Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

In the dead of night, Elliot prepared a simple altar in his own room, and then read out his honorary name: "Teacher of Power and Chaos;

“Protector of the Balk family;

“The ruler of Hordis Valley;

“The embodiment of distortion;

"The great Lawrence Balk."

Elliot burned relevant occult herbs to create a channel to the object of his prayers.

The flame of the candle suddenly became huge, and Elliot saw a majestic figure in the firelight.

He bowed humbly and said: "Dear Chief, I have arrived at the Hordis Copper Mine. Although the operation here is normal, the equipment used is very old. Can I use the channels of the great 'founder' to purchase a machine?" The latest water pump produced by Loen?"

The stalwart figure in the candlelight seemed to be thinking. After a few seconds, the patriarch Lawrence said: "Buy two! Tomorrow you build an altar and use extraordinary materials to establish a passage between me. I will give you a sealed artifact. You can borrow it." This opportunity completes the second round of bribery.”

Elliot bowed again: "Thank you for your concern!"

…

On Wednesday afternoon Hobert finally had time to call on Mr. Dicos in Nicro Street.

This time Mr. Dix took Hobert to visit the crane. Hobert did not expect that the tall cranes on the pier would exist in this era. Although they were not as flexible as Hobert had imagined, they could still be used at once. Lifting about ten tons of goods greatly saves manpower and improves efficiency.

When Hobert was about to leave, he revealed his purpose: "I have a friend who wants to buy two new water pumps. I just remembered that I know a steam tycoon, so I came to help my friend consult."

Dikos smiled and said: "It's a good thing to introduce business to me, but the other party must have a registered company in Loen Kingdom. Don't worry, I can give him the general dealer's price."

"Okay, I'll tell him." Hobert asked again, "Would it be troublesome if it was shipped to other countries?"

"Of course it's very troublesome. It costs a lot of money to get customs release, and the tax rate is very high." Dickos asked: "Is your friend a foreign businessman?"

"No, I'm just curious, so I asked." Hobert smiled.

"What type of pump does he need?"

"What we saw that day was a water pump that was about the same size as a locomotive and could be used in a mine."

Dickos nodded: "SL550, there are still parts in the warehouse, and it can be produced as soon as the order is placed."

Hobert said: "Okay, I will tell my friends."

In the taxi carriage on the return journey, Hobert was a little embarrassed. It was very difficult to transport it abroad, and it was even more difficult to transport it to the southern continent.

It seemed that we had to use the "Creator Express" to help with transportation. Hobert smiled inwardly. The members of the Tarot Club only knew that the "Fool's Express" was useful, but they did not know that there was a "Creator Express" in this world.

Hobert's only concern was that the crack in his sacrificial door was too small to allow him to grab a water pump the size of a locomotive.

A large water pump must weigh at least several tons. It is still unknown whether the "creator" can grasp such a heavy object that does not contain extraordinary materials.

Hobert decided to do an experiment first and try to grab a heavy object. If it didn't work, he would think of other methods.

But we must first find a way to get rid of the people who are being followed by the Tamara family, otherwise it will be a big trouble for them to see the image of the "creator".

Soon Hobert had the idea that he could go to the Lever Church tomorrow to seek help from the "Mechanical Heart" so that the Tamara family would not dare to follow him recently.

The reason why he went to the "Machine Heart" for help instead of the more familiar Nighthawks was because there were indeed Nighthawks involved in the previous operations against the Tamara family.

If Hobert comes into contact with the Nighthawks, he can scare them away, but there is a high probability that they will pay more attention to him.

But what Hobert didn't expect was that the plan would change. That night, Hobert entered the "Land of Disorder" to observe the surveillance situation outside, but found that the four people who were being followed outside actually started fighting!

However, it can be seen that they all seemed to have concerns, and they did not fight, but more like testing each other.

this……

Could it be that the dinner someone bought was not to everyone's taste, so the fight started?

Hobert smiled and shook his head. Then he thought that he might have made a preconceived mistake. The four people outside were not a group!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Last night, he had thought that if the Tamara family sent four people to monitor him, it should be a prelude to taking some action against him. Otherwise, they would not have sent four people to just follow him. That’s all.

It would make sense if these four people were two or even three groups, and they were all on routine surveillance.

As for who sent the other people to follow, Hobert also had a guess: Ambassador Fenebaud or someone sent by Arnold.

When he accidentally killed the Fenebaud spy, Hobert guessed that Fenebaud might send someone to follow him, so he let Xio and Forsi continue to live on Blanca Street for a while.

Recently, Hobert and the other three people have paid attention to the situation on the street and did not notice that anyone was following them. Now that I think about it, the other party must have used some method to deceive the three of them, so that they did not notice that someone was following them. Stalking.

Then Hobert realized that this was an opportunity to get rid of all the "eyes."

He quickly returned to the "State of Disorder", and first opened the window to take a look. They were all hiding in the dark, and they didn't make too much noise during the fight, so they couldn't see or hear their fight upstairs.

Hobert jumped down from the upstairs and walked quickly to the alley opposite according to the position he saw from the "real vision".

The four people who were testing each other in the alley all noticed this change. They separated in pairs with a tacit understanding, leaning against different walls, ready to leave at any time.

Hobert said: "I don't know where you came from as Extraordinaries, but you are so stupid that I can't stand it. This is Backlund! If there is any conflict, go to the suburbs to resolve it! Don't cause trouble for others!"

All four of them were stunned!

"Get out of here!" Hobert said: "I'm telling you, I know Captain Ikanser of the 'Heart of Machinery', be careful as I report you!"

The four of them seemed to have reached an agreement and stayed there for a second or two before quickly walking out of the alley and leaving in two different directions.

Hobert pursed his lips and smiled and said: One thing I said just now is right, these four people are indeed stupid.

…

Among the four people who left, two of them entered a private house on Rose Flower Street after confirming many times that they were not being followed.

In the living room of a private house, a middle-aged man in his thirties asked: "Why did you come back so early today?"

"Some accidents happened," one of the young men following said, "but I think we can basically rule out the lawyer's suspicion."