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As for the ability of the Sealed Artifact he obtained from Quetzalcoatl, it was actually quite good: "It can cause the target's flesh to rot and soul to corrode; it can summon the 'Underworld Gate'; it can awaken and strengthen corpses and ghosts; it can cause the vitality of all living beings to rush towards the end of life, causing irreversible withering."
Hobert named this Sealed Artifact "1-110" and placed it on the stone platform for Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts. At the same time, he sighed inwardly: Unknowingly, I have already collected 10 Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts.
Currently, the Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts Hobert commonly uses are "1-107", which was seized from the Tamara family and allows him to use all the abilities of a 'Imperative Mage' for a short time, and "1-109", which he obtained from the Aurora Order's 'Black Knight'.
Especially after "1-109" grazed that demigod from the Feysac Empire, Hobert gained the ability to severely injure a Sequence 4 in a short time, so he doesn't use "1-107" much anymore.
Next, Hobert began to wonder why this Quetzalcoatl was on that primitive island?
After entering the 'Nation of Disorder', Hobert 'recovered' all his memories of Adam, so he knew that the sigh in the burial chamber and the person who asked him the question was Adam.
Fortunately, he had prepared the corresponding response in advance, giving Adam enough concerns about the 'Creator', so he didn't harm them. Otherwise, with just a thought, Hobert and the other two could have died in various coincidences.
For example, that creature in the spirit world just happened to want to say hello to Hobert and the others, or a few wandering Sequence 3 Beyonder creatures outside just happened to find a secret passage into the burial chamber.
Hobert smiled helplessly. In front of the Angel of Kings, a demigod is like an ant.
He took a deep breath and recalled his conversation with Adam. He found that Adam seemed to intentionally promote the death of the Ancient Sun God to 'The Fool', but the 'Favored of the Creator' was also in this expedition, which was obviously not in Adam's script.
Hobert thought to himself: Adam, old brother, is the 'Creator's' power not strong enough? Why don't you change your script?
Thinking of this, he smiled. He wasn't particularly worried about Adam's script. If Adam made the 'development of the story' very unfavorable to him, or there was a life-threatening situation, he, who had become a demigod, could sense it through the 'Nation of Disorder' and use the 'Nation of Disorder' to make corresponding responses.
Hobert's thoughts returned to the original question. What was the use of that Quetzalcoatl to Adam?
Soon he had a bold guess: Was Adam using that Quetzalcoatl to observe the state of the 'Artificial Death'? Did he even discern the Evernight Goddess's plan from some details, so he began to observe the 'Artificial Death'?
The Evernight Goddess's plan was definitely not 'written' by Adam. After all, that is a True God. Adam can only temporarily influence the probability of the Evernight Goddess's plan succeeding or failing, but he cannot write a True God into his own 'story'.
Perhaps there are some secret collaborations between the two, it's hard to say. According to Hobert's impression of the Evernight Goddess, it is not excluded that she put a certain bet on Adam's side.
After all, everything is unclear now, and True Gods must also consider the issue of hedging risks.
In any case, Adam is very likely observing the state of the 'Artificial Death God' through that Quetzalcoatl, so that at a critical moment, he can support the side that should be supported.
Hobert took a deep breath and temporarily stopped considering this issue, or rather, the 'Creator' has not yet reached the level of participating in the game of the gods.
After considering this question, Hobert looked at the third trophy of this operation, the Beyonder characteristics extracted from that demigod-level Woolly Baboon.
That was of course an Beyonder characteristic of a 'Earl of the Fallen'. Hobert used the authority of the 'Nation of Disorder' to check it, and this Beyonder characteristic had no problems.
Hobert guessed that there should be more Beyonder characteristics of the 'Lawyer' pathway on that island. After all, Adam once held the Uniqueness and three Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristics of the 'Black Emperor' pathway for a long time, which should have attracted many Beyonder characteristics of that pathway.
Unfortunately, that island was hidden by Adam.
After crushing this Beyonder characteristic, Hobert went to look at the corpses of the Quetzalcoatl and the Curly haired Baboon, but unfortunately, there were no spiritual imprints on them, so they couldn't be reused.
They can only be treated as normal demigod-level spiritual materials and sold to the Earth Mother Church. Even if they are only treated as spiritual materials, they can sell for at least tens of thousands of gold pounds.
But because the South Colson area is not currently short of money, Hobert does not yet have the idea of selling them.
The last 3 trophies were 1 Beyonder characteristic of the 'Reader' pathway Sequence 5 'Mysticism Magister', and 1 Beyonder characteristic each of 'Baron of Corruption' and 'Seafarer'.
The Beyonder characteristic of 'Mysticism Magister' can be considered for sale to 'Vice Admiral Iceberg', and the Beyonder characteristics of 'Baron of Corruption' and 'Seafarer' will be stored for cultivating his own forces.
