Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 476 The princess arrives
Hobert had mixed feelings about the extraordinary characteristics of "The Fallen Earl". He once thought that Rex didn't leave much to his children at all, and he no longer even took the so-called Rex's inheritance seriously.

Fortunately, today, Rex smashed him with gold pounds first, and then he even inherited a Sequence 4 Extraordinary characteristic.

It is already difficult to measure the Extraordinary characteristics at the demigod level with money.

The reason why Hobert has not contacted Sharon and the others for a long time is because he doesn’t know what price to put on the extraordinary characteristics of the demigod level?

Based on the calculation that part of the potion formula is worth 10000 pounds, the entire potion formula is worth at least 30000 pounds, and the value of each main material is within the normal range.

After all, the extraordinary creatures that provide extraordinary main materials already have a bit of divinity. Without the help of other demigods, it would be difficult to hunt them down with Sequence 5 alone.

So if it's just for the Extraordinary properties, there's no problem at all selling it for [-] pounds. Even a premium of [-] pounds seems acceptable.

But Hobert seemed to remember that the financial situation of the temperance faction was not very good, otherwise he would not have worked as a bodyguard for Mr. Ke.

If it really costs [-] pounds, it is estimated that the deal will definitely not be concluded, and if [-] to [-] pounds are disposed of, Hobert will feel very disadvantaged.

In addition, Hobert's deal with the vampires made his financial situation relatively good, so he was not in a hurry to contact the Temperance Faction.

Thinking about this transaction is enough for Hobert to understand how precious the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 4 are. Even in the Extraordinary world where money is easy to come by, not many people can advance to Sequence 4 through purchasing.

Even if you save so much money, you may not be able to encounter the Sequence 4 Extraordinary characteristics you need throughout your life.

The reason is also very simple. In the Orthodox Church, you can directly receive the potion if you accumulate enough merit. Extraordinary family members like Elliot basically inherit their extraordinary characteristics.

Christine's promotion to Sequence 20 after more than 4 years of hard work is an exception, and such cases are rare.

This is also the reason why in the Extraordinary World, there are still many wild Sequence 5s, but wild Sequence 4s are very, very rare.

The "wild" here refers to extraordinary people who don't even have the background of an extraordinary family.

Originally, Hobert planned to crush the "1-104" promotion, but this actually made him feel a little distressed. After all, level 1 sealed objects were also very precious, and it felt like the palms and backs of his hands were full of flesh.

However, if the opportunity for promotion comes up, Hobert will not hesitate to be promoted, but he will feel it is a pity.

Now suddenly there is a copy of the Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 4 in front of Hobart, which makes him happier than getting those gold pounds.

Christine on the side explained: "This is a military demigod that your father hunted before his death. He didn't have time to prepare you for the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 3, so you need to find a way on your own.

"But your father left you three clues. One is that he knows that there is a 'Crazy Mage' in the Tamara family, the other is that he knows the traces of a six-bearded strange beast, and the last one is that the 'King of the Five Seas' Na Ste is a 'Frenzy Mage'.

"If necessary, I can help you hunt down the Tamara family's 'Frenzy Mage' or the six-bearded strange beast. Nast's option is at the bottom. If he is so easy to kill, Ruen or Fenebaud's The angels would have killed him long ago.”

The complete brain of the six-bearded strange beast is one of the main materials of the "Crazy Mage". Speaking of this, Hobert will think that he also has a clue in his hand:
The Solomon family actually has two "Crazy Mage". The other "Crazy Mage" appeared during the Backlund Great Smog Incident, and was most likely imprisoned in the "Misty Town" together with the black dog spirit beast.

"If necessary, I will ask you for help." Hobert thought again: "How did Rex advance to Sequence 3? I mean, how did he complete the ceremony?"

Kristine smiled: "Your question once again exceeded my expectations."

Hobert's question showed that he at least knew the ritual of becoming a "Frenzy Mage".

Regarding this, Hobert had no intention of hiding it from Christine.

Christine asked: "Have you ever heard of Attorney Arthur?"

"Of course I've heard of it. That's a legendary figure in the legal profession. It's in our college textbooks..." Hobert was stunned: "That's, that's Rex's other identity?"

"Yes."

Hobert thought back to the ceremony of being promoted to "Frenzy Mage": achieving amazing achievements in a certain field allows people to connect the abstract concept of that field with the actual name of the person who is promoted, the more people can connect the two. Together, the probability of promotion success is greater.

