Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 437 Happy New Year!

Fenepot Kingdom, Jeffrey Town.

Old Borg was the guard on the construction site. Before that, he was the "gong beater", responsible for patrolling the lake, and immediately sounded the gong to warn of monsters.

Fortunately, there is no need for anyone to do that dangerous job anymore.

Looking at the construction site illuminated by the lights, Old Borg couldn't help sighing.

Everyone knows that this lord is very wise, but he just can't make a fuss. At noon, old Borg listened to the knight lord...

Said to be Lord Knight, but before this Lord came, Conrad was a recognized idiot.

When working in the fields, he is always slow, looks a bit dull, and worries about paying taxes every month, but he can read and write.

In the blink of an eye, he is now the Master Knight!
This made the villains who always liked to bully Conrad before dare not go out, but they were still caught by Conrad on the construction site a few days ago, and it is said that they did the most tiring and hard work.

The old Borg walked forward unhurriedly, and the knight master said today that he would distribute the land of those bullies to everyone.

No one believed it, even if it was divided, they didn't dare to ask for it.

Most of the bullies had been around during Viscount Wright's reign, and old Borg still remembered that there were bullies in small towns and villages when he was a child, and after the death of these bullies, there were their sons, and there was another batch of bullies.

Now the land is divided, but who knows how they can get it back in the future?

The front is the part of digging out the foundation. Old Borg sighed again. How long will it take to dig so many foundations?
There are ditches dug everywhere in such a good land, but it is said that the building materials will take a while to come. What a nonsense!

Sir Sir has so much money, why not distribute some to everyone in the territory so that everyone can have a good year.

Just thinking of this, the old Borg saw a faint fire not far ahead: "These troublemakers!"

Children often come to the construction site to play at night, and of course, thieves also frequent here, so there is almost nothing valuable on the construction site at night.

bang~
The sound of something heavy falling to the ground startled old Borg.

It's a pity that the night is not very good today, and the lamp in the old Borg's hand can't see what's going on in front of him.

The old Borg only felt that there seemed to be something terrible in the mid-air in front of him. This feeling reminded him of his previous experience as a "gong knocker". He had a similar feeling when he was stared at by monsters like ghosts. .

bang~
It was the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground again!
Old Borg swallowed, and retreated behind a mound of dirt.

He had been working as a "gong knocker" for seven years before him, and the "gong knockers" before him died in the mouth of monsters after working for at least three years.

It doesn't mean how powerful he is, but he knows not to be brave, hide when he should hide, run when he should, nothing is as important as his own life.

There were more than a dozen bangs in total, and finally it quieted down.

The old Borg came out from behind the mound, and stared blankly at the one in front of him for a while.

There seems to be an extra hill over there!
He approached boldly and saw a lot of cement and steel bars, as well as some scaffolding and other tools.

After a long while, the old Borg finally came to his senses, and ran to the small town: it was terrible!Steel bars and cement were dropped from the sky just now!Fortunately, I didn't go any further, otherwise I would definitely be crushed to death by these things!
What happened just now is completely beyond his cognition, he can only think that those building materials are from the sky.

Before arriving in the town, I saw many people rushing here with lights, and the leader was Roy!
The old Borg hurried forward to report. Roy was still relatively calm. While listening to the old Borg's report, he came to the hill-like building materials.

Roy also remained silent for a long time when he saw the building materials in the pile.

His lord suddenly came to tell him just now that a batch of building materials had just been unloaded from the cargo ship and asked him to find someone to watch over it and tidy it up tomorrow.

What cargo ship can carry so much stuff?

Also, why was it unloaded directly on the construction site?It's so far away from the pier!Are the current porters so dedicated?
But after being silent for a long while, Roy still said to everyone: "This is the construction material that has just been unloaded from the pier, you guys stay and watch over it!"

Just as the old Borg was about to say something, Roy glanced at him: "Don't forget, the Sir is the 'God' of the Mother Goddess'!"

In fact, he doesn't know what's going on, but if he doesn't know, it's right to speculate on God.

Old Borg lowered his head in horror: So it was a miracle just now!

……

Early the next morning, Hobert yawned and walked out into the yard with his shoulders squeezed.

He was really tired yesterday, but he felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw the pile of building materials down the mountain.

But soon Hobert realized that this was only a quarter of the first batch of building materials. He sighed, thinking how about asking "The Fool" to help carry it?
Hobert smiled and shook his head, guessing that "The Fool" helped move the building materials, so he was simply disqualified from participating in the Tarot Society.

