Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 612 Audrey’s Promotion Sequence 6

For Forsi's request, Hobert was already prepared: "I know, I know, you definitely want to auction the 'Murloc Cuff Pins' at the Changwei Island Auction House that is planning to sell them, right? After all, this is A magical item perfect for an auction at sea.”

Forsi was stunned: "I..."

I have no such idea!

Hobert then said seriously: "Although you need to make some preparations for the new auction house, you also need to consider the price. If the price is too high, don't buy it for the time being."

Forsi suddenly didn't know how to explain: "That's not it, 'justice' is not..."

"I know it was 'Justice' who raised the price first, but in the end, didn't I also help you grab the 'Murloc Cuff Pins'?" Hobert said seriously: "Don't do such stupid things in the future."

Forsi suddenly had the urge to scratch his head: Didn't Hobert stop it because he didn't want to see me and "Justice" fighting for that magical item? He is... he thinks that I want to get the "Mlocculant Cuff Pin" to raise funds for the new auction house?

It makes sense to think about it this way. In Hobart's plan to develop the eastern port of Longtail Island, one of the key construction projects is to build an extraordinary auction house there.

Now, after several months of construction, the eastern port city is about to open to the outside world.

Magical items like the "Murloc Cuff Pin" will definitely fetch a good price at the auction house on Longtail Island.

While Forsi was thinking about this matter, Hobert suddenly leaned over and kissed Forsi.

Forsi's cheeks suddenly turned red. Just as she was about to hide away, Hobert leaned into her ear and said, "'The World' is preparing to hunt Amon's clone. I have to discuss this matter with him. I won't have dinner here." ”

Forsi was stunned for a moment and looked at Hobert, who was wearing a coat: "You, be careful."

The matter of "murloc cuff pins" was no longer her biggest concern.

Hobert smiled: "This time I will only help him make contact and will not participate in specific actions."

After putting on his coat, Hobert pinched Forsi's cheek: "I'm leaving. Remember to keep an eye on Conrad and the others and make sure they make the appropriate preparations."

Forsi nodded: "I know."

Watching Hobert leave, she suddenly felt a little lost.

While looking out the window, a breeze with a damp smell blew in, and it started to rain patterly outside.

"What a good time to take a nap." Forsi said with emotion.

She lay down again and suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since she had taken a nap with Hobert.

……

Hobert returned to Backlund, pretended to pray to the "creator" in the study, and then took out 1100 pounds in cash and sacrificed it to Mr. Fool.

Klein's two magical items were finally sold for 2700 pounds. However, from the two previous intelligence transactions, Klein had accumulated a debt of 1600 pounds, so Hobert only needed to pay 1100 pounds.

While making the sacrifice, Hobert reported to “The Fool”: “Dear Mr. Fool, please tell ‘The World’ that the ‘Creator’ is willing to take action when he needs help.

"In addition, please tell him that it is best to pray to the 'creator' when the battle begins, so as not to be unable to make corresponding prayers after the battle begins."

A few minutes later, Hobert received a reply from "The World": "Thanks to the Creator for his commitment."

After settling the matter, Hobert sat in his chair and recalled the conflict between Audrey and Forsi at the Tarot meeting.

For Hobert, the conflict between Audrey and Fors made him sweat at the time, but later he realized that this conflict was equivalent to an effective communication between the two people. It is also a self-reconciliation.

What I fear most is not conflict, but remaining indifferent even when we meet.

After this conflict, Hobert believes that they have felt each other's bottom line and will respect each other's bottom line in the future, which is good.

Of course, Hobert also knew that they were all smart people and he could not deceive them with his own excuses.

But they all need Hobert to give a reason, even if the reason is ridiculous.

Some words simply cannot be said clearly!

Thinking of this, a smile crept onto Hobert's face. After this incident, the Shura Field was basically gone.

Taking a deep breath, Hobert looked at his pocket watch. While there was still some time, he entered the "Land of Disorder" and found the star representing Forsi.

Hobert, who was sitting on the "Iron Throne", spread his spirituality over and saw Forsi yawning and chatting with Xio.

Hobert smiled helplessly. It was obvious that Forsi wanted to take a nap, but she couldn't sleep even if he was aside.

Because Xio has never prayed for the "creator", he can only contact her through Forsi. Fortunately, recently, Xio knows that Forsi is in a bad mood, and also knows that the current Longwei Island is still somewhat dangerous, so Always stay by Forsi's side.

Hobert aimed his spirituality at Xio, and then said in the supreme voice of the "Creator": "Find these two people!"

At the same time, the corresponding information was "stuffed" into Xio's brain.

