Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 528 Bernadette’s Question to the Fool
Soon Hobert chose five formal suits. When he signed the bill, Hobert's hands trembled. It was only five suits and it cost 360 pounds!
The equivalent of 72 pounds a set. Hobert remembered that the formal clothes worn by most middle-class people only cost [-] pounds a set, which also included walking sticks, shirts and leather boots. This set was enough to buy ten sets!
If Audrey hadn't been present, Hobert would have asked: Is it made of gold?Is it guaranteed to be cooked?
And then, Hobert was still alive and said to Audrey: "I know you are not short of clothes, but you have helped me so much today. Let me help you choose a dress to express my gratitude."

Hobert finally chose a blue dress, and Audrey went to the fitting room to change into it. As expected, she looked much more dignified and mature.

When Hobert signed the bill, he thought he had made a mistake. But when he looked carefully, he saw that it was really 160 pounds!
This made him sigh in his heart: When it comes to clothes, it is indeed easier to make money from women.

Next, Audrey took Hobert to buy leather shoes and a hat. They signed a bill of nearly 900 pounds in the morning, which made Hobert feel a little cramped in his hands.

In fact, generally speaking, the housekeeper has to worry about things like buying clothes, but Audrey is still young and it is difficult to resist the temptation of shopping.

So if she has time, she will come to these stores to take a look, or ask the store staff to bring new products to the Earl's Palace for display.

As for lunch, of course, go to the Loen Kingdom Hotel, which is the first choice for nobles.

Seeing this majestic-sounding hotel, Hobert was impressed. He still remembered the first time he came to this hotel.

As an "audience", Audrey noticed the change in Hobert's mood: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Hobert smiled: "This reminds me of a past event. Well, let's go in."

The two people who got off the carriage chatted while entering the lobby of the hotel.

They immediately became the focus of the hall. The beautiful and noble Audrey was a rare guest here, and the person standing next to Audrey came to dine without wearing formal clothes. It was so rude. How could the waiter let him He comes in?
That's right, Hobert changed into his trench coat again.

As for why the waiter let them in, it was because when he entered the door, Hobert saw that the waiter wanted to stop them, so he simply distorted the other party's intentions.

So all the waiter said was: "Come in!"

Audrey rarely came to the hotel, and she didn't know that she had to wear formal clothes to dine here. Although she noticed the waiter's behavior was a bit strange, she didn't pay much attention to it.

When we came to the restaurant specially provided for the nobles, it was not the private room structure that Hobert had imagined, but luxurious dining tables with widely spaced intervals, and each table had a dedicated waiter in front of it.

Most of the people dining here knew Audrey and came up to say hello.

As for Hobert, he just said a few polite words.

After being polite for a long time, the two of them sat down.

After the food started to be served, Audrey whispered: "They are just not familiar with you yet, so they don't seem very enthusiastic. There is no need for you to be unhappy about this."

She noticed that Hobert's mood was different from before, and thought it was because these nobles did not pay attention to him.

"I never care too much about other people's opinions of me." Hobert smiled: "It's just that I have been reminiscing about one thing since just now."

He glanced at Audrey's curious look and said, "Well, when I was working as a lawyer, I was once invited to have a meal here.

"You should still remember the case I took on asking for compensation, right? Well, Gusta, the president of the Backlund Chamber of Commerce, invited me here for dinner, hoping to scare me, a little lawyer, with the high-sounding here. "

Hobert briefly described what happened at that time.

Audrey said with some sullenness: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen!"

Then she asked: "Are you going to teach that chamber of commerce president a lesson?"

Now that Hobert is an earl, he can easily teach the president of the Chamber of Commerce a lesson!However, Audrey was still prepared to remind Hobert to find a better reason, otherwise it would be easy for people to say that he did not have the magnanimity of a count.

"It's not necessary. In the blink of an eye, the difference in our status has been reversed. If I still regard him as my opponent, it would be to promote him." Hobert took a sip of the appetizer soup and said:
"I just thought that identity is actually a kind of mutual recognition between people. For example, if others think that I am a count, then I am a count, but if others think that I am a trainee lawyer, then I am a trainee lawyer.

"This recognition is actually an interaction. To a trainee lawyer, the president of the chamber of commerce is a businessman who can do whatever he wants. To a count, he is just a businessman.

"The process has a subjective side and an objective side. In fact, the person is still the same person, it's just that the understanding of the other party has changed."