After dealing with the trophies, Hobert returned to the real world to rest for a while. Early the next morning, he went to Longtail Island again in high spirits to see how the manor owners were planting rubber trees.
As it stands, in a maximum of three days, the manor owners will be able to plant all the places where rubber trees can be planted, and the scale of the rubber forest is expected to increase by two times.
Hobert nodded in satisfaction. Wait a little longer and it's time to slaughter!
In the afternoon, Hobert came to the Green Meadow Manor again, and like last week, he participated in the Tarot Club with Fors.
The two of them were lying on the bed again. Hobert first briefly described the exploration activities with 'The World' and 'The Hanged Man' last night.
Then they talked about the recent situation on Longtail Island and the preparations Conrad had been making recently.
At three o'clock sharp, the two people's vision was covered by gray fog. When they came back to their senses, they had already appeared above the gray fog, on both sides of the bronze long table.
"Good afternoon~ Mr. Fool." With 'Justice' Audrey's unwavering greeting, this week's Tarot Club officially began.
This time, 'Hermit' Cattleya brought three more pages of Roselle's diary to 'The Fool'. At the beginning, of course, it was 'The Fool' Klein's reading time.
The time span of this diary is very long. There are Roselle's thoughts of his hometown not long after he traveled through time, records of his love for Bernadette, and the teaching of her two Chinese characters, as well as a detailed description of the 'Blasphemy Slate'.
Before, Roselle had only briefly mentioned the 'Blasphemy Slate' he saw in the 'Twilight Hermit Order'. This diary is a record of just having seen the 'Blasphemy Slate'.
According to Roselle's description, what he saw was the second 'Blasphemy Slate', and he realized that he only saw part of it, and part of the content of the 'Blasphemy Slate' did not appear.
But strangely, the 22 Beyonder pathways on the 'Blasphemy Slate' were complete, and he was also strange why he had the feeling that the 'Blasphemy Slate' was incomplete?
Seeing this, Klein thought of the murals about the 'Blasphemy Slate' he saw in this exploration: The Ancient Sun God once mastered the first 'Blasphemy Slate', and his son Adam mastered the second 'Blasphemy Slate'. The 'Blasphemy Slate' must have a very close relationship with the Ancient Sun God!
Then he wondered: Whether it is in the church's information or in 'Emperor's' description, the first 'Blasphemy Slate' has information on 22 Beyonder pathways, so does the second 'Blasphemy Slate' have some other information besides the content on the first 'Blasphemy Slate'? What will this information be?
But he didn't think too much at this time. Klein glanced at the two Chinese characters Roselle taught Bernadette. They were: Hometown.
These two words seemed to have magic power, making Klein's eyes a little hot.
He took a breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, made the diary in his hand disappear, and looked at 'Hermit': "What is your question?"
Cattleya opened her mouth respectfully and said: "Respected Mr. Fool, I want to know the meaning of these two symbols."
After getting permission, she materialized two Chinese characters.
Everyone was very interested in the symbols in Emperor Roselle's diary. Basically, they all forcibly memorized the appearance of these two symbols, and then waited quietly for 'The Fool's' explanation.
Hobert also saw it. It was "Hometown."
He suddenly smiled helplessly and found that he was like a wanderer who had been away for many years. He had adapted to the life of "foreign land", and only nostalgia remained when he mentioned "Hometown".
Klein paused obviously. He finally understood why Bernadette chose these three pages of diary, because there was a talisman symbol left by her father on it: Hometown.
And the record about the "Blasphemy Slate" just happened to appear on one of the pages.
After figuring this out, he said: "Their combined meaning is: Hometown, the home of the heart and spirit."
At this moment, Hobert suddenly felt that a soft place in his heart was touched. He felt that the spiritual distance between himself, Klein, and Roselle was so close, and it seemed to produce some kind of resonance.
Klein didn't give more explanation: "You can start."
"The Hanged Man" Alger first looked at "The Emperor": "You know, I have one Beyonder characteristic each of 'Ocean Songster', 'Polymath', and 'Briber', and the eyes of the Six-Winged Gargoyle for sale."
Because Klein and Alger discussed exploring the ruins together at last week's Tarot Club, they communicated privately, so when "The Hanged Man" initiated the transaction, everyone was slightly stunned.
Cattleya even suspected that "The Hanged Man" was in urgent need of money and sold the Beyonder characteristics he had bought for promotion?
But because there was also an Beyonder characteristic of the "Reader" pathway to be sold, Cattleya realized: "The Hanged Man" has been promoted and hunted a "Ocean Songster" and a "Polymath" last week?
Then she wondered: How did he do it?
