Fenerport Kingdom, Jeffrey Town.

The elder Borg was the caretaker on the construction site, and before that he was the "gong striker", responsible for patrolling the lake, and immediately striking the gong to warn when he found a monster.

Fortunately, there is no need for anyone to do that dangerous job anymore.

Old Borg couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the construction site illuminated by the lights.

Everyone knows that this lord is very wise now, but he is too capable of tossing, and at noon old Borg listens to the knight master......

He said that he was a knight, but before this lord came, Conrad was a recognized fool.

When I work in the fields, I always slow down, I look a little wooden, and I worry about paying taxes every month, but I can read and write.

In the blink of an eye, it's now the knight master!

This made a few villains who always liked to bully Conrad before, and they didn't dare to go out, but they were caught by Conrad on the construction site a few days ago, and it is said that they did the most tiring and hard work.

Old Borg walked forward unhurriedly, and the knight lord actually said today that he wanted to give those bullies' land to everyone.

No one believed it, and they didn't dare to ask for it, even if they shared it.

Most of the bullies were there during the reign of Viscount Wright, and the elder Borg remembered that there were bullies in the town and village when he was a child, and this group of bullies had their sons after they died, and there was another group of bullies.

Now the land has been divided, but who knows what means they will be able to take it back in the future?

The part of the foundation was dug out in front, and the old Borg sighed again, digging so many foundations, how long will it take to build?

Such a good land, digging ditches everywhere, but it is said that it will take some time for the building materials to come, what a nonsense!

The lord has so much money, it is better to give some to everyone in the territory, so that everyone can have a good year.

Just thinking of this, Old Borg saw a faint fire not far ahead: "These troublemakers! ”

There are often children who run to the construction site at night to play, and of course, thieves also frequent it, so there is almost nothing of value on the construction site at night.

Bang~

The sound of something heavy hitting the ground startled old Borg.

It's a pity that the night is not very good tonight, and the lamp in the old Borg's hand can't see what is happening in front of him clearly.

Old Borg only felt that there seemed to be something terrible in the air in front of him, and this feeling reminded him of the experience of being a "gong striker" in the past, and he had such a similar feeling when he was targeted by a monster like a demon.

Bang~

It's the sound of a heavy object falling again!

Old Borg swallowed and retreated behind a mound of dirt.

He had been a "gong striker" for seven years, and the "gong strikers" before him didn't work for more than three years before they died in the mouth of the monster.

It's not that he's so powerful, it's that he knows not to be reckless, to hide when it's time to hide, to run, and nothing is as important as his own life.

There was a dozen rumblings, and finally it was quiet.

Old Borg came out from behind the mound and looked at the hair in front of him for a moment.

There seems to be an extra hill over there!

He approached with great courage and saw a lot of cement and rebar, as well as some scaffolding and other tools.

After a while, the old Borg finally came to his senses, pulled his legs and ran to the town: it was terrible! Just now, steel bars and cement fell from the sky! Thankfully, I didn't go any further, otherwise I would have been stoned to death by these things!

What happened just now was completely beyond his cognition, and he could only think that those building materials were heavenly.

Before I arrived in the town, I saw a lot of people rushing here with lights, and the person at the head was Roy!

Old Borg hurriedly stepped forward to report, Roy was still relatively calm, and while listening to Old Borg's report, he came to the hill-like building materials.

Seeing the building materials of the mountain of piles, Roy was also silent for a long time.

Just now, the lord suddenly came to tell him that a batch of building materials had just been unloaded from the cargo ship, and asked him to find someone to guard it and tidy it up tomorrow.

What cargo ship can carry so much stuff?

Also, why was it unloaded directly onto the construction site? It's so far from the pier! Are today's movers so dedicated?

But after a long silence, Roy still said to everyone: "This is the building materials that have just been unloaded from the docks, and you few will stay in front of them!" ”

Old Borg was about to say something, but Roy glanced at him: "Don't forget, the lord is the 'divine favorer' of the mother god!" ”

Actually, he doesn't know what's going on, but if he doesn't know, he can push it on God.

Old Borg lowered his head in horror: it turned out that it was a miracle just now!

……

Early the next morning, Hobert yawned and squeezed his shoulders into the yard.

Yesterday did make him tired, but he felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw the pile of building materials down the mountain.

But it soon occurred to Hobart that this was only a quarter of the first batch of building materials, and he sighed, wondering if he might ask the "fool" to help carry it?

Hobert shook his head with a smile, estimating that the "Fool" helped move the building materials, so he was simply disqualified from participating in the Tarot Society.

