Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 495 Refining the body for Captain Dunn

"First of all, we should clarify a concept." Hobert said: "The extraordinary characteristics of the 'Puppet' have already been discounted."

Hobert spread his hands and said: "Any extraordinary characteristic that reaches the Sequence 4 level is already difficult to measure in terms of money. I think I don't need to say more."

Sharon looked at Hobert quietly.

"Ahem." Hobert cleared his throat unnaturally and said, "So the 50000 pounds cannot be discounted anymore. What can be discounted are the extraordinary characteristics of other sequences."

Sharon still looked at Hobert quietly.

Hobert suddenly felt that outside of battle, the Temperance faction of the "Prisoner" path was quite restrained by the "Lawyer".

No matter how clear his logic is and how good his eloquence is, if the other party doesn't give any feedback, Hobert is somewhat helpless.

However, Hobert's words were not completely useless. When it came to dealing with the "Rose School" next time and requiring the Temperance Sect to send a certain amount of force to join the war, he reached a verbal agreement with Sharon.

As for the price of those extraordinary features, it was finally sold at a price of 15 pounds, and the transaction was completed in about ten days.

Before Sharon left, Hobert hurriedly said: "If you still have new demands for extraordinary characteristics, the payment can be paid in batches, or you can pay with a loan from me."

"No need." Sharon said, "We have ways to raise money, provided we are given enough time."

Hobert smiled, so the Temperances were very rich!
Sharon added: "You should have more than one of the extraordinary characteristics of a 'puppet', right?"

"Yes, there are two more." Hobert said.

In fact, there are three copies left, but Hobert has not been able to crush the extraordinary characteristics of the "Silent Disciple" yet, so for the time being, he says there are still two copies left.

Sharon nodded gently: "If I still need this, how should I contact you?"

Hobert thought for a while and then said: "I will go to the Brave Bar at night about every two weeks. If you need it, you can wait for me in the bar for a few days."

Hobert planned to wait until the first batch of transactions were completed before telling Sharon how to summon his messenger.

It's not that Hobert doesn't trust Sharon, it's that there seems to be a problem if his identity is revealed now.

After watching Sharon disappear, Hobert began to think about how to spend the 15 pounds. No matter how he spent it, he was now richer.

Hobert planned to ask Roy to come up with a budget for later renovations when he returned. Now that he had a new territory and a larger population, he could plan to speed up the construction progress.

After sitting in the carriage and thinking about it for a while, Hobert asked the coachman to stop. Because he had just negotiated a big deal, Hobert specially tipped the coachman 1 sole.

The coachman happily praised Hobert's generosity, and Hobert walked into the shadows at the corner with a smile.

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Early Friday morning, Feineport Kingdom, west bank of Full Moon Lake.

The disaster relief mission was progressing steadily. The tents and food purchased by Jeffrey were successively received, and the food and accommodation problems of the refugees were basically solved.

After Conrad organized the refugees to conduct replanting, they began to build the previously collapsed houses. For this purpose, a lot of building materials were transferred from Jeffrey Territory.

Hobert generously approved all these expenses, and the budget was sufficient.

The reason why he is so generous is that, on the one hand, Hobert has just completed a transaction worth more than 10,000 pounds, so he is indeed rich.

On the other hand, the new territory allowed Hobert's potion to be digested very obviously, probably more than one-third of it.

Hobert believes that such remarkable digestion has a lot to do with the fact that he drove away the previous ruler.

The ruler who had been here for decades was suddenly hanged in the form of a corpse at the entrance of the village or town. The people's hesitation, confusion, fear and other emotions can be imagined. For a while, they must have fallen into the same trap as before. A completely different new rule brings order, life and spiritual chaos.

The key is that Hobert has become the actual controller of four areas including Felix Territory, so the emotions and other reactions of the people here can be fed back to Hobert.

That's why he digested so many magic potions at once.

Hobert estimated that when the agrarian revolution was completed, the reconstruction of homes in the disaster-stricken areas was completed, and the process of establishing effective rule was completed, he would clearly digest the magic potion again.

This made Hobert feel very good, so he was particularly generous when approving the money.

Hobert also sent people to bring Dennis, Freya and Selina to the West Bank to participate in the rescue in order to sharpen their character.

By the way, I called Phillip and Roy to discuss the next construction budget in the territory.

As for the later budget for decoration and other items, the father and son had already roughly calculated it before. If they could be self-sufficient in most of the wood, they would still need about 18 gold liso.

Hobert was stunned: "You still have to spend so much money?"

"The main reason is that the decoration required for villas for nobles is expensive." Roy said: "The decoration costs for institutions such as hospitals and post offices are not high.