Audrey smiled and said, "It sounds like the philosophy teacher is giving a lecture."

She could see that Hobert only said half of what he said, and the other half seemed inappropriate to say here.

Hobert took a sip of his wine and took the topic in another direction: "Actually, the gap in status is ridiculous, because maybe at some point, this gap will be reversed.

"But we have to respect this gap, because this is the rule of this society. Before we have the ability to break this rule, any voice that opposes such a rule is just a complaint."

Audrey took a brief taste of the side dish: "Do you plan to break such a rule when you have the opportunity in the future?"

Hobert shook his head: "I don't like being a reformist. It's too tiring and dangerous."

He then smiled and said: "I just suddenly thought of the essence of identity. I found it interesting and a little emotional."

He really doesn't like reform. If he wants to do it, he will do revolution and completely overthrow the rule of a kingdom!

The two did not continue the topic, but talked about the upcoming social season.

After lunch, the two people took a carriage and set off on their way back.

There were only two of them in the carriage, and Audrey asked: "When we talked about the topic of identity just now, because it was in a public restaurant, you seemed to have important points that you didn't express?"

Hobert smiled, thought about it for a moment and then said: "Yes, I thought of the essence of acting based on those ideas just now!"

His consideration was not about recalling his previous thoughts, but about telling Audrey his other thoughts?But after thinking about it, it seems that there is nothing that needs to be kept secret. It is normal to tell your friends some of your thoughts.

Audrey suddenly became interested: "I knew you must have a better view."

"I can't say it's brilliant, it's just a good idea that suddenly came to me." Hobert took the mineral water Audrey took out from the wine cabinet, opened the cork and took a sip.

The nobles had been preparing bottled mineral water on the carriage very early. This was authentic mountain spring water, slightly sweet.

It's not that sugar is added, but the spring water itself is slightly sweet.

The mineral water is filled in a crystal-like glass bottle, which looks like a beautiful piece of art.

Hobert re-corked the bottle with a delicate cork and continued: "It suddenly occurred to me that the performance of the 'lawyer' path requires the approval of other people.

"For example, if other people think I am a count, then my performance will be successful; if I only act like a baron, then my performance will be a failure.

"So the essence of acting is actually the interaction between one's own spirituality and the spirituality of others! Maybe this kind of interaction is the driving force for digesting the potion."

Audrey praised: "What a great idea! This is equivalent to explaining the theory of acting!"

"However, this theory seems to be applicable to some channels such as 'lawyers' or 'arbitrators,'" Hobert said with a smile: "It is not applicable to all channels.

"For example, in your 'audience' channel, you only need to feel that you are a qualified audience. There is no need to get feedback from others."

Hobert said in a joking tone: "The key is that it is difficult for other people's feedback to reach you. Could it be that when Gray Lint met you, he would praise and say: Audrey, I haven't seen you for a few days, you are more like a audience.”

Audrey covered her mouth gracefully and smiled: "It sounds like something that Gray Linte could say."

She paused before saying, "Perhaps the potions of each pathway have different requirements for extraordinary people, so our playing methods are also different.

"Well, I remember you said before that the magic potion of the 'lawyer' path has a name like 'mentor', so the 'lawyer' path may need to be more publicized and gain more people's recognition, so that it can be used as quickly as possible. The speed to complete the performance.”

Hobert nodded: "I have similar thoughts."

When you play as a baron, you can digest the magic potion by setting up your own company or managing an industry.

However, Hobert observed Elliot's digestion speed of the potion and compared it with his own digestion speed. His own digestion speed was much faster.

Hobert believes that this should be the reason why he has a territory and everyone agrees that he is a lord.

The carriage first arrived at Earl Hall's mansion. After bidding farewell to Audrey, Hobert got off the carriage and boarded his own carriage behind.

Hobert continued his previous train of thought: Baron and Earl are actually just titles, and it does not mean that one must obtain these two identities.

He recalled that when he played the "Corrupted Baron", he discovered that his rule over the people was very crucial, or that he needed feedback from the people.

At that time, Hobert realized that in the "Black Emperor's" godhood ceremony, there was a requirement that "it is common sense that the people think that the person who is promoted is the emperor." This is enough to show that this approach is very important to get feedback from the people.

Even if you don't use baron and earl to distinguish the sequence relationship between the two potions, you can also use small lord and big lord to distinguish them.