Today is the New Year, and Philip was instructing the servants to clean the courtyard early in the morning.

In fact, there is nothing to clean. In order to welcome Mon Lisa and his party, it was just cleaned two days ago.

This is the first New Year in this world!

As soon as he said something with emotion, Hobert's spirituality felt something, he looked towards his study, opened the "Order Crystal" sealed outside the scepter, and put on a fighting posture.

"Sorry, I came uninvited." A man's voice came from the study: "But don't worry, I have no malicious intentions."

Hobert opened the door of the study, and saw a man in his thirties with a clean shaven beard and meticulously combed hair in the study.

Freya had already come to the study room and began to practice vocabulary. Although this gentleman who appeared suddenly startled her, she didn't panic because her teacher had appeared so suddenly before.

She was just a little curious: Is it because the teacher and his friends like to suddenly appear and then disappear?
Hobert probably guessed that the other party should be a member of the "Society Society", but he still asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Jonathan, the vice president of the 'Society of Gnosis' in South Colson."

Sure enough, Hobert put away the scepter: "Please sit down. Hehe, I don't think I need to introduce myself."

Then he asked Freya to ask Allen to serve tea.

The two sat down around the desk, and Jonathan looked around the study: "I heard Monica talk about the 'Fire Dragon' you invented, and I have to say that you are a creative young man."

Hobert smiled: "It's not something I created, it's just that I brought it here."

After Freya and Allen brought tea, Jonathan took a sip of tea politely: "We had an overnight meeting about your proposal yesterday.

"Final decision, I can try to cooperate with you on a deeper level."

He spread his hands: "I have to say that you have provided us with a brand new way of thinking. Many people are surprised by this proposal. As Monica said, you are a born politician."

According to Monica and Helen's description, Jonathan really wanted to meet this young man, and he had to personally discuss with Hobert about the final cooperation.

So Jonathan came directly to Hobert's study.

Although this is a bit unruly, the "mystic" can go wherever he wants.

Hobert smiled and said: "It should be said that you have made the right choice.

"But I have two conditions. First, there must be no extremists among the official Beyonders!"

Jonathan nodded: "That's for sure."

"Secondly, the 'Society Society' should provide a team structure. The captain can report their actions and missions to the 'Gnosis Society', as well as the information they get during missions, but they must obey my command!"

Jonathan didn't agree immediately, but asked, "Is this the only team?"

"No, there is another team, and the captain of that team is a Sequence 6." Hobert used his 'painting cake'.

Jonathan asked again: "How many players does the opponent have?"

"About seven or eight."

"How should the sealed items or loot captured during the mission be distributed?"

Hobert said: "Which team gets it, it belongs to that team, but if it is obtained jointly, I have the right to distribute it!"

Jonathan pondered for a moment: "Yes."

He paused and said again: "I will let Helen be stationed in Jeffrey Town as the captain sent by the 'Society Society'. After returning, I will equip her with two Sequence 7s, four Sequence 8s, and three Sequence 9 players."

Hobert stretched out his hand and smiled, "It's a pleasant cooperation."

The two shook hands, and Hobert suddenly thought: "Oh, by the way, I have a few copies of the Extraordinary characteristics of the 'apprentice' path that I want to sell. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Of course I'm interested." Jonathan smiled and said, "How many copies are there? What is the sequence?"

"6 copies of 'Apprentice', 4 copies of 'Master of Magic', 3 copies of 'Astrologer', and 1 copy of 'Recorder'."

These Extraordinary characteristics all come from the Tamara family. In order to avoid attracting attention, Hobert has never sold these Extraordinary characteristics.

Jonathan: How the fuck do you call this?
He asked: "So many Extraordinary characteristics, where did you get them?"

Didn't it come from members of the "Society Society" in other regions?
Hobert smiled and said: "Some ancient families also have the inheritance of the 'apprentice' path."

He deliberately did not explain clearly, it may be the Abraham family, or it may be another family.

Moreover, Jonathan has not heard recently that members of the "Society Society" have suffered large-scale casualties.

Even if such a situation occurs, Jonathan will certainly not let go of the opportunity to take back the Extraordinary characteristics: "How much do you plan to sell?"

"As an ally, the 'Apprentice' and 'Master of Magic' will give you a base price of 360 gold lisuo and 720 gold lisuo." Hobert said with a smile:
"However, there must be a premium for 'Astrologer' and 'Recorder'. After all, it took a lot of effort to obtain them. They are 2000 gold lisos and 5000 gold lisos respectively."

