Part 5 The Red Priestess Chapter 52 Making Connections
With deep blue, nearly black eyes and a rare inch of hair for a high-ranking person, Chunas Korg walked up to Dawn Dantes with a glass of champagne and a slight smile:
”You’re a lucky man today, and full of courage.”
If it means that the next hand after receiving a “bribe” often folds directly, preferring to lose the blinds, it is not luck, but knowledge …… As for the other times, and you play a game of poker, almost put the “winner”! “Nyuni these days accumulated luck used up …… Klein lightly shook his hand filled with light gold liquor cup, sighing and laughing:
”For someone who doesn’t care about the outcome, of course it’s fearless to fight any way.
”Oh, praise the goddess!”
This was his way of making it clear, in Rune-style innuendo, that he had come mainly to lose money today, and that too much luck was a blessing from the gods, and had nothing to do with himself.
Chunas hadn’t lost much tonight, just a couple hundred pounds, and while that was quite a lot relative to his stated salary, to a Major General Deputy Director of MI9 and hidden demigod, a salary was just the most insignificant part of income, so he didn’t really care and shook his head with a smile:
”Humans are always unable to see through fate.
”You’re an interesting person, nice to meet you.”
That last remark of his was half-praise, half-polite, and represented the end of the conversation.
However, Klein had been “performing” all night in order to get to know this demigod of the “Black Emperor” pathway, so how could he possibly give up just like that, and first responded with “It’s nice to meet you as well…”, then seemingly casually replied “It’s nice to meet you as well! First, he responded with a “Nice to meet you as well”, and then asked for advice in a seemingly casual manner:
”Your Excellency Major General, do you have any knowledge of the manor on the outskirts of Berkland? It would be best if it came with a grove of trees where you can hunt.”
According to the information that Klein received from Miss Justice, I don’t know whether it was because of his personality or his own position, but Chunas Korg, the Deputy Director of the Major General, did not like to hold banquets, balls, or salons in his own home, and rarely accepted invitations to do so.
His hobbies were very simple: first, he loved to smoke cigars, especially the “Chieftain’s Cigars” produced in the East Bayram Miquonte region – recognized as the best cigars in the world, secondly, he liked to play cards, mainly Texas, and thirdly, he was a hobby hunter, and often went to the countryside of Béckeirande, or even Ahovar County, in the fall and winter. In the fall and winter, he often hunts in the outskirts of Belcande, and even in places such as Ahowa County and East Chester County.
Originally, Klein’s previous intention to purchase the manor was purely to spend money for the integration into the upper class, and there was no consideration in this regard yet, and today, after encountering Chunas Kolger, he temporarily added the corresponding demand in the hope of arousing the other party’s interest, and at that time, he might be able to invite this deputy director of MI9 to go hunting in the countryside together to rejoice in the enjoyable weekend, and look for opportunities to get his hands dirty.
Chunus Colgate took a sip of champagne and thought for a moment:
”I’ll keep an eye out for you, and if there’s a suitable one, will send a man to, to, it’s Birklund Street, isn’t it? Well, go there and tell you.”
”Thank you very much.” Crane responded sincerely.
At the same time, he pitied in his heart the former valet Richardson who had just become the butler’s assistant, this young man who was thirsty for advancement had been going out early and coming back late lately, collecting information for his employer on the manor houses in the suburbs of Birklund, looking at which ones met the requirements and which ones had the intention to sell, and doing on-site inspections one by one, making sure that every option submitted at the end of the day did not have any problems, and could not allow his employer to look at which one he favored from the information, and then specifically send someone to The employer should not be able to find out that someone else does not want to sell, or that the actual situation is very different from the description of the information, after the employer has temporarily adjusted the requirements.
And after Klein temporarily adjusted the requirements, Richardson had to undoubtedly push back all the work he had done before.
Wannabe A. …… Well, when this is done, let Tania raise his annual salary by five pounds, and the butler’s assistant certainly earns a little more ……5 pounds than he did when he was a valet, and in this game of poker today, one or two raises and it’s all gone …… Richardson’s salary for a year would be enough to play so many hands of poker …… In the midst of his silent sigh, Crane suddenly perceived a glance directed at him.
He looked back without hiding it and realized that the one looking at him was Admiral Emilius Levitt.
This curmudgeonly and serious middle-aged man nodded gently and withdrew his gaze, with no intention of communicating with Dawn Dantes, nor did he make any move to call out for someone to come and arrest the Wild Extraordinarians, after all, this was considered to be a partner of the military, and it wasn’t too uncommon for a merchant and adventurer with extensive connections in the Southern Continent to obtain magic potions by chance.
Just then, Colonel Calvin and Councilor Macht, each holding a glass of wine, approached Dawn Dantes.
”What’s going on?” Calvin lowered his voice and asked rather helplessly.
Since Dawn Dantes had won nearly a thousand pounds, he and Councillor Macht had to change their own strategy from cautious to spirited in order to keep Admiral Emilius from losing, and each lost several hundred pounds in a rather heartbreaking manner.