"And this also includes office supplies, medical equipment, etc. These don't cost much, but there are also supplies for nobles that are not cheap." Philip said: "A set of tableware costs more than 300 gold riso."

Hobert clicked his tongue: "Are these tableware made of gold?"

The two cronies knew that the noble lord, who was also a noble, was very simple. Philip smiled: "It is really inlaid with beautiful gold carvings, and some are even inlaid with precious stones."

"I'm not afraid of getting it!" Hobert muttered: "Then just start purchasing, money is not an issue."

After discussing some details, Hobert gave Philip a batch of gold worth approximately 6000 gold riso and more than 3 gold pounds.

This batch of gold was obtained from a previous transaction with the Balk family. It has never been used because it has to be exchanged before use. It is better to exchange it in advance.

As for the more than 3 gold pounds, it was mainly the payment for the transaction with the blood clan. This was the budget for the fourth batch of payment. However, because of the income from the auction house, Hobert did not give this budget to Philip immediately.

This time, a total of nearly 2 gold liso was paid to the victims, as well as disaster relief expenses. The money in Philip's hand decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It would take about ten days for the Temperance Party to receive the money. In order to prevent problems in the capital chain, Hobert gave all his belongings to Philip.

Of course, there is a premise, as long as the inherited property is not used.

After finishing his official duties, Hobert became bored again. Fortunately, in the afternoon, Forsi, wearing a light yellow casual skirt and a playful fedora hat, carried a pot of freshly made sweets. Circle and arrive at the Lord's Mansion of Baron Felix.

Baron Hobert's hobby of eating donuts has already been widely spread.

Of course, Fors knew that Hobert's donuts were given to the messenger, but Allen, the current butler of the lord's mansion, and the chefs all hoped that the lord's wife would visit the lord with his favorite donuts.

Unable to refuse the hospitality, Forsi had no choice but to bring the donuts to the West Bank: "This is the donut you like to eat."

She smiled and said: "Everyone in the lord's mansion knows that you like to eat this."

Hobert picked up Forsi: "Nonsense, I obviously like to eat you the most!"

Archibald took Marionette away in a sensible manner, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

Forsi pushed Hobert: "I came to see you on business!"

"What we are doing now is business." Hobert said while moving his hands: "The weather is so warm now, so there is no need to wear such thick clothes."

Forsi smiled helplessly, her matter was not urgent, and she also missed Hobert a little, so she half-heartedly made out with Hobert, and then the two hugged each other and talked about business.

During the few days that Hobert was away from the territory, a noble lady named April came to Jeffrey Town and gave Forsi a "Stone of Life" as a gift.

Forsi originally didn't care much about the external affairs of the Lord's Mansion, but this gift was too expensive. To express her gratitude, she invited the noble lady to have a meal.

The two chatted happily and had already arranged to go out together twice.

Forsi felt that the other party should be an extraordinary person, but she didn't know the other party's purpose now, so she came to tell Hobert about it.

Hobert thought for a while and then said: "Let's go back together tomorrow and treat her to a meal at noon. Maybe she will be willing to tell her purpose."

The "Stone of Life" is a strategic material of the Church of the Mother Earth, and Simpson only has one in his hand. He was reluctant to use it in such a fierce battle a few days ago.

Someone once described that with the "Stone of Life", he would have an extra life.

The usefulness of the "Stone of Life" is far from being as simple as making one's own life vigorous again. It can also give life to other creatures.

The effect is better than the "healing technique", and the use is wider than the "healing technique".

Since there is such a large "early investment", the other party's request is definitely not small, but the other party should have some request for Hobert, which is tantamount to taking the "lady route" and asking Fors to help introduce him.

Forsi nodded: "Okay."

Then she talked about the current situation of the auction house. During Hobert's absence in the territory, Fors helped sort out the "demand list" of the auction house.

After the group of nobles and rich people left, they sent someone to inform the auction house of their needs. Hobert glanced at it and found that he could solve many of them, and he could gradually solve them in the next one or two months. Address the needs of these people.Some needs, such as wanting a Level 2 Sealed Artifact, have to be postponed or even postponed indefinitely.

Now that he had the donuts, Hobert hugged Forsi for a while, got dressed, went to the study alone, and wrote a letter to Leonard and Jessica respectively.

The letter to Leonard contained several extraordinary properties of the "criminal" path, and told Leonard that he had found a "demon" lair and would kill a large number of demons in the near future.

It can be regarded as preparation for myself to use the related extraordinary characteristics in the future.

