified than facing the "Specter Empire" just now, or seeing those white flames, and hearing the wailing of the "Tree of Flesh and Blood" crew!
In this city full of pirates, he saw order!
As a pirate, a member of the Storm Church, he knew that all order other than fists was a joke in front of pirates.
And the "order" brought by fists is a cold order, and it is difficult to form the bustling environment in front of you!
Everything in front of Alger was telling Alger that the pirates themselves were willing to abide by the order here!
...
Backlund, MI9.
Hobert, who rarely came to work today, heard an "amazing" news before he arrived at his office: Director Qonas is missing!
Hobert thought to himself: That's right, it's about time.
Then, the war will happen in about 10 days!
So Hobert went to his office to clock in after work and immediately started the "fishing mode".
First, he went to the Southern Continent and looked at the two construction sites that had already started, and then went to "Earl's Light" to get the third batch of 150,000 pounds of investment and asked Todd to reserve the equipment needed for the factory.
In the afternoon, Hobert went to see the factories producing building materials in South Colson and Longtail Island. Now the production capacity of the two places is too small to keep up with the consumption in various places.
So Hobert asked Todd to order a large number of building materials in Backlund to prepare for emergencies.
Although the situation in the first two months of the war was still optimistic for Loen, when the Feysac Empire occupied a large industrial area on the south coast of Midseashire, Loen's industrial production capacity would be completely "cut in half"!
At that time, the factory will definitely implement military control, and it will be difficult to order goods.
And by next year, as more and more countries join the war, most of Backlund's factories will have to stop production.
By that time, Hobert's demand for industrial products in the Southern Continent will no longer depend on the Northern Continent!
After completing further arrangements, Hobert went to check the preparation of the telephone again. He planned to sell the telephone on the eve of the war.
But this time, there was almost no build-up; they simply sent people to promote it to some nobles and government departments.
Currently installed trial machines have not been taken seriously by everyone.
But with the bombing by the Feysac people, the purpose of the telephone will be revealed. At that time, there is no need to do much advertising. People without a sense of security will take the initiative to learn about telephones and install them in order to obtain information about their families as quickly as possible.
In order to complete the communication between various departments faster and more conveniently, the government, and the military, in order to obtain information from all parties more quickly, will gradually pay attention to the role of the telephone.
These deployments cannot be done in a day or two. Hobert intends to spend the next few days looking around the territory, thinking, talking to governments at all levels, and seeing if there is anything he has not thought of.
It was after 5 p.m. when Hobert returned to the Earl's Mansion. He had arranged to go to appreciate the symphony with Princess Alice tonight.
Because he came back a little late today, Hobert asked the carriage to go first. After he put on his formal attire, he caught up with the carriage and came to the residence of Countess Georgina.
But he was still late. When Hobert arrived, the three members of the royal family had already arrived. Usually, out of courtesy, Hobert would arrive earlier than them.
After dinner, everyone came to the previous private room to enjoy the symphony.
Unsurprisingly, Alice came to Hobert's room again before the performance began.
"Congratulations," Alice said with a smile, "It is said that the Gas Association is already at risk of disbanding."
"With the withdrawal of Duke Negan and others, the gas industry is now in a dismal state."
"Oh? Is that so?" Hobert said with a smile, "Tell me more about it."
Although "Earl's Light" also pays attention to the trends of the gas industry, it does not know that Duke Negan and other nobles have already begun large-scale withdrawals.
But thinking about it, once such news spreads, the stocks of these gas companies will definitely fall to the limit!
Alice knew that Hobert definitely needed this information, so she inquired carefully before coming.
After hearing the news, Hobert realized that the best time to buy the dip would be in a week at most!
At that time, gas companies will generally lack financial support, and for risk investors, the shares of gas companies can still fall further, and they will wait and see.
But Hobert, who has new ideas for the gas industry, believes that it is the best time to take action! Almost no one will compete with him.
