Chapter 308 The Magical Uses of "Travel"
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About five minutes after Rafter left Boston Cemetery, several figures rushed over.
Seeing that there was no one here, their leader ordered, "Search separately."
If the target had left the cemetery, the two people responsible for tracking and monitoring would have left a mark.
However, his subordinates quickly discovered the sword dropped on the ground and the empty coffin with nothing inside.
The leader took out a pendant, which was a sealed artifact with the function of divination.
After the leader's divination, the two subordinates responsible for stalking were already dead, but he could not divine who the murderer was, nor could he divine the target's whereabouts.
He frowned: "Again, I can't divine any clues."
This was exactly the same as the situation when investigating the cause of death of the others.
The leader asked one of his subordinates, "Didn't you say that the target didn't seem to be of a high sequence?"
"Yes, judging from his physical strength when digging the soil, he doesn't seem like a Beyonder of a very high sequence."
The leader almost gnashed his teeth: "Then why can't I divine his whereabouts?"
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Backlund, Blanca Street.
Hobert carefully examined the mutated Fire Rose Spider in his hand. Something at Sequence 5 is indeed different. It's so lovable just looking at it.
As for why the enemy hadn't taken the mutated Fire Rose Spider from the coffin, Hobert guessed that they probably only knew that there was something crucial to the "Dawn Paladin" in the coffin, but they didn't know exactly what it was.
Moreover, after the "Dawn Paladin" died, rashly digging up the grave might attract the attention of the murderers who killed the "Dawn Paladin" and others, and would also leave traces of digging in the cemetery, making the murderers immediately realize that it was a trap.
The "Judgement Group" still attached considerable importance to this trap, and there was at least one Sequence 7 and two Sequence 8 or Sequence 9 Beyonders responsible for stalking.
For wild Beyonders, using such a lineup for stalking was already a "luxury lineup," after all, Sequence 7 was already a backbone force for them.
Even for official Beyonders, this was using a captain-level Beyonder for stalking.
In general, there was nothing wrong with such an arrangement.
However, when encountering Hobert, encountering the "Creator," "common sense" seemed a bit pale.
Before going to Boston Cemetery, Hobert used "True Sight" to clearly see the positions of the two Beyonders. The key was that he suddenly appeared with Rafter as the coordinate, and also used the "Blink" ability to attack suddenly. The two stalking Beyonders didn't have time to make an effective response at all.
Thinking of this, Hobert sacrificed the mutated Fire Rose Spider and two Beyonder characteristics to the "Nation of Disorder."
At Boston Cemetery, Hobert used the ability of the "Spirit Wine Glass" to manipulate the corpse. Because it was his first time manipulating it, he was still a little unskilled, so the person who ran out of the woods looked like he was hopping and jumping.
Then he tried to manipulate the corpse to accelerate the condensation of the Beyonder characteristics. This ability was better than he imagined. The Beyonder characteristics condensed out in just a few seconds.
Hobert planned to wear a mask in a few days to "visit" Bishop Utravsky, and by the way, kill some people to see if there was a chance to get the Sequence 5 "potion."
He guessed that the person in charge of the Tamara family in Backlund, the fat man who looked a little greasy and liked to smoke cigars, was likely a Sequence 5 "Mentor of Disorder."
While planning, Hobert used "Travel" to return to his home in the Empress Borough, described yesterday's exploration in detail to Christian, and told him that the oil painting had been entrusted to the Nighthawks for sealing.
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Saturday morning, Backlund West Borough, Feynapotter Kingdom Embassy.
A well-dressed butler reported to Ambassador Tim, who was having breakfast: "Gale has once again requested that we investigate Hobert's whereabouts yesterday."
Tim frowned: "Doesn't he have ears? Or does he not understand our investigation results?"
"It is said that the trap Gale set up yesterday was seen through, and all the people responsible for monitoring were killed, and again, no information about the murderer can be divined."
"Idiot!" Tim rudely cut the fried egg in front of him with a knife: "Such an important matter, and he actually used ordinary people to monitor?"
"No, it was an 'Interrogator' and a 'Warrior'." The butler reported.
Tim stopped the hand holding the fried egg and was stunned for a few seconds before asking: "After Gale got the news, didn't he immediately go to support?"
"It is said that he went immediately." The butler said: "Conant City is an important stronghold of the 'Judgement Group', and there are many people. In order to make the trap play its ideal effect, Gale has even lived in the suburbs of Conant City during this time."
"The person who reported the news took about ten minutes to see Gale. After getting the news, Gale gathered people in just seven or eight minutes, and then arrived at the cemetery in just eight or nine minutes."
"Only half an hour had passed, and the other party dug open the tomb, killed the stalkers, and left calmly."
Tim put the cold fried egg into his mouth: "It seems that the murderer had already seen through Gale's trap and gathered enough helpers, instead giving Gale a blow."
"Or, or the murderer is a Sequence 5, no, a demigod! If it's Sequence 5, it would be difficult to kill them silently."
But if the other party is a demigod, why are they still so secretive?
Tim wiped his mouth with a napkin and threw the napkin on the table: "Find someone to inquire about Hobert's whereabouts yesterday, so that I can have full confidence in the next plan."
"Yes." The butler responded and left the restaurant.
It only took an hour or two for the butler to report to Tim's office: "I've inquired. Yesterday, Hobert worked at the law firm until after five o'clock, then had dinner at a restaurant on Blanca Street, and returned to the rented house at six o'clock."
"When Gale's subordinates were attacked, Hobert's room was lit, and this morning Hobert came out of the rented house on Blanca Street to go to work."
Tim nodded: "Tell Gale the investigation results, it can completely rule out Hobert's suspicion, and let him not affect my plan."
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At this time, Hobert was meeting Loretta in his office.
Loretta sat opposite Hobert and asked, "What's the matter for asking me here?"
"I've gotten into some trouble. I'm trying not to move around on the streets outside, so I called you over." Then Hobert began to talk about his previous experience of digging up graves.
However, his description was quite different from reality. He only said that he went with a mercenary team to dig up an ancient tomb, but as a result, they encountered a double-cross. Fortunately, the captain was strong enough and eventually killed three enemies and drove the enemies away.
And the captain of the mercenary team knew those enemies, who turned out to be from the "Intersea Mutual Aid Society", so Hobert was "afraid of revenge" and didn't dare to go out on the street recently.
Finally, he asked, "We seized a Beyonder characteristic of a 'Spirit Medium'. I wonder if the Nighthawks are willing to buy it?"
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