Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

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Backlund, Vilas Street.

Rafter bowed slightly and said hello: "The one favored by God!"

Hobert asked, "Are you ready to go?"

"It's done." Rafter picked up two small suitcases.

Hobert nodded: "Where are you going?"

"I plan to go to the Rhoside Islands first." Rafter said: "Although it is a colony of Loen, the local official Beyonders probably don't have the energy to catch a 'fugitive' like me."

They are too busy just to deal with the pirates. Unless the royal family clearly knows Rafter's location, otherwise they will have no idea where Rafter has gone under the cover of the "Crystal Mask of Order".

Rafter continued: "I plan to advance to the 'Corruption Baron' there and then go to the Southern Continent to develop."

Hobert nodded slightly: "If you encounter any difficulties there, you can write to me."

After all, he has been used as cannon fodder several times. It is not easy for Rafter to survive until now. As long as the request is not excessive, Hobert will help.

Maybe in the future, there will be a chance to use such "ace cannon fodder".

After using "Travel" to take Rafter through a transit, he came to the suburbs of Bayam.

Then Hobert returned to his territory and met Dean, the captain of the Nohal, in the main hall of the Lord's Mansion at nine o'clock.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Hobert asked: "I heard from Kerwin that you want to buy two stores in Jeffrey Town?"

Dean clutched his hat and said: "Yes, noble lord. I actually want to invest in the construction project of Jeffrey Town, but my savings are only enough to invest in shops."

Hobert smiled and said: "I can show you a way to make a fortune. From now on, you can go to Jeffrey to sell building materials tax-free!"

Dean's eyes immediately lit up. For a captain, the fee paid for a cargo ship to dock at the port is only a small part of the cost. Paying taxes to the port is a huge cost.

As long as transactions occur at the port, taxes must be paid. Although the tax rates for different goods are different, generally speaking, if goods are shipped from the Port of Grana and the transaction is completed at the Port of Feneport, the taxes at the two ports will be added together. Will double the value of most goods.

If the target port is tax-free for a certain type of goods, it means that the port is in short supply of such goods and will be sold out as soon as they are shipped, and it can basically save a quarter to a fifth of the cost.

Hobert added: "You only have a few days' chance. When your ship docks at Feneport Port, I will announce the news."

Dean nodded: "That's enough, that's enough!"

Doing this kind of business once can increase his wealth several times!

Dean said goodbye to Hobert. He would quickly return to the ship and send a telegram, asking his wife to use the house and previously purchased stocks as collateral to get a loan from the bank, and then borrow a sum of money from relatives, plus the family's savings. , enough to order two shiploads of building materials at the port of Grana.

When he came to Jeffrey Town, he paid the management fee for the docking of cargo ships and met Kerwin at the dock.

Kerwin warned: "South Colson is still a little uneasy. We must put the flag on the bow of the ship and launch flares when in danger."

"Yes, yes, yes." Dean agreed quickly, thanked him and hurriedly sailed away.

In the Lord's Mansion, Hobert, who was in the main hall, was about to return to his study when Roy sent him a list of required building materials.

The project is divided into five stages, and the materials required at different stages are slightly different.

Hobert made an estimate and almost showed a surprised expression. The building materials required in the first stage were as high as 56,000 gold riso!

The five stages will cost a total of 270,000 gold lithos. This is still a preliminary estimate. Of course, some surplus must be left, and 300,000 gold lithos must be prepared.

Hobert's hands almost trembled: No, we have to find investment. No matter which country it is placed in, this is a large amount of money. He, a baron, and an evil god can't bear a large amount of money!

This is only needed for construction. The decoration of resorts, hotels and various entertainment venues still costs a lot of money.

It must be decorated in a decent way, otherwise the aristocrats, the main consumer group, will not be willing to come back after one visit.

Hobert suffered the disadvantage of having never done business before. He originally thought he could complete the construction for about 100,000 gold liso, but the total cost was several times higher than he expected.

If I had known better, I wouldn't have rewarded Scoola and Valk so much money so generously!