After discussing this topic, the symphony began.
The light in the private room gradually dimmed, but Hobert slightly "magnified" the brightness, took out a ring box, and handed it to Alice: "Just treat it as a reward for your information."
Alice was slightly stunned, opened it, and saw something like charcoal inside.
She looked at Hobert with some doubts.
Hobert smiled slightly: "This charcoal comes from a 'witch'. As far as I know, she is the leader of the Demoness Sect of the Loen Kingdom, and she is also responsible for cooperating with the royal family."
Alice immediately understood: "Is she the one who arranged for Trissy to approach Edessak?"
Hobert said: "It should be. What is certain is that she also played a significant role in the Backlund smog incident, but she has been hiding behind the scenes."
Alice happily hugged Hobert: "Thank you, Hobert, this is the happiest gift I have ever received."
The two of them knew each other well. Their intimate behavior was limited to this private room. Outside of here, one was an earl and the other was a princess, but in this private room, they could both be more casual.
This made Hobert suddenly think of Upton's return from Trier a few days ago, describing some of what he saw and heard in the Intis Republic.
The nobles of Intis play even more wildly. They don't need to be like the Loen Kingdom, sneaking around under the guise of appreciating symphonies. Moreover, people go "all in" right away, unlike Hobert and Alice who just get intimate.
This thought flashed through Hobert's mind. He smiled and said: "Originally, I wanted to use it as a reward to ask you to inquire about another matter."
Alice put away the ring box: "What's the matter, just tell me!"
After all, she still owed Hobert a favor for assassinating James.
Hobert said sternly: "I want to know the location of the main force of the Loen Kingdom's military."
Alice was stunned: "Are you also interested in military affairs?"
Although she owed a favor, she also knew the importance of military secrets to a country.
"I just think I can do a business with the military," Hobert explained, "But the premise is that the military has also deployed a large amount of force in the Western War Front."
"I'll help you investigate this matter," Alice immediately said with a smile, "I'll give you an answer by Monday at the latest."
In her opinion, Hobert didn't need to lie to herself on such a matter. After all, this was a demigod, and he had the means to help him complete the relevant investigation without her knowing it.
Since Hobert had stated that it was a business, it should be profitable.
For Alice, it was okay to reveal some relevant information. At that time, she could also get a share of the pie, and it was not too difficult for her to inquire about such news.
But if Hobert were to investigate, it would be easy to arouse suspicion.
Even if he asked Emilius, this shareholder representative of "Earl's Light" would not tell Hobert.
After talking about business, Alice said with a smile: "Okay, dim the lights, let's seriously appreciate the 'symphony'."
"No problem."
… …
On Sunday morning, Backlund was windy. This was an early autumn wind, which dispersed a lot of the thick fog, and the people of Backlund rarely bathed in the sun.
Around nine o'clock, Alice sent someone to deliver the military deployment situation to Hobert, but the information was very rough, with no specific military numbers, only a general estimate of the military's stationing situation.
Hobert spread out the map in the study and compared it. Currently, the military deployment of the Loen Kingdom is mainly in four directions: the east, the southern coast of Midseashire, the vast west, and the suburbs of Backlund.
Among them, nearly 30% of the military force is deployed on the southern coast of Midseashire. It seems that the Loen Kingdom has also received intelligence that the Feysac Empire may cross Midseashire and launch a surprise attack.
But in Hobert's opinion, this is far from enough. Although there is the natural barrier of Midseashire, it is still unknown how much effect this natural barrier can play with the participation of a large number of Beyonder.
He remembered that the battle here was once very fierce, and a large number of casualties should be produced soon.
Loen's main force, about 45% of the military force, is deployed in the west. After all, there is the traditional enemy Feynapotter there, and the relationship with the Intis Republic is rapidly deteriorating. This is also the direction that the Loen Kingdom is focusing on guarding against.
Hobert smiled and said: "This deal can be done."