Cattleya has been promoted to Sequence 5 for a long time, and she does not have full confidence that she will be able to kill a Sequence 5. "The Hanged Man" has just been promoted, how can he seem to have completed two hunts of "Mid Sequence" Beyonders so easily?
As for the Sequence 7 "Briber", it is not difficult to solve for a Sequence 5.
Others were also a little surprised and a little curious. This should be the most extravagant transaction initiated by "The Hanged Man".
Hobert collected his emotions in time: "'Ocean Songster' 8000 pounds, 'Polymath' 3500 pounds, 'Briber' 1200 pounds, Six-Winged Gargoyle's eyes 450 pounds."
"Deal!" Alger tried hard to suppress the excitement in his heart. These tens of thousands of pounds plus the income from selling the Psychedelic Wind Chime Tree yesterday made his income from this exploration reach 16,150 pounds!
At this time, Klein had also walked out of his nostalgia for his hometown. He manipulated "The World" and said: "I have an Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 5 for sale. It is from the 'Planter' pathway, 'Druid'."
The other members were slightly stunned. Another Sequence 5?
Emlyn from "The Moon" thought to himself: Is it just me who has this illusion? Why is the Sequence 5 powerhouse at this Tarot Club as common as carrots sold on the street?
Hobert almost reflexively said: "8000 pounds!"
Cattleya hesitated and said: "I offer 8500 pounds."
Hobert was stunned before realizing that Klein sold this Beyonder characteristic separately because he wanted to sell it to the Hermit Lady.
As the captain of "Future", Cattleya has a deeper understanding of the hidden dangers of Frank Lee than others, but she also knows how rare the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Planter' pathway Sequence 5 are on the market with the Earth Mother Church.
So after hesitating, she decided to try her best to buy this Beyonder characteristic: At worst, I won't tell Frank that I bought the "Druid" Beyonder characteristic until he becomes a little more normal... Uh, there's no way that will happen.
In short, Cattleya felt that the opportunity was rare, so she offered 500 pounds more.
"The World" said: "Priority will be given to the one who can pay with gold coins."
Hobert spread his hands, indicating that it was difficult for him to get so many gold coins, so he gave up the bidding. At the same time, he thought: The food in City of Silver is finally expected to improve.
Cattleya breathed a sigh of relief: "Please give me some time to raise the money."
If it were 8500 pounds in banknotes, it would not be difficult for her, but it would take time to raise so many gold coins.
"Okay." Klein then manipulated "The World" and said to "The Emperor": "I want to sell one Beyonder characteristic each of 'Mentor of Disorder', 'Wind Blessed', and 'Detective', and the core crystal of the Six-Winged Gargoyle."
After thinking about it, he decided to sell the core crystal of the Six-Winged Gargoyle, because he didn't have any subordinates in the "Seer" pathway, so it was useless to keep it. It was better to convert it into cash.
At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was a little condensed.
Audrey even suspected that in the past week, "The World" and "The Hanged Man" had jointly eliminated an Beyonder organization? No, Hobert also participated. "The Hanged Man" said "You know" as soon as he came up, so it is likely that they shared the spoils together.
While the other members were still immersed in thoughts such as "Where did they get these Beyonder characteristics?", Hobert had already started to offer prices:
"The same price as for Mr. Hanged Man, 'Mentor of Disorder' 8000 pounds, 'Wind Blessed' 3500 pounds, 'Detective' 1200 pounds, Six-Winged Gargoyle's core crystal 3000 pounds."
"World" said in a hoarse voice: "Deal!"
The other members then came back to their senses. "World" had earned a total of 24,200 pounds from the two transactions!
And "Emperor's" two rounds of acquisitions had paid out nearly 30,000 pounds!
Even Audrey sighed: Are large transactions so common in the Tarot Club?
Emlyn recalled the previous transaction between "Emperor" and "Sanguine", but that was a long time ago.
Audrey seemed to realize something, and she asked "Hanged Man" hopefully: "Do you have the fruit of the Psychedelic Bell Tree yet?"
She was almost certain that Hobert, Mr. World, and Mr. Hanged Man had a private cooperation last week, and Mr. Hanged Man should have gotten what he needed.
Alger smiled and said: "I was just about to tell you that I have obtained the fruit. 2,000 pounds!"
"Deal!" Audrey agreed almost without thinking. Based on the digestion of the potion, she believed that she could try to advance by June or July at the latest.
Next, Klein and Cattleya also completed the transaction of mythical creature blood. After the transaction was completed, Klein asked the marionette "World" to say: "According to the previous agreement, now that the transaction is completed, you need to pay me an extra reward."
Cattleya then asked: "What do you want?"
"World" said hoarsely: "I want to meet 'Queen Mystic'. Don't worry, it's very simple, but her help is necessary."
Hobert slowly nodded: This is to prepare for infiltrating St. Samuel Cathedral!