Based on this idea, you can think about the senses that an earl or a great lord gives people.

Hobert thought about it for a moment, and found that the ancient earls were almost the great princes in charge of the political affairs, and the modern earls were also the core force in the political arena.

So as a count, in addition to feedback from the people at the bottom, does he also need feedback from other nobles?And a certain degree of conviction or submission from some viscounts and barons?

Hobert thought that it might not necessarily be the viscount and baron, but the conviction of his subordinates and main officials should also make it possible for the potion to be digested.

Then a new question comes. It is not difficult to make others recognize his identity as an earl. How can he make people associate corruption with him?
Hobert thought about his previous thoughts on the "Corrupted Baron". He believed that "Degenerate" and "Count" should be a subjective description and the other an objective description.

He believes: It is not necessarily that he himself has become corrupted, but he can also actively make others become corrupted. I subjectively feel that he has become corrupted under my influence. The digestion method of the "audience" approach is basically this kind of subjective digestion."Earl" is just the opposite. Only by making everyone think that I am an earl can I get good feedback.

Another key point is, how to define "fall"?According to this skill, corruption seems to mean making the target's moral outlook negative and evil!However, things like moral values ​​are artificially determined, and different people have different views on the same thing.

For example, if a believer of the Goddess of the Night becomes a believer of the God of War, is this a kind of degeneration in the eyes of the Church of the Goddess of the Night and its believers?But in the eyes of the God of War Church, this is a sign of abandoning darkness and turning to the light.

So following the "lawyer" approach to finding loopholes in the rules and not following the rules is not necessarily just moral corruption, which is degeneration. It may also be doing things that people can understand but cannot accept, which is also considered depravity?
For example, when attending a noble banquet, two people wore the same formal suit in public, and because they were strong enough, no one thought it was a financial problem with Earl Hobert!You can only look at it with displeasure or anger, but you dare not say anything.

Hobert felt that he didn't know if this would digest the potion, but he knew it would be great!
Also note that it must be distinguished from madness and paranoia!

Hobert pinched his chin. He might try acting like this to see if it works.

At this time, Hobert also returned to his Earl's Mansion. Dophis handed Hobert a document: "This was sent by Earl Vincent's youngest son last night."

Hobert took the document and nodded. As he walked to his study, he asked, "Have you hired a tailor for me?"

"The first person to hire is the tailor." Dophis said, "He has already made three sets of formal suits for you."

Hobert was stunned: "Why didn't he come to me to measure his size?"

"I told him the size, and I guarantee it will be exactly right." Dophis has such a discerning eye.

Hobert scratched his head: Are you sure the tailor is not making a shroud?
When he came to the study, Hobert opened the information and found that the information was really detailed. It was mainly divided into three parts. The first was geography, the second was resources, and the third was humanities.

Having such detailed information is mainly for convenience when plundering.

First of all, geography is needless to say. Which way to plunder is of course crucial, as it can save a lot of time.

As for the details of the resources, it illustrates the plunder value of the island.

As for humanistic records, they simply distinguish where the population is easy to plunder and where the population needs well-equipped weapons to plunder.

Hobert smiled and did not continue to think about this problem, but went to read the information carefully.

There are two high mountains on Changwei Island, both with an altitude of more than 1000 meters. The mountains connected with these two high peaks form an east-west mountain range.

This mountain range is tilted to the east of the island, so the entire island is higher in the east and lower in the west.

There is a vast plain in the west, with ports and colonial cities built on the islands. There are many manors there and many small towns established by colonists.

There has been little development in the mountains and the east, and only a small port has been built in the east.

There is a section of railway on the island, which is only a few kilometers long. It is mainly used to transport mineral resources from the mountains.

As for the resources on this island, early colonists discovered iron ore and copper mines here. In addition, there are many rubber trees and high-quality wood.

Basically, these minerals can be sold for tens of thousands of pounds each year, and the final income of the Governor's Palace is 5 pounds.

As for humanities, there are a large number of indigenous people on this island. Although there are no specific statistics, some people have estimated that there are at least 60!
There were only 2 or [-] northern mainlanders who colonized this island.

Hobert held his chin, thinking about how to rule this island.

There is an advantage to ruling such a small island. Being alone overseas, some radical policies he formulates will only cause a joke at most and will not arouse the vigilance of the ruler.

After all, those policies were basically aimed at the indigenous people on the small island. The colonists could have chosen to leave there and avoid Hobert's policies.

