Chapter 318: This World Has Never Been Fair
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"What? Sacrifice!" Fors almost jumped up.
For a wild Beyonder, "sacrifice" is generally associated with demons, and it's usually a very bloody sacrifice.
But in the Tarot Club, "sacrifice" can be used to complete transactions between members. This was something she absolutely couldn't have imagined before.
Then Fors realized: Mr. Fool can actually accept "sacrifices," instead of the life sacrifices she had heard about before. This is a power that only gods possess, right? This is truly an ancient god!
Audrey smiled and said, "I didn't lie, did I? The Tarot Club is more high-end than you can imagine."
She really wanted to tell Fors all about the laws of Beyonder characteristics and the high-end information she had heard recently, so that she could understand how high-end the Tarot Club is!
But thinking about the value of that information, Audrey restrained herself from saying too much.
At the end of the gathering, it was time to exchange information. Hobert said to the head of the bronze table, "Mr. Fool, if I need to ask for leave, can I report to you through prayer?"
"The Fool" Klein nodded slightly: "Yes."
Everyone was stunned, and Audrey simply asked, "Mr. Emperor, are you not attending the gathering next week?"
Hobert smiled and said, "It's just a possibility that I won't be attending."
Everyone recalled that at the beginning of the gathering, when "The Hanged Man" initiated the request to jointly explore the ruins, "The Emperor" said that he had been busy recently.
Especially Audrey, who knew "The Emperor's" identity in the real world, was already considering asking Xio or Fors about Hobert's recent situation after the gathering.
Everyone spoke one after another, exchanging information that they thought was interesting. When Klein's spirituality was about to dry up, the gathering ended.
Back in the real world, Hobert stared at the ceiling for a while as usual, then got up and continued to go to work at the law firm.
Around five o'clock, Hobert returned to Banca Street again. He first took out the characteristics of the Human-skinned Shadow from the "Nation of Disorder", and then prayed to "The Fool": "...Respected Mr. Fool, I have obtained the materials needed by 'The World'. Please inform him to conduct the transaction."
Because "The Fool" is "The World," this transaction was quickly completed. In addition, Audrey and Alger had already sacrificed the rewards that needed to be paid at the gathering to "The Fool" in advance.
So Hobert not only received the money for 1200 pounds of Beyonder materials from Klein, but also received a reward of 900 pounds for information trading.
Hobert extinguished the candle and erased the symbol belonging to "The Fool" from the center of the simple altar.
After getting these two sums of money, Hobert's wealth returned to about ten thousand pounds again, reaching 9812 pounds! Most of this income came from the Beyonder world, and only 62 pounds of income came from the law firm.
Hobert put 112 pounds of it in his wallet, waited for more than ten minutes, and estimated that "The Fool" was no longer watching him, then he sacrificed the 2100 pounds he earned today to the "Nation of Disorder."
Then, Hobert took a taxi carriage instead of using the ability of "Travel" to return to his home in Empress Borough.
He had a hunch that Christian's plan was about to begin in the next few days. He couldn't expose his ability to "Travel", as it was a life-saving ability at a critical moment!
Just after returning to his bedroom to rest for a few minutes, Dophis came to invite Hobert to the living room on the first floor.
Hobert thought it was for dinner, but halfway down the stairs, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in the living room, which was not far from the dining room, was a bit wrong.
In the sofa area, Christian was smoking alone on one side, and on the other side sat a woman in her thirties wearing a military uniform.
She had a cold temperament and exuded a pressure that Hobert could feel on the stairs. Looking at the military rank on her shoulders, she was actually a general!
Behind the female general, there were also four soldiers standing.
Hobert saw their military ranks, and without exception, they were all brigadier generals.
The two sides confronted each other silently. Although Christian's aura was one level lower than the female soldier opposite him, he still smoked calmly.
"Father, do you have guests?" Hobert's words broke the confrontation in the living room.
Camilla looked surprised when she saw Hobert, and the pressure on her body decreased sharply.
"Yes, come over, let me introduce you." Christian put out the cigarette in the ashtray: "This is Aunt Camilla, this is Bruno, you've met before, now promoted to brigadier general. And Abel, Benedict, and Cheepman."
"We are all from the same era, people who have ventured in the Southern Continent. Among them, there are also Rex's old subordinates."
"My military merits with Rex are three times theirs combined, but look now, they first forced Rex to leave the military camp, and I am still a brigadier general after so many years, and there is no possibility of being promoted to Rear Admiral in this life."
Hobert glanced at them: "Father, I think sometimes being shameless, resorting to dirty tricks, and selling dignity or friends is the key to promotion. Look how fast they have been promoted!
"This Uncle Bruno must have made great contributions recently, right? He was promoted by one level without fighting a war."
"Hahahaha!" Christian laughed heartily: "That's right! If he hadn't made a contribution, how could Princess Camilla condescend to come to our family's living room?"
Bruno's eyes darted around, and finally he simply turned his head away, not looking at Christian and Hobert.
Camilla suddenly showed a faint smile: "This is your eldest son, right? Has no one told you that he doesn't look like you, but like Commander Rex?"
Christian also smiled: "I heard that you are still unmarried? And ordered your subordinates to kill every female 'cultivator' they see.
"It is because of your strong opposition that the Church of the Earth Mother had to send a non-'Planter' pathway bishop to Backlund. However, you have the wrong target. The person who defeated you is not a Beyonder from the Church of the Earth Mother."
Camilla's face suddenly turned cold again.
Hobert reacted. Could this princess be the original owner's father's pursuer! Christian's means of rubbing salt in other people's wounds are really cruel!
Bruno and the other four brigadier generals probably knew about this before, and they all pretended not to have heard anything at this time.
Camilla said coldly: "I know that you have always had grievances about Commander Rex being convicted, but I gave him a chance..."
"What chance? Marrying you and becoming a royal plaything?" Christian sneered: "He is a fierce tiger, but you treat him as a hound."
"So, you have come to this point. Are you going to betray your kingdom and betray your oath?" Camilla was also angry: "Don't you know the face of this world? How have you become like a complaining woman now? All you know is to complain!"
Christian smiled: "I know that this world has never been fair, and I have never complained, but the things that the Loen royal family owes me, I will always take them back. In a way that you would never expect."
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