Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Territory.

It's time for Hobert's footbath again.

Dennis put away the foot-washing water and did not immediately answer Hobert's previous question. Instead, he asked: "Sir, you are already a lord, why do you still need to appoint a mayor?"

Hobert smiled and nodded gently: "Yes, there is progress!"

He explained: “Facts have proved that the system of the top executive is a very practical and advanced system.

“In a small town that is undergoing large-scale construction, daily work is complicated and very cumbersome.

“Based on the advanced experience of the countries in the Northern Continent, these tedious tasks should be left to the bureaucracy.

"And I should focus all my energy on drawing up a blueprint for the future of the territory and giving direction to the town government."

Dennis opened his mouth wide. This was some knowledge that he had never been exposed to before, as if a new door had opened for him!

After thinking for a long time, he asked: "Sir, what if after a long time, the town government does not obey the direction you pointed out?"

"Yes, yes, you can actually realize that the mayor has too much power." Hobert smiled and said: "So I want to hold the financial power and human rights in my hands."

Dennis's eyes lit up, and an advanced power framework was constructed in his mind. No matter what action the town government wanted to take, it needed the support of money.

As long as the power to appoint the main officials of the town government is in the hands of the lord, it is impossible for this bureaucracy to escape the control of the lord.

While washing his feet, Hobert asked, "What do you think is missing from this structure?"

Although Dennis was smart, he had insufficient knowledge after all, and he didn't think much about it after thinking for a long time.

"Supervisory agency!" Hobert said: "Okay, the water is cold, take it away."

Suddenly, Hobert once again felt the signs of digestion in the potion in his body. Although it was not as digested as when he taught Freya before, but the three digestions combined, one-fifth of it had been digested. one.

Hobert couldn't help but sigh: Sure enough, the higher the sequence, the slower the digestion.

Then he realized that the system of the supreme chief executive of the entire northern continent was not perfect enough, otherwise he would not be able to digest the magic potion just after he explained it to Dennis.

In the yard, when Dennis was splashing water, he remembered that he had forgotten to answer Sir Alex's previous question.

But he was satisfied with the knowledge he gained tonight, and he could just answer that question tomorrow.

Suddenly, Dennis seemed to understand something!

At this time, a few snowflakes fell on the place where the water was splashed and melted quickly. Dennis raised his head and said, "It's snowing!"

The snow kept falling all night and it didn't stop the next day.

Everyone on the construction site in the territory had to take a day off.

On this snowy morning, Hobert's cousin Angus came back, and with him came eight extraordinary people from the Tudor family and an elder of the family.

Hobert first met Angus in the study and asked about his return home.

"The family is very supportive of your career in South Colson." Angus said conservatively.

Not only for support, the living room of Angus’ house was packed with members who wanted to join the official Beyonder. There were even some Sequence 6 people who wanted to follow Angus.

In the end, Angus had no choice but to draw lots to decide who would come with him.

Then he brought one Sequence 6 (actually there were more Sequence 6s that could be brought, but Angus was afraid of affecting his status, so he only brought one who was willing to follow the arrangement.), four Sequence 7, two sequence 8s, and one sequence 9.

Hobert was very satisfied with this kind of fighting power and asked: "How have the elders in the family considered the deal I proposed before?"

"A representative has been sent to talk to you, but, just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that this elder's temper is not very good."

Hobert smiled: "I'll meet him again in the afternoon. You can remind him tactfully that it's okay if you want to test me, but don't go too far, or I will fall out!"

This kind of testing method is all leftover from Hobert's game. It can be said that the several early meetings will lay the foundation for the way of getting along and the status in the future. Of course, the Tudor family will send a more crazy person first.

Angus nodded: "Understood!"

"As for the treatment of team members." Hobert said: "In line with normal official Beyonders, there are two ways of remuneration, one is Jin Lisuo plus meritorious service, and the other is pure meritorious service.

"The so-called Jin Lisuojia's meritorious service is the same as that of ordinary official extraordinary people. They receive weekly salary regularly and can accumulate meritorious service only after performing meritorious service.

"The pure reward method for meritorious service is that not only meritorious service is given after meritorious deeds are made, but wages are also paid based on meritorious service in normal times. Meritorious service can be exchanged for gold Risuo, but gold Risuo cannot be exchanged for meritorious service!

"Meritors can be exchanged for extraordinary potions, spells, potion main materials, extraordinary characteristics and even sealed objects. I have a list of specific redemption standards here. You can take a look."

Angus took it over and took a look. 300 meritorious deeds can be exchanged for the extraordinary characteristics of the "Arbiter"! The extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 6 "Judge" require 3500 meritorious deeds!

Angus immediately asked: "If the weekly salary is calculated by meritorious service, how much meritorious service can you receive in a week?"

