Viscount Pompey sent away several of his "friends" from the aristocratic circle.
He returned to the living room on the first floor of the villa and sat on the sofa, a look of fatigue on his face.
Rebecca came to her father, took his arm, and whispered:
"Dad, are we really moving away?"
The Viscount smiled softly and turned to look at his daughter.
"Oh no, we won't move... Let them do whatever they want, they're just a bunch of scared cowards. Our family has lived in Amber City for decades, we're used to it."
Mrs. Pompey then took a hot towel from the maid, slowly walked behind the sofa, and gently wiped her husband's cheek.
"Thanks."
The Viscount leaned back on the sofa in comfort, glanced at his wife and smiled.
Mrs. Pompey smiled in response.
"I wonder how Mr. Jack is doing now..."
Rebecca pursed her lips and gently touched the silver snake earring on her ear.
"Don't worry, Rebecca, Mr. Jack will be safe... I have received news from an old friend that the warrant for his arrest has been cancelled."
"Oh, really?! This is so great!"
Rebecca Hinn likes to hoot.
After experiencing the art exhibition, their admiration for Mr. Jack became even more thorough, because he not only saved his own family, but also saved countless other people.
This also proves that the previous wanted notice was a slander against him.
Mr. Jack is indeed a great man.
Rebecca's eyes were full of twinkling stars.
He must be an angel sent by Lady Moonlight!
He is Rebecca's most admired knight!
At this time, Butler Binoz came hurriedly with a newspaper in his hand.
"Your Excellency, please read the newspaper."
Viscount Pompey took it and spread out the newspaper. Rebecca and Lady Pompey also looked at it, and everyone showed surprise on their faces.
The title on the cover is -
"The filth behind the Red Apple Church in Amber City! The 'Black Messenger' has brought down punishment on behalf of God!"
The photo shows the entrance to the Red Apple Church, and the mess in the courtyard can be vaguely seen. A black-haired young man spreads his wings behind him and soars into the sky.
Many onlookers were also captured in the video. In the corner, there were five inconspicuous young men and women. They all looked horrified. One of them was a square-faced man picking his nose, and the other had a horse-faced man with a ferocious expression. Judging from his lip movements, he seemed to be saying a strange syllable "cao".
Chen Lun put down the newspaper.
There was a strange expression on his face.
"How come the Polaris players were also included in the film..."
He shook his head slightly and stood up from his chair.
In the past two days, he has moved back to the original Jack Manor with Floyin and Connie.
After looting the Red Apple Church, he made a huge sum of money, so he naturally had some spare money to buy his "family business". Chen Lun waved his hand and directly spent more than 300 gold pounds to buy the entire manor, intending to make it his own residence.
Mona sent her men to return all the machinery and tools that had been confiscated, and even gave some compensation.
This made Chen Lun quite satisfied.
He walked to the window, looked at Connie who was busy working below, and the craftsmen who had been called back, and smiled slightly.
“Things are going in a good direction…”
In the past two days, he has learned about some changes in Amber City through information from small animals and the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce.
The shelter transferred a group of new personnel from surrounding towns to make up for the lack of manpower in Amber City.
The Red Apple Church was exposed for some suspected fraud, murder and illegal sacrifices, and it was obvious that Mona was behind it. But Chen Lun knew that these could not shake their foundation at all, and at most they would only ruin their reputation.
The Trisur Empire is so large that Amber City is just a small corner of it.
But it's not entirely without benefits. At the very least, Chen Lun can develop here with peace of mind without having to worry about being constrained by the Red Apple Church in the short term.
In addition, he expressed pessimism about the measures taken to seal the shelter.
After the public beta in the future, as players upgrade and more and more extraordinary people gradually appear, this method of sealing will become extremely ineffective.
Of course, by then, the Empire will have more appropriate and radical countermeasures.
"Huh..."
Chen Lun let out a sigh of relief.
"There is still a lot to do next."
Yesterday evening, he suddenly and inexplicably triggered a task.
C-rank mission: Circus!
Mission Description: With the failure of the supernatural organization "Circus" in the kidnapping case at the art exhibition and the tragic death of the leader, the remaining members are lurking in Amber City, waiting for an opportunity to launch new activities.
Finding them and stopping them might be a good way to improve your reputation.
Mission rewards: 7000 experience points, 15 gold pounds, 1 regional reputation and conspiracy faction mysterious book * 1
"It's like sending a pillow when you feel sleepy."
