Chapter 202 The true face of the sea god
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As the daughter of a banker, Audrey immediately realized that the "Emperor's" trading method, while seemingly benefiting the buyer, actually benefited both the seller and the buyer.
She couldn't help but marvel inwardly, "The Emperor" is truly a business genius, turning an 800 pound deal into 1200 pounds.
Alger was happy to accept, of course, since he could spend half the money.
Only Derrick said, "Mr. Emperor, what if I don't have your pounds?"
"You can pay with extraordinary materials," Hobert had already thought it out for him, "I'll give you a rough conversion, a Sequence 8 main material is worth about 300 pounds.
"You can ask Mr. Fool or Mr. Hanged Man, I'm giving you a low price, although there will be a premium, there is also a certain probability that you won't be able to sell it for 300 pounds.
"So we will trade according to the low price, um, the value of the materials you give should be a little higher than 400 pounds, because I still have to find channels to sell them."
"No need to ask," Derrick said, "Mr. Emperor, I believe you."
Hobert sighed: Little Sun is still too young!
This reminded Hobert of his university days, even though he had been hurt by this society and people, he was always full of trust in the people around him.
As his thoughts swirled, Hobert asked, "Is everyone trading with me?"
Audrey said, "Yes!" As long as she saved a little, it wouldn't be difficult to come up with 400 pounds.
Alger and Derrick also nodded one after another.
Hobert said, "Okay, Mr. Hanged Man, you now owe me a total of 1400 pounds, Miss Justice and Mr. Sun can pay me in a few days."
Alger nodded: "I also need a few days to give it to you, with Mr. Fool as a witness, I won't go back on my word."
He didn't have so much cash on hand now and needed to handle some items on the island to clear his debts.
Hobert nodded: "No problem. Then, with Mr. Fool as a witness, the transaction begins!"
He said: "Mr. Hanged Man's guess is correct, the palace he saw at the bottom of the sea is indeed the 'Temple' of the Sea God Kalvetua.
"And Kalvetua is not a strong elf who survived in the world, I have this judgment based on two clues.
"The first clue is Mr. Hanged Man's discovery in the previous ruins. At that time, the mixed-blood in the ruins described it very clearly. The three locations he marked were all the locations where the strong had fallen.
"They should have sent people to search the three locations more than once. If there were any surviving elf powerhouses, then they must have gone to seek refuge with this powerhouse.
"The second clue is that after the Sea God began to have believers, the Storm Church should have begun to pay attention to him. If he were an elf remnant, then the Sea God must have existed for more than a thousand years.
"The Storm Church could not have failed to locate the Sea God's position in such a long time, so the Sea God's believers should have only appeared in the last one or two hundred years, or even a shorter time.
"Based on the above clues, I have this guess."
Alger nodded: "Indeed, the belief in the Sea God has only appeared in the last few decades."
Hobert continued: "So I guess, the Sea God should be someone, or even a sea monster, who swallowed the high-level Beyonder characteristics left by the elves."
"Sea monster?" Alger asked in surprise.
Klein, who was getting a free ride behind the gray fog, felt that this was really possible. If it was a sea monster with Beyonder characteristics of the "Sailor" pathway in its body, then its huge size would likely dilute the burden of Beyonder characteristics, and there was a small probability that it could successfully take the potion out of sequence and become a "High Sequence" in one fell swoop.
Audrey was already having a hard time keeping up with Hobert's thinking and could only listen carefully first and think about it after the transaction was completed.
Derrick also felt that Hobert's statement was very fresh, and he thought: I wonder if the monsters we encounter during patrols will advance by swallowing other monsters?
Alger's knowledge was enough for him to understand this, but he was a little surprised when he first heard Hobert say this, and then he accepted Hobert's guess.
"That's right, it's a sea monster," Hobert said, "It is because the Sea God is a sea monster that he is bloodthirsty and likes blood sacrifices so much.
"Another reason that supports my guess is that if a person successfully advances to Sequence 3, the most likely situation is that there are now five 'Kings' at sea.
"He would never wait in one place for the Storm Church to find him.
"From this, I can also guess that the Sea God's condition is not very good. He must not have had the assistance of a ritual when he swallowed that characteristic.
"So the Sea God's believers are so crazy, because their God is in a semi-mad state. Even the Sea God himself may not be able to leave the elven ruins."
Alger nodded, feeling that the "Emperor's" guess should be very accurate.
Audrey and Derrick admired the "Emperor" for guessing so many things based on the limited clues after listening to the "Hanged Man's" description.
Klein couldn't help but sigh: The "Emperor's" analysis is reasonable and logical, as if he knows the answer to the question.
Klein was right this time, Hobert certainly knew the answer to this question, which was like solving a math problem, knowing the conditions and the answer, all that was needed was to "write out" the calculation process.
"Another important piece of information is that, as far as I know, after becoming Sequence 3, you can design a name of honor that points to yourself," Hobert continued: "It's just that Sequence 3 can only respond to believers' prayers within a certain range.
"A common Sequence 3 honorific, one section of which is someone's something, such as 'Servant of the Fool' or 'Favored by the Fool'.
"Because the Sea God is not a saint of a certain church, he may not have a section with this structure, but there will definitely be a description of the region, such as something of Backlund, or something of a certain sea area."
Alger immediately understood why the "Emperor" could guess that the Sea God's followers were only within a certain range, because the Sea God could only respond to prayers within a certain range.
At the same time, he recalled some names of honor that he had heard. Like the "Emperor's" description, some names of honor circulated in the church had sections such as "Something of the Lord of Storms". And one section of the Sea God Kalvetua's honorific was: "Protector of the Rorsted Archipelago".
Then Alger became a little excited, imagining the scene where he could design his own name of honor and respond to his believers after he became Sequence 3.
Audrey sighed that the 400 pounds was really worth it, and she actually heard such advanced knowledge.
Derrick was a little sad: Silver City does not have Sequence 3, so we do not know this knowledge, or there are corresponding descriptions in some ancient books in the library, but they have long been forgotten by us.
Finally, Hobert smiled and said: "Everyone, this is the Sea God."
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