Today is the New Year, and early in the morning, Philip is directing the servants to clean the courtyard.

In fact, there is nothing to clean, in order to welcome Meng Lisa and her party, it was just cleaned two days ago.

It's the first New Year in this world!

As soon as he sighed, Hobert's spirituality was a feeling, he looked at his study, opened the "Order Crystal" sealed on the outside of the scepter, and put on a fighting posture.

"Sorry, I didn't invite you." A man's voice came from the study: "But don't worry, I have no ill will. ”

Hobert opened the door to the study and saw a man in his thirties, with a cleanly shaved beard and meticulously combed hair.

Freya had already gone to the study and began to practice the words, and although the gentleman who appeared suddenly startled her, she did not panic, because her teacher had also appeared so suddenly.

She was just a little curious: Is it true that the teacher and his friends like to appear so suddenly and disappear so suddenly?

Hobert probably guessed that the other party should be a "Gnostic" person, but he still asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"I'm Jonathan, the vice president of the Gnostic Society in South Coulson."

Sure enough, Hobert put away his scepter: "Please be seated." Hehe, I guess I don't need to introduce myself. ”

Then he asked Freya to call Alan for tea.

The two of them sat down around the desk, and Jonathan looked at the study: "I heard Monica talk about your invention of the 'fire dragon', and I have to say that you are a creative young man. ”

Hobert smiled, "It's not something I created, it's just that I brought it here." ”

After Freya and Alan brought the tea, Jonathan politely took a sip of tea: "For your proposal yesterday, we had a meeting all night.

"In the end, I decided to try to work with you on a deeper level."

He spread his hands: "I have to say, you have provided us with a completely new way of thinking, and many people are surprised by this proposal, as Monica said, you are a natural politician. ”

Through Monica and Helen's description, Jonathan really wants to meet the young man, and he will eventually discuss the cooperation with Hobart himself.

So Jonathan went straight to Hobart's study.

Although this is a bit unconventional, the "Mystic" can go wherever he wants.

Hobert smiled, "It should be said that you made the right choice.

"But I have two conditions, first, there can be no extremists in the official extraordinary!"

Jonathan nodded, "That's for sure. ”

"Second, the 'Gnostic' will provide a squad of squads, and the captain can report to the 'Gnostic' on their actions and missions, as well as the information they have obtained during the mission, but they must follow my command!"

Jonathan didn't immediately agree, but asked, "Is this the only team?" ”

"No, there's another squad, and the leader of that squad is a Sequence 6." Hobert is working his 'pie painting method'.

Jonathan asked again, "How many players are there on the other side?" ”

"About seven or eight."

"How will the seals or loot captured in the mission be distributed?"

Hobert said: "Which team gets it, it belongs to which team, but if it is obtained together, I have the right to distribute it!" ”

Jonathan pondered, "Yes." ”

He paused and said, "I will have Helen stationed in Jeffrey Town as the captain sent by the 'Gnosis Society', and when I go back, I will equip her with two Sequence 7, four Sequence 8, and three Sequence 9 players." ”

Hobert stretched out his hand and smiled, "Good cooperation." ”

The two shook hands, and Hobart suddenly thought, "Oh, by the way, I have a few copies of the extraordinary characteristics of the 'apprentice' path to sell, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

"Of course I'm interested." Jonathan smiled, "How many copies are there?" What is the sequence? ”

"6 'apprentices', 4 'master tricksters', 3 'astrologers', 1 'recorder'."

These extraordinary traits are all from the Tamara family, and in order to avoid attracting attention, Hobert has not sold these extraordinary traits.

Jonathan: How many copies do you call that?

He asked, "Where did you get all these extraordinary properties?" ”

It can't be from members of the Gnostic Society in other regions, right?

Hobert smiled, "Some ancient families also have the inheritance of the 'apprentice' pathway. ”

He deliberately did not make it clear, it could be the Abrahamic family, or it could be another family.

And Jonathan has not heard of a large number of casualties among members of the Gnostic Society.

Even if such a situation arises, there is an opportunity to reclaim the extraordinary characteristics, and Jonathan will certainly not let it go: "How much are you going to sell separately?" ”

"As allies, the 'apprentice' and the 'master of tricks' will give you a base price, 360 gold and 720 gold liso." Hobert smiled:

"But the 'astrologer' and the 'recorder' must have a premium, after all, it took a lot of effort to get them, 2,000 gold and 5,000 gold liso, respectively."

This price is slightly higher than the price of those extraordinary traits for the Balk family, and the believers and allies are still a little different after all.