Chen Lun chuckled secretly.
The development plan in his heart gradually became clear after this task arrived.
The mission had been accepted, but he planned to complete it in another way, that is, to recruit some of the most heinous and stubborn elements, and leave some useful people to form his own extraordinary force.
Then strive to obtain official recognition so that you can act openly and achieve your goals.
The Empire does adopt a policy of forced suppression against the opposition supernatural beings, but radical elements like Roderick do not account for all of them.
Some people in power tend to be moderates. They advocate a conciliatory policy and try to digest these "unstable factors" through recruitment and cooperation. Mona and her backers belong to this faction.
If this were not the case, organizations such as the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce and the Black Knife Brotherhood would not have the possibility of existing.
To some extent, this can be regarded as a compromise of the empire.
But Chen Lun knew that the process to achieve this goal was not simple and required some preparation.
"Let's count the spoils first..."
Chen Lun closed the window and drew up the curtains.
Then he walked to the table and took out a bunch of items from the grape ring. These were the spoils he had collected before, and he needed to sort them out.
First he picked up the books looted from the Red Apple Church.
Four mysterious books containing extraordinary knowledge, and one secondary occupation book.
Wow…
Chen Lun opened "Blood Brew" and after reading for a while, a prompt box popped up -
You have discovered a valuable book containing information and knowledge about secondary occupations!
By reading carefully, you have gained the secondary occupation knowledge (complete)!
Winemaker
If the conditions for inheritance are not met, are you forced to make it your new secondary occupation
Warning! Forced inheritance will be subject to earnings penalties!
Chen Lun chose "No".
Then close it and put it down.
"That's right..."
He murmured something.
However, Chen Lun does not intend to force him to take the job now, because the income penalty will not only reduce the skill points and attribute points obtained from upgrading, but will also increase the experience points required for upgrading, which is very uneconomical.
He planned to "cleanse" the fishermen first before taking up his post.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Lun began to examine the other four mysterious books.
"Sun, Moon, Flesh, and Magic..."
Chen Lun flipped through the four books one by one, triggered the prompts above, and put the extraordinary sequences contained in them into his pocket.
He already possessed the Flesh and Blood Faction Sequence 9 - Butcher, so he could only put it aside as an "experience book" and slowly absorb it in the future.
The Sequence 9s along the other three paths were all those he had not collected, and they just filled the gaps.
They are Sun Faction Sequence 9-Believer, Moon Faction Sequence 9-Psychic, and Magic Faction Sequence 9-Scholar.
"I only need to add two factions, 'Conspiracy' and 'Deep Sea', to complete the ten-sequence introductory knowledge."
Chen Lun smiled secretly.
After getting the corresponding extraordinary knowledge, these three books still have their uses, and you can gain experience points and points by reading them. For Chen Lun now, although it is not a lot, it cannot be wasted.
In his previous life, he had to use a hammer to knock out the last bit of toothpaste, and the fat otaku's happy water had to be diluted with boiled water to wipe away the residue on the inner wall, not to mention this precious upgrade resource.
Must be squeezed dry.
He put away the five books and then prepared to add some for himself.
After completing the main quest, you will obtain 10 special attribute points and 1 blessing point, which are all top-level resources.
General attribute points cannot improve the four special attributes of Charm, Insight, Willpower and Luck. They need to be improved with special attribute points and other methods, so the value of special attribute points is extremely high.
Chen Lun put all these 10 points on willpower. His willpower was the weak link, with only 6 points. It affected some weight judgments and also determined the amount of rationality, and its importance to him became increasingly greater.
Immediately, Chen Lun thought for a moment and decided to add the blessing points to Nature's Favor, which would be more helpful to him at this stage. After upgrading to the next level, the effect would be doubled.
Nature's Favor LV2 (Blessing)
Blessing description: The natural angel Maggie Milna has noticed you and bestowed upon you a blessing.
Blessing Effect: Sequence 9 - Tamer's all skill levels +2, all attributes +2.
"Blessing points are indeed the highest level of points. This improvement is too great..."
Chen Lun sighed.
In the past, few players could obtain blessings, which were basically only available to bosses and a few elite NPCs. As for the special points that could increase the level of blessings, "blessing points" were even more difficult to obtain.
Chen Lun felt his own strengthening, and vaguely felt that the animal-imitating memory grid could accommodate the characteristics of another extraordinary creature.
“Try it out when you can, and if you can, replace a feature.”
