One afternoon a few days later.
Chen Lun was resting under the awning in the back garden.
The whole person was lying on the white wooden rocking chair, like an old man enjoying his old age, reading a book while observing the cows and white cat playing and fighting.
At this time, the space beside him fluctuated, and a waiter with his face covered by shadows walked out. He walked straight to Chen Lun and saluted with his hands on his chest.
"Good day, Mr. Jack."
The faceless waiter said respectfully.
"I am here to deliver a secret message from the Knights of the Round Table."
"Um?"
After closing the book, Chen Lun smiled and slowly sat up.
"Are there any results from the meeting?"
"Yes, sir."
The faceless waiter handed over the letter and a bank receipt on a tray.
"This is a letter personally written to you by the Knight Commander. In addition, this is a reward of 20,000 gold pounds."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Chen Lun took out four gold coins and placed them on the tray.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack."
The faceless waiter chuckled, bowed again, and turned to leave.
After it left, Chen Lun whistled and put 20,000 gold pounds into the panel, bringing his total assets to 95,000 gold pounds... Then he opened the wax seal of the letter and checked it.
In the letter, the Knight Commander first praised him, and then said that the club had successfully reached a cooperation with the Dusk Tea Party, but the specific plan was still in progress... She only revealed a little to Chen Lun, that is, the tea party would still pretend to help the Black Knife Brotherhood and secretly reveal information to the club.
It is not until the final battle that the Tea Party will actually take action and backstab the Black Blade Brotherhood.
'Double agent?'
Chen Lun thought to himself that this was wonderful and a smile appeared on his face.
The current situation is completely different from the previous life. The Evening Tea Party no longer helps the Black Knife Brotherhood, but instead joins the club's camp... In this way, the club, which has already suppressed the opponent, has a very high probability of winning a seat in the Orthodox Church!
He played an important role in all of this.
Chen Lun took a deep breath and continued reading.
The Knight Commander's secret talk with Philip went smoothly, and he also obtained a copy of Sequence 5 - Juggler's Extraordinary Knowledge for Chen Lun. However, Philip said that the Tea Party's Extraordinary Knowledge Reserve had always been kept by Manolan, and now that he was dead, he couldn't find where it was for the time being...
Therefore, this extraordinary knowledge will be delivered to him later.
"… "
Chen Lun looked at the letter, speechless.
He knew that this was Philip's excuse!
It was even very possible that this guy's evil taste was at work again, and he was unwilling to hand over the extraordinary knowledge to him readily, and was deliberately delaying... Chen Lun had no way to deal with this, and could only hope that the other party would not only give him "one tenth", "one sixth" or "one quarter" when the time came.
Finally, don’t worry, I will look for the others.
Chen Lun sighed and burned the letter in his hand.
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A month passed by unknowingly.
During this period, Chen Lun led his team out twice again, each hunting trip lasting three to five days.
Because the circus was extremely active in Yanbang, clearing out one red disaster area after another, its reputation gradually rose. In the recent hunts, the local official extraordinary people were extremely respectful to them.
Soon, it was New Year's Eve.
After this night, it will be the 4420th year of the solar calendar, and also the second New Year that Chen Lun has spent since crossing into this world.
He brought his team back to Peacock City Winery two days in advance to rest and prepare to celebrate together.
Floin and Connie were busy in the kitchen at the same time, while Maggie was watching the fun from the side, making startled noises from time to time.
Noah, Alex, Golov, Patton and Morey were sitting in the living room chatting.
Anton and Bib Ding Ding were playing outside the house, waiting for dinner to come.
Chen Lun leaned alone at the door of the villa building, watching everything with a smile.
He took the time to open his panel and noticed that in the task column, the contribution of the second ring of the main line could be viewed, reaching 4.28%... Thinking back to his previous life, when he made the final settlement, his contribution was only 0.00013%. The gap between the two was a world of difference.
"I pushed the progress forward by four percentage points by myself..."
The smile on his face grew even wider.
Then, Chen Lun looked at the rest of the panel reserves... The experience points accumulated reached nearly 800,000, part of which was attributed to hunting, and the other part came from the mysterious books he had read.
The regional reputation has reached 70 points, the epic reputation has reached 2 points, the skill points have reached 8 points, the attribute points have reached 50 points, the special attribute points have reached 3 points, and the blessing point has reached 1 point...
'Now I am just waiting to get the extraordinary knowledge to advance to Sequence 5, and then use up all these reserves at once... Then my strength will surge again.'
Chen Lun closed the panel, full of anticipation.
In addition to taking the team to rest and celebrate the New Year, there was another thing that prompted him to stay in the winery.
"If I remember correctly, tonight in my previous life was the night of the final battle between the Murder Club and the Black Knife Brotherhood... Tomorrow, everything will be settled."