So he asked again: "Is it okay if I don't use my own name?"

"Yes!" Kristen replied in a positive tone: "I remember Rex talking about this ritual. Its main function is to neutralize the damage caused by the abstract transformation of one's own body by the magic potion during promotion.

"According to Rex's conjecture, when the 'lawyer' path reaches a high sequence, the first problem may be to handle the relationship between the real world and abstract authority."

Hobert nodded slightly, feeling that Rex was indeed a genius. Although after reaching Sequence 2, the authority of each pathway became abstract, the abstraction of the "Black Emperor" pathway seemed a bit different.

For example, the "Black Emperor"'s becoming a god ceremony pays great attention to the changes that the "Black Emperor" brings to the rules and culture of the entire world, and also pays great attention to people's recognition of the "Black Emperor" concept.

These two points actually emphasize the issue of "abstraction", and Rex can guess many high-sequence key issues without knowing the "Black Emperor" path to becoming a god. This is not a genius. ?
Christine continued to explain: "Even if a pseudonym is used, as long as the operation of the promotion ceremony is closely linked to the pseudonym, the effect of the ceremony can still be exerted."

Hobert nodded: "I understand."

"In addition, I want to tell you another piece of information. Rex has reserved clues for you to become the 'Duke of Entropy'. This is also his important legacy." Christine said:
"But according to his will, I can tell you that clue only after you become the 'Crazy Mage'."

For the first time, Hobert felt the benefits brought by the Extraordinary family. Before, he said that he was a member of the Extraordinary family. Not to mention that others did not believe it, he himself did not believe it.

But only then did he realize that the benefits brought by the Extraordinary family were clues to the extraordinary characteristics of demigods and above, or promotion methods and experience.

This is completely unmatched by wild Beyonders.

After saying these things, Christine gave Hobert a dozen seconds to digest, and then walked out in front.

Hobert took another look at the gold and gold pounds, and followed them.

"By the way." Christine, who was about to leave the cave, seemed to suddenly remember something, so she stopped: "After a while, a big event will happen in Feneport City.

"If you plan to continue investing in the territory, you must protect your property. We may have to give up our current title at any time!"

Hobert was slightly surprised: Could it be that the current title and status are not what Christine really wants?
It's just that Christine didn't mean to go into details, so Hobert didn't ask, because he knew he wouldn't say anything if he asked Christine, so let's just listen to the arrangements, anyway, he planned to use Christine before." "Ship", there is no reason to disembark midway.

The two people left the cave and the arched stone door closed on its own.

Hobert used "travel" to take Kristine back to the Lord's Mansion in Jeffrey's territory. Kristine took out a leather bag: "All the profits of the law firm over the years are in it. I also gave you three magical items." Items as wedding gifts.

"The leather bag is also a magical item. It is connected to a space. That space needs to be reinforced every two years, and there is still a year and a half until the next reinforcement.

"If you don't have the relevant channels, you can come to me. I have a sealed artifact that can do this."

Hobert nodded: "Okay."

It is estimated that Forsi will be promoted to "Mystic Mage" by then, but of course Hobert will not reveal this.

Returning to his room with his purse, Hobert locked the door and opened his purse.

Looking inside, the bag seemed to be leaking, and it felt like it was bottomless.

Then Hobert discovered that although the mouth of the bag was not big, he could put his upper body into the bag.

He reached in and saw that the leather bag was connected to a space the size of a basement, with a pile of gold pounds neatly stacked on one side and three small wooden boxes on the other side.

Hobert could appear anywhere in this space just by putting his hand into his bag.

Closing his bag, Hobert sat on a chair and calmed down. Originally, he thought he had seen so many gold pounds in the cave and he would be numb.

But, no!

Hobert smiled, sacrificed the leather bag to the "Nation of Disorder", then piled up the gold pounds inside neatly beside the Iron Throne, and rolled comfortably on it.

cool!

I feel like my life has reached a climax!
After rolling back and forth a few times, Hobert took a look at the three magical items.

Of course, the negative effects of the magical items chosen by Christine are not that high.

They were magical items for the "Reader", "Hunter" and "Warrior" pathways. Hobert put them into categories, and then he couldn't help but look at the gold pounds.

As he watched, Hobert gradually realized that this money should be used as backup funds, and the funds for the construction of the territory should be raised according to the original plan.

During this period of time, ships have been coming and going from the downstream port of Grana to Port Jeffrey, and the acquisition and storage of the second batch of building materials has been completed.

