Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 487 Miss Sharon
Fenepot Kingdom, Geoffrey Territory.

Hobert received the income from this Tarot Club in the form of a gift. From this Tarot Club intelligence transaction, he earned a total of 8300 pounds and four extraordinary materials!There is also a £100 rental fee for a "psychological spoon".

This income is the highest ever for a Tarot Club!Of course, such "performance" has a lot to do with Cattleya's willingness to spend money without blinking an eye.

Excluding the 800 pounds paid in advance to "Hermit" Cattleya and "Atlanta", Hobert received 7600 pounds, and "Little Sun"'s payment was delayed as usual.

However, the income from the gold pounds has made Hobert very satisfied, and more than half of the payment for the fifth batch of building materials has been collected.

Hobert decided to continue his efforts and contact Miss Sharon tonight to see what the financial resources of the Temperance Sect were.How many extraordinary characteristics can be purchased?Based on this, he then decides whether to go for a spin on the sea.

In the afternoon, under the care of Hobert, Schier was successfully promoted to the Sequence 8 "Provocateur" and reached the more desperate stage of this path.

But of course Siler didn't dare to challenge Hobert. While restraining his spirit, he asked Dennis on the side: "Are you still washing Sir Alex's feet with water? When you think of your father, you still cry secretly. What?"

Dennis's face suddenly turned red, and he rushed over to fight with Siel.

Siel laughed "haha" twice, said goodbye to Hobert quickly and left.

After a while, Dennis explained to Hobert aggrievedly that he didn't cry secretly, but just couldn't understand why his father suddenly left the three brothers and left.

Hobert took a sip of tea: "Provocateurs" are indeed the best at poking other people's lungs!

After dinner, Hobert said hello to Forsi and went to the side hall to change into Loen-style clothes.

Now there is Freya practicing vocabulary in the study, Forsi in the bedroom, and whatever secret operations Hobert has are in the side hall.

After changing clothes, Hobert changed his appearance, transforming into a straight nose and high cheekbones with a clear Loen style. After "transit", he came to the corner not far from the Brave Bar.

After a brief inspection, it looked like an ordinary bar.

Hobert tightened his windbreaker and pushed open the bar door with a cane in one hand.

It was lively and chaotic inside, but the Brave Bar looked slightly better than the bars in the East End. At least the customers here had no patches on their clothes, all wore shoes, and some of them had walking sticks.

Hobert squeezed his way to the bar, but now was the time when the bar was crowded. Of course he had no intention of waiting like this, so he stepped forward and squeezed a drunkard out of his seat, and then placed eight copper pennies on the bar: "Give it to me." Have a beer."

"What do you want?"

"The taste is mellower." Hobert rarely comes to bars and doesn't know much about the beers in bars of this era.

So the bartender poured Hobert a glass of "Priest Beer" worth 6 pence. This was considered a mid-range product among beers, but it was rarely sold in the Brave Bar.

It is said that this kind of beer was originally brewed by a missionary from the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom for the believers. Because of its mellow taste and uniqueness, it provided a poor town with a regular source of income.

Later, this method of brewing beer was widely spread in various countries in the northern continent. In memory of the missionary, everyone called it "priest beer".

As for the remaining two pennies, the bartender naturally regarded it as a tip, because he could see at a glance that the gentleman was not here to drink.

Hobert did not hide this. After all, he was here to find someone, not to act in a drama. There was no need to hide his purpose so deeply.

He took a sip of beer and said, "I was introduced by Detective Sherlock, looking for Mr. Maric."

The bartender was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Maric hasn't been here for a long time."

Hobert sighed: "Okay, I'll come back in a few days."

After saying that, he drank all the beer in one go and left the noisy bar with his cane.

Following the method described by Klein, Hobert found a taxi on the street: "Go... to the dock."

For a moment, he felt like he didn't know where to go. He hadn't been back for a long time, and he was already a little unfamiliar with Backlund.

A few minutes after the carriage walked out, Hobert felt that the atmosphere in the carriage suddenly changed, as if he suddenly felt heavy and would never be happy again.

Opposite him was a lady with light blond hair, a rather delicate appearance, but an unusually pale face, wearing a Gothic palace dress.

Hobert sighed inwardly, Miss Sharon has a very "abstinent" feeling. If a otaku like Emlyn sees her, she will fall for it immediately, right?
"Are you Sherlock's friend?" a pleasant, cold, distant voice asked.

"Yes, I have been on several adventures with him." Hobert told the truth.

Miss Sharon looked at Hobert briefly: "What do you want from me?"

"I have a batch of extraordinary characteristics that I want to sell. Are you interested?" Hobert recalled the conversation with Dopheus. There was no need to set the stage when chatting with this kind of person, so he went straight to the point.

