Chapter 226 Azik's appearance
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Late at night, Hobert, after exiting the train station, walked two or three blocks before hailing a cab.
He had just tried using the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to grab the small train head, but found it impossible.
According to his estimation, the small train head should be slightly heavier than the water pump, which is why he used it for the experiment.
If he held the "Black Emperor" card, the small train head could be lifted a little, but only a little.
During the third experiment, Hobert, while holding the "Black Emperor" card, twisted the weight of the small train head and managed to grab it near the "Gate of Sacrifice", but couldn't lift it over the last few meters no matter what.
With these three experiments, Hobert believed that he could complete this operation after becoming Sequence 6.
Looking at the streets outside, which were starting to get foggy, Hobert decided that as soon as he completely digested the "Briber" potion, he would immediately drink the "Baron of Corruption" potion.
After becoming Sequence 6, Hobert planned to digest the potion in Backlund first. If that didn't work, he would go to the Southern Continent and, with the help of the Burke family, find a territory to try acting.
In addition, Hobert had already used the "Nation of Disorder" to shatter the Beyonder characteristics of the "Baron of Corruption". He didn't plan to consume too many Beyonder characteristics.
The reason was simple: with the "Order Wood" and "Uncontrollable Stone" in hand, his strength in the "Black Emperor" pathway was already very strong, and there was no need to consume more Beyonder characteristics.
Consuming more Beyonder characteristics would put too much burden on his spirit, and he would have to spend energy to re-digest the excess potion, which would not be worth the effort.
...
Bayam, late at night, in a narrow alley.
Alger, wearing a hood and constantly holding a crystal scepter in his pocket, entered the depths of the alley with high alert.
"I heard you were looking for me?" A hoarse voice sounded from the darkness deep in the alley, it was Byron, the intelligence officer of the "Hell General".
"Yes, I have a message to sell you," Alger said coldly.
"A message? Have you reported to your master?"
Alger sneered: "I believe that after hearing this message, you will immediately report to your master, no, your owner."
Byron snorted coldly in the dark: "Speak."
"There is a ship full of gold, silver, and jewels, secretly setting sail from the Southern Continent."
"Be specific!"
Alger didn't fall for it: "It is said that the valuables on the ship are worth more than 200,000 pounds! Tell me what price you can give me first."
"1000 pounds!"
"Too little, I want 10% of your harvest."
Byron sneered: "Are you kidding me?"
"Are you kidding me?" Alger also sneered: "I have other channels to sell it. Even if I report it to the Storm Church, they won't give me only 1000 pounds as a reward."
Byron snorted coldly: "Is the news accurate?"
"Absolutely accurate."
"Go to the bar ahead for a drink, and I'll give you an answer later."
Alger knew that the other party was going to report to the "Admiral Hell", so he nodded and came to the bar.
Although it was late at night, there were still many reveling pirates and thugs in the bar, chatting loudly, and their voices could be heard on the next street, but there were also many such bars and such loud voices on the next street.
These two bar streets seemed to be more lively than the vegetable market.
Alger ordered a glass of local Blue Mountain Island fruit wine and waited for about half an hour before a young man dressed as a local politely invited Alger back to the previous alley.
Byron was still hiding in the darkness, but his tone was much kinder: "Alger, you're in luck, the captain is willing to give you a 3000 pound reward."
Alger reluctantly said: "Okay, just consider it as me doing you a favor. If it were someone else, I wouldn't sell this information for such a low price."
He noticed that two people had come behind him.
Besides increasing his vigilance, he didn't make any excessive moves.
"It's been a long time, how about I treat you to a meal? I'll also cover your accommodation. If you want girls, just ask," Byron said with a smile: "But please don't leave the room I prepared for you."
"I know the rules," Alger also said with a smile: "There's no need to explain it so clearly with such a disgusting tone."
By confining Alger, on the one hand, they were afraid that the news was wrong, and on the other hand, they wanted to prevent this kid from selling the same news to others.
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Thursday, Backlund, Blanca Street.
Hobert, who had returned late last night, didn't get up until after eight in the morning.
After eating the breakfast Fors left behind, Hobert came to the "Nation of Disorder" again and used "True Vision" to make sure no one was tailing him.
Then he put on his windbreaker, picked up his cane, hailed a carriage, and first went to the Loen Kingdom Army Staff Headquarters to tell Christian that he knew a demigod of the "Death" pathway with good character and wanted to take that demigod to explore the ruins.
Hobert completely trusted Christian, so he decided to give her a heads-up in advance.
Sure enough, Christian just told him to pay attention to safety. She didn't even ask about the ownership of the sealed items, leaving it entirely to Hobert to handle.
Then Hobert found another cab and, after an hour's drive, arrived at 16 Wanbo Avenue in the Hillston Borough.
Wanbo Avenue is a major avenue on the edge of the entire city of Backlund. There are many self-built villas here, which are concentrated in an area where wealthy people who are almost at the millionaire stage, but still a little short of it, live.
However, 16 Wanbo Avenue is special. It can be seen from a distance that this villa has been abandoned for a long time, and the vegetation is about to swallow the entire courtyard.
After a brief inquiry, Hobert learned that this villa was very evil. People who lived in it easily died inexplicably. No one dared to live there a long time ago, and priests of the Evernight Goddess had come to exorcise demons, but still no one dared to buy it.
In other words, this is a haunted house!
Living here would be in line with the identity of a descendant of death.
As for the priests of the Evernight Goddess, they were probably the Nighthawks. Even if there was something evil inside, it had been dealt with before.
But it's hard to say now. After all, Mr. Azik used this place as one of his strongholds. It would be a shame if no ghost stories happened, given his identity.
Hobert wrote in advance the general exploration process of the ruins, as well as his guess that it was attracting Mr. Azik, and, according to Mr. Azik's instructions, put it in the mailbox at 16 Wanbo Avenue.
He didn't intend to explore this villa. In the mystical world, you have to listen to advice. If you're told to put it in the mailbox, just put it in the mailbox.
Then Hobert took a cab again to leave, preparing to return to the law firm to wait for news.
Who knew that just a dozen minutes after the carriage left, the space next to Hobert suddenly became illusory. Just as he was surprised, Azik walked out of the illusion: "Take me to that ruin."
Hobert smiled. The last time they met, the two of them had admitted their extraordinary identities to each other.
So Azik was no longer hiding his extraordinary powers at all.
Hobert said: "Of course, but I hope I can also get some Beyonder items from the ruins."
Although it was hurtful to talk about conditions right away, it was reasonable to say some things at the beginning, after all, in Azik's eyes, it was only their third meeting.
If there was no profit motive, Azik would instead suspect Hobert's purpose.
"I'm only interested in the hard feathers you mentioned," Azik said: "Everything else can be given to you."
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