The acquisition of the third batch of materials has already begun. For example, the new construction project in Jeffrey Town, which was first started, has already entered the second phase of the project.

The second and third batch of materials originally included in the list for railway repair were purchased and used in advance, and now even the railway has been repaired.

Recently, the Lord's Mansion has been spending money like running water, and the gold lisuo that Hobert earned before has already been spent.

He asked Philip to go to banks in other ports to exchange 10000 gold pounds for 12000 gold riso, which was enough to cover the workers' wages and the daily expenses of the lord's mansion during this period.

This is the financial situation of the Lord's Mansion when all the wedding expenses are borne by Christine.

Even so, Hobert had to give Philip 10000 pounds a few days ago and asked him to exchange it for gold.Because now Hobert only has gold pounds left in his hand, and the gold pounds he has worked so hard to earn in the recent period only have about 32000 pounds left, which may be barely enough to pay for the third batch of materials.

Hobert also planned to visit Miss Sharon after getting married, and also "visit" Lieutenant General Twilight and "Admiral Blood" by the way.

For Hobert, there are many ways to make money, and there is no need to spend this "deposit".

The key is that Christine's last words in the cave today made Hobert feel that he should leave some money to deal with the changes that may happen in the future.

As for the protection of the property in the territory, Hobart already had such a plan to bind his interests with the Church of the Mother Earth.

But now Hobert feels that he needs to change his plan. He may not have time to slowly bind his interests. Instead, he has to pay more interests at once and ask the Mother Earth Church to protect his interests.

Regarding this, Hobert already has some ideas, but now is not the time to do anything.

After thinking about these problems, Hobert returned to the real world. He still had a lot of things to do today.

The most important thing is to pick up Selena in Tingen City.

Originally, Hobert thought he was witnessing a life-or-death drama, but it turned out that Selina had already packed her luggage alone and was waiting in her room. She just put a letter on the desk.

Selena did not cry this time, and said with a smile: "In the letter, I told them that I went to pursue my dream and would come back to see them often."

Hobert nodded. The experience at Boklon Villa made Selina grow a lot.

Back at the Lord's Mansion in Jeffrey's Territory, Hobert asked Selina to live in a room with Freya. Freya was very happy that she finally had a companion.

Selina was also relieved. She didn't expect that she would have classmates, and she also saw two familiar faces, the cheerful Donna and the always shy Tyron.

This made Selina, who was already preparing to face a completely unfamiliar environment, feel at ease.

……

As the wedding day approaches, more and more nobles and wealthy people come to Jeffrey's territory in advance.

Hobert greeted them one by one according to the previous rehearsal. Christine's family arrived three days in advance, on the 25th. Some nobles had a good relationship with Christine, or thought they had a very good relationship with Christine. and Fuhao, arriving on the 26th.

The climax of the arrival of guests was reached on the 27th, not only because most of the nobles and rich people arrived on this day, but also because on this day Princess Ethel's naval fleet arrived at around ten o'clock in the morning.

That's right, this girl actually drove three warships to attend Hobert's wedding.

If you were in a country in the "Western Continent", it would be very rude to do this, and it would look like you were showing off your power.

But in Feneport, everyone felt that the royal family gave Christine enough face.

According to common sense, for a baron's wedding, the royal family will send a palace viscount to the wedding venue to reward the wedding.

No one thought that a princess would come to the royal family, and she would be the powerful Princess Ethel!This is more shocking than the arrival of a prince.

Naturally, Hobert still greeted him with the highest etiquette. In addition to playing music and saluting guns, there were also ceremonies such as reviewing the guard of honor and presenting flowers by the children in the territory.

Where does Jeffrey lead a guard of honor?Hobert had to let Schier and more than 50 soldiers dress up to make up the number.

Ethel did not wear a court dress today, but a military uniform.

Short hair, neat and tidy.Although there is a slight smile on his handsome face, people dare not look at him.

Although the military uniform obscured many of her female features, the unique beauty of women was enhanced.

Not only the nobles who came to attend the wedding came to greet them on the pier, but also the surrounding Teutonic Viscounts, Baron Eugene, Baron Felix, etc. came to greet them.

Now that I'm here, of course I have to attend my neighbor's wedding.

Among them, the Teutonic Viscount was a little confused at this time. He didn't know whether the royal family supported him or Hobert.

Ethel briefly said a few words to Hobert and his son, then reviewed the guard of honor with a serious look, and accepted the flowers from the children with a smile.

