"Mr. [Temperance], could you give me a copy of the list too? I'd also like to take a look."
[Justice] Audrey couldn't help asking.
"Of course."
Silas materialized the list again. He simply made one for everyone, sending it to all present except the Fool.
The list not only had the corresponding Sequences and potion names, but also descriptions of their abilities.
Actually, all this intelligence together could probably sell for one or two hundred pounds, but compared to his big sale, it wasn't worth mentioning.
An Arbiter who can issue prohibitive commands, a Rose Bishop with formidable flesh recovery abilities, the terrifying Devil, a Shadow Ascetic who can manipulate shadows, and a Psychiatrist from my own pathway...
[Justice] Audrey looked at the relevant descriptions on the list, her heart surging with excitement.
If only I could possess all these abilities!
For a moment, she even felt a bit envious of Shepherds.
Because Shepherds could freely choose from various abilities, constructing the combination most suitable for themselves... However, the Shepherd Sequence was truly too dangerous.
At most, she could only think about it.
"I have channels on my end and can try to help you sell some of the characteristics."
[The Hanged Man] Alger put down the list and said, "However, I need to take a ten percent commission."
"That's fine."
Silas nodded, accepting his terms.
"Additionally, I have another proposal... I know a Craftsman who can be hired to make the corresponding characteristics into Beyonder items." Alger continued.
"In that case, the items' utility value and price would both increase."
Besides serving as main materials for potions, characteristics could also fuse with items to spontaneously manifest abilities.
Of course, generally such items had rather severe negative effects.
There was a pathway of Beyonders called "Craftsman," the Sequence Roselle belonged to.
Craftsmen could use their abilities to process Beyonder characteristics, making them into Beyonder items with better effects and smaller side effects.
Hearing he could make more money, Silas was naturally willing.
"In that case, how do you plan to split it?"
Silas asked.
He had already figured out that this [The Hanged Man] was quite shrewd, and everything he did had a purpose.
He definitely wouldn't be helping him earn more money purely out of kindness.
"Aside from the fee paid to the Craftsman, my commission percentage would increase to... one-eighth."
Alger met his gaze, working hard to maintain his calm as he spoke.
Actually, facing a Sequence 5, he was somewhat nervous, worried that the commission percentage he proposed was too high and would draw the other party's dissatisfaction.
After all, this was a Shepherd, a Shepherd who had just killed all the Aurora Order members at a base!
Those Beyonder characteristics might still have blood on them!
But Alger had to do this.
Because he needed money.
To advance to "Wind-blessed," he needed over 3,000 pounds, which wasn't an amount a pirate captain who was also a Storm Church deacon could easily save up.
To become stronger, he had to think of every way to get money!
So Alger tensed his nerves, paying attention to that Shepherd [Temperance]'s reaction.
In his high state of tension, he saw the other party nod slightly and say:
"Acceptable."
Only then did he relax a bit.
"Moreover, I think both methods can proceed simultaneously.
Lower-value characteristics can be sold directly, while higher-value characteristics, with their greater markup after processing, are suitable for making into Beyonder items."
Silas added.
He was even thinking that perhaps he could keep a few Beyonder items with good effects.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. [Temperance] and Mr. [The Hanged Man]." At this time, [Justice] Audrey suddenly said, "I think perhaps I could pre-order a few Beyonder items made from these characteristics?"
She had just been envying the abilities these characteristics brought, and in the blink of an eye, these abilities might actually become available to her.
How could she not rush to speak up and buy them?
Although she didn't have enough cash and still owed Mr. Fool's blessed 2,000 pounds, she could directly ask her parents, treating it as buying some good things for them...
I want them too...
Beside her, [Magician] Fors showed poor and envious eyes.
"I'm also somewhat interested."
At the other end of the long table, the gloomy [World] also chimed in.
"Then how about this: the Beyonder items that are made will be brought here first, for everyone to choose from as a priority.
If no one is interested, then I'll sell them to others."
[The Hanged Man] Alger said. His words won unanimous approval from everyone.
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After Silas finished selling his goods and no one else intended to continue trading, the gathering moved to the third part.
"Free exchange then."
The Fool at the head said flatly.
"Recently in Backlund, some things have happened."
[Justice] Audrey took the initiative to speak.
"The local Aurora Order's divine envoy, Mr. A, issued a bounty seeking Mr. Fool and His believers."
"That is indeed the case."
[Magician] Fors also added a comment.
The Aurora Order had a conflict with Mr. Fool's blessed?
Alger had some guesses in his mind but didn't dare directly ask the Fool at the head of the table.
Mr. Fool hasn't even mentioned it to us... He seems to not care about it at all.
"There's no need to worry about that matter anymore."
Then he heard Silas say coldly, "Mr. A is already dead."
"..."
Alger froze for a moment, then looked at him. "You said before you cleared out an Aurora Order base..."
"That was the Aurora Order in Backlund."
Silas answered.
"Then Mr. A, he...?"
"I killed him."
"But I heard Mr. A was very strong..."
Fors couldn't help asking.
"He was just a Shepherd like me. He had the True Creator's revelations; I had Mr. Fool's blessing.
Besides, since he's already been killed, what's there to explain?"
Silas's tone grew increasingly cold.
Madness and pain flashed through the depths of his eyes, as if he was recalling that dark afternoon. That black snowfall, and the figure that completely disappeared from that day on...
Cecilia had died for him, and his heart was forever left with an empty space because of it. Like a bottle with a broken bottom, it could never be filled again.
His emotions seemed to transmit through the thick gray fog to the others present, making them stop asking questions.
"Um, I don't have much to say on my end."
Fors, the stay-at-home couch potato, had no news to share. The topic quickly turned to the gentlemen's side.
"Elder Lovia, she's been released..."
[The Sun] said with worry.
He recounted what had happened last week, how that Shepherd pathway Elder Lovia had exchanged a Sequence 4 formula for the "Council of Six's" forgiveness and successfully left the round tower.
So the Forsaken Land of the Gods is like that...
During their conversation, Silas roughly understood the situation in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and what [The Sun] had previously experienced.
He formed a deep impression of that world forever shrouded in darkness and lightning.
"...Don't question it. Your chief's approach is correct."
[The Hanged Man] Alger said.
"In a situation where things are unclear, allowing both forces to exist and maintain balance is the most appropriate method."
"But the True Creator is an evil god..."
[The Sun] Derrick couldn't help saying.
What a coincidence. Lovia's side views us the same way.
Silas thought to himself.