Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Seeing Dophis' ability just now, Hobert was sure that he was a Sequence 5 "gatekeeper".

He was also a little confused, was Christine so charming? How could a Sequence 5 be willing to pretend to be his manservant? Or is there some unknown secret here?

Hobert simply stopped thinking about it and began to describe the mission to assassinate Backlund.

After Dophis finished listening, he was silent for a few seconds before asking: "Is this assassination mission very important to you?"

Hobert told the truth: "It involves the life or death of a friend of mine."

Dophis was silent for a few seconds, and then asked: "How much reward does the other party plan to give?"

"10,000 pounds."

Dophis said in a voice with no hint of joy or anger: "A little less."

Then he said: "I accepted this commission, but I have an additional condition."

"you say."

Dophis said: "Help me look for the 'Death' path sequence 4 'Undead' extraordinary characteristics, or clues about the main materials. If the clues are true, I will let you choose a magical item on my body, or settle it with gold pounds. .”

Hobert was stunned, and the idea of ​​"the strongest valet" appeared in his mind. The valets of the Christian family were all preparing to be promoted to demigods. It looked so scary.

Hobert cleared his throat and said, "No problem."

He remembered that there seemed to be a demigod from the Artificial Death Sect of the Spiritual Religion in Backlund. He forgot the specific name, but Hobert remembered that he was a businessman on the surface, and seemed to run a garment factory.

For Hobert, that is the extraordinary characteristic of a walking "immortal". It's just that the demigod is a by-product of the artificial death project. I wonder if taking his extraordinary characteristics as a potion will be contaminated by the artificial death?

Then Dophis began to ask for some detailed information about the mission: "Does the Sequence 5 assistant beside Beckron have more detailed information?"

"He is a Sequence 5 'Secret Puppet Master' of the 'Soothsayer' pathway. As far as I know, he has been busy fighting for a very valuable piece of information in the past few days and is rarely around Beckron."

"Is the information that Backlund is a 'conspirator' of the 'Hunter' path certain?"

"That's for sure."

"..."

After asking a few questions, Dophis said: "I will observe Beckron for two days first, and then take action in three or four days at most."

Hobert nodded: "No problem."

Dophis was not a talkative person. After the task was handed over, the two of them really had nothing to talk about.

So after Hobert talked for a while like a stand-up comic, he stood up and left.

After leaving the tent, Hobert went to say goodbye to Jacob, who sent him out warmly.

In the darkness, Hobert saw something hanging in the center of the camp, so he asked.

Jacques preached: "Those are the hares that Mr. Dophis caught from the ruins. He hung them there to attract the hares' companions to come out to rescue them."

Hobert was stunned: "This is the first time I've heard that a hare can rescue his companions?"

"These rabbits are very intelligent." Jacques preached: "And they are very big. As long as you look at them, the spirit body may be injured."

He whispered: "Mr. Dophis said that these hares were contaminated by the sealed objects in the ground. They are actually monsters now, but they have no signs of losing control."

Hobert nodded and looked at the hare hanging over there, but the light was too dark and he couldn't see clearly.

Then he thought belatedly that Dophis didn't tell me about this just now. Well, how much he hates socializing and chatting!

The carriage that brought Hobert was still waiting outside the camp. It didn't matter to the driver, since he was charged by the hour after all.

On the way back to Backlund, Hobert began to recall information about Backlund's artificial death sect demigods. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses honking in front of him, and the coachman seemed to have spent a lot of effort to control the carriage.

Then I heard the coachman yelling: "You, sir, although this is the suburbs, you can't suddenly rush into the middle of the road!"

"Sorry, I was distracted just now."

Hobert in the carriage was stunned. It was Mr. Azik's voice.

He opened the car door and looked forward: "Mr. Azik, it's really you! It's already dark. Let me give you a ride!"

"I didn't expect to meet here again." Azik smiled and said: "No, I want to take a walk by myself."

When the coachman saw that Azik didn't look like someone who lived in the countryside, he said, "Sir, believe me, if you walk back to Backlund, you will have to walk until midnight."

Hobert thought to himself: This won’t happen, I’ll probably go back in a minute or two.

Then Hobert seemed to think of something: "Mr. Azik, let's go together. We meet again. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"

Azik took a deep look at Hobert, nodded slightly and got into the carriage.

The carriage started moving forward again.

In the carriage, Hobert smiled and said: "Mr. Azik, you should be able to see that I am a person with magical abilities, and I can also feel your difference."

Azik nodded slowly: "You are right."

"As I just said, according to some knowledge I know, if two people always meet by chance, it must mean something. Maybe you can give me some help, maybe I can provide you with some clues."

Azik frowned: "How can I help you? Or what clues can you provide me?"

Hobert spread his hands: "I don't know, after all, this is only the third time we have met."

He smiled helplessly: "Destiny is always unpredictable. It may take some time for us to understand why we keep meeting each other in recent days."

This is Hobert's sincere thought. The two are Extraordinaries of different paths. Logically speaking, they should not meet frequently because of the "Law of Aggregation of Extraordinary Characteristics."

That must be because of some other reason that caused them to meet frequently, but even Azik was not aware of that reason, let alone Hobert, a Sequence 7.

Hobert said: "I think it is necessary for us to exchange contact addresses so that if there is an emergency, we can find each other in a short time."

Azik smiled and said, "You seem to know a lot."

Then he said: "Okay, if there is something urgent, you can write a letter and put it in the mailbox at No. 16 Wanbo Avenue, Hilton District."

Hobert took out a pen and paper and wrote down the address, and then wrote down the address of the law firm and gave it to Azik.

After chatting for a while, Azik got out of the car and left. The coachman still wanted to persuade him, so Hobert had no choice but to tell the coachman that this gentleman lived nearby.

The driver couldn't help but shudder when he saw the barren mountains and ridges all around him.

When I returned to Backlund, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Arriving at Earl Hall's mansion in Queens, not long after Hobert got out of the car, he saw Susie taking a walk.