Chapter 263: Unstable Factors in Loen
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Waking up in the morning, Hobert stared at the ceiling for a while, and after a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and completed the first major task of the day: getting out of bed.
Because he woke up a little late, there was no time to make breakfast himself, so Hobert bought a pie and took a rented carriage to the North District while eating.
Arriving at the Blackthorn Security Company, he greeted Loretta, who was still clearly sleepy, and arrived at Thomas's office at eight o'clock sharp.
Thomas was reading the newspaper: "You're very punctual."
He put down the newspaper and pointed to the box and a small cloth bag on the table: "We have confirmed that it is indeed the sealed artifact left by Hillman, and the reward has been issued.
"In addition, your previous merits have accumulated four-fifths of the 'Judge' Beyonder characteristic. With this one-fifth accumulation, you can receive this Beyonder characteristic."
Hobert closed the door, first opened the wooden box, and saw a white cube that looked like crystal. It seemed to have life and gave people a sense of majesty. It was indeed the Beyonder characteristic of 'Judge'.
Hobert then briefly counted the banknotes and, after confirming that they were correct, chatted briefly with Captain Thomas and left.
He had another transaction to conduct today. At a little after nine o'clock, Hobert arrived at the Mercenary Club and waited for the masked man Byron while drinking a cup of tea.
The two came to a small reception room. Hobert took out the 'Madman' and 'Werewolf' Beyonder characteristics from the 'Werewolf' Beyonder characteristic that Elliot had sacrificed before.
Byron asked curiously: "Are there so many 'Rose School' Beyonders in Backlund?"
"A friend of mine learned that I have a channel for selling Beyonder characteristics, so he asked me to help resell them," Hobert casually made up a reason. "Didn't you say you wouldn't ask about the source? If you ask about the source, you have to pay more."
The extra money was for the mental effort of making up reasons.
"Sorry, I'm just a little curious." Byron smiled. "Okay, this isn't our first time cooperating. How about 600 pounds for the 'Madman' and 1200 pounds for the 'Werewolf'?"
"You definitely won't be able to sell it for this price anywhere else."
Hobert nodded: "Deal!"
As Byron said, he was already offering a very good price.
There wasn't much demand for the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Prisoner' pathway in Backlund. It wasn't worth it to make a trip to the Southern Continent to sell them, and it was very dangerous. Therefore, even if the Beyonder characteristics of this pathway reached Sequence 7, it was very likely that they wouldn't sell for the basic price.
After settling the financial matters, Hobert asked again: "I have some information about the 'Judgement Group' here. Are you interested?"
Byron smiled: "Should I call you the Scourge of Evil? You not only have so many Beyonder characteristics of the 'Rose School' in your hands, but you're also starting to go against the 'Judgement Group'."
Hobert's expression was a little unnatural. Last night, he had just killed two members of the Aurora Order. If Byron knew, his title of "Scourge of Evil" would really be confirmed.
After Byron made a joke, he continued to ask: "What type of information?"
"Information on the three vice-captains."
"Do you have portraits or names?"
"I have portraits."
Byron thought for a moment: "600 pounds."
He paused and explained: "Your information may overlap with the information we already have."
"Okay, but I have one more condition. I can ask one question about the 'Judgement Group'."
Byron said: "As long as it doesn't involve too much confidential information, uh, even if it involves some confidential information, I will tell you at my discretion."
He said with a smile: "I look forward to the day when you can kill a vice-captain of the 'Judgement Group'."
"It is the duty of every citizen of the Loen Kingdom to deal with such evil forces," Hobert said nonsense while taking out the three portraits he had prepared from his briefcase.
These three portraits were drawn by Hobert using his own divination. They were lifelike, and in the lower right corner were information such as hair color and pupil color.
Byron was very satisfied with this information. They only knew some basic information about the beautiful young woman and the sinister old man before, but they didn't know their appearances. After Byron got the portraits, he compared them with the previous basic information and knew who they were.
However, when he saw Gale's portrait, Byron frowned and asked: "Are you sure this is a vice-captain of the 'Judgement Group'?"
Hobert replied very certainly: "I'm sure!"
"That shouldn't be!" Byron said: "He should be a senior cadre of the 'Intersea Mutual Aid Society'! How is he also a vice-captain of the 'Judgement Group'?"
Hobert followed Byron's words and asked: "What kind of organization is the 'Intersea Mutual Aid Society'?"
"It is an Beyonder organization secretly supported by the Feysac Empire, mainly active in the Intersea County and the Winter County." Byron did not hide anything and answered Hobert's question casually.
This answer also made Hobert a little confused. Terrorist organizations are not scientific research institutions. Do they also pay attention to affiliation and mutual learning?
Byron shook his head and did not continue to think about this question. He pointed to the portrait of the sinister old man to Hobert and said: "You should be very familiar with this old man."
Hobert was stunned: "Why would I be familiar with him?"
"Is this the question you want to ask in the condition you just proposed?"
"Yes." In fact, Hobert wanted to ask if the 'Judgement Group' had the background of the Feysac Empire? However, Byron's previous words had already given Hobert the answer to this question.
Regardless of what Gale's dual identity meant, his channel in the 'Intersea Mutual Aid Society' might be able to obtain the potion formula for the Sequence 5 'Guardian' of the 'Warrior' pathway.
Byron put away the three portraits while answering: "I heard from my colleagues that you completed the commission to eliminate two cultist cadres some time ago.
"Those two cultist cadres came from a cult organization called the 'Spiritual Cultivation Society'. They have been looking for ways to seize the spirituality of others and make themselves stronger, so they have done many cruel experiments."
Hobert thought: Is their president called 'Old Monster Star Constellation' Ding Chunqiu?
Byron continued: "The president of the 'Spiritual Cultivation Society' is called Steven, the old man you drew. We also learned from the mercenaries who captured the headquarters of the 'Spiritual Cultivation Society' that Steven is a vice-captain of the 'Judgement Group'!"
Suddenly, a line connected many clues in Hobert's mind: The 'Spiritual Cultivation Society' is a cult secretly supported by the Feynapotter Kingdom, and the founder of this cult is one of the core members of the 'Judgement Group'.
Then, the 'Judgement Group' must also have the secret support of the Feynapotter Kingdom, and even the captain whose appearance cannot be seen may be a nobleman of the Feynapotter Kingdom.
If this guess is true, it is not surprising that the captain has a high-level sealed artifact that makes the information obtained by spiritualism very vague.
As for Gale's identity as a 'domestic servant (两性家奴?),' it is easy to understand. In the current international situation in the Northern Continent, the Feynapotter Kingdom and the Feysac Empire, two countries that do not share borders, are allies.
Then, the organizations they each support, which undermine the stability of the Loen Kingdom, must have some 'business dealings' or cooperation. Gale should be the 'liaison officer' of these two organizations.
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