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Forsi glanced at Mr. A, then whispered a few words into Xio's ear.
Soon, Xio stood up and walked towards the man who claimed to study the mysterious writings of Emperor Russell. After communicating with him enthusiastically for a while, he successfully retrieved three original manuscripts said to be left by Emperor Russell.
Hastur just glanced twice and saw that two of them were copies made by later generations, and only one was the real original manuscript of Russell's diary.
The handwriting of Chinese characters is difficult to imitate, especially long sentences. It is difficult to imitate them completely.
In addition, he knew the format and content of Russell's diary and what style the content would probably be, making it easier to distinguish.
Xio took the three Russell diaries and went to find Mr. A for appraisal. Mr. A looked at them briefly, selected one of them, and then looked past Xio and landed on Hastur.
"Thank you for your generosity."
Xio successfully obtained a free appraisal from Mr. A and walked back with brisk steps.
"Pay it, my lord baron."
Xio's tone was very pleasant, and she got 50 gold pounds for free after just saying a few words, which was really a big profit for her.
"Of course, this is the deal we agreed upon." Hastur nodded with a smile, approving the deal.
The reason why he is willing to pay a large price to acquire Russell's diary at this stage is to prepare for the future.
Because in the future, he probably won't join the Tarot Club.
At that time, the only way to influence Klein and change some regrettable things was through Russell's diary.
Klein collected Russell's diaries through Audrey, Political Commissar, Forsi and others, and he was the one who could steadily supply Russell's diaries.
He can also write Chinese characters and knows many things. Although his handwriting is different from Russell's, the diary he wrote can be regarded as a replica of Russell's diary.
There is another advantage to doing this. Rather than contacting Klein directly to arouse his precautions and vigilance, it is better to communicate through Russell's diary. Klein will definitely be more willing to trust Huang Tao, a fellow villager in distress.
And here
Through each transaction, he was able to recover the money he had spent on purchasing the original manuscript of Russell's diary from Audrey, Fors and others.
This is a business that is absolutely guaranteed to make a profit.
So now he wants to let Audrey, Forsi, and Xio know that he has a hobby of collecting the original manuscripts of Russell's diaries, and he also has many copies of Russell's diaries hidden in his hands.
In this way, when they need to make a deal with Mr. Fool, they will naturally think of him.
The communication session gradually came to an end. Mr. A wanted to complete the transaction with Hasta alone, but this request was rejected by Hasta.
Mr. A did not force himself too much and had the solid horn crystal of the earth rhinoceros handed over to him, and Hastur paid the full 300 gold pounds.
After leaving the party cabin, the three returned to Viscount Glint's villa.
Facing Greylint's burning gaze, Hastur could only say sorry that he really did not acquire the pharmacist's potion formula at the extraordinary gathering tonight.
"It's okay, I can wait a little longer." Greylint said casually.
After chatting for a while, Hastur paid Fors 50 gold pounds and took back a copy of Roselle's diary manuscript, ending their brief reunion tonight.
At 11:33, Hastur returned to his study, sat at his desk, and began to list his income and expenses during this period.
His main sources of income came from three sources: 2000 gold pounds borrowed from Viscount Glint, 800 gold pounds from selling barbarian potion formulas, and a weekly salary of 10 gold pounds.
There are many places to spend money, such as purchasing extraordinary materials, purchasing Roselle's diary, paying the housekeeper and maids' wages, and daily living expenses...
Pick up a pen and write and calculate on a piece of paper, and finally get a result.
He had less than 800 pounds left in his savings, with only 500 pounds currently in the bank. He still had more than 200 pounds on hand, and had already withdrawn 500 pounds to cover two or three months' wages and expenses.
With the current spending and savings, without purchasing Sequence 7 Briber Extraordinary Materials, it is possible to support the plantation until June when the plantation generates income.
But it was impossible for him not to collect extraordinary materials on the briber in advance, which was another huge expense.
"Well, I still have to keep making money."
"You can consider making money after you advance to Sequence 8 Barbarian. Now, it is more important to fully digest the Lawyer Potion."
“I don’t know what kind of changes will happen to the Hall of Stars after I advance to Sequence 8.”
Hastur thought deeply for a long time, then took another piece of paper and continued to summarize what he had encountered during this period.
The genie and the fallen goddess, Andrew who had been blackmailing him but had not been caught yet, Mrs. Germani who had recently calmed down, the workhouse whose truth had not yet been revealed, and Mr. A who was very interested in him.
These are potential enemies that may cause trouble to you.
He didn’t plan to pay attention to the Fallen Mother Goddess for now, and would wait and see what happened to the Lamp Goddess after he was promoted to Sequence 8.
The scammer Andrew can offer a reward and ask Hugh to help find a solution.
It's best to keep it up, Mrs. Germani.
As for the workhouse, because Professor Wayne had a deal with Vice President Bud, he did not report it to the Church of the Evernight Goddess. As long as he doesn't go to the workhouse again, there shouldn't be any more trouble.
As for Mr. A, who is very interested in me, this is a bit of a headache.
Who knows what those crazy people will do? Maybe they will even come to my house late at night to preach for the true Creator.
"He can't really find out his identity so quickly and come to me, right?"
Hastur subconsciously looked out the dark window and had a bad feeling in his heart.
