Chapter 339: Spoils of War
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The gunshots from the battle had attracted the attention of the police, and the officers patrolling Nikola Street immediately rushed over.
But before them, someone had already arrived at the battlefield.
About half a minute after Hobert left the Nikola Shipyard, a figure appeared at the entrance of the shipyard. The next second, this figure was already in the lobby of the office building.
He was an old man with white hair and beard, with a unique sense of vicissitude, as if he had been traveling all his life.
This was Ryan Solomon, the leader of the current Solomon family members.
He was the one who had previously obtained the 'Order Wood' that could still be used for a few minutes in Tingen City, and he was also the one who had inquired about the recent situation of Henry's family in the suburbs of Backlund.
And tonight, Ryan felt that surging 'Power of Order' again.
Unfortunately, he was one step late. Only corpses remained on the battlefield, and even the Beyonder characteristics had been taken away.
In other places in the factory, there were still a few monsters attacking living people, but Ryan was not interested in them.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw a Tarot card in the pile of corpses—the 'Emperor' card!
Suddenly, he looked up at the second floor. A woman in her thirties walked out of the office on the second floor. She was elegantly dressed, wearing a veiled hat, and her face was not clear.
She had also just arrived. Ryan had not noticed her presence when he entered the lobby.
Ryan's eyes narrowed. In her hand, she held a wooden cane, which felt very similar to the wood in his hand that was full of the 'Power of Order,' except that the wood seemed to have no power anymore.
The two did not know each other, but they both realized that the other was a Beyonder on the same level as themselves.
So they nodded slightly to each other as a greeting, and then they both looked at the 'Emperor' card!
It wasn't until the sound of police footsteps came from outside that they each left.
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Canter Town in the southeastern part of the capital.
Hobert suddenly appeared in the room. The illusion he had used before had long since Invalidation, and at this time, only a paper figure was covered under the quilt.
The reason for doing this disguise was to avoid being noticed by the people the king might have sent that he had suddenly 'disappeared'.
Hobert guessed that although he had been ennobled as a Baron, the king or the Feynapotter Kingdom's intelligence agencies should still send people to monitor him and Christian for a period of time.
It's just that their surveillance would be very careful, possibly just watching from a distance.
Hobert's previous use of illusion to disguise himself was a cautious approach. Even if the illusion failed, Hobert was not worried, unless the person monitoring him had corresponding sealed artifacts, otherwise they would not have noticed that he had just 'disappeared'.
Sitting on the edge of the bed and waiting quietly for more than ten minutes, Hobert confirmed that there was nothing unusual.
Then he took out the spoils of tonight, a revolver with the ability to whisper, an exquisite fine iron sword, and several Beyonder characteristics.
The sword belonged to the unlucky 'Baron of Corruption.' It had no special effects, but it was exquisitely crafted and relatively sharp. Hobert, based on the principle of never wasting anything, picked it up as well.
Taking off his mask, Hobert relit the candle and sacrificed all the spoils of tonight to the 'Nation of Disorder'.
Sitting on the Iron Throne, Hobert first picked up the revolver. Using the authority of the 'Nation of Disorder,' he immediately understood the revolver's ability:
"The gun will automatically enchant the bullets. The enchanted bullets have two effects. One effect is to allow the target to hear whispers that can pollute spirituality, making it difficult for the other party to concentrate. This corruption will last for a period of time. If the Beyonder is in good condition, the corruption will gradually disappear. If the condition is very bad, at some point in the future, the corruption may become the source of losing control."
"The second enchanting effect is to cause certain damage to the enemy's spirit body, causing the enemy to experience very intense pain, thereby making it impossible to concentrate. In severe cases, it will cause the enemy to faint briefly. The damage to the spirit body will disappear over time."
The negative effect is: "It is easy to hear mysterious whispers, and it is impossible to distinguish whether these whispers are benevolent or malicious. Perhaps you can grow according to the descriptions in those whispers, or perhaps you will be stared at by some evil existences because of the descriptions in those whispers, and die miserably."
Hobert put the gun on the stone platform. The negative effects of this gun were not difficult to avoid, as long as he didn't believe any of the content of the whispers.
However, he couldn't keep the gun with him for a long time. These whispers must be full of temptation, and there will always be some descriptions that make people's hearts flutter.
Another reason for not keeping it with him was that this gun was probably benchmarked against Sequence 7, and its Beyonder power was likely derived from a 'Shadow Ascetic' Beyonder characteristic.
For the current Hobert, he really couldn't look down on Beyonder items of this level.
Moreover, since having the Tang Blade, Hobert's other hand has become very busy, having to use the 'Order Wood,' be ready to throw out the 'Disorder Stone,' and then hold the 'Dream Stealing Pocket Watch' in his hand, looking for opportunities to use it.
Relatively speaking, the 'Dream Stealing Pocket Watch' is easier to use than this revolver. The bullets fired can be 'distorted' and may be dodged, but the ability of the 'Dream Stealing Pocket Watch' is something that at least demigods and below have no way to avoid.
Because he had the Tang Blade, Hobert also stood the sword next to the stone platform after checking that there were no highly recognizable patterns carved on the sword, as well as things that could be easily divined.
Next were the Beyonder characteristics. Although there were already many Beyonder characteristics on the stone platform, Hobert's love for these magical little things remained undiminished.
These things are wealth that will never depreciate in the mystical world!
Hobert reached out and summoned the Beyonder characteristics, identifying them one by one.
Among them were the Beyonder characteristics of a 'Baron of Corruption' and a 'Scribe', and the Beyonder characteristics of an 'Astrologer' and a 'Briber'.
The others were all Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 8 and Sequence 9 levels, including three 'Barbarian' and four 'Sheriff' Beyonder characteristics, as well as two 'Trickmaster' Beyonder characteristics.
The Sequence 9 Beyonder characteristics were one 'Lawyer' and two 'Apprentice' Beyonder characteristics.
Hobert roughly calculated that the harvest from this operation was worth about 13,000 pounds just for the Beyonder characteristics, which was about 15,000 gold Lire.
In one go, he earned back the cost of the 'Traveler' Beyonder characteristic.
It's just that this kind of 'business' can't happen every day. This time, he was able to have such a fruitful harvest because of the previous channeling and advance investigation, which is difficult to replicate.
Hobert habitually decomposed the Beyonder characteristics. The income he had roughly calculated just now was only the 'initial income'. After decomposing these Beyonder characteristics, he could at least double it again.
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