As for the letter to Jessica, it was to communicate with her about the future splitting of accounts for magical items. After that, for every magical item Kelly made, Hobert would pay 450 pounds for materials and labor.

He said in the letter: Although there is a way to re-condensate the extraordinary properties of extraordinary materials, it will also take a certain amount of time and pay a certain price.

Hobert just used exaggeration here. If told the truth to Jessica, it would sound scary.

Seeing that there were still donuts, Hobert wrote another letter to "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina, asking her for the names and general uses of several extraordinary materials, and asking her if she wanted one from the "criminal" path. Extraordinary characteristics?
I still don’t know the names of the several extraordinary materials that Hobert seized from the Demonic Wolf of Mist?By what means?
It would be easier to get the answer by asking the Demonic Wolf of Mist directly, but the beloved who seems to be the "creator" is too ignorant. It has been almost a month since the extraordinary materials were seized, and they still don't know their names!
Therefore, it is better to simply "leave the near and seek the far" and ask "Lieutenant General Iceberg" for advice.

Jessica quickly received a reply. She first agreed to Hobert's long-term cooperation plan, and then asked Hobert to prepare a potion formula and extraordinary properties of the "briber".

The revision process of the "Labor Law" has allowed her to digest the magic medicine well, and she is preparing to advance in the next few days.

In the evening, out of politeness, Hobert and Forsi hosted a banquet for Baron Felix. At the banquet, Hobert explained to Conrad and others the focus of the next work, telling everyone that he would do it tomorrow morning. Going back to the east coast.

Speaking of which, Hobert was quite helpless. The straight-line distance from here to Jeffrey Town was not far, but it would take at least two or three hours to take a boat to Jeffrey Town from here.

If there is any news to be conveyed to the Lord's Mansion in Hobert, there will be a half-day delay.

While a large river plays a huge role in the navigation channel, it also seriously hinders local transportation.

So when Hobert set out on his return journey the next day, he came up with the idea of ​​building a bridge. After returning to the territory, he asked Skola, who was preparing to leave, to investigate whether there was any suitable bridge building in the South Colson River Basin. The place.

At noon, when Hobert saw Mrs. April in the restaurant of the Lord's Mansion, his eyes froze. She turned out to be the same one who had appeared at the wedding before. She was in her 30s, gorgeously dressed, and with wild beauty in her eyes. Miss.

Hobert had also seen this lady on Backlund's carriage before.

This made Hobert immediately on guard, guessing Apple's identity and purpose.

But Apple didn't seem to notice Hobert's vigilance at all, and looked at Hobert and Forsi who were sitting together with a soft, even kind smile: "That's great!"

This compliment made Hobert a little confused, so he entered the topic with a smile: "Thank you for the gift you gave my wife before. It was too expensive."

"That's what it should be." April smiled.

Hobert was stunned, feeling that he and the other party were not on the same channel. What should we do?
April said to Hobert again: "When you were fighting those 'demons' a few days ago, I was also on the west coast. Don't be so desperate in the future!"

Hobert was horrified. How come he didn't notice April during the whole process?
Before Hobert could ask this question, April said again: "Okay, let's talk about business. I hope to sell some extraordinary items through your auction house.

"I have prepared three extraordinary items here. If you offer the right price, we can establish a long-term cooperative relationship."

April asked the servant to bring a dining cart, put the three prepared boxes on the dining cart, and the servant pushed it to Hobert.

Hobert opened the box and took a look. It contained an extraordinary material, an extraordinary characteristic, and a magical item that looked like a metal dinner plate.

Hobert picked up the dinner plate and asked, "Where did this metal dinner plate come from?"

This made Hobert inevitably think of the magical items he was equipped with, which looked like tableware and seemed to be made by the same person as the dinner plate in front of him.

April smiled and said: "That is a magical item that I helped a friend sell on behalf of me. Although he is not very satisfied with his item, I feel that this magical item is also very valuable."

Hobert seriously doubted that the friend April called was the craftsman friend Christine knew.

Of course, he was definitely not a "craftsman", but more likely an "astronomer" or even an "alchemist".

This made Hobert couldn't help but wonder, was April a friend invited by Christine at the wedding?
As for the Extraordinary Characteristics, Hobert could confirm that it was the Extraordinary Characteristics of a "Judge" just by looking at its appearance.

These two items must be collected, and the most uncertain thing is the extraordinary material.

So Hobert said: "Please Fors to dine with you first, and I will go and evaluate these three items."

Seeing this magical item like tableware, Hobert felt a lot more relieved about April, thinking that there would be no danger if Forsi stayed alone with her.