In this way, together with the losses of others, Admiral Emilius eventually won two or three hundred pounds.
At this, Klein spread his hands:
”I didn’t even look at the bottom card!”
His implication was that it was purely the favor of the various gods of the Fate Realm.
So far, the gods, angels, and “hidden beings” with authority in the realm of destiny include, but are not limited to, the “Goddess of the Night” and the “Fool”, “Will Onsettin, the Mercury Serpent, Palles Zoroaster, Amon, the Blasphemer, and Urolius, the Angel of Fate.
”This is a distressing thing.” Councilor Macht smiled bitterly and shook his head, “Calvin and I are both too defeated to go home.”
They’d lost almost half of what they’d earned in a brightening.
Dawn Dantes, who was graying at the temples, sniffed in surprise:
”When did you guys lose?”
He then pointed to the chips stacked in front of his position and said:
”I only just managed to keep the £1,000 I initially bought in, the rest is all yours.”
Colonel Galvin and Councillor Macht were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and spread their smiles one after the other.
”It was we who played it too tight and miscalculated.” Calvin nodded approvingly.
Klein let out a laugh, instantly digressing and seeking out the evening meal that lay on a nearby coffee table.
……
Silver City, inside the Round Tower, one of the Twin Towers.
Derek Burger was summoned to meet Colin Iliad, Chief of the Council of Six.
”You said you had something to ask for advice?” Colin, who had a number of old scars on his face, asked calmly as he looked across the table at the not-so-tall teenager.
Derek curtsied and responded matter-of-factly:
”Yes, Your Excellency the Chief, I need to be in pure darkness for my promotion to ‘Priest of Light’, but once I enter the darkness, it can be very dangerous, and I don’t know how to solve this problem.”
Colin Iliad listened carefully and nodded:
”You need to confirm one thing, is it pure darkness, or lightless darkness? There is a big difference between these two concepts.
”If it’s the latter, you can obtain it by going to the dungeon at the bottom of the round tower, you’ve spent some time there and should know what I’m talking about.”
Derek had a deep fear of the dungeon at the bottom of the Round Tower, because he had first met “Blasphemer” Amon there, and not only had he seen the mutated ex-exploration team leader, but he had also been tragically parasitized, so he really didn’t want to think back on it unless he had to.
At this time, the chief of the reminder, he slowly to mobilize the corresponding memories, found that the bottom of the round tower, although each cell will be distributed candles, but once burned out, you can only wait for the guards to send food and potions over to ask for it – this is not very frequent, only three times a day, the intermediate interval is very long.
And it was in this environment that monsters sprang up and humans disappeared out of thin air without ever appearing.
Derek remembered a time when he had guarded the lightless darkness without encountering much danger.
He thought for a while and spoke hesitantly:
”The lightless darkness at the bottom of the round tower has extra power mixed in?”
The same power that resisted the darkness’ tendency to make people disappear and breed monsters?
Colin Iliad glanced at the two straight swords hanging crosswise on the wall, nodded softly, and sighed:
”Yes, that’s why it’s called lightless darkness, not pure darkness.”
Derek’s brow furrowed a little, as if he was thinking back on something.
After a few seconds, he said with less certainty:
”If that’s the case, the darkness outside the bottom of the round tower is not pure darkness either, many historical texts recorded that the darkness before the Deep Dark Age would not make people disappear like evaporation, nor would it breed like bring monsters, the darkness now must have undergone a mutation or have the rest of the power to participate in the blending, so that it would become dangerous.”
”Not bad, to be able to associate this, shows that you have improved …… That’s why I asked you, is it pure darkness that is needed, or is it lightless darkness?” Colin’s light blue eyes showed some sighs.
This …… Is it possible that pure darkness only exists outside the “Godforsaken Land”? Derek was gloomy for a while, and then he said in a spirited manner:
”Your Excellency, I’m not too sure, I need some time to be sure.”
He believed that Mr. “The Hanged Man”, Mr. “The World” and other members of the Tarot Club who had extensive knowledge and experience would be able to find a good solution.
Without asking more questions, Colin Iliad nodded and said:
”Go on.
”When you reach Sequence 5, even if you can’t become a demigod for a long time, you’ll have a chance to reign in certain seals.”
……
BECKLANDER, HILLSDON DISTRICT Hugh had changed into a brown jacket and a ducktail hat, and was pretending to look like the average short man.
She had officially taken on the commission to begin tracking down the gentleman known as Ernest Boyar, and there were several other bounty hunters involved in the mission.
Ernest Boyar propped up the bowler hat on his head, nodded ahead with his cane, and instructed the driver of the car:
”Go to the St. George district.”
That was located southeast of Berkland, across the Tassock River from the Eastern District.
After getting into the carriage and sitting down, Ernest huffed, looked out the window, and suddenly grunted.
As a Blood Viscount, how could he not notice the crappy bounty hunters following him?