"Sequence 9 can receive 4 merits per week, which can be exchanged for 4.8 gold lisso. Sequence 8 can receive 8 merits if doubled, sequence 7 can receive 20 merits per week, and sequence 6 can receive 45 merits!" Hobert had already thought about it! The exchange ratio and the number of meritorious deeds are distributed.

Angus was excited. In other words, he could redeem a copy of the "Arbiter"'s extraordinary characteristics in seven weeks!

Seeing the excitement on the other party's face, Hobert knew that this plan was very practical.

It’s not that this plan is fraudulent, it’s just that it’s easy for people to overlook the fact that a Sequence 6 can only earn 300 pounds in seven weeks.

Hobert is not willing to do such an errand anyway. A Sequence 6, even if he is a bodyguard for others, he will earn more than this.

If any team member has doubts about this, Hobert will settle the account with him: "But you are an official Extraordinary who is respected by others and full of honor! And you can also exchange it for Extraordinary which is almost the basic price. characteristic!

"These are all your benefits! How can ordinary Extraordinary people have benefits like yours? They may pay a premium of seven to eight thousand pounds for the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 6, and it depends on luck. You can't just buy it if you want to. of!"

I believe that if you say this, even those who have doubts will think that they have not thought of this and continue to work for Hobert.

After negotiating the treatment, Hobert asked Philip to settle Angus and other team members.

Their office and residence have already been prepared, in the town of Jeffrey, in the area closest to the Lord's Mansion.

Just after sending Angus away, Allen came to report again. Wayne was back and brought back a whole ship of decoration materials that would be needed in a while. This time Wayne could finally rest in the territory for a few days. .

Returning with Wayne were two shiploads of building materials shipped by Captain Dean. After inspecting the goods, Philip settled the payment in person.

Dean made a fortune and treated the crews of the two ships to a restaurant ashore for a feast.

As long as these two ships go back and there is no need for Hobert to advertise or do any publicity, people will often come to Jeffrey to bring construction materials.

The lower half of the Taidig River is now fully open.

However, Wayne reported to Hobert that there were still some gangsters following him along the way, and it seemed that they would still grab a vote if they had the chance.

This attracted Hobert's attention. He planned to wait for the soldiers in the territory to train for a while before taking them to the lower reaches to "train and train"!

As if they had agreed upon it, the extraordinary people sent by the "Gnosis Society" also arrived on this snowy day.

According to Jonathan's previous agreement, the "Gnosis Society" sent two Sequence 7s, four Sequence 8s, and three Sequence 9s.

Compared with the strength of the Tuduo family, their strength is much weaker, and most of them are extraordinary people of the 'Gate' path, and their frontal combat effectiveness is not very strong.

Hobert also gave Helen a list of how meritorious deeds could be exchanged for extraordinary characteristics. After explaining it to her, he asked her to go back and explain it to the team members.

From the Demonic Wolf of Mist, Hobert had just received a copy of the extraordinary attribute of "traveler", which allowed him to dare to make a commitment to the extraordinary people of the "Gate" path.

Although Hobert currently does not have the extraordinary characteristics of the "Witch" path, it does not affect him from making a commitment first.

In the afternoon, Hobert met Sequence 5, who was sent by the Tudor family to discuss the business of extraordinary characteristics, in the main hall.

Not only did the other party have a bad temper, he also looked very arrogant. As soon as he entered the main hall, he said: "According to seniority, you should call me grandpa."

Hobert ignored him and asked Angus: "Who is this?"

Angus quickly said: "This is..."

The other party interrupted Angus: "According to seniority! I am your grandfather!"

Hobert said to Angus again: "Introduce to me, who is this F.M.D.?"

Angus: "This is..."

The other party planned Angus again: "I am your grandfather!"

Hobert sneered: "Introduce TND to me! Who is this TND?"

Angus waited and saw that the elder's face was red with anger. He quickly said: "This is Mr. Bunir."

Hobert then stood up with a smile and said: "Welcome, welcome! Mr. Bunir, please sit down!"

As he said this, he pointed to the seat at the bottom!

Bunir had no intention of sitting down. After trying to control his anger, he said with an air of dignity: "I heard that you have a batch of extraordinary characteristics. Can we buy them?"

Hobert sat in his seat carelessly: "I do have a batch of extraordinary characteristics, and for the sake of my own race, I want to sell them to you!"

Bunir sneered: "How many copies are there? How many sequences are they?"

Hobert said calmly: "17 copies of 'arbitrator', 15 copies of 'sheriff', 4 copies of 'interrogator', 3 copies of 'judge', and 1 copy of 'punishment knight'."

In fact, Hobert had 5 copies of the extraordinary characteristics of the "Interrogator" in his hand, but he reserved one for Xio, who was about to be promoted.