Miss Sharon, who seemed to have no emotional fluctuations, asked calmly: "What sequence are each in? How many copies are there?"

This conversation directly skipped the stage of testing each other and talking to each other. The reason why she asked directly was because she concluded that the other party's action must be due to the extraordinary characteristics of the "Prisoner" path, otherwise there would be no need to use "Sherlock" to find her whereabouts. .

In Sharon's opinion, with Sherlock's endorsement, the man in front of her was at least not her enemy, so she simply accepted the topic directly.

This made Hobert, who often interacted with Bishop Simpson, Jonathan and other veterans, suddenly feel like he didn't know how to continue the conversation.

He cleared his throat unnaturally and said: "41 copies of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'prisoner', 36 copies of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'madman'..."

Hobert had no intention of selling all the Beyonder characteristics in his hands at once. The number would be too staggering, and it would be seriously inconsistent with the number of enemy deaths that occurred in the Southern Continent.

But Extraordinary properties are not bread after all. Even if Hobert has reservations, selling dozens of them together still sounds amazing.

Hobert deliberately paused here, ready to appreciate Miss Sharon's surprised expression.

But what disappointed him was that Miss Sharon still didn't show any unnecessary emotion: "Are you kidding me?"

Hobert spread his hands: "What's the point of me coming to you at night to make such a joke?"

Miss Sharon looked at Hobert for a long time with delicate eyes without any emotion: "Are you a believer in the 'Creator'?"

This is not difficult to guess, because in recent times, only the war organized by the "Founder" could obtain so many extraordinary characteristics at once.

Hobert did not intend to hide this: "Yes, in some respects, we can actually be allies.

"The question now is, I don't know how many Beyonder Characteristics the Temperance Pie can take? I think you need them very much."

He said to himself: If you tell me that the "Temperance Sect" currently has only two members, then I'm sorry to bother you.Oh, yes, we can also negotiate a deal on the extraordinary characteristics of demigods.

Miss Sharon looked forward and seemed to think about it for a moment before saying: "I can't give you an answer immediately. You can first tell me how many extraordinary characteristics you have in your hand?"

"Okay." Hobert said: "In addition to the extraordinary characteristics of the two sequences I just mentioned, there are 28 copies of 'Werewolf', 18 copies of 'Living Corpse', 7 copies of 'Wraith Soul', and 1 copy of 'Puppet' '."

This time Hobert saw that Miss Sharon's eyes suddenly lit up when she heard "puppet".

Hahaha, I finally had some reaction.

Hobert felt that after Sharon was promoted to "Puppet", she would be able to digest most of the potion immediately. Her current state felt like she was acting in advance.

But soon, Miss Sharon regained her composure and said in a seemingly distant voice: "How much do you plan to sell each of them for?"

Hobert has already thought about the prices: "'Prisoner' is 280 pounds, 'Madman' is 580 pounds, 'Werewolf' is 1300 pounds, 'Living Corpse' is 3200 pounds, 'Wraith' is 6000 pounds, and 'Puppet' is 50000 pounds!"

Miss Sharon counterattacked calmly: "The price is too high. I could buy the corresponding Beyonder characteristics at Backlund's gathering of Beyonders without spending so much money."

Hobert smiled and said: "Werewolves and below can accept counter-offers. I know that the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Prisoner' path are indeed not in great demand, but I have the corresponding path of the Orthodox Church, and the price they gave is better than The price I quoted just now will be slightly higher.

"But I'd rather sell to the 'temperance faction' because we have a common enemy."

Hobert finally felt the atmosphere of talking with normal people, whether it was business, of course they had to bargain with each other.

After the car was quiet for a few seconds, Sharon said: "I'm sure I want to buy the extraordinary properties of the 'Puppet', but you have to give me two weeks to raise the funds.

"As for the extraordinary characteristics of other sequences, three days later in the evening, you come to the Brave Man Bar again, and we will still meet in this form, and I will give you an answer."

Hobert nodded: "Okay, then... Hey, hey, hey, I haven't finished speaking yet! Why did you just leave!"

He looked at the empty place opposite: "Originally, I wanted to say that if you are tight on money, you can pay in installments."

Also, selling the demigod's extraordinary characteristics for 50000 pounds is a huge discount. Originally, Hobert wanted to negotiate with Sharon and sell her the extraordinary characteristics at this price. After she became a demigod, she wanted to join the Balk family. The battle with the "Rose School".

Hobert smiled and said, forget it, let’s wait until the next time we meet.

The carriage traveled for a while, and Hobert asked the driver to stop.

After paying the fare, Hobert came to the corner and used "Travel" to return to his territory.

While changing clothes in the side hall, Hobert thought: Since Sharon plans to purchase other sequences of extraordinary characteristics, it means that there are more than just her and Maric in the "temperance group".It's just that Backlund should be the only two members of the "Temperance Faction". Maybe they, like the "Representatives in Backlund" of other forces, are responsible for conducting some extraordinary transactions in this metropolis.