Hobert smiled. The first step was to deal with the colonists and the manor owners.

Continuing to scroll back, the information behind is about some strange things that have happened on the island. It is even clearly marked on it. One of them, Megli Mountain with an altitude of more than 1000 meters, is a restricted area. It is said that the local indigenous people worship an ancient god there. gods.

Hobert's first reaction was: A wild god like Kavitua?

He continued to look down, and there was a strange incident reported in the military camp on Longwei Island. A native suddenly said that he was a king canonized by the gods, and made himself a crown made of wood.

The strange thing is that the natives all agree with this. What is even stranger is that many Loen soldiers who were loyal to George III also thought that man was the king and therefore surrendered to him.

This was a large-scale uprising that occurred on Longtail Island ten years ago. In the end, Bayam's navy had to be mobilized to put out the uprising.

During the battle, the navy soldiers killed the native king. The natives seemed to lose their courage at the same time and immediately surrendered.

According to the Loen soldiers who surrendered to the natives, they seemed to be controlled by an unknown force and had no idea what they were doing.

Because this is the file of the Ministry of Land and Resources, similar records are very brief. It is just a reminder that the king personally ordered: Any crown appearing on Longwei Island must be destroyed immediately!
The information also includes a description of a missionary who visited a very peculiar village during his missionary work.

That village is full of indigenous people. The strange thing is that the status of adult men here is not high, and the status of children is the most noble here. Their village chief is a seven-year-old child.

According to the missionaries, the child was not very smart. He was just an ordinary child, moody and very playful.

But everyone in the village, including the strong adults, were very submissive to the child. They neither farmed nor hunted every day. Their only task was to play with the village chief.

Later, the missionaries heard that the indigenous village was burned down because their village chief failed to control the source of the fire when he was playing with fire.

Behind this story is another warning: Don’t enter strange-looking Aboriginal villages.

Only then did Hobert understand that these strange things were for the extraordinary people who went to the Bureau of Land and Resources to check the information, and they emphasized the taboos on Longtail Island.

Ordinary people just read it as a story.

Hobert became more and more interested in the so-called gods that people believed in on Longtail Island. Most of them were wild gods who were not in good condition.

When Hobert was going to Longtail Island to learn about the situation, he wanted to learn about the indigenous gods from a side perspective.

At the same time, he planned to ask Alger and Cattleya during the tarot meeting tomorrow to see if they had any information about Long Tail Island.Looking back further, there was no valuable information, so Hobert put the information in the drawer and wrote a thank-you letter for Dophis to send to Karl.

……

In the evening, Karl received a letter of thanks from Hobert. As soon as he opened it and read it, the butler came and invited him to the Earl's study.

Carl was a little scared because since he was a child, he would go to his father's study and either be severely criticized or receive praise.

But I don’t often receive praise. Most of the time I get scolded for doing something wrong.

Karl asked himself that he had not done anything worthy of praise recently, and it was probably because he had done something inappropriate and his father found out about it.

However, when he entered the study, he found that Count Vincent did not seem angry, but asked: "Are you in contact with Count Hobert?"

"Ah? Yes." Karl realized that his father knew the letter sent by Earl Hobert just now, and he said honestly: "He gave me some help, and I helped him with some small favors."

Vincent suddenly said: "The Extraordinary gathering you attended was not initiated by Hobert, was it?"

Karl just smiled bitterly, he didn't want to beat himself up again as if he had been stung by a bee.

Vincent nodded in understanding: "Keep up the current momentum!"

He changed the topic: "I heard that Gray Lint is going to entertain some noble children who are not valued tomorrow?"

Karl thought of the task given by Hobert at the previous party, and he nodded: "Yes."

"Are you planning to go?"

"Didn't my father arrange for me to work at Backlund Shipyard? I won't go."

"No, you have to go!" Vincent said seriously: "Don't think that I don't know anything because I often travel on business. There is also Gray Lint in your party, right?"

Without waiting for Karl to answer, Vincent added: "Not only do I want to participate, but I also want to find out what Hobert wants to do?"

Karl was slightly startled: "Father, you have to deal with Earl Hobert."

"Idiot!" Vincent sighed: "Go and see if there are any opportunities here!"

He said: "Kristen is not a simple person. He will definitely have a high political status in Backlund's future political circles.

"Perhaps Hobert is following his father's instructions? Even if it is not his father's instructions, Hobert's operation is hard to understand.