Angus opened his mouth wide when he heard that there were 17 copies of "Arbiter". At first, he thought that Hobert only had a few copies of Beyonder Characters to sell, but he didn't expect that he would sell more than a dozen copies!

Bunir was obviously stunned for a second or two. He cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment before asking: "How much do you plan to sell each of them for?"

Hobert said: "'Arbiter' costs 400 gold Riso, 'Sheriff' costs 1,000 gold Riso, 'Inquisitor' costs 3,000 gold Riso, 'Judge' costs 7,000 gold Riso, and 'Punishing Knight' costs 14,000 gold Riso. "

This time was the most demanding price Hobert had ever asked. He felt that with the other party's attitude, he would bargain again and again, so he paid a much higher price.

However, even if the price is much higher, it is still a price that outsiders can barely accept.

In particular, the extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7 and above are so controlled by the royal families of Loen and Fenebaud that they often cannot be purchased even if they have money.

Hobert guessed that this should also be the dilemma faced by this Tudor family. After all, the extraordinary characteristics of the "lawyer" path are not in such short supply.

What neither Hobert nor Angus expected was that Bunir sneered: "I will only give you half the price for the extraordinary characteristics of each sequence!

“I guessed on the way here that in this impoverished mountainous area, even if you have extraordinary characteristics, it would be difficult for you to take action.

"Now it seems that it is indeed the case, otherwise you would not have accumulated so many extraordinary characteristics in your hands."

Hobert was stunned for a long time before saying: "You, you..."

Are you not sick?

Bunir saw Hobert's "surprised" expression and said with a proud smile: "I guessed it right! Don't worry, although you and your son have failed the family, the family..."

Hobert said simply: "Alan, send this guest away! Let him go out and calm down!"

Bunir was slightly startled: "You have to think clearly, no one except the family will want you..."

"I have many sales!" Hobert sneered unceremoniously: "For example, the royal family of Feneport, such as the Solomon family!"

He said to Angus on the side: "Tell your elders that if you want to facilitate this deal, send someone with a sane mind to negotiate!"

No wonder Christine wants to leave the Tudor family. It turns out that there are people with such sick minds in these extraordinary families!

Only then did Bunir realize that he had guessed completely wrong, but as an elder he still wanted to regain his face.

But Hobert didn't give him this chance. He pulled out the scepter from his waist and said, "You don't think that the extraordinary properties of the 'Punishing Knight' were given to me by someone else, do you?

"Go away! If you appear in my territory again, you will definitely appear with the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Punishing Knight'!"

Bunir immediately realized that what Hobert was holding was a level 1 sealed artifact!

He was mentally ill, but that didn't mean he was stupid, and he immediately left in despair.

Hobert asked Angus: "Are all the Tudors like this now? No wonder they have been nearly forgotten by the world!"

Of course he knew that this was a threat given to him by the patriarch of the Tuduo family.

Angus smiled bitterly. He couldn't understand why the patriarch would still use such an old-fashioned trick when both Hobert and his son obviously didn't like it.

This time, the deterrence was obviously unsuccessful. Before, Hobert said "our Tudor family", but now he just said "Tudor family" or "your family"!

It was obvious that the good impression Hobert had just established towards his family was gone in an instant.

After Hobert left the main hall, the anger on his face quickly disappeared. In fact, he was not as angry as he appeared.

As the saying goes, "Life is all about acting." He was just expressing his anger to Angus.

Now that there is no audience, there is certainly no need for him to continue performing.

Come to the study and continue teaching Freya words.

This time, in the middle of the lesson, the messenger suddenly appeared, placed a long package on Hobert's desk, and then disappeared into the study.

Hobert continued to teach Freya words as if nothing was wrong. Freya "met" the messenger several times and didn't take it seriously.

Dennis, who was becoming more and more professional as a valet, was shocked. Why did he suddenly feel frightened just now? Something suddenly appeared on the desk?

But seeing that Hobert and Freya acted as if nothing had happened, Dennis suppressed his curiosity and looked at the package on the desk for a while, and then at Hobert for a while.

After teaching Freya the words, Hobert returned to his room with the package.

Although Dennis was so curious that he scratched his head and scratched his head, he could not bear to ask any questions this time. After taking a few deep breaths, he discovered that patience is a kind of training for his inner world.

Hobert, who returned to his room, was unaware of Dennis's psychological activities, but he did deliberately not give Dennis a chance to ask questions. "Shut up" is often an inner practice.

He opened the package and looked at it. It was from Jessica. In the long box in the package lay an extraordinary weapon that Kelly had just completed.

It was a black sword that looked cold and sharp.

Jessica first expressed her apology in the letter. They went to Jianhai for a few days during the New Year, so the production cycle of this weapon was a bit longer.

The following is a detailed introduction to this weapon: "The first ability is to be sharper when cutting the enemy's flesh and blood, and there is a 3% probability in combat that it can cut the enemy even if it does not directly touch the enemy. .