Back in the bedroom, Forsi was still asleep. She put down the magazine in her hand: "I heard that you are going to start a war with the other side tomorrow?"

Hobert said "Yeah" and said while taking off his windbreaker: "I have endured those demons for a long time!"

After the gauntlet was sent, this matter was no longer a secret, but many people thought that the lord wanted to start a war with the Teutonic Viscount. Only a few people such as Fors and Schier knew the inside story. "I'll join the war too!" Forsi played with the ring in his hand and said, "I just want to try the ring you gave me."

Hobert shook his head: "It's too dangerous."

Forsi pushed Hobert's pajamas to him: "I don't have any other skills. Not many people can match me in my ability to escape."

Hobert smiled while hanging the clothes he took off on the hanger: "It's not impossible. I'll find someone to protect you tomorrow, and then give you the pistol. In addition, I will give you a seal that is very useful for demigods and below. If it’s something, there shouldn’t be much danger.”

He simply got into bed without wearing pajamas. Forsi pushed him: "Let's get down to business. I haven't heard the balance of power between the enemy and us yet!"

Hobert pretended to be serious and said: "Whenever you do something, you should do some things that you have to do at night. As for this battle of extraordinary people, that is tomorrow's matter, let's talk about it tomorrow.

"Hey, the buttons on your pajamas are still so difficult to unbutton."

……

In fact, there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. On the demon side on the west bank of Full Moon Lake, the known opponents include one demigod, five Sequence 5s, and the number of Sequence 5s should reach more than ten.

On Hobert's side, although there is Jonathan on the demigod side, the combat power of Sequence 5 is only Hobert and Simpson, and there are only 6 people in Sequence 5.

Among them are Helen and two members of the Tudor family, who belong to the special operations department formed by Hobert.

The other two are the captains of the "Druids" and are commanded by Bishop Simpson.

In order to reduce the gap between the enemy and ourselves, and to ensure victory in this battle, Hobert also spent a lot of money and issued a level 2 sealed item to every "mid-sequence" member of the Special Operations Department!

He also lent three level 3 sealed items to Simpson.

The five Level 5 Sealed Artifacts, as well as the three Level 3 Sealed Artifacts that Hobert had just inherited from Rex, were also distributed.

However, the gap still existed. The demons had been operating on the other side of the lake for 40 to 7 years. There were countless Sequence [-] and lower-sequence Beyonders. They could only rely on tactics and a support army recruited by Hobert to narrow the gap.

In the early morning of the next day, Hobert made the final pre-war mobilization in front of all the combatants. Then, under the command of Bishop Simpson, all the combatants had breakfast and took a boat to launch an offensive towards the other side!

Forsi was among them, and she did not expect that the person sent by Hobert to protect her was actually Archibald, the new manservant who had been following him these past two days.

This manservant looked weak, not very powerful.

But Forsi quickly put the matter of the manservant behind her mind. She already had some extraordinary combat experience and looked across the lake, somewhat excited about the upcoming battle.

Archibald was even more excited because Hobert allowed him to turn the enemy Extraordinary in this battle into his Secret Puppet.

A Demonic Wolf of Fog is at its most vulnerable without a secret puppet. If Archibald didn't know enough, it would already be an extraordinary material.

If there are one or two marionettes who can resist beatings to "block the knife" in front, Archibald's strength will be greatly improved!

There are a total of 38 Beyonders launching a frontal offensive, which is the current extraordinary power of Jeffrey Territory.

If this power were placed elsewhere, it would actually be very terrifying, but it is different in the South Colson area. This is an area where evil extraordinary forces like the Blood Worship Cult can exist openly.

And they don't take the official Beyonders seriously at all. Unlike the cat-and-mouse games in other places, this is a duel between two tigers!
Bishop Simpson was the commander-in-chief of the frontal attack. He stood on the bow of the ship and looked across quietly.

There was no one on the pier, or no one as far as the eye could see. The entire Teutonic town was as quiet as the realm of Death.

Simpson took a deep breath. Just as he and Hobert expected, the demons had already laid a trap, waiting for the official Beyonders to get in.

In fact, Bishop Simpson was also a little nervous, because the enemy in this battle was strong and we were weak, and Hobert's tactics were not sure whether they would be effective.

Soon, the ship completed the docking process.

As everyone landed, Bishop Simpson shouted: "Quickly pass through the Teutonic town, our target is on the other side of the town.

“The time has come to rescue the people and show the power of official extraordinary people!
"The first team is at the front. Call, come and stop the rear. Be careful and pass through the Teutonic town quickly!"

The first team is the team led by Hobert's cousin Angus, and Helen's team is naturally the second team, as well as Team Caul and Team Domis from the Church of the Mother Earth.

