Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Town.

Old Borg was the guard at the construction site. Before that, he was the "gong ringer", responsible for patrolling the lake. When a monster was discovered, he would immediately ring the gong to warn.

Fortunately, no one is needed anymore to do that dangerous job.

Old Berg looked at the construction site illuminated by the lights and couldn't help but sigh.

Everyone knows that this lord is very wise now, but he is too troublesome. At noon, old Borg listened to the knight...

It is said that he is a knight, but before this lord came, Conrad was a recognized fool.

When I work in the fields, I always work slowly and look a bit dull. I worry about paying taxes every month, but I can only read and write.

In the blink of an eye, he is now the knight!

This made several thugs who always liked to bully Conrad dare not go out. However, they were caught by Conrad on the construction site a few days ago. It is said that they did the most tiring and painful work.

Old Borg walked forward leisurely. Today, the knight actually said that he would give everyone the land of those bullies.

No one believed it, and even if it was divided, they wouldn’t dare to ask for it.

Most of the bullies were there when Viscount Wright was on the throne. Old Borg still remembered that there were bullies in small towns and villages when he was young. After the death of these bullies, there were their sons and another group of bullies.

The land is divided now, but who knows what means they can use to get it back in the future?

The part ahead is to dig out the foundation. Old Borg sighed again. How long will it take to dig so many foundations?

Such good land has trenches dug everywhere, but it is said that it will take some time for building materials to arrive. What a nonsense!

Sir Alex has so much money, why not give some to everyone in the territory so that everyone can have a good year.

Just as he was thinking of this, Old Borg saw a faint light of fire not far ahead: "These troublemakers!"

Children often come to play on the construction site at night. Of course, thieves also often visit here, so there is almost nothing of value on the construction site at night.

Boom~

There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground, which startled Old Borg.

Unfortunately, the night was not very good today, and Old Borg couldn't see what was happening in front of him with the light in his hand.

Old Borg only felt that there seemed to be something scary in the air in front of him. This feeling reminded him of his previous experience as a "gong ringer". He had a similar feeling when he was targeted by evil monsters. .

Boom~

There was another sound of heavy objects falling to the ground!

Old Borg swallowed and retreated behind a mound.

He had been working as a "gong beater" for seven years. The "gong beaters" before him only worked for three years at most before dying at the mouth of the monster.

It's not that he is so powerful, but that he knows not to show off, hide when he should, and run when he should. Nothing is as important as his own life.

The rumble sounded a dozen times in total, and finally it became quiet.

Old Borg came out from behind the mound and stared blankly at what was in front of him for a while.

There seems to be an extra hill over there!

He boldly approached and saw a lot of cement and steel bars, as well as some scaffolding and other tools.

After a while, Old Borg finally came to his senses and ran towards the town: How terrible! Steel bars and concrete rained down from the sky just now! Fortunately I didn't go any further, otherwise I would have been crushed to death by these things!

What happened just now was completely beyond his cognition. He could only think that those building materials came from heaven and earth.

Before we even arrived at the town, we saw a lot of people coming here with lanterns, and the person leading the way was none other than Roy!

Old Borg hurried forward to report. Roy was still relatively calm. While listening to Old Borg's report, he came to the hill-like building materials.

Roy was silent for a long time when he saw the building materials in the pile of debris.

Just now, the Duke suddenly came to tell him that a batch of building materials had just been unloaded from the cargo ship and asked him to find someone to guard it and sort it out tomorrow.

What kind of cargo ship can carry so much stuff?

Also, why was it unloaded directly to the construction site? It's obviously so far away from the pier! Are all today’s porters so dedicated?

But after a long silence, Roy still said to everyone: "These are the construction materials that have just been unloaded from the dock. You guys stay here to guard them!"

When Old Borg was about to say something, Roy glanced at him: "Don't forget, Sir, he is the 'favored one' of the Mother Goddess!"

In fact, he didn't know what was going on, but if he didn't know clearly, he would be right to blame God.

Old Borg lowered his head in horror: It turned out that it was a miracle just now!

…

Early the next morning, Hobert yawned and came to the yard by himself, squeezing his shoulders.

Yesterday was indeed very tiring for him, but when he saw the pile of building materials at the bottom of the mountain, he felt very accomplished.

But soon Hobert thought that this was only a quarter of the first batch of building materials. He sighed and thought about how to ask "The Fool" to help carry it?

Hobert smiled and shook his head. It was estimated that "The Fool" had helped move the building materials, so he simply disqualified him from participating in the Tarot Club.