He immediately asked Dophis to prepare three invitations, inviting Alice, Georgina, and Emilius to the Earl's Mansion for afternoon tea next Tuesday afternoon.
And he noted on the invitation: There is a very confidential matter to discuss with them.
After Dophis left the study, Hobert simply burned the document and pondered the matter of doing business with the military.
Soon Dophis came back again: "Archbishop Horamick Haydn has suddenly arrived."
This archbishop is the chief person in charge of the Church of Steam and Machinery in Backlund.
Generally speaking, mutual visits among the upper class in Backlund require sending someone in advance to inform and determine the time, etc. It is rare for a sudden visit to occur.
Hobert smiled and said: "Please ask the Archbishop to wait in the reception room for a while."
Since the last conversation with Old Man Winston, Hobert had people start building a small generator on Longtail Island and demarcated many newly built factory buildings as future laboratories.
Today, the Steam Church finally sent someone.
Hobert put on a more formal dress and came to the reception room to meet Haydn, the old man in a priest's robe and soft cap.
As Hobert guessed, the Steam Church agreed to most of the conditions Hobert had previously offered regarding the commercial benefits created by the research results and the confidentiality issues.
The only area where they disagreed was that the Steam Church hoped to have enough initiative in where the newly developed technology would be used and who would use it.
Haydn said very sincerely: "Many of our believers are tycoons in the machinery and technology industries. If they want to use some new technology, and we still have to ask for your opinion, this will greatly damage the prestige and status of the church."
Hobert nodded pretentiously: "This is indeed a problem."
He seemed a little embarrassed: "Then let's do this, you can decide who to give the technology to, but we will set the price for the patent fees for these new technologies, and 80% of them will belong to us."
Haydn breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. For a church, it basically doesn't care too much about things like money. In his opinion, Hobert cares more about commercial benefits, while they care more about mastering the latest technology. This kind of cooperation is more reliable.
After the two quickly reached an agreement, Hobert immediately invited Haydn to visit the power plant in the suburbs and the research and development center on Longtail Island.
Haydn was very satisfied with Hobert's preparations. After reporting the results of the negotiations to the church's angels in a prayerful manner, he signed a series of agreements with "Earl's Light" that night.
This also indicates that the cooperation between the "Creator" forces and the Steam Church has officially begun. Upton, who is building a factory in the Intis Republic, will definitely receive more help.
With the protection of the Steam Church, the power plant will not have to worry about leakage or safety issues.
… …
In the early morning, Backlund was shrouded in thick fog, as usual.
Hobert rode in a carriage to Backlund University, with Elizabeth also in the carriage, on her way to school.
The business school she was attending had undergone a major adjustment in the first half of the year, so the new students' registration date was postponed by half a month.
Elizabeth chose to study finance, which is a very popular major right now, and she was very much looking forward to her upcoming university life.
Also present were Melissa and Tyron, who came to see Elizabeth off, and the three young people of similar age chatted non-stop.
Hobert looked at his younger brother Tyron with some suspicion. It was understandable that Melissa came to see Elizabeth off, but why would Tyron come?
But he didn't have time to continue thinking about this question, because with the business school opening, many dignitaries came to send their children, and Hobert naturally had to exchange pleasantries with them.
With Hobert's current title and commercial status, even the dean of the business school came to greet him personally.
While Hobert was exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Dophis took Elizabeth and the others to complete the enrollment procedures. By about ten o'clock, all the procedures were completed, and they could come to class tomorrow.
Elizabeth had already met several classmates, and they agreed to stroll around the campus together. Melissa and Tyron also wanted to stay and stroll around with them.
So Hobert rode back alone in the carriage, but he only let the carriage go back first, while he himself hid opposite the entrance of the business school.
About an hour later, he saw Melissa and Tyron come out together.
Tyron, who was usually more introverted, was not at all shy at this time, chatting with Melissa about some popular topics with both words and gestures.