"Since you don't understand, let's go and understand. If there is a chance, we can invest in Hobert in advance!"

Finally, he said meaningfully: "This is the basis for the nobles to gradually become stronger."

Karl finally understood his father's intention: "In recent times, I have often visited Earl Hobert."

"Yeah." Vincent nodded, not too stupid.

……

On Monday morning, Dix's youngest son Todd came to 62 Queens Boulevard.

Hobert met this young man with beautiful eyes in the reception room on the first floor.

"Let me talk about your treatment first." Hobert said without any politeness: "You will be my professional manager, with a monthly salary of 300 pounds for the time being."

Todd was slightly startled. Generally speaking, only company managers who manage thousands of people and achieve very good results are paid so much. He also worked for his father, but his salary was far from that high.

And now that Earl Hobert's company seems to have no trace, why is he giving himself such a high salary?

So Todd quickly asked, "What exactly do you need me to do?"

"You have three tasks now." Hobert said: "The first is to go to the newly established Backlund University of Technology, find a few professors who are doing research on electricity, and then contact a few professors who are doing research on materials science. professor.

"And try to make an appointment with the principal for me. I want to meet with him."

Todd took out his shorthand notebook and nodded while writing down. This task was not difficult for him, it only took a little effort to complete.

"The second is to help me find a large factory building that can be rented, or just buy the land." Hobert said: "If you rent it, you must sign a good contract. I may need to carry out large-scale renovations."

Todd asked, "How many workers will the factory accommodate?"

"Three thousand! It is best to have corresponding supporting facilities such as dormitories and canteens."

"No problem." Todd was very familiar with Backlund's factory and could provide several suggestions to the Count now, but he still decided to confirm it before reporting to the Count.

Hobert continued: "The third is to help me recruit a management team and find a venue for training new employees in the future.

"The management team is only used to manage those employees who have received training. As for the subsequent education team, they will be recruited according to specific needs in the future."

Todd was stunned for a moment and wanted to remind the Count that training employees didn't need to be so troublesome, but he thought that he didn't know the Count well yet, so he didn't remind him verbally.

Hobert smiled and said: "I will give you these three tasks for the time being. Oh, by the way, in two days I will go to the manor rewarded by the king to take a look. You should also go with me to see if I want to do something there. Transformation.”

"Yes!"

Hobert added: "If there is anything that requires the title of earl, you can take my carriage. Anyway, there are two of them, and it is a waste to leave them there.

"But every time you use the carriage, you need to report it to the butler, Mr. Dophis."

"Thank you for your concern."

"If you have any expenses, please ask Mr. Dophis for reimbursement."

"Yes!"

After Todd left, Hobert sighed. He had been spending a lot of money recently, recruiting servants, repairing the Earl's Mansion, and purchasing furniture, decorations, and works of art for the mansion. He had already spent nearly 1500 pounds.

Yesterday, he signed out a bill of 1000 pounds in one day. The 5000 pounds he gave to Dophis before seemed not to last long.

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were going to be some big profits in the next two days.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog on time. He appeared in the giant hall above the gray fog and sat on one side of the long bronze table. This week's Tarot session officially began.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!" While "Justice" Audrey greeted him, "The Fool" Klein, who was sitting at the top, glanced at "Emperor" Hobert.

Others could not see the change in Hobert, but as the master of this gray mist, he could feel that Hobert's temperament was completely different, and there was something sacred and powerful in it.

Klein thought about it and immediately understood that it was divinity!
Hobert has been promoted to Sequence 4 and became a demigod!
This is the No. 1 demigod of the Tarot Club!
The billowing gray mist hid Klein's surprise very well. Audrey didn't notice this, and her greetings continued.

As soon as the greeting session ended, Cattleya the Hermit looked at the top of the long bronze table: "Dear Mr. Fool, I have collected three pages of Russell's diary."

Klein was looking forward to it in his heart, and said calmly and naturally: "Very good, you can think of a request."

"Yes, Mr. Fool." Cattleya then applied to reveal the contents of the diary.

Next it’s reading time for Mr. Fool.

After a few minutes of reading, Klein looked at Cattleya: "Have you thought about your request?"

Cattleya spoke as if she was prepared: "I want to know why Emperor Russell made the choice to become crazy?"