Jonathan thinks the price is reasonable: "Yes. ”

"Then the total value of the 6 'Apprentice' extraordinary traits is 2,160 gold riso, and the total value of the 4 'master of tricks' extraordinary traits is 2,880 gold riso." As he spoke, Hobert took out a pen and paper and made a list:

"3 copies of the extraordinary trait of the 'Astrologer', worth a total of 6,000 gold riso, and 1 copy of the 'Recorder' 5,000 gold liso.

"Let me do the math, it's 16,040 gold in total, and I'll give you a zero of 16,000."

"Yes." Jonathan smiled, "I'll ask Monica to trade with you with the money in the afternoon." ”

Sending Jonathan away, Hobert continued to teach Freya words, and Freya practiced so hard that today he taught twenty words.

After that, Hobert enjoyed the festive atmosphere, with smiles on everyone's faces and hopes for the next year.

In the afternoon, Monica came to complete the transaction, the money and goods were fine, and the two said "Happy New Year!" to each other. So they went back to celebrate the New Year.

Hobert is finally down-to-earth, he currently has 58,000 gold riso, of which 16,000 is just traded, 24,000 is the harvest of trading with the Balk family, and 16,000 is the money from the sale of the ancient dragon beast, and the last 2,000 gold is Hobert's "old bottom".

In addition, Hobert had nearly 4,600 gold pounds and 5,000 gold pounds worth of gold.

There is no need to worry about the payment for the second batch of building materials for the time being, and after the transaction with the Tuduo family is completed, it is estimated that the third batch of payment will be available.

Hobert planned to ask who could contact the members of the "Rose School" temperance faction at the tarot meeting, which would be too pertinent if he asked Klein directly.

If the moderationists digest a batch of extraordinary materials from the "prisoner" route, or sell them two copies of the extraordinary properties of Sequence 4, the problem of estimating the payment for building materials is basically solved.

He only needs to worry about the cost of renovation again.

Hobert smiled and said, "I'm richer than I thought before!"

In the evening, under the unified deployment of Philip, more than a dozen bonfires were built on the streets of the town, and as soon as the night fell, everyone lit bonfires and began to sing and dance around the bonfires.

Today is a rare day for them to relax and unwind, and everyone sings and dances together to celebrate this special day.

Looking down from the Lord's Palace, the town is brightly lit and full of laughter.

Hobert was also driven by the atmosphere created by everyone, and said to Furth on the side: "Let's join them too!" ”

Foirth had wanted to go for a long time, and although she didn't usually like singing and dancing, she wanted to see the New Year's customs that were different from Rune's. Hearing Hobert's invitation, he immediately agreed.

Looking at the backs of Hobart and Foirth leaving, Donna "snorted": "Hobart has changed, and he won't take me to play." ”

Meng Lisa smiled: "He's about to get married, of course it's not the same as before." ”

"Don't take me there, I'll go by myself." Donna said, "Freya, let's go together." ”

Before Freya could say anything, she was pulled out the door by Donna.

By the time they arrived in town, Hobert and Firth were already dancing around the campfire.

The dance steps that the two of them had learned before at the dance party were out of step with their surroundings, so they simply learned the cheerful and simple dance steps of the people around them.

The benefits of the Extraordinary are manifested at this time, almost as soon as they are learned, and they quickly integrate into the cheerful environment around them.

The addition of the lord and the lord's wife brought the bonfire ball to a climax, and the townspeople danced and laughed around Hobert and Furth.

The days when they had been exploited by bandits and knights seemed to be nearly forgotten, as were the lord's mobilization of the entire realm, and the hesitation and uneasiness caused by the sudden promulgation of new policies.

Everyone is enjoying the joy of the moment.

It was only when the bonfire was extinguished that everyone felt tired, and some reluctantly returned home and smashed things!

In this almost isolated town, the custom of breaking everything that can be broken is still popular on New Year's Day.

They think that this will allow them to throw away all the worries of the previous year and welcome the new year without any burden.

In big cities such as Fenerport, this custom is gone, but a new custom has taken place, and on New Year's Day, young people jump into the icy river to wash away all their worries and welcome the new year cleanly.

However, it may also be in the midst of a runny nose and a cold to welcome the new year.

……

The Kingdom of Rune, in a small town just outside of Beckland.

Klein, who was in the dilapidated hotel, looked at the fireworks in the direction of Beckland: "New Year! ”

This New Year, he spent it alone.

……

Beckland, Queens, in the villa of the Earl of Hall.