Hobert noticed that there were occasional intimate interactions between them, such as slightly holding hands, looking at each other with sincere affection, and so on.
He smiled slightly: This matter is confirmed! These two "little friends" are really in love.
Watching them leave, Hobert wondered if he should tell Klein about this news?
He smiled: Why do I have a feeling of parents meeting each other?
After hesitating for a moment, Hobert decided to wait and see. Maybe they just had mutual affection, and it was normal to be in love at this age, and it hadn't reached the point of "notifying the parents" yet.
At noon, Hobert had lunch with Audrey and inquired about how much money was currently in the account.
Audrey was somewhat surprised after learning that Hobert wanted to acquire more gas companies: "Last night, my father and brother were still talking about the gas company.
"They believe that at the latest by the beginning of next year, electric lights will cover the entire Backlund, and gas companies will close down one after another.
"Is there still a need to invest in such companies?"
Hobert thought to himself: That's because Earl Hall and Hibbert don't know about the other uses of gas.
This is the benefit of the so-called "God's perspective." Some things that everyone doesn't even think of now are common sense to Hobert.
Of course, Hobert is also very clear about people's potential, so he decided to acquire gas companies now, instead of waiting until they are completely desperate.
Perhaps, under the pressure of reality, they will find new uses for gas themselves. In Hobert's impression, there have been too many such twists and turns, so there is no need to take this risk.
Hobert whispered to Audrey: "I'll tell you a secret, you can't reveal it to even your own family!"
Audrey also became serious: "I won't tell anyone."
"Okay." Hobert said: "My research team has discovered new uses for gas, and a series of new research is already underway. When the research results come out, gas will still have a huge market."
Audrey looked surprised and moved closer to Hobert: "What new uses?"
"Industrial combustion and domestic cooking." Hobert said simply.
Currently, steam engines basically burn coal. It's not that no one has thought of using cleaner gas, but the problem of pressure still plagues them.
The current pressurization equipment is also a steam engine, which provides limited pressure, enough to light a lamp, but it is not realistic to use it to power a steam engine.
But things will be different with electric motors. The pressurization speed will be faster, and the pressure will be greater. From the pressurization end to the usage end, the output of gas can be completely used to burn boilers.
Audrey nodded as if she understood, and was very happy that Hobert would tell her this secret.
After lunch, Hobert discussed the assassination operation for the evening with Audrey, and then talked with Todd.
Hobert plans to establish the "Earl's Light" Group to separate the gas business, as well as the future telephone and motor businesses, and establish new companies for each.
He didn't return to the Earl's mansion until after two o'clock in the afternoon to attend this week's Tarot Gathering.
At three o'clock sharp, his vision was covered by gray fog, and he instantly arrived at the Giant's Hall above the gray fog.
"Good afternoon! Mr. Fool—" "Justice" Audrey's greeting sounded, and this Tarot Gathering officially began.
All members, including "Hermit" Cattleya, did not offer diaries as sacrifices, so they jumped to the free trade section.
"Star" Leonard said first: "Respected Mr. Fool, I would like to communicate with Mr. Emperor separately."
"Fool" Klein nodded and established a separate communication space for them.
"Emperor" Hobert smiled and said: "That angel has made a choice, right?"
Leonard nodded and said: "That's right, He chose the first way to restore to His peak state, but there is a condition, He needs a demigod-level talisman of the 'Lawyer' pathway!"
Hobert thought almost without thinking: "No problem!"
Although he doesn't have many angel-level spiritual materials in his hand, he has accumulated a lot of demigod-level materials. It is still very simple to pray to himself to make a demigod-level talisman.
Hobert added: "I want to remind you again that although the time to restore to the peak state is as high as 15 minutes, there are geographical limitations, probably only a few tens of kilometers.
"And the use of this method is very obvious, it is not recommended to use it in Backlund."