At the beginning, Bernadette’s question was: Why did he become crazy in his later years?
In fact, when submitting the diary this time, the questions asked were more like a test by "Queen of Mysteries" Bernadette. She knew the reason for her father's madness in his later years, and she deliberately asked the question to see if "The Fool" could really read the diary. Content.

After learning that the members of the Tarot Society had communicated the information that Emperor Russell once jumped to a non-adjacent path, which triggered his madness in his later years, Bernadette immediately realized that there was no need to test at all.

So the diary was still the same diary, but Bernadette changed it to a question, a real question in her heart.

“Magician” Forsi and Audrey both thought of their previous deal with the “Emperor”, but “The Hanged Man” Alger, “Sun” Derrick and “Moon” Emlyn were a little confused because they Not involved in that transaction.

When asked by Cattleya, Audrey and Forsi were also very curious about this question. Logically speaking, Emperor Russell had already obtained supreme power and reputation at that time, so why would he rather become crazy than become a god? ?
Then the other members looked at the top of the long bronze table.

Klein was relieved. Fortunately, the answer to this question was in the diary he just saw. However, he did not rush to answer the "hermit"'s question, but said:
"First, let's establish a fact. I am not omniscient or omnipotent."

He said this in a self-deprecating and relaxed tone, but "The Hermit" and others were not unusual at all, and even acted a little more complimentary.

To them, it is obvious that Mr. Fool is neither omniscient nor omnipotent, and currently all true gods and evil gods do not have omniscient and omnipotent names.

Only Hobert said in his heart: I learned another trick!This is when your own strength or knowledge is limited, so lay the groundwork in advance!
After setting the tone, Klein began to return to the "Hermit's" question: "I also want to know what happened to Russell in his later years. What is certain at present is that due to the stimulation or influence of some unknown reasons, Russell will Focusing on sequence 0.

"He said that he saw that everything would be destroyed, and he could not place any illusions on the Seven Gods!"

Cattleya chewed on the words "Don't place your fantasies on the Seven Gods!": What did the Emperor see?Can’t even count on the gods?

Audrey has already thought of the deal with the emperor last week: Could it be a threat from "above the gods"?So you have to become a true god to resist?

Forsi also had a similar conjecture.

Alger and Emlyn were surprised: Did the Emperor actually want to become a god in his later years?
"Little Sun" looked at Mr. Fool ignorantly. In Silver City, if given the opportunity, every resident can become a Sequence 0 True God in order to create a more suitable living environment for everyone, or lead everyone to leave the abandoned land. soil of.

Klein didn't say anything more, leaned back in his chair and said, "Let's get started."

After saying that, he manipulated "The World" to look at Derrick: "I have the 'Notary' potion formula you want."

Derrick said sincerely: "Thank you, Mr. World. As agreed, I will write down this debt and wait for your request."

"Okay." Klein replied while controlling "The World" and letting him pretend to make a concrete request to Mr. Fool.

"Little Sun" happily took over the recipe: "Sequence 6: Notary Public
"Main ingredients: 1 root crystal of the tree of the elders, 5 tail feathers of the kitten bird.

"Supplementary materials: 100 ml of sap from the glorious contract tree, one golden-edged sunflower, one white-edged sunflower, and 5 drops of water fern sap."

After the transaction was completed, before anyone else could speak, "The World" looked at "The Hanged Man" and spoke again: "You know, we have the formula and main ingredients of the 'Ocean Singer' potion you want."

Cattleya couldn't hide her surprise and looked at "The World". She remembered clearly that Gehrman Sparrow had hunted "Slaughterer" Gilcias not long ago, and where did he get this "ocean" from? Singer's potion formula and main ingredients?Could it be that he was killed as the "Ocean Singer" again?This is considered a quasi-high-level position in the Church of Storms.

"Little Sun" heard this and looked at "The World" under the long bronze table: Mr. World also got the potion formula and main ingredients of "Ocean Singer", how amazing!
Emlyn recalled that when he first joined the Tarot Society, Mr. World’s intuitive impression on him was that he was gloomy and reserved. Apart from this, he had no other characteristics.In subsequent gatherings, he successively showed his experience and fairly good abilities.

He said in his heart: This guy is second only to the "Emperor". I admire this type who seems taciturn and ordinary, but is actually very capable.

Hobert realized: Klein had finished his copy of "Grossell's Travels"!
Alger had already received the news in advance, so his excitement had already passed. He said, "Please make a price."