Hobert remembered that Christine had many strange friends, and April might be one of them.

Quickly arriving at the side hall, Hobert sacrificed three items to the "State of Disorder". Using the status of the "State of Disorder", Hobert learned about the abilities and negative effects of that extraordinary item.

The ability is: "The ability to freely change one's body, and even turn one's flesh and blood into liquid, hide in extremely small spaces, or speed up movement; one can detonate flesh and blood, creating an explosion no less than a bomb."

The negative effect is: "Every time you use it, you must feed this dinner plate with a little of your own flesh and blood. You cannot replace it with other people's flesh and blood, otherwise the dinner plate will engulf the holder."

Hobert nodded and said to himself: No wonder the "master craftsman" was dissatisfied. This negative effect is actually quite damning. Unless he is the kind of extraordinary person whose body can regenerate, how much flesh and blood can feed this dinner plate?
Then Hobert came up with a solution: after using it, you can first feed the dinner plate with your own flesh and blood. The next time you use it, you can use its ability to change your body, and then feed the dinner plate with the meat you previously fed. Just add more flesh and blood.

This dinner plate should be made with the extraordinary properties of a portion of "Bishop Rose", and it is completely capable of such an operation.

So the negative effects of this "dinner plate" are actually not that serious: it's just that between two uses, the user has to cut off a piece of his own flesh and blood... It's a "little flesh and blood", so it shouldn't be too much.In addition, it takes a lot of courage to cut off your own flesh and blood. This should be the biggest negative effect, but you can ask others for help.

As far as magical items are concerned, such negative effects are completely within the acceptable range. After all, extraordinary people are generally in good health, and their wounds will heal quickly after feeding the "dinner plate", which will not affect their normal life too much.

Hobert looked at the extraordinary material again. It was a sequence 6 level extraordinary material, but Hobert had no way of knowing the specific way.

Just as he was about to leave the "Land of Disorder", Hobert suddenly thought of Christine's wedding gift to him.

He rummaged through the pile of level 2 sealed objects and found the magical item of the "Reader" path.

After injecting his spirituality, he looked at the extraordinary material. Although Hobert had no relevant knowledge in his mind, he knew that it was the extraordinary material of the "Cultivator" path.

Based on the combination of the two pieces of information, Hobert came to the conclusion that it was one of the main materials of the "Cultivationist" Sequence 6 "Biologist".

Although I don’t know the name of this extraordinary material, I already know enough about it.

After leaving the "State of Disorder", Hobert returned to the restaurant: "Madam, I want all three items. Please set a price."

"Extraordinary materials cost 2000 gold riso." April said: "Extraordinary properties cost 4500 gold riso, and magical items cost 7000 gold riso!"

"The price is a little expensive." Hobert smiled and said: "This is the first time we cooperate, so I won't counter-offer, but if we cooperate again next time, I hope you can show enough sincerity."

April smiled: "You are good at business."

Hobert did not continue the subject, but asked the servant to call Philip to prepare Kinriso.

He changed the subject: "Did you refine the 'Stone of Life' yourself?"

"Yes."

"So, you are an 'ancient alchemist'?"

"That's right!"

Although he had already guessed, Hobert was still a little surprised: "I know a bishop of the Church of the Mother Earth, but I heard from him that the demigods in the Church of the Mother Earth are very busy!"

Apple took a sip of wine and said, "Young man, your intention to test is too obvious."

She spread her hands and said, "I am not from the Church of the Mother Earth."

Hobert smiled: "Well, I do have a task here, which is very suitable for completion by an 'ancient alchemist' who is not the Church of the Mother Earth."

April made a sign to say please.

"I hope you can help me refine a body that can highly integrate a certain spiritual body and spiritual body with this body."

April nodded: "I have quite a lot of research on this, but isn't the Mother Earth Church more professional? Given your relationship with the Mother Earth Church, why didn't you ask them for help?"

Hobert leaned back in his chair and smiled: "I found them first, but they refused and said it was disrespectful to life."

"Ha!" April laughed sarcastically: "I once stole the research materials of the Church of the Mother Earth. They do a lot of research that doesn't respect life.

"If they have such a reply, it only means that the price you offered at that time was not enough?"

Hobert was stunned. A copy of Sequence 5-level main materials is not enough?
Then he suddenly thought: I really want to find the wrong person!Bishop Utravsky is so pious, or in other words, he basically doesn't make any corners on such issues.If Bishop Simpson had been approached, the problem might have been solved.

But the matter has come to this point, and Hobert plans to continue talking to April. If she asks for an exorbitant price, he will go to Simpson.

(End of this chapter)