Roy reported again: "There are two new problems now. The first is that land acquisition is very troublesome. The second is that the town's renovation and construction projects can start first, but now we don't have enough building materials."

Hobert nodded: "I will find a way. You should mobilize manpower first and make preliminary preparations."

After Roy left, Hobert paced back and forth with his arms crossed, thinking about selling stocks and looking for large investments at the same time.

These can only be accomplished by going to Feneport City.

As for the problem of insufficient building materials, Dean, who had just left, could not quench his thirst with water, so he could only use "Creator Express".

Hobert, who had just made a simple plan, received a package, a letter and a small wooden box from Bishop Simpson.

This time Hobert was not in the mood to tease the big dog. After asking Alan to get raw meat from the kitchen, he quickly opened the letter.

This letter made Hobert feel a little better. Seven large boxes of materials from the Ancient Azure Dragon Beast were sold for a total of 16,000 gold liso.

It was more valuable than Hobert expected. This money also allowed Hobert to ease his anxiety a little.

After counting the money in the wooden box, Hobert closed the lid of the wooden box: "Eat the food one bite at a time, and do the things one by one! Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry."

Just after lunch, Philip presented two banknotes to Hobert, one for 5 gold riso and the other for 1 gold riso: "Sir, this is the port management fee paid by the Nohar. "

After investing so much in the territory, I finally saw the money coming back.

But... Hobert looked at the 6 gold riso, and then thought of the total cost of 300,000 gold riso, and smiled unconsciously: "Find a booklet to keep these two banknotes. Their commemorative value is greater than the actual value." value."

"yes."

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Hobert, who had been thinking about where to raise money, adjusted himself and prepared to participate in the Tarot Club.

…

A place abandoned by God.

The Silver City team established a camp in the leeward area, and the chief ordered that the abandoned temple be explored after the camp was repaired until the frequency of lightning became stable.

In the open-air camp that was burning with fire and was always guarded, Derrick leaned against a stone pillar and fell into a deep sleep to recover his strength.

As if in his sleep, he saw the tall and mysterious "Fool" sitting on an ancient high-backed chair: "Get ready for the party."

Yes, Mr. Fool.

Derrick responded silently, silently counting his heartbeats.

His eyes never opened, as if everything that had just happened was just part of a dream.

After 1,000 heartbeats, Derrick waited for a while before he felt that he had entered the silent and peaceful Giant Temple.

As soon as he opened his eyes, one scene after another suddenly flashed back in his mind, as if an external force had instantly refilled all the lost memories into his brain.

Those scenes include: the temple of the Fallen Creator, which details the scene of doomsday and the murals of the Fallen Creator resisting the six evil gods and protecting the remaining humans; the murals of the pilgrims; the beautiful and dangerous "mushrooms"; the strange and weird ones that come from nowhere. blond boy Jack.

This scene was repeated over and over again, five times in total! But each time there were some differences in details: the first time, outside the Temple of the Fallen Creator, all the animal skin lanterns were extinguished, almost leading to a tragedy.

The second time, someone couldn't control himself and almost swallowed the "mushroom".

…

Each time it ends with the little boy Jack having a strange change, or Chief Colin killing the little boy Jack. It starts with just arriving in that city and starting to set up a camp.

We have explored the temple five times and we are living in this experience with no real way to end it. The more Derrick understood his sudden extra memories, the more frightened and creepy he felt.

"Justice" Audrey, who was sitting on the other side of the long bronze table, originally wanted to say hello to Mr. Fool and everyone in a cheerful and relaxed manner as usual, but when she glanced around, she immediately discovered that "Little Sun" was in a wrong mood. He immediately asked:

"Mr. Sun, what happened? The search for the Fallen Creator is not going well?"

Derrick seemed to have grasped hope, and quickly described what happened in general, and finally said: "After that little boy had a mutation or was cleaned up, we would all be in a trance for a while, and when we came back to consciousness, we would all be in a trance." Start setting up camp and prepare to start a new exploration without any memories of the past.

"This process was repeated five times, with only slight differences in details. If it weren't for Mr. Fool's reminder, I wouldn't even know that I have been living a repetitive life during this period."