Cattleya said cautiously: "I will do my best to facilitate it, but I can't guarantee success."
While everyone was sighing about how many transactions had been completed in this Tarot Gathering, "Sun" Derrick said again: "I need the sequence 5 potion formula for the 'Sun' pathway."
When the other members were silent, "World" said: "I have it. The name of that potion formula is 'Priest of Light', worth 5,000 pounds, and there is also an Beyonder characteristic of 'Priest of Light', worth 8,000 pounds!"
This came from a soul released from the Creeping Hunger. Not only did he get the relevant potion formula, but he also got an Beyonder characteristic of "Priest of Light".
Audrey, sitting on one side of the bronze long table, couldn't help but sigh: Has the Tarot Club grown to this point? It can almost instantly meet a member's need to advance to sequence 5!
Alger also sighed: When the Tarot Club first started, besides Mr. Fool, I was the only one at sequence 8, and now transactions regarding sequence 5 are so frequent!
The other members also felt emotional, feeling that today's explosive transactions had seemed to elevate the Tarot Club to another level!
"Little Sun" said happily: "Mr. World, I really hope to complete this transaction with you."
He said with some embarrassment: "But I don't have pounds."
Hobert then said: "Still like the last transaction between you and Mr. Moon, I will pay for you first, and you settle with Beyonder materials."
"Little Sun" breathed a sigh of relief: "Mr. Emperor, I don't know how to thank you enough?"
He decided that he must give Mr. Emperor more Beyonder materials in this transaction!
Klein had no objection to such a transaction, and he manipulated "World" to say: "No problem."
Emlyn then sighed: Is "Emperor" so rich? It's like he has inexhaustible money.
Derrick seemed to think of something and quickly said to "Emperor": "Mr. Emperor, can I use Beyonder characteristics of levels other than sequence 8 to settle the payment? City of Silver may not have that many sequence 8 Beyonder materials in reserve."
He roughly calculated that he would need to pay more than forty sequence 8 Beyonder materials this time, which might really exchange away most of the sequence 8 Beyonder materials in the City of Silver warehouse, which might affect the normal operation of the City of Silver.
"Sure!" Hobert said: "But there is something I want to make clear to you. I have my own sales channels. Sequence 8 Beyonder materials are very common transactions at Beyonder gatherings, easy to sell, and can add a small premium, so I can discount them at 300 pounds.
"But sequence 9 and sequence 7 levels are different. Sequence 9 Beyonder materials generally don't sell for a good price, most are between 100 and 150 pounds.
"And transactions of sequence 7 Beyonder materials are not many, and I may have to hold them in my hands for a long time before I can process them all.
"Counting the time cost and possible low-price sales, I can only discount sequence 9 Beyonder materials to 100 pounds, and sequence 7 Beyonder materials to 500 pounds."
Although Hobert intentionally or unintentionally helped Derrick, he couldn't help without making money, after all, there are so many mouths in the South Colson area waiting for the auction house's income to eat.
With the re-establishment of order in the South Colson area, Hobert has to spend about 20,000 gold Lire every month to maintain the normal operation of South Colson.
In addition to the current various constructions, the auction house's money and taxes are not enough to spend.
However, this situation will improve after the Tourism Festival, and Hobert is not panicked. He had previously reached a transaction with Bishop Simpson for as much as 80,000 gold Lire, and that money has been kept in the "Nation of Disorder" and has not been used.
Derrick nodded: "No problem!"
Buying at a slightly lower price than the market price, Derrick felt a little better.
At this Tarot Gathering, the transaction like dumplings finally came to an end.
Then came the free exchange session, Alger looked at the "Emperor" and "World" at the lower end of the bronze long table: "Can that mural be shared with everyone?"
He believed that the mural might remind "Sun" of something, so as to get more information.
Klein also hoped to use this mural to attract the attention of other members, so that everyone could be more active when trading information crowdfunding, so he said: "I have no objection."
Hobert also believed that it was time to trade this key information with everyone, so he also said: "No problem."
The other members also realized that the mural seemed to be very important, so they all looked at the "Hanged Man".
After Alger obtained the consent of Mr. Fool, he manifested the mural of the King of Angels devouring the Creator of City of Silver.
The evil, terrifying, and dark scene stunned the other members of the Tarot Club.
Emlyn looked a little dazed: Who are they? What are they doing? This dining style is too barbaric?
But soon, he recognized who the victim being devoured was from the glorious cross: He may, probably, be the Creator of City of Silver.
If Emlyn could figure it out, basically all the other members understood.
Audrey felt a huge shock: "That is the Ancient Sun God, that is, the Creator worshiped by City of Silver?"
"Yes," Hobert gave a clear answer: "This is an abstract depiction of the death of the Ancient Sun God!"
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