Klein had already thought about the acceptable price for "The Hanged Man", and now operated "The World" and said: "The formula is 5000 pounds, and the main materials are 8000 pounds."

Alger breathed a sigh of relief: "It's a very reasonable price, but I don't have that much cash on hand, so I can only pay you 10000 pounds first, and the remaining 3000 pounds will be given to you next week.

"I think with Mr. Fool's testimony, you won't be afraid of me defaulting on my debt."

The gold pounds he had accumulated during this period, plus the 15% commission he had just received from the "Emperor", gave him enough funds to pay this huge sum of money!
But Alger still skillfully divided the payment into two, firstly to avoid having to use the money elsewhere recently, and secondly to show that it was not easy for him to come up with the money.

"World" said: "Okay. I will give you the potion formula first, and the main ingredients will be given to you after the party is over."

Then he asked Mr. Fool to help him prepare the magic potion.

"Okay." Alger couldn't hide his excitement and glanced at the parchment that appeared in front of him:

"Sequence 5: Ocean Singer

"Main materials: The crystallization of the complete spine of the Thunder-banded Electric Eel, and the pituitary gland of the Storm Rock Heron.

"Supplementary materials: 12 ml of thunder-banded electric eel bile, 16 ml of killer whale essential oil, 8 grams of gray triangle grass powder, and one silver-white octagonal gold disk flower.

"Ritual: Consumption of a potion in the belly of an Obnis."

Seeing the "Ocean Singer" ceremony, Alger was slightly startled: No wonder the church wants to keep the Obnis sea monster in captivity. It turns out that this is a ritual requirement for promotion to Sequence 5.

This made him a little embarrassed, because apart from the Obnis sea monsters kept in captivity by the church, it was rare to hear of wild Obnis. Even if there were, they would be extremely dangerous for a Sequence 6.

Alger suddenly thought of the milky-white scepter inlaid with blue gems, and glanced at the top of the long bronze table: You can ask Mr. Fool for help.

But a new question arises: Where should I find what Mr. Fool is interested in?Trade with Emperor Russell's diary?But all the diaries I can get have been given to Mr. Fool, and there simply won’t be enough diaries available in a short period of time.

Alger thought about the valuable things he had in his hands, and he thought it would be difficult to interest Mr. Fool.

Just as he was thinking about this issue again when he was preparing to end the party, it suddenly occurred to him that there were some things that Mr. Fool might not be interested in, but "the world" might be interested in!
So he immediately said: "Mr. Fool, I apply to communicate with the 'world' alone."

Klein, who was behind the gray mist, was slightly stunned. He thought that the Hanged Man would ask him for help after seeing the ceremony of "Ocean Singer", and why he communicated with "The World" alone.

However, he nodded slightly and established a separate communication environment for "The Hanged Man" and "The World".

Alger said: "I need your help for my promotion ceremony."

"The World" is a little strange: Are you sure you need my help?
He said in a gloomy voice: "I don't know where the Obnis sea monster is."

"I'm going to look for the Obnis Sea Monster." Alger said quickly: "I hope you can ask Mr. Fool to help you and make the Obnis Sea Monster open its mouth voluntarily so that I can enter its belly."

Klein finally understood why Alger was looking for "The World", but he still wanted to confirm again: "Why don't you just ask Mr. Fool for help?"

"Because I can't find anything that Mr. Fool is interested in at the moment." Alger said truthfully: "I can trade you with the location of an undiscovered primitive island. Please help me pray for Mr. Fool's help."

Klein, who was at the top of the bronze table, nodded slightly. His identity as the "Fool's Favorite" managed by "The World" finally came into effect. Otherwise, if the "Hanged Man" continued to make requests to "The Fool", in order to maintain "The Fool" "It's not convenient for him to bargain for his position.

It would be easier for "The Hanged Man" to make a deal with "The World". He manipulated "The World" and said, "Tell me briefly about that island."

"On that primitive island, there are not only many extinct extraordinary creatures from the northern and southern continents, but according to my observation, there are traces of extraordinary creatures at the semi-god level." Alger introduced: "In addition, there are also hidden creatures in the center of the island. There is an ancient ruin of unknown age.”

Klein was slightly stunned, then manipulated "The World" and said: "In that case, we will also invite the 'Emperor' to participate in the exploration of that island."

Alger was puzzled: "Why?"

"The World" said seriously: "Guarantee our safety!"

(End of this chapter)