This price is slightly higher than the price given to the Extraordinary characteristics of the Balk family. Believers and allies are still somewhat different after all.

Jonathan thought the price was reasonable: "Yes."

"Then the total value of 6 'apprentice' extraordinary characteristics is 2160 gold lisols, and the total value of 4 'magic master' extraordinary characteristics is 2880 gold lisols." Hobert took out a pen and paper as he said. list:

"Three 'Astrologer' Extraordinary Features are worth 3 gold lisos in total, and one 'recorder' is 6000 gold lisos.

"Let me do the math, the total is 16040 gold lisuo, I will give you a zero of 16000."

"Okay." Jonathan smiled and said, "I'll ask Monica to bring the money to trade with you in the afternoon."

After sending Jonathan away, Hobert continued to teach Freya the words. Freya practiced very hard, so today he taught twenty words.

After that, Hobert enjoyed the festive atmosphere, everyone around had a smile on their faces, and everyone was full of hope for the next year.

In the afternoon, Monica came to complete the transaction, and the money and goods were fine. The two said "Happy New Year!" to each other and went back to celebrate the New Year.

Hobert is finally at ease. At present, he already has 58000 gold lisuo, of which 16000 are from the trade just now, 24000 are from the trade with the Balk family, and 16000 are from the sale of the ancient blue dragon beast. Finally, 2000 King Riso was Hobart's "old man".

In addition, Hobert had nearly 4600 gold pounds and gold worth 5000 gold pounds.

There is no need to worry about the payment for the second batch of building materials for the time being. After the transaction with the Tudor family is completed, it is estimated that the third batch of payment will be available.

Hobert intends to ask who can contact the members of the "Rose School of thought" Temperance School in the Tarot Club. If he asks Klein directly, it seems too targeted.

If the Temperance Faction digests another batch of Beyonder materials from the "Prisoner" pathway, or sells them two copies of the Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 4, the problem of estimating the payment for building materials will basically be solved.

He only needs to worry about the cost of decoration.

Hobert smiled and said: I am richer than I thought before!
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 physically and mentally. Everyone sings and dances together, celebrating this special day.

Looking down from the lord's mansion, the town is brightly lit and full of laughter.

Hobert was also moved by the atmosphere created by everyone, and said to Fors who was on the side: "Let's join them too!"

Fors has long wanted to go. Although she usually doesn't like singing and dancing, she really wants to see the New Year's customs that are different from Ruen's.Hearing Hobert's invitation, he immediately agreed.

Seeing the backs of Hobert and Fors leaving, Donna snorted: "Hobert has changed, he doesn't even take me to play with him."

Mon Lisa smiled: "He's about to start a family, of course it's different from before."

"Don't take me, I'll go by myself." Donna said, "Freya, let's go together."

Before Freya could say anything, she was dragged out by Donna.

When the two of them came to the town, Hobert and Fors were already dancing in front of the bonfire.

The dance steps at the dance that the two had learned before were incompatible with the surrounding environment, so they simply imitated the cheerful and simple dance steps of the people around them.

The benefits of the Extraordinary are manifested at this time, and they can be learned almost immediately, and quickly integrated into the cheerful environment around them.

The joining of the lord and the lord's wife brought the bonfire dance to a climax, and the residents of the town surrounded Hobert and Forsi, dancing and laughing.

The days when they were exploited by bandits and knights seemed to have been almost forgotten, and the mobilization of the entire territory by the Sir, as well as the hesitation and anxiety caused by the sudden promulgation of new policies, were also forgotten.

Everyone is enjoying the joy of this moment without hesitation.

It wasn't until the bonfire was gradually extinguished that everyone felt tired, and they returned home reluctantly, and then smashed things!
In this small town that is almost isolated from the outside world, the custom of breaking everything that can be broken during the New Year is still popular.

They think that in this way, they can throw away all the troubles of last year and welcome the new year without any burden.

In big cities such as Feneporte City, this custom has disappeared, but a new custom has been formed. On New Year’s Day, young people will jump into the icy river to wash off all their troubles and welcome the new year cleanly. year.

But it could also be welcoming the new year with a runny nose and a cold.

……

Loen Kingdom, in a small town on the outskirts of Backlund.

Klein in the dilapidated hotel looked at the fireworks in the direction of Backlund: "Happy New Year!"

This new year, he spent it alone.

……

Backlund, Queens District, in Earl Hall's villa.

Today's weather is rare and sunny, as if the tragedy that just happened in Backlund has been wiped clean.