……

South Colson, Green Manor.

Xio was describing to Forsi her shopping experience at the West Bank Orchard this afternoon. Suddenly, a majestic figure appeared in her mind: "Find these two people!"

Before he could see clearly, the majestic figure disappeared, and then two pieces of information appeared in Xio's mind.

The information is very detailed, including portraits, their previous residences, and descriptions of their strength.

Xio was slightly surprised: "I, I received a task from the 'creator'."

Forsi was startled for a moment, then smiled and said: "What mission? Does it need to be kept secret?"

Xio swallowed: "The 'creator' didn't say."

"Then there's no need to keep it secret."

"The 'Creator' asked me to find two people." Xio found that the two pieces of information seemed to have become part of his memory. As soon as he "reflected" for a moment, the two pieces of information could appear in his mind again: "That was Two members of the Aurora Order.”

Forsi nodded: "That should be true, the 'creator' regards many evil organizations as enemies."

Xio added: "They are all in Backlund."

"Then you go back to Backlund."

Xio was a little worried: "But your safety..."

"Don't worry." Forsi smiled and said: "Last week another group of official Beyonders came for training, and the extraordinary power here is more abundant.

"Besides, I will be promoted to Sequence 6 next month, so I don't need protection."

……

Backlund.

Hobert issued a mission to Hugh, and then took a carriage to Earl Hall's mansion.

At last week's ball, he made an appointment with Earl Hall to have dinner with him tonight.

After chatting with Earl Hall for a while, Hobert came to the studio and saw Audrey who was painting: "Let me take a look at what is being painted."

Audrey, who was wearing a relatively loose dress, put down her paintbrush with a smile and showed Hobert the unfinished painting of Hobert's suburban estate.

Although the painting was not finished yet, Hobert noticed that the colors she used were basically warm tones. It seemed that the previous visit to the manor had left a good memory for her.

Audrey covered the painting and said, "I want that 'Murloc Cuff Pin'!"

"Why do you want something of that low level?" Hobert said: "I have already sold it to a pirate, and I have brought you something better!"

When he spent 1500 pounds to buy the fish-man cuff pin, he had no intention of giving it to Fors or Audrey, and he had no intention of selling it. Its fate was destined to be thrown into the ashes of the "Country of Disorder".

Because there was no one else in the studio, Audrey pouted her lips unceremoniously, looking very cute.

"You don't believe it?" Hobert smiled.

He took out two wooden boxes from two different pockets: "See for yourself."

Audrey didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's not that I don't believe this."

Hobert seemed to understand something: "I see, you must want to go swimming with me using the 'Murloc Cuff Pins', right?"

He looked Audrey up and down: "I'm going to take back the 'Murloc Cuff Pins' from the pirates!"

Audrey was a little embarrassed to be seen, and she quickly grabbed Hobert: "That's not what I meant!"

Hobert clapped his hands: "I really know now. It must have been several days since I last saw you. You miss me, right?"

"Not yet, then you must want to kiss..."

Finally, Hobert picked up Audrey and spun her around, and the topic finally ended with laughter.

Since it wasn't dinner time yet, the two of them came to the laboratory.

Hobert took a look at the "Hypnotist's" potion formula and helped her prepare the potion.

"Are you free tomorrow?" Hobert asked as he weighed the auxiliary materials and added them to the beaker one by one.

"I told my father a long time ago that I will visit the power plant with you tomorrow." Audrey looked at Hobert's skillful skills and smiled slightly.

"We will visit the power plant at noon, and then go to the 'Earl's Light' in the afternoon." After adding the auxiliary materials, Hobert began to add 60 ml of the main materials, the cerebral spinal fluid of the black hunting monitor lizard, and the fruit of a psychedelic wind chime tree. .

Soon, a "hypnotic" potion was prepared.

Hobert looked at it and saw that there was no problem, so he added: "Try to work at the 'Earl's Light' this week."

He estimated that a large amount of investment would be needed in the Southern Continent next week.

Audrey took a deep breath: "Wait until I finish taking the potion."

"Don't be so nervous." Hobert smiled and said, "You'll be fine."

Audrey picked up the potion: "What should you do if I show signs of losing control?"

Hobert glanced at Susie who followed him: "I will 'gift' the loss of control in you to this golden retriever."

Susie, who had just entered the door, was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked out.

Audrey chuckled: "You scared Susie away."

Hobert looked a little strange: "It can't understand what I'm saying, can it?"

Audrey quickly waved her hand: "It's just a coincidence!"    "Okay, take the potion quickly." Hobert did not continue this topic.