In terms of strength, Angus's team is the strongest among them.

Under Simpson's constant urging, the official Beyonders quickly entered the Teutonic town.

The map of the town immediately appeared in everyone's mind. Starting from the past few days, everyone was forced to look at the map of the Teutonic town for half an hour every day. At this time, the previous preparations came into play, and everyone knew where they should go. direction to go.

Among the members who were walking at the front, they suddenly fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing all over.

This is a curse that the devil has laid out on the streets!

Simpson's "healing spell" fell, and one of the people's symptoms was immediately alleviated.

Helen from behind grabbed the other person and "taken away" the curse on the other person.

Helen was carrying a sealed artifact that the Balk family had seized from the "Rose School of Thought." The main attack method of this sealed artifact was curses, and it also had the ability to lift some simple curses.

When it comes to the ability to curse, the "Prisoner" path is better.

"Carry these two people and pass quickly!" When encountering the enemy's sneak attack, Simpson breathed a sigh of relief.

A member of the first team said: "The sealed object on my body allows me to sense where the enemy is. Everyone, follow..."

That is also a sealed object seized from the "Rose School of Thought". It can make the wearer extremely spiritual, transform into a werewolf state for 5 minutes, and maintain a certain level of sanity.

But for more than 5 minutes, you will lose your mind, and for more than 6 minutes, you will completely turn into an irrational werewolf, and you will never be able to return to human form.

"Quickly pass!" Simpson shouted: "Hobert gave me the power to disqualify you from dividing the spoils. Anyone who disobeys my command should get back before the ship is far away!"

Although the people in the first team were very unconvinced, they could only swallow their anger for the time being.

"Notice!"

Helen, who was in the middle of the team, shouted a reminder, and a series of light blue fireballs smelling of sulfur hit the entire team.

Everyone immediately reacted individually. Angus, who was at the front of the team, shouted loudly: "No flames are allowed to burn here!"

So after those fireballs entered a certain range, the flames immediately became smaller and almost extinguished, revealing the magma-like core in the center of the fireballs.

The two "Druid" teams cooperated skillfully. Four members stepped forward, took out the charm and threw it in front of everyone: "Life!"

Four fiery red trees immediately appeared in front of everyone, blocking most of the fireballs.

The remaining fireballs were also frozen by Helen's frost.

A group of people looked at each other and smiled. Although the entire team was like three piles of scattered sand, Bishop Simpson could only simply restrain them. After fighting together once, the opposition between them seemed not so obvious.

Simpson's new order was not as rigid as before: "This morning Lord Hobert gave the captains of the four squads a detailed description of the tactics of this operation. I think it is very feasible. Each captain must restrain his subordinates. Get off and pass through the town quickly!”

"Yes!" the four captains shouted together!
Next, they encountered several more sneak attacks, but their purpose did not waver, and they quickly passed through the town while carrying the wounded.

The "physician" in the "Druid Team" will immediately step forward to restore the combat effectiveness of his teammates as soon as possible.

After more than ten minutes of trot-like marching, with five people injured, they finally passed the Teutonic town and arrived at their destination, the big tree with many corpses hanging there.

Bishop Simpson immediately ordered: "Helen, you come to protect the doctors and astrologers, and the team members who are good at close combat go to the outermost edge. Angus, you are responsible for the left wing, Caul, you are responsible for the right wing, and Domis, you are responsible for the front!"

After a simple formation, the "demons" lurking in the town poked their heads to check. They had a bad feeling. Some "demons" had already guessed Simpson's intentions and were a little anxious.

Simpson pulled out the knife that had been hanging on his waist. The knife was orange-red and looked extremely sharp.

He swung the blade towards the big tree filled with corpses, and a fireball was launched from the tip of the knife, hitting the tree.

Call ~
The tree immediately burst into flames!

The "devils" who were ambushing the town rushed out one after another: "Protect the holy tree!"

Simpson breathed a sigh of relief again, and the situation once again developed according to the trajectory expected by Hobert. He loudly ordered: "Calm down and wait for them to come to your door!"

Many people laughed and made final preparations for the battle!

Although Hobert has not taken action yet, for now, his tactics are very successful.

The key to this battle is actually to "break the situation". Jeffrey's extraordinary power is already at a disadvantage, but the side that still needs to attack will suffer a lot.

If we just fight to the other side, there will be no possibility of victory.

The last time he came to the Teutonic Viscount territory, Hobert noticed that the followers of the "Devil" respected this tree very much, and they would dismount their horses and kneel down to salute when they came here.

Since it is a sacrifice to the "high-level demons", this tree is also very important to the "demons", so Hobert's tactic is to quickly pass through the Teutonic town where there must be a small-scale ambush, and come directly Go to the big tree and burn it.

(End of this chapter)