The Goddess of Night Has a Grudge Against Me

Chapter 28 The Goddess of Night Has a Grudge Against Me

Hobert's first thought was of the ruins in northern Backlund that someone had organized to explore at a previous club gathering.

Could it be a trap?

Hobart continued reading: "I asked the minister why such intelligence had appeared, but he just gave me a mysterious smile and didn't answer my question. Hmph! If I become king in the future, I'll definitely tie this minister up and tickle his feet with feathers until he laughs his fill!"

Hobart deduced that this page of notes was written before the Emperor overthrew the Intis royal family, when the Emperor seemed to be just a "low-sequence" Extraordinary.

He continued reading: "On March 16th, regarding the trap in Backlund, which had always intrigued me, I discussed it with Bishop Michel. Bishop Michel told me that it was highly likely that the Loen royal family had discovered and excavated the relics of the Fourth Epoch, and then used them as a trap to lure more Beyonders of the same sequence into their trap."

"Bishop Michel spoke with great certainty, as if his guess was the truth of the matter. I asked him why he was so certain. The bishop said it was a secret hidden within the sequence. I have a terrible idea, but I don't know if it's right."

This page of the diary has clearly been copied by later generations; there are only these two short entries.

When Emperor Roselle wrote these two entries in his diary, he was clearly not fully aware that even without hatred, people of the same or adjacent sequences were natural enemies in order to compete for extraordinary traits.

Hobert first thought of Amon, who, in order to devour extraordinary individuals of the same path, devised many so-called treasures of extraordinary families of the "Thief" path. He would then leave an avatar in the treasure, waiting for extraordinary individuals of the "Thief" path to come to him one by one.

The traps designed by the Royal Family of Loen were similar to those of Amon, and most of the relics from the Quaternary period are related to the methods of "lawyers" and "arbitrators".

In the Fourth Epoch, three emperors appeared in the Northern Continent: the Black Emperor, the Blood Emperor, and the Night Emperor.

The Black Emperor Solomon, one of these three emperors, is the true god of the "lawyer" path.

Both Blood Emperor Tudor and Night Emperor Trensost started with the "Lawyer" sequence. They betrayed Solomon and helped the Six Gods kill Black Emperor Solomon, thus obtaining the Sequence 1 Extraordinary trait through the "Lawyer" pathway.

The current "arbitrators," the Rune and the Fennepot royal family, are extraordinary families who served different emperors in the Fourth Age. Only after the Four Emperors were defeated did they become the ruling family with the support of the Six Gods.

Both the "lawyer" and "arbitrator" paths of extraordinary beings were quite active in the Fourth Age, with two true god-level rulers emerging: the "Black Emperor" and the "Judge."

The Tudor-Trensost United Empire and the Trensost Empire both had their capital in what is now Backlund.

Therefore, anyone with basic historical knowledge would know that the remains of families such as Tudor and Trensault are likely to be found near Backlund.

This is precisely why Hobart values ​​this page of the diary. He also envisioned that once he became stronger, he would try to find some ancient ruins around Backlund, where he would most likely find something related to the "lawyer" path.

It is believed that the Royal Family of Ruin took advantage of this to set traps in the ruins, which should be a method of recovering extraordinary properties.

Thinking of this, Hobart silently mourned for the mercenary team that had previously gone on the expedition.

Also, thanks to the Emperor for the reminder, those 6 pounds were definitely worth it!

This is the extraordinary world! Even the kindest person becomes a sinner because of their extraordinary characteristics.

What's this called again? Oh right, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime!"

Hobart carefully recalled the contents of the other pages of the diary. He couldn't remember the details, but he could probably piece together seven or eight pages of coherent sentences. Hobart planned to use them to... cough cough, to make a deal with his dear "Fool."

Instead of leaving the club immediately, Hobart took another fifty rounds of ammunition to the shooting range to practice shooting.

After returning the gun, Hobart didn't forget to go to the information wall on the third floor and remove the information about acquiring Emperor Russell's notes.

He didn't want to attract too much attention. If too many people came to him to sell their diaries, but he only asked for too little, he would get them for free and feel good, but the people selling the diaries would definitely be very unhappy.

His past experiences taught Hobart that one should not go too far.

Moreover, today's expenses were less than expected, which made Hobart very happy. He now has 61 pounds, 7 sours, and 8 pence left, which he counted several times to make sure he was right.

After having dinner at home, Hobart couldn't wait to return to his bedroom. Following Old Neil's explanation as he remembered it, and based on "King's" practice, he first drew a symbol of the goddess of night on the table, and then lit three candles with night-blooming jasmine.

Two candles symbolize the goddess of night, and one candle symbolizes himself.

Then, Hobart infused the silver knife with spirituality, sanctifying the "pure silver blade," and circled the table, building a "wall of spirituality."

Then Hobert took out Deep Sleep Flower essential oil, dripped it onto the candles, and burned moonflower petals.

Finally, and most importantly, is the incantation. As a graduate of a top-tier public high school, Hermes is a required course.

He solemnly proclaimed in Hermes: "I pray to the power of the night;

I pray for the power of crimson;

I pray for the favor of the goddess of night;

"Your faithful believer prays to the goddess of night to grant me a good night's sleep."

"Night herb, herb of the moon, please transfer your power to my incantation!"

"Moonflower, herb of the red moon, please transfer your power to my incantation!"

Hobert looked nervously at the candles on the table. According to "King's" analysis, these kinds of trivial matters, like asking the goddess for a good night's sleep or a sweet dream, or for spiritual communication, or for helping to pay off bills or cure constipation...

Uh, why do the last two prayers always feel a bit off?

In short, the goddess's "automatic response system" will usually handle such minor matters for her. As long as there is no malicious intent, the success rate of such low-level rituals is generally very high.

To reiterate, there are many Sequence 9 Beyonders in the Beyond World who are more spiritually advanced than "Lawyers," but they don't know how to perform the ritual.

Hobart's advantage was that he knew the process of the ritual.

After about a second or two, there was finally a response on the makeshift altar. Although the candles were still burning, the room suddenly became dark and quiet.

Hobert immediately felt a wave of drowsiness wash over him, and soon his eyes were too heavy to keep open: Wait a minute, I haven't tidied up the altar yet, and I haven't even lain down in bed yet!

No matter how much he struggled internally, Hobart immediately felt powerless.

thump~

The pain of falling to the floor did not wake Hobart; he fell asleep the moment he collapsed.

And he slept until dawn. If Donna hadn't knocked on the door to wake him up, he probably would have continued sleeping.

I lay on the floor all night, my whole body ached and sore. The worst part was that the three candles I just bought yesterday burned out, each one costing 3 sols!

The thought of "consuming" 9 sulphurs last night made Hobert's heart ache.

He seriously suspected that the Goddess of the Night had a grudge against him.

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(End of this chapter)