Audrey, who just finished the New Year's ball, stood on the terrace, watching the fireworks not far away: "Happy New Year, Susie."

"Happy New Year! Audrey."

……

Rorsted Islands, Helm Harbor.

Alger dodged those Loen people who were carnival, and continued to his destination with a dull head.

The local New Year's day is not the same day as Loen's New Year's Day, so Alger didn't feel any festive atmosphere.

Even the local New Year's Day couldn't make Alger happy.

Because that would make Alger realize that a year has passed, but he is still alone.

……

Loen Kingdom, Tingen City.

Selena locked herself in her room and stuffed the card with the blessings written in advance into the envelope.

Then prepare the altar according to what Mr. Hobert said in the letter.

This made Selena somewhat nervous and excited, she cleared her throat and said in Hermes language: "I,

"Call in my name:

"A spirit that wanders in vain, a friendly creature to be driven, a messenger that belongs exclusively to Hobert Jeffrey."

The flame of one of the candles suddenly turned a miserable green, and the flame quickly grew larger. Selina took a step back in surprise. This was the first time she received a response in a occult ceremony.

Soon Selena felt that there seemed to be something more in the room, and almost at the same time, she felt as if a huge stone was pressed on her spirit, making herself unable to breathe.

Fortunately, soon, the letter on the simple altar and the three donuts she prepared in advance disappeared, and the huge sense of oppression also disappeared.

Selina stared blankly at the altar for a while before saying, "It's so cool!"

At this time, only the exclamation invented by Emperor Roselle could express the feelings in her heart.

She only found out today that she had found the right method, and the mystic ritual was so easy to get a response!

Before... Well, Selena smiled: No wonder Mr. Hobert told me not to contact Mr. Haynes' friends many times. It turns out that they are all liars, and the rituals they taught me have never been obtained. respond.Fortunately, I met Teacher Hobert, who is the real teacher of mysticism.

Just thinking of this, Selena's mother suddenly shouted from below: "Selena, Elizabeth and Melissa are here!"

They made an appointment to go out to watch the fireworks at night.

After the three girls bid farewell to Selena's parents, they talked and laughed as they walked in the brilliance of the gas lamps.

There are many young people who go out to watch the fireworks together on the street. In this special festival, the night of this city is extraordinarily lively.

Chatting and chatting, they talked about their plans for next year.

Elizabeth was going to try to see if she could be admitted to Backlund University, while Melissa followed her brother to Backlund and continued her studies at the University of Science and Technology there.

Selena sighed: "In the second half of next year, I may be alone in Tingen City."

For the time being, she didn't tell her two good friends about her plan to find Hobert and become a Extraordinary.

Although it is not yet the graduation season, the atmosphere of the "graduation season" has already been filled.

"Let's talk about something happy!" Selena said suddenly, "How do you plan to spend the New Year's holiday?"

Elizabeth said: "Tomorrow, I will go to Connaught City with my parents for vacation."

Melissa: "Read books, organize things."

So Selena sent out an invitation: "Melissa, let's go to Bokron Mountain Villa together! Our family is going there for vacation, and call your brother to go together!"

Elizabeth also persuaded: "Melissa, the hot spring there is very good, it is said that it can wash away all troubles."

But Melissa said: "We can't spend too much money until Benson finishes the exam. Let's talk about the vacation later."

Elizabeth and Selena smiled at each other, and Selena said, "Melissa, you must be a good wife in the future."

……

Fenepot Kingdom, Geoffrey Territory.

Today is February 1.

Hobert stared at the roof in a daze for a while. After returning yesterday, he drank some wine with Forsi and Donna, and it was past eight o'clock.

Alcohol has long since had no effect on Sequence 5's body. The reason Hobert was able to sleep so soundly was purely because he relaxed last night.

Hobert stretched his waist, changed into the baron's costume, and put on the cloak: "Alan, tell Roy and Scola to wait for me at the construction site in the town!"

Roy and the others did not expect that Ferguson would start working just after the New Year.

They basically got out of bed and went to the construction site while eating bread.

When I came to the construction site, I couldn't help laughing when I saw several other people in the same mess as myself.

Soon, Hobert also came, bringing Donna and Freya with him.

Donna scratched her somewhat messy hair: "It stands to reason that today is still a holiday, so it is illegal for your lord to wake everyone up so early.

"Anyone of you wants to sue him? I'll help you contact a lawyer."

Several people looked at each other and smiled, but didn't dare to speak.

(End of this chapter)