Today is New Year, and early in the morning Philip was instructing the servants to clean the courtyard.

In fact, there is nothing to clean. It was just cleaned two days ago in order to welcome Monlisa and her party.

This is the first New Year in this world!

Just after sighing, Hobert's spirituality seemed to be affected. He looked at his study, opened the "Order Crystal" sealed outside the scepter, and assumed a fighting posture.

"Sorry, I came uninvited." A man's voice came from the study: "But please don't worry, I don't mean any harm."

Hobert opened the door to the study and saw a man in his thirties, clean shaven and meticulously combed hair.

Freya had already come to the study room and started practicing vocabulary. Although the sudden appearance of this gentleman shocked her, she did not panic because her teacher had also appeared so suddenly before.

She was just a little curious: Did the teacher and his friends like to appear and disappear suddenly like this?

Hobert probably guessed that the other party should be a member of the "Gnosis Society", but he still asked: "Excuse me, who are you?"

"I am Jonathan, the vice president of the Gnosis Society in South Colson."

Sure enough, Hobert put away his scepter: "Please sit down. Haha, I guess I don't need to introduce myself."

Then he asked Freya to ask Allen to serve tea.

The two sat down around the desk, and Jonathan looked around the study: "I heard Monica talk about the 'Fire Dragon' you invented. I have to say that you are a creative young man."

Hobert smiled: "I didn't create this, I just brought it here."

After Freya and Allen brought tea, Jonathan took a polite sip of tea: "We had a meeting all night regarding your proposal yesterday.

"Finally, I decided to try to cooperate with you on a deeper level."

He spread his hands: "I have to say that you have provided us with a brand new idea. Many people are surprised by this proposal. As Monica said, you are a natural politician."

Through Monica and Helen's descriptions, Jonathan wanted to meet this young man, and he had to discuss the final cooperation with Hobert in person.

So Jonathan went directly to Hobert's study.

Although this is a bit against the rules, the "mystic mage" can go wherever he wants.

Hobert smiled and said, “It should be said that you made the right choice.

"But I have two conditions. First, there can be no extremists among the official extraordinary people!"

Jonathan nodded: "That's for sure."

"Second, the 'Gnosis Society' will provide a small team. The captain can report their actions and tasks to the 'Gnostic Society', as well as the intelligence obtained during the mission, but they must obey my command!"

Jonathan did not agree immediately, but asked: "Is this the only team?"

"No, there is another team, and the captain of that team is a Sequence 6." Hobert used his 'painting method'.

Jonathan asked again: "How many players does the opponent have?"

"About seven or eight."

"How should the sealed artifacts or trophies captured during the mission be distributed?"

Hobert said: "Which team gets it, it belongs to that team, but if it is shared, I have the right to distribute it!"

Jonathan thought for a moment: "Okay."

He paused and then said: "I will let Helen be stationed in Jeffrey Town as the captain dispatched by the Gnosis Society. After returning, I will equip her with two Sequence 7s, four Sequence 8s, and three Sequences 9 team members.”

Hobert stretched out his hand and smiled: "It's a pleasure to cooperate."

The two shook hands, and Hobert suddenly thought: "Oh, by the way, I have a few extraordinary properties of the 'apprentice' path that I want to sell. Are you interested?"

"Of course I'm interested." Jonathan smiled and said: "How many copies are there specifically? How many sequences are they?"

"6 copies of 'Apprentice', 4 copies of 'Master of Magic', 3 copies of 'Astrologer', and 1 copy of 'Recorder'."

These extraordinary characteristics all come from the Tamara family. In order to avoid attracting attention, Hobert has not used these extraordinary characteristics.

Jonathan: How the hell do you call this?

He asked: "Where did you get so many extraordinary characteristics?"

Couldn't it be from members of the "Gnosis Society" in other areas?

Hobert smiled and said: "Some ancient families also have the inheritance of the 'apprentice' path."

He deliberately did not make it clear that it might be the family of Abraham or another family.

Moreover, Jonathan has not heard of any large-scale casualties among members of the "Gnosis Society" recently.

Even if such a situation occurs and there is an opportunity to take back the extraordinary characteristics, Jonathan will certainly not let it go: "How much do you plan to sell them for?"

"As allies, the 'Apprentice' and 'Master of Magic' will give you a basic price of 360 gold riso and 720 gold riso." Hobert smiled:

"But there must be a premium for the 'Astrologer' and 'Recorder'. After all, it took a lot of effort to get them. They cost 2,000 gold riso and 5,000 gold riso respectively."