Chen Lun raised his head, looked at the purple crescent moon in the sky, a smile on his lips.
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After a moment.
The circus New Year's Eve dinner begins.
Fuluoyin came to Chen Lun personally and invited him to sit down.
"Master Jack, please host the dinner."
Chen Lun turned around, smiled at Fuluoyin, and then walked in holding hands.
Antonio brought the white cat and the hedgehog into the house. Everyone present sat in their seats and cast their eyes on Chen Lun. Only after he sat down in the main seat did everyone express their blessings to the head of the group.
"Thank you, everyone."
Chen Lun smiled as he looked at the members present and the table full of delicious dishes. He was in a very good mood.
"This is the second New Year for the circus. Last year, we didn't have so many members... We welcome Antonio, Alex and Morey to join us."
Alex and Morey stood up and saluted Chen Lun with their hands on their chests.
Antonio snorted twice and shook his head, appearing very happy.
"Just like last year, as the leader of the team, I naturally have to distribute gifts to you."
Chen Lun smiled and took out the gift box he had prepared.
The gifts from Golov, Barton, and Morey were the same: a copy of the extraordinary knowledge of Sequence 7 Assassins. When they opened the gifts and saw the manuscript written by the captain himself, they were so grateful that they could not express it in words.
"Thank you, Mr. Commander!"
"You're welcome."
Chen Lun waved his hand.
Connie's gift was a mysterious book that did not contain any extraordinary knowledge. It was a rare item that Chen Lun asked the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce to purchase. The author was a mid-sequence extraordinary person from the Sun Path, and the book contained insights and experiences related to forging.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack!"
Connie held the book in her arms, a look of joy on her face.
The rest of the people also opened their own gifts, and without exception, they all looked happy.
Maggie was holding a bottle of red wine in her hand. Just like last year, it was an extraordinary beef-flavored wine prepared by Chen Lun himself. The only difference was that this time more advanced extraordinary materials were used, so that the quality of this bottle of wine reached the level of a fine product.
Maggie couldn't wait to pull out the cork and take a sip, and her face turned red with excitement on the spot.
"This is awesome! My favorite beef flavor!"
"I'm glad you like it, Maggie, but don't dwell on Anton's smell all day long."
Chen Lun shook his head.
"Understood, Captain."
Maggie chuckled, but no one knew whether she heard it or not.
Antonio's gift was simple, but it won its heart, that is, a straw cake with sin blood and flesh mysterious substances. Even the little white cat Bibu was the same. Chen Lun asked Fuluo Yin to make a fragrant fried fish for it and added natural mysterious substances.
The cow and the cat started eating happily.
Only the little hedgehog Ding Ding stood on the table blankly, at a loss as to what to do.
Happiness belongs to others and has nothing to do with it.
Noah looked at the box of paint in his hand and was pleasantly surprised.
Chen Lun explained at the right time, saying that he had asked Fuluoyin to make this using extraordinary materials.
"Thank you, Mr. Jack... I want to use it to draw a picture for everyone to record this beautiful scene."
Noah looked around and made a suggestion to Chen Lun.
"That's a good idea, go ahead Noah."
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows, then nodded in agreement.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Noah went upstairs and brought down the painting tools. Then he sat down at the dining table and started painting with the paint Chen Lun gave him.
Alex received a valuable harmonica that Chen Lun spent hundreds of pounds to buy. He pretended to be reserved and did not show much emotion, but others could see the uncontrollable joy on his face.
After spending some time together, Alex may have accepted his fate, or he may have accepted this big family and gradually integrated into it.
"Everyone, let the great bard Alex sing a song for you!"
Everyone applauded.
Alex put his hands on his hips, picked up his new harmonica and began to play.
The beautiful and cheerful melody echoes in the living room of the villa, and in the brightly lit environment, it composes a piece of music called eternity.
Fuluoyin opened the last gift given by Chen Lun.
Inside is a B-level weird item - the travel key.
Chen Lun explained to her the usage and effects, and Fuluoyin happily held it in her hand.
"I love so much."
Flo Yin said softly in her ethereal voice.
"So beautiful Miss Florin, are you willing to dance with me during this beautiful time?"
Chen Lun took off his gloves and stretched out his hand.
Flo Yin blushed, hummed, and slowly placed her hand in his palm.
"I would love to, Mr. Jack."
Everyone applauded again, and to the cheerful melody played by Alex, the two danced on the open space next to the dining table, while the cow hummed along with the beat. Noah smiled and recorded this scene forever on the canvas.
He thought that years later, when people looked back at this painting, they would surely remember the beauty of that moment.
Noah had already thought of a name for it in his mind: "Dawn".