"The second ability is that when facing non-human opponents such as beasts and monsters, the holder can show a certain aura that makes the beasts or monsters fearful, and has a 5% probability of making the beasts or monsters give up resistance. "

The last part of the letter was Jessica relaying Kelly's recent research results: "Extraordinary materials are easier for extraordinary weapons to acquire extraordinary abilities than spiritual materials, and they generally gain two abilities, which are more powerful than extraordinary weapons made of spiritual materials. Bigger too.”

Kelly suggested that Hobert's weapon could be sold for 1,300 to 1,500 pounds. She had been thinking about Hobert's cost.

In her opinion, if it could be sold for 1,500 pounds, Hobert would not only be able to recoup his capital from this transaction, but also make a small profit.

Although extraordinary weapons have no negative effects, their abilities are only probabilities and are full of uncertainties. Therefore, even if they have two abilities and are relatively scarce, they can only be sold for this price.

In fact, this new weapon is quite good. Even if it does not have the probability ability of only 3% and 5%, it can become sharper when it attacks the enemy, and it also has the ability to enhance the breath of the holder.

The second ability seems to be tailor-made for the "Land Abandoned by Gods".

However, Hobert plans to sell it to Little Sun after a while. He already has a lot of extraordinary materials in his hands, but he does not yet have a stable sales channel.

In the package sent by Jessica, there were two failed weapons.

Hobert smiled. If Kelly's extraordinary weapon could be mass-produced, he would definitely make crazy money!

Hobert first asked the kitchen to make donuts, and then wrote back to Jessica, saying that he was very satisfied with the weapon, and stuffed 200 pounds for the materials into the envelope.

Then Hobert said that he had found a way to extract extraordinary materials from failed weapons, and put two extraordinary properties of the "Hunter" pathway sequence 8-level main material in the reply package, asking Kelly to see if he could use.

If you can, you won’t have to worry about cost in the future.

Regarding this matter, Hobert only partially concealed it. After all, even if he didn't explain it to Jessica, Kelly would probably have discovered or thought of it. It would be better to tell her his "trade secrets" openly.

At the same time, Hobert provided three more pieces of the "Assassin" pathway, which are the main materials for the 8th level of the "Witch" pathway sequence, hoping that Kelly could try to make an extraordinary weapon.

These three main materials came from the "arrears" that "Little Sun" had just paid. The reason why he knew so well what source of materials was because he had just consulted "Lieutenant General Iceberg".

After writing the reply, Hobert named the new weapon "Black Jade Sword" because the sword looked as beautiful as black jade.

Then he just sacrificed the two failed weapons to the "Country of Disorder", and took away the extraordinary materials and characteristics to be sent to Jessica from the "Country of Disorder".

Then Hobert selected some extraordinary characteristics and several sealed items from the stone platform where he stored his trophies, and brought them to the real world.

After sending the letter, Hobert took the "Black Jade Sword" and a dozen wooden boxes to the courtyard where the Tudor family and the "Gnosis Society" extraordinary people were settled.

The "Special Operations Department" sign has been hung at the door of the courtyard. Starting from tomorrow, this place will be officially open for business, but no one knows what they do yet.

The courtyard had just been renovated and looked brand new. Each Beyonder was assigned a separate room, and each team was assigned three offices, as well as a shared lounge and a large conference room.

Except for the captains of both sides, everyone came here on the first day. After settling in, they gathered in the conference room to chat.

The team members on both sides were quite excited. One of them was an ancient family that had been hiding for more than a thousand years, and the other was an evil secret organization that had been in hiding for about a thousand years. Suddenly, they became official extraordinary people, and they were There are official extraordinary persons recognized by the Orthodox Church.

This made them feel novel and excited, like college students who had just settled in the dormitory.

While everyone was chatting happily, Helen suddenly stood up and said: "Our lord is here!"

Everyone looked at the door of the courtyard together, and sure enough they saw a young man wearing a noble cloak entering the courtyard.

The two captains stood up to welcome him out. Although the others didn't take the so-called lord seriously, they also followed him out.

After a few polite words, Hobert entered the room and sat at the head of the conference table: "I'm here to tell you about the purpose of the 'Special Operations Department' and everyone's responsibilities.

"Of course the most important thing is, let me show you my ability to fulfill your promise."

He lined up ten small wooden boxes on the conference table and opened them one by one.

Everyone's breathing immediately became serious. Each wooden box contained an extraordinary characteristic, from "Arbiter" to "Retribution Knight", from "Apprentice" to "Traveler".

Just now, because they didn't know Hobert's strength and thought that Hobert was a baron from a remote country, some extraordinary people who were not convinced immediately became submissive.

Thanks to [Tomt0825] for the reward.