With Hobert around, Audrey felt much more at ease. After "comforting" herself again, she picked up the potion and drank it in one gulp.

After drinking the potion, Audrey's eyes immediately became dazed, a layer of illusory scales appeared on her body, and her eyes gradually turned into pale golden vertical pupils.

Hobert is always observing Audrey's mental state. If there is a risk of losing control, he will immediately help Audrey "give away" most of the mental stress.

However, even if the promotion is completed in this way, it only prevents the promotion process from getting out of control. Audrey's condition will still not be very good after the promotion.

Therefore, it is best not to interfere in the promotion process.

Audrey's body began to swell, and the loose-looking skirt was stretched out, threatening to burst.

Her eyes gradually became sharp, but this was still within her tolerance.

About three or four minutes later, after a struggle, Audrey's body gradually began to recover and eventually became normal.

Hobert felt a little pity, because the material of Audrey's clothes was very good and it was not torn.

After a minute or two, the phantom scales on Audrey's body disappeared, and her eyes gradually regained their luster. Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It was so dangerous. I felt like I almost couldn't regain my consciousness just now."

Hobert smiled and said: "Promoting to Sequence 6 is generally quite dangerous. Use meditation to restrain your spirituality."

He noticed that Audrey's eyes were darker than before. They looked like deep pools at first, very charming.

After waiting for another seven or eight minutes, Audrey opened her eyes refreshed: "Okay!"

Hobert opened his arms: "I'll give you a big hug as a reward!"

Audrey smiled and said, "I don't want it!"

"Okay, okay." Hobert took out the two wooden boxes again: "This is the reward prepared for you.

"After you become a 'hypnotist', you will have strong control abilities such as 'hypnosis', so the two gifts I prepared for you are mainly extraordinary items that tend to kill the target quickly.

"I named this ring the 'Light Priest Ring'. It can use most of the abilities of the 'Light Priest', especially the 'Holy Light'. Targets below sequence 6 can be burned into charcoal with one hit.

"Even for Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 enemies, one blow can make the target's body burn with flames and make him unconscious for 2 to 5 seconds. When dealing with undead creatures or dark creatures, the attack power is at least doubled."

This magical item was the return gift given to Hobert by Philip I of the Kingdom of Feneport, who obtained a piece of "Order Crystal" from Hobert.

Hobert pointed to another wooden box: "This bracelet has most of the abilities of the 'Guardian', such as the 'Sword of Dawn' and 'Armor of Dawn', and can also use the 'Dawn Barrier' to protect yourself or your companions.

"This is one level higher than the sealed item of the 'Warrior' path that I explained to Mr. Xingxing before. I was ready to give it to you at that time, so I didn't mention it to Mr. Xingxing at all."

In fact, he had forgotten the existence of this magical item. It was a magical item given to Hobert by Christine. After becoming a demigod, these magical items had been placed in the "Land of Disorder".

A few days ago, when Hobert was counting his sealed artifacts, he found them.

They are easy to carry and have good abilities, so they were put into wooden boxes and given to Audrey.

Magical items of this level, after being re-sealed by Hobert, have not had much negative effects and are already considered scarce items.

Audrey, who is no longer a novice in the extraordinary world, certainly knows that these two magical items are worth at least 25000 pounds!

Audrey happily accepted the two gifts after thanking them.

Hobert watched Audrey play with these two magical items for a while, and then said: "I have a copy of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Dream Walker' here, but there is no magic potion formula."

Because the extraordinary characteristic of this "dream walker" had long been shattered by him, there was no way to "relate" the extraordinary characteristic to the potion formula.

Audrey was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "I didn't expect that I had just been promoted to Sequence 6, so I wouldn't have to worry about the main materials."

She thought for a while and then said: "There should be a formula at the Psychological Alchemy Society, but it is definitely not easy to obtain."

Hobert waved his hand coolly: "Leave it to me! No matter what they want or what purpose they hope to achieve, leave it to me!"

Audrey sighed: "It's great to have a lover!"

"I should say boyfriend." Hobert opened his arms again: "Do you want to reward me?"

Audrey pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.

Of course, Hobert understood what she meant. He took two steps forward and gave Audrey a bear hug.

After hugging her for a few seconds, Audrey shook her head: "Don't blow in my ear."

Hobert lay on Audrey's shoulder: "I have to breathe, otherwise I will be suffocated to death."

Audrey struggled to get out of Hobert's arms and glanced at Hobert somewhat unhappily: "Bad guy!"

Her somewhat angry look looked very cute to Hobert. He wanted to pinch her cheek, but Audrey avoided it.