The reward for the main quest also includes 10 points of regional fame, plus the accumulated 6 points, it now reaches 16 points.
“This is very helpful for my next plan…”
Chen Lun said secretly.
"panel."
He called up his own panel and checked it out—
Name: Chen Lun
Race: Human (Eastern Continent)
Template: NPC (Countdown to version 1.0 public beta: 356 days, 15 hours, 45 minutes, 36 seconds)
Level: 50
Experience: 80900/1900
Health: 820/820
Stamina: 310/310
Sanity: 25/25
Main Occupation: Sequence 9 - Tamer LV10 (MAX) Sequence 8 - Fortune Teller LV20 (MAX) (Fate Faction)
Secondary occupation: Fisherman LV10 (MAX) Recorder LV10 (MAX)
Attributes: Strength 42 (+4), Dexterity 52 (+2), Endurance 33 (+4), Intelligence 32 (+2), Faith 7 (+2)
Special attributes: Charisma 22 (+11), Willpower 17 (+2), Insight 30 (+2), Luck 5 (+2)
Regional popularity: 16
Remaining points: 24 skill points, 0 attribute points, 0 special attribute points, 0 blessing points
Remaining property: 1555 gold pounds, 685 silver ounces, 4606 copper crores, low-sequence mysterious substances * 25, low-sequence pure substances * 1, extraordinary material - red eyes (natural faction) * 1
Skills: Quick Eyes and Hands LV1 (Passive), Sea Balance LV1 (Passive), Animal Language LVMAX, Animal Imitation LVMAX, Animal Friends LVMAX (Passive), Copying LVMAX, Divination LVMAX, Life-Seeing Eye LVMAX, Spiritual Intuition LVMAX (Passive)
Blessing: Nature's Favor LV2, Shining Star LV1
Power: 195
Evaluation: You have almost reached the end of the low sequence, and even reached the middle sequence level in some aspects, but you have not yet completed the qualitative change. Take action quickly, can you sleep well at this age
Chen Lun nodded with satisfaction to himself.
Then he took out the small package that Flo Yin had given him.
After counting, there were a total of eight D-level monsters. He selected from them and found two that were relatively normal and suitable for his use.
D-level Trick-Black Cufflinks
Item description: A cufflink that contains the power of shadows. It has a black striped appearance and is very restrained.
Walk lightly, breathe slowly, yes, just like that...
Item Effect: Standing in the shadows can effectively reduce your presence.
Item cost: Long-term wearing may cause photophobia.
D-level Item-Rusty Toothpick (Disposable Consumable)
Item description: A toothpick that contains the power of shadow. It looks like a wooden toothpick, but there are spots of rust on the surface, which is very suspicious. When you look away from it, you can see it bending slightly from the corner of your eye.
Come on, use me to open the door to your sweetheart...
Item effect: Can open most locks (weight determination required)
Item cost: After use, you will forget to close the door within 72 hours.
"These two strange objects may have miraculous effects in certain scenarios."
Chen Lun put them aside and packed up the other six. The ones he didn't like either had a small scope of application or were too expensive. In short, the cost performance was low.
"Players are very weak when they first come to this world. They need an honest, loyal and warm-hearted NPC like me to redeem them and guide them..."
He looked at the bag of "weird odds and ends" and said solemnly:
"Just leave all these good things to them."
When the public beta comes, I must have something to show off. Not only must I have a "ticket" to the mysterious field - extraordinary knowledge, but I must also have "top-quality equipment". Only by taking these two approaches can I make players unable to stop.
"Next up are two heavyweights..."
Chen Lun took out an ordinary pair of leather gloves, stroked the fine lines on it, and felt happy.
B-level weird thing-fireworks in the palm
Item description: This item contains the power of the sun, and was created by the former pope of the Church of the Sun when he was young. It looks like a brown leather glove, a terrifying weapon forged with extraordinary means.
The sun's ears danced in his palms like upside-down fireworks in the sky.
Item Effect: Can release and control extraordinary flames. (Flames do not distinguish between friend and foe, be careful not to set yourself on fire.)
Item cost: Consumes one's own physical strength and water, and can overdraw one's vitality.
Chen Lun put it on and snapped his fingers. A small flame ignited at his fingertips. Then, under his control, the flame turned into a jumping kitten.
The kitten transformed itself into a dog, a crow, a pangolin, a rhinoceros, and finally a fire snake. It flew vividly to Chen Lun and surrounded him.
boom!
The flames dissipated.