"I know." Hobert had briefly mentioned this when they discussed the deal last time. Leonard was more concerned about: "What are your conditions?"
Hobert said: "Provide an angel-level assistance. If fighting is required, I will provide another item to restore to the peak state."
This time Leonard obtained Pallez's "authorization." If the other party's reward is within an acceptable range, he can make a deal.
At this time, in Leonard's view, the "Emperor's" asking price was very fair, so he immediately agreed: "Okay, I hope to complete the transaction as soon as possible."
"Tomorrow morning." Hobert said: "You have to give me time to make the talisman."
As soon as this transaction ended, Cattleya suddenly said: "I would like to communicate with Mr. Emperor separately."
Hobert was stunned, thinking that it was "Queen Mystic" Bernadette who had something to ask him.
Unexpectedly, Cattleya said as soon as she opened her mouth: "I want to get the blueprint of the 'Teleportation Array'."
Klein behind the gray fog thought he had heard wrong: Teleportation Array? What Teleportation Array?
Hobert smiled and said: "It seems you have been to Tortuga Port?"
"Yes, it is already very prosperous there, and it is a different kind of prosperity from Bayam." Cattleya recalled a small incident she encountered at the dock.
A pirate beat an indigenous porter, and as a result, the peace officer took the pirate to the court, not only compensating the indigenous worker 5 pounds for medical expenses, but the pirate was also escorted to the mountainous area for three months of forced labor.
This is impossible in any colony, or to put it more directly, no port cares about the life and death of an indigenous person.
Hobert pondered for a moment: "Are you representing 'Queen Mystic' to trade with me, or the Moses Ascetic Order?"
Cattleya replied: "The Moses Ascetic Order."
"In that case, I can't make the decision myself." Hobert's target customer is actually Bernadette. A price of around 150,000 pounds for the Queen Mystic is appropriate, but trading with other secret organizations is not very suitable.
Especially for organizations like the Moses Ascetic Order, once the blueprint is sold to them, it means that there will be two organizations in this world that have mastered the teleportation array, which is not the result Hobert wants to see.
Cattleya nodded, and then she asked: "Where does the blueprint of the Teleportation Array come from? Does this answer need to be traded?"
"No need." Hobert said: "It comes from a ruin that once believed in Mr. 'Door', but now that ruin has been destroyed."
Of course, for Cattleya, the question is how to get to that ruin.
Cattleya nodded: "I see."
After the separate communication ended, the hall was quiet for a second or two. Just as Hobert was about to speak, "Moon" Emlyn said first: "I have a question I would like to ask Mr. Emperor."
Hobert was slightly stunned before saying: "Speak."
Emlyn asked: "What is the current state of the 'Chained God'?"
In fact, the high-level Sanguine hoped that he could get relevant information from "Fool" or "Creator", because in the future, the Sanguine will also form a certain alliance with the "Temperance Faction", and they hope to learn more about the information about this pathway.
Emlyn first thought of asking the learned "Emperor". If the "Emperor" did not know the answer to the question, he planned to ask Mr. Fool.
Hobert replied casually: "He seems to be controlled."
Emlyn was slightly stunned: "Controlled? Controlled by whom?"
Everyone was also attracted by this topic. If they remembered correctly, the "Chained God" seemed to be a god at the level of an King of Angels. Who can control an existence at this level?
Seeing Emlyn's persistence, Hobert finally said, "This question requires a transaction. I'll explain it to you from beginning to end."
He paused for a moment before continuing, "The answer should be worth more than its value to you, because this question involves two Outer Gods, as well as your Ancestor!"
Emlyn was slightly stunned. It even involved the Ancestor!
He immediately said, "No problem. Is the reward still three Sequence 5-level tasks?"
"Not this time," Hobert said with a smile. "I want the Sanguine's high-level members to provide information about the Beauty Goddess, Auernia, including where She fell, some of Her deeds, and so on.