This price is slightly higher than the price for the extraordinary characteristics given to the Balk family. After all, there is still some difference between believers and allies.

Jonathan thought the price was reasonable: "Okay."

"Then the total value of 6 copies of the 'Apprentice' extraordinary characteristics is 2160 gold riso, and the total value of 4 copies of the 'Master of Magic' extraordinary characteristics is 2880 gold riso." Hobert said as he took out a pen and paper and made a list. Checklist:

"Three copies of the 'Astrologer' extraordinary characteristics, with a total value of 6,000 gold riso, and one copy of the 'Recorder', worth 5,000 gold riso.

"Let me do the math. The total is 16,040 gold riso. I'll give you a zero of 16,000."

"Okay." Jonathan smiled and said, "I will ask Monica to bring money to trade with you in the afternoon."

After sending Jonathan away, Hobert continued to teach Freya words. Freya practiced very hard, so he taught twenty words today.

Hobert then enjoyed the festive atmosphere, with smiles on everyone's faces and hope for next year.

In the afternoon, Monica came to complete the transaction. There was no problem with the money and goods. The two said "Happy New Year!" to each other and went back to celebrate the New Year.

Hobert finally feels at ease. Currently, he already has 58,000 gold lithos, 16,000 of which were just obtained from the transaction, 24,000 from the transaction with the Balk family, and 16,000 from the sale of the ancient Azure Dragon Beast. The last 2,000 Kinlisaw is Hobert's "old man."

In addition, Hobert had nearly 4,600 gold pounds and gold worth 5,000 gold pounds.

There is no need to worry about the payment for the second batch of building materials for the time being. After the transaction with the Tudor family is completed, it is estimated that the payment for the third batch will also be available.

Hobert planned to ask at the Tarot meeting who could contact the members of the Temperance Sect of the "Rose School". If he asked Klein directly, it would be too targeted.

If the Temperance Faction absorbs another batch of extraordinary materials from the "prisoners" path, or sells them two copies of Sequence 4 extraordinary characteristics, it is estimated that the payment problem for building materials will be basically solved.

He only has to worry about the cost of renovations anymore.

Hobert smiled and said: I am richer than I thought before!

In the evening, under Philip's unified arrangement, more than a dozen bonfires were piled on the streets of the town. As soon as night fell, everyone lit the bonfires and began to sing and dance around the bonfires.

Today was a rare day for them to relax. Everyone sang and danced together to celebrate this special day.

Looking down from the Lord's Mansion, the town is brightly lit and full of laughter and laughter.

Hobert was also inspired by the atmosphere created by everyone, and said to Forsi beside him: "Let's join them too!"

Forsi had wanted to go for a long time. Although she usually didn't like singing and dancing, she wanted to see the New Year customs that were different from Loen's. Hearing Hobert's invitation, he immediately agreed.

Looking at the backs of Hobert and Forsi leaving, Donna snorted: "Hobert has changed, and he doesn't even want to take me to play with him."

Monlisa smiled: "He is about to start a family. Of course it will be different from before."

"If you don't take me, I'll go by myself." Donna said, "Freya, let's go together."

Before Freya could say anything, she was pulled out of the door by Donna.

When they arrived in the town, Hobert and Forsi were already dancing in front of the bonfire.

The dance steps they had learned before were incompatible with the surrounding environment, so they simply learned the cheerful and simple dance steps of the people around them.

The benefits of being an Extraordinary are reflected at this time. He can learn it almost immediately and quickly integrate into the cheerful environment around him.

The joining of the lord and his wife brought the bonfire dance to a climax. The residents of the town gathered around Hobert and Forsi, dancing and laughing.

The days when they were exploited by bandits and knights seemed to have been almost forgotten, as well as the hesitation and uneasiness caused by the lord's mobilization of the entire territory and the sudden promulgation of new policies.

Everyone is enjoying the joy of this moment without any distractions.

After waiting for the bonfire to gradually extinguish, everyone felt tired and reluctantly returned home, then smashed things!

In this almost isolated town, the custom of breaking everything that can be broken during the New Year is still popular.

They think that this way they can throw away all the worries of last year and welcome the new year without any burden.

In big cities such as Feneport, this custom no longer exists, but a new custom has formed. On New Year's Day, young people will jump into the cold river water to wash away all the troubles on their bodies and welcome the new year cleanly. year.

But it’s also possible to welcome the new year with a runny nose and a cold.

…

The Kingdom of Loen, in a small town on the outskirts of Backlund.