When she got on the carriage, she made a few speeches, which was equivalent to a collective reception of the nobles who came to greet her. Only Hobert and his son took the princess to the villa area halfway up the mountain.

A large number of the princess's servants arrived yesterday and have already tidied up a villa according to some of Ethel's habits. They even replaced all the furniture and furnishings in the princess's bedroom, dining room, and living room.

When entering, Ethel glanced at the decoration of the villa and frowned slightly.

But the eyebrows eased quickly, and they warmly received Hobert and his son in the living room.

After chatting for a few words, Ethel asked Hobert casually, "I heard that there are still a few troops in your territory? Are they the ones that were reviewed at the port just now?"

Hobert smiled gently and said: "Thank you for the reminder, Your Highness. When I first came to the South Colson area, gangsters were rampant here and the public security was very poor.

"In order to protect the safety of myself and the people, I had no choice but to form the guards of the Lord's Mansion. They are members of the guards, not the army."

Since the royal families of the countries in the Northern Continent began to centralize power, it has gradually become illegal for nobles with fiefdoms to own their own private army.

But in order to ensure their own safety, small-scale guards are available.

The reason Hobert thanked Ethel for reminding him was because he heard Ethel's overtones: Someone said you formed a private army, give me a reasonable explanation!
So after thanking Ethel, Hobert gave another reasonable explanation.

Ethel looked at the decoration in the living room: "I have never seen this kind of decoration style. I was a little uncomfortable at first, but after looking at it for a few times, I felt that the more I looked at it, the more solemn it became. What kind of place is this?" style of?"

These decorations already look very mature, not temporary works.

Hobert said ambiguously: "This is a gift from a big man."

Kristen on the side also felt that the decoration in the villa was very unique, but when he heard Hobert say this, he thought he was fooling Ethel.

He didn't intend to ask in detail. This was the way father and son got along. Each had their own secrets. When needed, they could just provide silent support.

Ethel immediately thought of the "creator": "I understand."

Then she said casually: "Your huge investment in the South Colson area has made many people jealous, so be careful to protect yourself and your property."

Christine looked at Ethel and Hobert with a somewhat strange expression. He didn't know what channel Hobert used to invite Princess Ethel.

However, Kristine thought that Princess Ethel must have come to the wedding because of the face of some important person.

But Princess Ethel's reminder went beyond the enthusiasm of attending a wedding due to official business, and was more like a reminder from a friend.

This made Christine wonder, when did Hobert have a personal relationship with Ethel?
Hobert thanked Ethel again for the reminder and said that he would definitely pay attention to this.

Ethel then ended the conversation on the grounds that she was tired.

On the way back, Christine invited Hobert to ride in the same carriage with him.

When the carriage drove out of the villa area, Christine said: "Princess Ethel is a special existence in the royal family, and her mother is the current queen.

"The queen was not in good health and had only given birth to a son and a daughter for the king. The prince had the first legal inheritance right to the throne as soon as he was born.

"It's a pity that the little prince died when he was three years old. Some said he died in a palace conspiracy, while others said he died in an assassination by an enemy country.

"In short, after the death of the little prince, the sons of Ethel and the princesses all have the legal right of succession.

"I heard that the prince's battle lasted for more than half a year, and the current prince was finally determined. This is because Athel withdrew from the prince's battle early, and the matter was resolved so quickly.

"According to a well-known political compromise, Ethel will inherit the title of her grandfather, Duke Charles.

“Because coincidentally, Duke Charles only has a daughter, the queen, and the royal family originally wanted to annex Duke Charles’s territory, wealth and power by marrying Charles’ daughter.

"As a result, the little prince died, Fernando II had no choice but to make a compromise and let Ethel inherit the title and status of his grandfather.

"However, there are still many ministers who are bound by their own interests and hope that Athel will become the crown prince."

Hobert had been listening to Christine's explanation quietly. He did not expect that this was actually a very special and powerful princess!
Christine only stated the facts without making any comments. He believed that Hobert should be able to handle the relationship with Princess Ethel.

Hobert continued to go to the pier to greet the nobles who came to attend the wedding, or the stewards and other congratulatory messengers sent by the nobles. In just one day, the town of Jeffrey was already packed.

A baron or a rich man with a property of less than 30 gold liso can only be assigned a relatively spacious suite with a servant's room, and the large number of servants they bring, except for the valet or maid, I can only stay in cheap hotels.

But this kind of accommodation has exceeded their expectations. They originally thought they would have to live in tents in a remote area like South Colson.

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