"No, I feel like this place is no longer safe."
Hastur frowned slightly and felt that he needed to move to a new residence, preferably one that was closer to the Church of the Goddess of Night.
This is the only way to feel safe.
"After tonight, I will find a reason to live in Queens for a while. After I am promoted to Sequence 8 Barbarian, I should be able to protect myself to a certain extent."
Hastur made up his mind.
He sat and thought for a while before burning the paper filled with words to ashes.
Because of Mr. A, he was in a bad mood. Well, he couldn't let the genie live too comfortably.
Chapter 40 Sequence 8 Barbarians
The next day, Hastur went to Queens to find Greco after breakfast and said he wanted to stay with him for two or three nights.
For this trivial matter, Greco smiled and agreed, and also said that he would stay here from now on.
After solving this small matter, Hasta went to Backlund University to attend classes. In the afternoon, he followed lecturer Foulun to the Jowood District to work as a legal aid.
When he finished his busy work and left the Jowood District, Hastur let the carriage go around the court, opened the curtain and took a look at the court door.
This afternoon he heard from a member of the Justice Research Association that an old man suddenly came to him when the court was closing yesterday and wanted to confess the mistakes he had committed in the past.
The old man told the judge and jury a story that was both touching and frightening. The court even closed its doors in advance because of this incident.
As for how to deal with it in the end, the member didn't know. According to his guess, the old man would not live much longer, and he might not even have survived last night.
Although he had expected this incident, Hastur still couldn't hide a sigh.
If you have a chance in a few days, go to the small village where the old man lives in the suburbs and help him build a monument.
He was also a warrior who guarded the Kingdom of Loen. Any warrior who selflessly fought for his country should not be forgotten like this.
……
Thursday, April 4th.
After finishing the half-day of legal aid in the afternoon, Hastur could clearly feel that the lawyer's potion in his body had been completely digested. As long as he prepared the barbarian potion, he could be promoted to Sequence 8 barbarian.
After leaving Jowood, Hastur did not return to Greco, Queens, but returned to the house where he had been away for three days.
He moved all the materials needed for the barbarian formula to an empty room on the second floor and did not let anyone approach it.
Extraordinary materials: a Kuanghua grass, a solid horn crystal of an earth rhinoceros.
Auxiliary materials: one deep-grained walnut, one lemon balm, 10 ml of hydrosol soaked in poplar bark, and 100 ml of spirits.
Hastur looked at all the collected materials and felt very satisfied and excited.
After taking the magic potion, you will become a Sequence 8 barbarian, and your combat power will be greatly improved, which cannot be compared to civilians like lawyers!
After getting excited, Hasta felt a little embarrassed and picked up the deep-grained walnut, holding it in his palm and observing it for a moment. This thing needs to be pitted, right?
Or should I just crush it and take the core inside?
Hasta looked at the formula again. It clearly stated that one deep-grained walnut should be taken together with the core.
Otherwise, it should be written as: How many grams of deep-grained walnut pulp.
Understanding this, Hasta began to grind and mash various materials with the utensils prepared in advance, and finally added 100 ml of spirits.
The final product is a small bowl of mushy viscous liquid.
Hastur took a deep breath, then endured the discomfort and drank the small bowl of viscous liquid in one gulp.
The entrance is very hot, like swallowing a ball of hot coals, and there is a burning pain from the mouth to the throat to the internal organs.
The whole head was in severe pain, as if someone was pounding it hard with a medicine pestle.
There were bursts of roars in my ears, and every sound could tear
It can tear nerves and vibrate the eardrum.
Frequent hallucinations appeared before his eyes, as if the entire order of heaven and earth was collapsing, falling, and falling into the endless abyss.
Based on his previous experience, Hastur tried his best to visualize the Palace of Stars and used it to suppress all the violent murmurs coming from the barbarian potions.
After ten or twenty minutes, Hastur gradually regained his former sobriety. His whole person seemed to be completely transformed. Waves of warmth filled his whole body, and his fists gathered enough power to break the door with one punch!
It's just that he was mentally exhausted and still a little uncomfortable, which made his face turn slightly pale.
He did not take a shower immediately, but sat on the bed and closed his eyes to rest for a long time. Then he got out of bed and moved his limbs, silently feeling the new abilities brought by being promoted to barbarian.
Barbarians represent terrible strength, strong physique, and outstanding resistance to negative effects. When the enemy cannot be dealt with by law, using force is a very reasonable way of persuasion.
This is somewhat similar to Xio's performance. She is also good at relying on physical means to arbitrate others.
There are four main abilities brought by barbarians:
Terrible power: Your fists can easily defeat those who don't listen to your words. When order and rules are threatened, strength is the key to defending and reversing everything.
Strong physique: You have a stronger physique than normal people. You are a barbarian, and your strong body is your biggest reliance on rampaging and defeating the enemy.
Resistance and weakening: A strong physique gives you extraordinary resistance. Any force that attempts to harm you will be effectively blocked by your strong physique. You are naturally very immune to attacks with negative effects, such as poisoning, curses, illness... …
Blood Roar: When you are threatened, your blood begins to boil and your fighting spirit begins to gather. You can temporarily increase your strength several times, and at the same time, you can also emit a terrifying roar to scare the enemy!