Klein in the dilapidated hotel looked at the fireworks in the direction of Backlund: "New Year!"

He spent this New Year alone.

…

Backlund, Queens, in Count Hall's villa.

Today's weather is rare and sunny, and it seems to have wiped away the tragedy that just happened in Backlund.

Audrey, who had just attended the New Year's dance, stood on the terrace and looked at the fireworks not far away: "Happy New Year, Susie."

"Happy New Year! Audrey."

…

Rhoad Islands, Hilmhavn.

Alger avoided the carnival Loen people and continued to his destination.

The local New Year's Day and Loen's New Year's Day were not on the same day, so Alger didn't feel any festive atmosphere.

Even the local New Year couldn't make Alger happy.

Because that would make Alger realize that a year had passed and he was still alone.

…

Loen Kingdom, Tingen City.

Selina locked herself in her room and stuffed the card with blessings written in advance into the envelope.

Then prepare the altar in the manner stated in Teacher Hobert's letter.

This made Selena a little nervous and a little excited. She cleared her throat and said in Hermes: "I,

"Call in my name:

"A spirit that lingers in the void, a friendly creature that can be driven, a messenger unique to Hobart Jeffrey."

The flame of one of the candles suddenly turned a miserable green, and the candle flame quickly grew larger. Selina took a step back in surprise. This was the first time she had received a response in an occult ceremony.

Selena soon felt that there seemed to be something extra in the room. Almost at the same time, she felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on her spirit, making her breathless.

Fortunately, soon, the letter on the simple altar and the three donuts she had prepared in advance disappeared, and the huge feeling of oppression also disappeared.

Selena stared blankly at the altar for a while before saying, "How cool!"

At this time, only this exclamation invented by Emperor Russell could express her feelings.

Only today did she realize that she had found the right method, and that the occult ritual was so easy to get responses from!

Before... Okay, Selina smiled: No wonder Teacher Hobert told me many times not to contact Teacher Heiners’ friends. It turns out that they are all liars, and the rituals they taught me have never been obtained. respond. Fortunately, I met Mr. Hobert, who is the real occult teacher.

Just as I was thinking of this, Selena's mother suddenly shouted from below: "Selena, Elizabeth and Melissa are here!"

They made an appointment to go out to watch the fireworks at night.

After bidding farewell to Selena's parents, the three girls walked in the light of the gas streetlights, talking and laughing.

There are many young people on the street who go out to watch the fireworks together. On this special festival, the city is particularly lively at night.

While chatting, they talked about their plans for next year.

Elizabeth was going to try to see if she could be admitted to Backlund University, while Melissa went to Backlund with her brother and continued her studies at the University of Science and Technology there.

Selina sighed: "In the second half of next year, I may be the only one in Tingen City."

She did not tell her two good friends for the time being that she was going to find Hobert and become an extraordinary person.

Although the graduation season has not yet arrived, the atmosphere of "graduation season" is already full.

"Tell me something happy!" Selena suddenly said: "How are you going to spend the New Year's holiday?"

Elizabeth said: "Tomorrow I will go to Connacht City with my parents for vacation."

Melissa: “Read a book and organize things.”

So Selena sent out an invitation: "Melissa, let's go to Bocklon Villa together! Our family is going there for vacation, so ask your brother to go with us!"

Elizabeth also advised: "Melissa, the hot spring there is very good. It is said that it can wash away all worries."

But Melissa said: "We can't spend too much before Benson completes the exam. Let's wait until later to talk about the vacation."

Elizabeth and Selina looked at each other and smiled, and Selina said: "Melissa, you will be a good wife in the future."

…

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Territory.

Today is January 1st.

Hobert stared at the roof in a daze for a while. After coming back yesterday, he drank some wine with Fors and Donna, and actually slept until after eight o'clock.

Alcohol has already had no effect on the Sequence 5's body. The reason why Hobert slept so soundly was simply because he felt relaxed last night.

Hobert stretched, put on his baron clothes and cape: "Alan, tell Roy and Scola to wait for me at the construction site in the town!"

Roy and the others did not expect that Sir Alex would enter work just after the New Year.

They basically got out of bed and ate bread while going to the construction site.

When I came to the construction site, I couldn't help laughing when I saw several other people who were as embarrassed as myself.

Soon, Hobert also came, taking Donna and Freya with him.

Donna scratched her somewhat messy hair: "Logically speaking, today is still a holiday, and it is illegal for your lord to wake everyone up so early.

"Does any of you want to sue him? I'll help contact a lawyer."

Several people looked at each other and smiled, but did not dare to speak.