Chapter 379 The various parties of the Tarot Club
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Even in the Beyonder world, exploration experiences like those of "The Emperor" and "The Hanged Man" are relatively rare.
Hearing that "The Emperor" was going to express his opinion on that ship, everyone turned curious gazes towards him.
Hobert explained, "As far as I know, there is a kind of ghost ship on the sea that has the ability to self-repair, and even the ability to self-drive, requiring only a few crew members to operate it.
"It is said that as long as it does not suffer a 'fatal' blow, it will never sink..."
Alger was stunned; his ship was such a ghost ship.
"There is also a kind of ghost ship that can only be seen under certain conditions," Hobert said. "I've heard of some ghost ships that constantly wander in a certain sea area, and people can only see them in the mist or in extremely bad weather.
"The light on it, on the eerie sea, is as terrifying as will-o'-the-wisps.
"Even if you ignore it, bypass it, and sail for a while, it will reappear in the same way on the path ahead.
"Some people have tried to board such ghost ships to investigate, and they saw circles drawn on the sea chart in the captain's cabin, indicating that it was constantly circling in a fixed sea area.
"Of course, more people who board such ghost ships never return."
The atmosphere in the Great Hall instantly turned cold, and everyone had the feeling that they were listening to Hobert telling a ghost story.
Hobert paused and then said, "I think such a ghost ship can already be considered a creature of the underworld or the spirit world.
"It probably became a resentful spirit-like existence for some reason.
"The existence of resentful spirits is because they have enough obsession. A ship that sailors have poured too much emotion into may also, under certain coincidental circumstances, generate something similar to obsession, allowing it to wander between the spirit world and the real world."
Everyone felt that "The Emperor's" statement was novel, but also very interesting, and theoretically valid.
Finally, Hobert said, "Like the stranded ship we encountered, the sailors and the ship itself may not have realized that they are dead and sunk.
"I don't know if the saint on board is in the same state as the ship and the sailors, but they should be in a very strange state:
"They think they are not dead yet, so they are 'still alive' in the place where the spirit world and the real world meet, still repeating the same work every day. If no one disturbs them, this state may last for a long time."
According to common sense, a saint should not be so confused that they don't even know if they are dead or not.
However, the situation at the time was special. Hobert estimated that when the Underworld Emperor fell, the impact on the "Death" pathway "High-Sequence" Beyonders was very great.
Perhaps that saint lost control because of this and turned into a monster, which made the state of that ship so strange.
After Hobert finished speaking, Fors exclaimed, "Mr. Emperor, your logic is really too strong. Although these are all your guesses, they are convincing."
Hobert nodded slightly: "Thank you for your compliment."
Klein also finally understood why "The Hanged Man" would "willingly give way". The calmness, rationality, and extremely strong logic that "The Emperor" showed in the exploration process were indeed admirable.
He couldn't help but think: Is this the characteristic of the "Lawyer" pathway? Cold-blooded, highly intelligent, with extremely strong logic.
After everyone's praise, they talked a few more words, and this Tarot Gathering ended.
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Hobert returned to the real world and spaced out as usual.
Then he went out and ordered the chef to make some donuts. The two chefs in the kitchen were both chefs of Viscount Leiter before, one of whom was good at making various desserts.
It was the first time that Sir Hobert had given an order, which made the chef put in his best effort and use his best skills to deal with it.
Hobert returned to his bedroom to write a letter to Fors.
The content of the letter was very simple: I will go to Backlund tonight at eight o'clock to meet with you and Xio. Please be sure to be at home, and there should be no one else at home.
The signature was Hobert.
When the donuts were ready, Hobert tasted one, and the taste was pretty good, so he summoned the messenger.
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Forsaken Land of the Gods, City of Silver.
Derrick, who already knew he was being monitored, simply sacrificed to "The Fool" without concealment and requested "The Fool's" gift.
After obtaining the item full of "True Creator's" spiritual corruption that Mr. "World" had mentioned, he began to ponder how to find an opportunity to clash with the members of the exploration team.
Just as he was thinking about this, a member of the exploration team actually came to his door!
Derrick immediately realized that while he was suspicious of Elder Lovia the "Shepherd", she was also suspicious of him. This team member should have come to test him.
Fortunately, with the guidance of Mr. Hanged Man, Derrick remained calm in the face of danger. After confirming that there was a watcher sent by the "Chief" in the corner of the room, he began his performance.
He invited the team member into the house and chatted with him. For a moment, Derrick was almost tempted to eat the food that the other party brought.
Fortunately, he knew that this member must have a problem, resisted his appetite, and looked for an opportunity to let the other party come into contact with items with spiritual corruption.
Just as Mr. Emperor and Mr. Hanged Man had guessed, the other party instantly lost control.
In the ensuing fight, Derrick's acting skills were always online. After killing his opponent, he still had the energy to re-sacrifice Mr. "World's" things to "The Fool".
Then he began to cough violently until he "coughed" out the "Worm of Time" and, according to the guidance of Mr. Hanged Man, said that he was mentally trance-like, said that he heard the "True Creator", and then handed in the "Worm of Time".
After the "Chief" heard the report from his subordinate and Derrick's lies, he was indeed fooled, thus clearing Derrick of most of the suspicion.
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Backlund, Cherwood Borough.
After Fors returned to the real world, she sat alone on the edge of the bed, savoring the information she had obtained from "The Emperor".
Although she felt very sorry for her expense of 510 pounds, she had to say that the information was really worth the price!
As "The Emperor" himself said, only the Tarot Gathering had this high-end information.
Throughout the afternoon, Fors was thinking about the Abraham family and fantasizing about the adventures of "The Emperor" and "The Hanged Man".
Until the atmosphere in the room suddenly turned cold, as if something with great mental pressure had suddenly appeared in the air.
Just as Fors was about to open her spiritual vision, a letter suddenly flew towards her.
She instinctively reached out and caught it, and the huge mental pressure immediately disappeared.
Fors then reacted and threw the letter on the bed. She jumped up, ready to escape outside.
Suddenly, Fors thought of the messenger that Hobert had mentioned. She then mustered up her courage to open the envelope. Sure enough, it was Hobert's letter!
He, he is going to sneak back to Backlund tonight?
Fors realized that this was a big deal, and she quickly went out to find Xio to discuss it.
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Town.
Hobert was preparing to complete the sacrifice to "The Fool" before going to meet with Xio and Fors.
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