"The focus is on what research She conducted after becoming the Queen.
"The price will be estimated based on the detail of the information provided. If the Sanguine is unwilling to provide relevant information, then it will be three demigod-level tasks!
"If they are only willing to provide a portion, or not very important information, then an additional two demigod-level tasks will be required!"
While reading the relevant records in Saint Millon, Hobert discovered a problem: in the family's related records, there weren't many records about Queen Auernia.
They didn't even know where She fell or where Her Beyonder characteristics were.
And the curse on Hobert was closely related to this Queen, so Hobert wanted to understand the information about Her to see if he could get any unexpected effects?
Emlyn nodded. "After the gathering ends, I will immediately report this matter."
Then he asked, "Can you tell me why you need this information?"
"One of our organization's members, from the Trunsoest family, discovered that the family's relevant records don't have any records about Her Majesty the Queen," Hobert casually made up a reason.
"He believes that the Sanguine, with its long history, must have very detailed records, so he wants to trade such information with the Sanguine to complete their family's history."
Fors, the "Magician" sitting across from Hobert, thought to herself, "That Trunsoest family member wouldn't be you, would it?"
But then she thought, "Why would Hobert need the records of the Specter Empire's Queen?"
Hobert's words obviously hit Emlyn's fancy, and he habitually raised his chin: "Then he has found the right person. Our Sanguine has a rich heritage and detailed historical records, and we will definitely be able to find the answers he needs."
Klein, at the head of the table, thought to himself: "If Hobert sells Emlyn out one day, this guy might still happily help count the money."
More or less, a little smile appeared on everyone's faces. They weren't mocking Mr. Moon, after all, who doesn't have a weakness?
Everyone just felt that Mr. Emperor had a very precise grasp of Mr. Moon's weakness.
At this time, Hobert asked Emlyn again: "Do you want to listen yourself, or do you want everyone to listen together?"
Emlyn retracted his chin and immediately said, "Listen together."
In fact, he mainly hoped that "Hanged Man", "Hermit", and "World" would listen together. The angles of these three people's questions were very special, and they could always dig up more information.
Hobert said to the other members: "The main reward for this transaction will be paid by Mr. Moon. If you want to join the transaction, you also need to pay a certain price.
"But this price is not high and can be settled together with the next transaction."
Everyone said that they had no objections. Audrey even thanked Mr. Moon for being willing to share the answer with them.
Emlyn was polite while unconsciously raising his chin again.
After agreeing on the reward, Hobert continued: "Regarding Mr. Moon's question, we have to start from the Second Epoch. The source of information is still 'Devil Monarch' Farbauti.
"This information is relatively reliable. After all, Farbauti and 'God of Bound' are adjacent pathways. Relatively speaking, He has a more detailed understanding of 'God of Bound'."
This time, what Hobert said was the truth. The source of information for this question was indeed Farbauti, unlike before when he was using Him as a cover.
"We just traded information about the Second Epoch before," Hobert said. "At the end of the Age of Dawn, a far-reaching war of the Gods took place.
"'Sanguine Ancestor' Lilith, 'Mutant King' Kvastir, and 'Annihilation Demonic Wolf' Flegrea all perished together.
"We have already talked about some of the unreasonable aspects of this battle before. Today, let's talk about another unreasonable aspect: Why didn't the other Ancient Gods rush to support after the battle took place?
"It's possible that the other Ancient Gods didn't make it in time, but it's a bit strange that 'Phoenix Ancestor' didn't show up either. After all, She has the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Apprentice' pathway and should have been able to reach the battlefield quickly, right?
"I thought about this question a long time ago, but I couldn't find the answer until I learned through communication with Farbauti.
"It turns out that at least two of the three Ancient Gods who perished together were affected by the Outer Gods!
"The Ancient Gods may have also hoped to cut off the Outer Gods' influence on the real world in this way, so they let this battle become completely out of control."
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