He took it for granted that after arriving above the gray mist, the extra memories he had came from Mr. Fool’s reminder, so he stood up and saluted solemnly to Klein, the Fool, who was sitting at the top of the long bronze table.

Klein said: I only understood what happened after listening to your description.

But he still had to have the spiritual aura that he should have. He kept his original posture and nodded gently in response.

Hobert sighed in his heart: "It's so fast. Little Sun has come to this point, and it's not far away from President Ke leaving Backlund. There's a big smog in Backlund! Should I be involved in this incident?" Save...

"Haha, I think too highly of myself. I'm just a Sequence 5 who is worried about money. What can I do to stop it? It was the same last time. I went to Tingen City blindly and confidently, but nothing changed.

"Forget it, the big smog is just big smog. I'm not the ruler of the Loen Kingdom, so why do I care about such nonsense...

"But, the old Kohler I have never met, the shrewd widow who made a living by washing clothes but raised two daughters, whose name I have forgotten, why are these people lingering in my mind?"

He remembered a sentence: "People like us are like straw in the field. They will fall when the wind blows. Even if there is no wind, they may fall by themselves..."

"Mr. Emperor!" Audrey said: "Mr. Emperor?"

Only then did Hobert come back to his senses: "Oh, sorry, I was distracted just now. What do you want from me?"

It turned out that "Little Sun" asked everyone how to solve this problem. As a result, Audrey and "Magician" Forsi had no clue at all, and "The Hanged Man" Alger and "The World" didn't speak easily. They all put it aside. His eyes were set on "Emperor" Hobert.

It turned out that Hobert was distracted just now, so Audrey reminded him.

Hobert adjusted his emotions and asked Derrick: "You just said that there are scenes of pilgrimage in the murals you saw, right?"

"Little Sun" quickly replied: "Yes!"

"Mr. Fool, please help him embody the angel that appears in that picture."

Klein nodded lightly, and with the cooperation of Derrick, he embodied the scene in the mural.

After other members saw the mural, they were attracted by the holy wings of the figure walking at the front of the pilgrimage procession.

Hobert nodded pretendingly: "Slender and tall, with silvery white hair and a beautiful face. Yes, it fits the description of Ouroleus the Tail-Eater."

The Hanged Man: "The Tail Eater?"

Audrey: "Ourolius?"

Everyone, look at me and I look at you, what a strange name and nickname.

"I must make a statement." Hobert said: "The knowledge I am going to talk about next is also of great value, but just like last time, in order to help 'Little Sun' get out of trouble, there is no price negotiation."

Derrick immediately stood up and bowed slightly: "Thank you, Mr. Emperor."

Hobert waved his hand: "Ouroleus is the 'King of Angels' of the 'Destiny' path..."

Audrey said excitedly: "This is actually a 'King of Angels'! We know another 'King of Angels'!"

Like Audrey, other members also recalled Mr. "Gate" and Mr. Emperor's explanation of the "King of Angels" at that time.

"No, no, no, Ourolius is different from the Mr. Door we talked about before." Hobert quickly explained: "This is the real 'King of Angels', and I called Mr. Door before." 'King of Angels' is just to indicate His level."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one quite understood what "emperor" meant.

Derrick scratched his head: "Sorry, Mr. Emperor, I don't quite understand what you mean."

The other members all looked at Hobert: We don’t quite understand either.

Hobert smiled: "Okay, let me remind you again, do you still remember? I said that the concept of 'King of Angels' seemed to be just a title at first, but later it gradually evolved into a sequence 1 To the level between true gods.

"I call Mr. Men the 'King of Angels' because he has reached this level."

Alger immediately understood: "Then Ouroleus, the 'King of Angels', is the source of this title, or one of the sources!"

Hobert nodded: "That's right."

Klein behind the gray mist: So that means Ourolius has a great background!

Audrey: There seems to be a lot of fascinating ancient history here, or high-level extraordinary history. Unfortunately, Hobert’s answer this time is of a “semi-public benefit” nature, and he is unwilling to say more.

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