Today's weather is rare and somewhat sunny, as if it has wiped away the tragedy that has just happened in Beckland.

Audrey, who had just finished attending the New Year's ball, stood on the terrace and watched the fireworks not far away: "Happy New Year, Susie." ”

"Happy New Year! Audrey. ”

……

Rorsted Islands, Port Shilm.

Avoiding the Runnes who were partying, Alger continued to his destination.

The local New Year was not the same as Rune's New Year's, so Alger didn't feel the festive atmosphere.

Even the local New Year's could not make Alger happy.

Because that would make Alger realize that a year had passed, but he was still alone.

……

Kingdom of Rune, city of Tingen.

Selena locked herself in her room and stuffed the card with the blessing in advance into the envelope.

Then prepare the altar in the manner stated in Teacher Hobert's letter.

This made Selena a little nervous and a little excited, she cleared her throat and said in Hermes, "I,

"Calling in my name:

"A spirit that wanders in vanity, a friendly creature to be driven, belongs only to Hobert Jeffrey's messenger."

The flame of one of the candles suddenly turned a miserable green, and the flame quickly grew larger, and Selena took a step back in surprise, the first time she had been answered at an occult ritual.

Soon Selena felt as if something was more in the room, and almost at the same time she felt as if she had been crushed mentally by a boulder, leaving her breathless.

Fortunately, the letter on the improvised altar and the three doughnuts she had prepared in advance disappeared, and the great sense of oppression disappeared.

Selena looked at the altar stunned for a moment before saying, "That's cool! ”

At this time, only this exclamation invented by Russell the Great could express the feelings in her heart.

She only learned today that she had found the right way, and the occult ritual was so easy to get a response!

Before...... Well, Selena smiled: no wonder Mr. Hobert told me not to contact Mr. Haynas's friends many times, it turned out that they were all liars, and they taught me rituals without getting a single response. Fortunately, I met Mr. Hobert, who is the real instructor of occultism.

Just thinking of this, Selena's mother suddenly shouted below: "Selena, Elizabeth and Melissa are here!" ”

They made an appointment to go out to watch the fireworks in the evening.

After saying goodbye to Selena's parents, the three girls walked in the glow of the gas street lamp with a smile.

The streets are filled with many young people who go out to watch the fireworks in groups, and the city is especially lively at night during this special festival.

Chatting and chatting, they talked about their plans for next year.

Elizabeth prepares to see if she can get into Beckland, while Melissa follows her brother to Beckland, where she continues her studies at the University of Technology.

Selena sighed: "In the second half of next year, I may be the only one in Tingen City." ”

She didn't tell her two good friends about her plan to go to Hobart and become an extraordinary person for the time being.

Although it is not yet the graduation season, the atmosphere of the "graduation season" has already been filled.

"Say something glad!" Selena suddenly said, "How are you going to spend the New Year's holiday?" ”

Elizabeth said, "Tomorrow I'm going to Connet City with my mom and dad on vacation. ”

Melissa: "Read books, organize things. ”

So Selena sent out an invitation: "Melissa, let's go to Boklon Hill Villa together!" Our family is going there for a vacation, so call your brother along!" ”

Elizabeth also advised: "Melissa, the hot springs there are very good, and it is said that they can wash away all your troubles. ”

But Melissa said, "We can't afford to spend too much until Benson finishes the exam, and we'll wait until the vacation is about later." ”

Elizabeth and Selena looked at each other and smiled, and Selena said, "Melissa, in the future, you must be a good wife." ”

……

Fenerport Kingdom, Jeffrey Collar.

Today is January 1st.

Hobert looked at the roof for a moment, and when he came back yesterday, he had a drink with Forth and Donna, and it was past eight o'clock.

Alcohol had already had no effect on Sequence 5's physique, and Hobert's ability to sleep so soundly was purely due to the relaxation of his mood last night.

Hobert stretched, changed into a baron costume, and put on a cape: "Alan, tell Roy and Skoala to wait for me at the construction site in the town!" ”

Roy didn't expect that just after the New Year, the lord would enter the state of work.

They basically got out of bed and went to the construction site while nibbling on bread.

When I came to the construction site, I couldn't help but laugh when I saw several other people who were as embarrassed as myself.

Soon, Hobart arrived, along with Donna and Freya.

Donna scratched her somewhat messy hair: "It stands to reason that today is still a holiday, and it is illegal for your lord to wake everyone up so early.

"Do any of you want to sue him? I helped to contact a lawyer. ”

Several people looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't dare to speak.

(End of chapter)