At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door outside, and the two people immediately returned to their serious expressions.

The door of the laboratory was opened, and it turned out that the servant came to ask them to go to the restaurant to eat.

Hobert stretched his arms: "What an exciting dinner!"

As the two of them went to the restaurant, Audrey asked, "What are you looking forward to?"

"It's certainly exciting to be able to talk to Count Hall about the current situation in Backlund."

Audrey was stunned. This was a little different from the answer she expected: "What else?"

Hobert smiled and said: "We can also talk about Backlund's political topics with Mr. Hibbert. Of course, we are looking forward to it."

Audrey looked at Hobert: "Is that all?"

"You can also have dinner with the most beautiful Miss Audrey," Hobert said with a smile, "This is the most anticipated thing."

Audrey "hummed", as if to say: You know what's going on.

While joking, the two people came to the restaurant.

The moment they entered the restaurant, both of them stopped smiling.

After sitting down, Earl Hall served the first dish to Hobert, and Hobert thanked Earl Hall's family for the hospitality and banquet. After the simple pre-dinner politeness was over, the dinner began.

On the long dining table, the distance between Hobert and Earl Hall was at least five or six meters.

It wasn't that he was deliberately placed far away, but the way each of them was about two meters apart made Hobert feel like he was eating as a family at all.

Hobert complained in his mind: Every meal of the nobles feels like eating at a banquet?

At this time, Hibbert suddenly asked after taking a sip of the aperitif: "Hobert, I have always been curious why you have always given such high wages and treatment to the workers of 'Earl's Light'.

"I heard that the salary of an ordinary worker is almost the same as that of a clerk."

Clerk work in this era is still a very good job, the work content is not very tiring, and you can still earn an upper-middle-level salary in the factory.

Earl Hall also asked curiously: "Is this a kind of charity?"

"No," Hobert said after taking a bite of baked snails, "I am creating the middle class."

"Made into the middle class?" Audrey asked curiously.

Everyone else was also very novel about this concept and put down their tableware and looked at Hobert.

Hobert also put down the tableware and gently wiped his mouth with a lacy napkin before saying: "Today's Backlund residents are roughly divided into three levels: nobles and rich people, middle class, and poor people."

He further explained: “If you want to promote economic activity, consumption is a very important link.

“Although the nobles and rich people are very rich, they are small in number and cannot afford the city’s main daily consumption.

"Although there are many poor people, they have no money, so it is not difficult to find out that Backlund's main daily consumption is supported by the middle class.

"But the problem is that many current policies and regulations are not very friendly to the middle class. When we look at the homeless people on the streets of Backlund, there are not many poor people among them, most of them are middle class!

"It even seems to me that the middle class is probably more likely to go bankrupt than the poor."

Earl Hall, Audrey and others all listened attentively. Even if they were the more open-minded part of the aristocracy, Hobert's views were very attractive to them.

"This is a very dangerous sign." Hobert said seriously: "If the number of middle-class people drops sharply on a large scale, it will cause a lack of wealth circulation. Most factories and various companies now will be greatly affected. Influence.

"So in my opinion, one of the more important purposes of opening a factory is to create a part of the middle class and make the society look more dynamic."

Earl Hall picked up the tableware again and said, "This idea is very special and novel."

He smiled and said, "Backlund needs new ideas like this."

Hobert spread his hands: "I think every gentleman in Backlund will realize the importance of the middle class."

But it is unclear whether it will protect the middle class and create a sustainable middle class.

Following this topic, everyone talked about Backlund's economic situation, for which Hobert did not hesitate to praise him.

This is indeed the most prosperous city in the world. It can plunder cheap raw materials from the colonies and has very cheap labor. The only thing missing is a market that will never be filled.

Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily. Hobert used some knowledge in his memory to show his cutting-edge thoughts and "knowledge". Earl Hall's family was very satisfied with Hobert.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, after drinking tea and chatting for a while, Hobert stood up and left.

Before leaving, Hobert glanced at Audrey. Her face was full of smiles. Her family's recognition of her lover should be the happiest thing for her.

Back at the Earl's Mansion, Hobert was just about to take a rest when a call to prayer came from the "Land of Disorder".

He stretched out, locked the door with some helplessness, and entered the "Land of Disorder."

Sitting on the "Iron Throne", Hobert saw that it was the star of Lawrence of the Balk family that was expanding.

He probably guessed the purpose of the other party's prayer, spread his spirituality over it, and sure enough he saw Lawrence and the three family members behind him.

Hobert promised last week to give the Balk family the extraordinary characteristics of the "Fallen Earl".

(End of this chapter)