With in-depth exchanges with Archbishop, Angel discovered to his dismay that it was difficult for him to take over the factories and land belonging to Sevillea in a reasonable, legal and safe manner. Even the villas located in Backlund had become quite hot.
Although they have become the assets of "Irene Watson" through formal procedures and are just waiting for her to reveal her identity and complete the handover, this identity itself is implicated in the Great Smog incident. As long as she shows up, They will definitely be under the attention of Church of Storms, Church of Steam and the military, and even "Demoness Sect" and "Aurora Order" will come to their door.
If Angel still maintains the identity of "Christine Teresa", it has nothing to do with these industries and land, let alone getting it into his hands in a formal way.
In the end, she could only accept the compromise proposed by Anthony and sell all these properties to Church of the Evernight Goddess in the name of Irene. In order to acquire these properties, the church would pay the corresponding Gold Pound to Irene Watson, which is Angel.
"After deducting the relevant taxes and fees, I got less than 110,000 pounds..."
Angel murmured, feeling sad that he had lost 10% of the profit before he got it.
Moreover, the church has been of great help in this matter, and I have to respond accordingly... She looked into Anthony's deep eyes, her heart moved, and she said:
"I will donate the proceeds above 100,000 pounds to the church as, um, expenses for repairing East Borough's old churches."
She originally wanted to renovate Saint Samuel Cathedral, but this Backlund, and even the largest church in Loen, has countless believers rushing to donate, and it is being renovated and improved every year, so it is not short of her money.
It would be better to donate to the poor East Borough to make it more convenient for the church to preach there... She thought about it and suddenly said:
"In addition, I have something to report... about an informant of my development in East Borough, a Demoness who does not belong to 'Demoness Sect'..."
Late at night, Angel returned to 8 Burningham Road in Hillston Borough exhausted. Looking at the villa rented for 300 pounds per year, her mind came back to the luxurious villa in Baron Landon in West Borough that was said to be worth 15,000 pounds and was still rising in value every year.
It's a pity that it doesn't belong to me anymore... She took a deep breath, mentally paid tribute to her "gained and lost" assets, washed up casually, and returned to the bedroom.
According to the method proposed by Archbishop, the converted amount of the assets that originally belonged to "Irene Watson" can be handed over to her no later than next month. That is a full 100,000 pounds in cash, which is more than Angel currently except The value of all assets except Mystical Item and Beyonder Characteristic is enough to buy two Iris Flower Winery, and then repair them according to the standards of "Justice" and Audrey.
When you get this money, you can consider additional investment in Shermane's Canned Food Factory, allowing her to expand her product line and produce some consumer products that should appear in this era but have not, such as Carbonated Drink... And Helene can also buy a few more ships to expand "Red Haired Woman" into a whole fleet. When she is promoted to Sequence 5, there may be one more Pirate Admiral on the sea...
She happily spent all the Gold Pound she had not yet received in her mind. Then she sat in front of the dressing table in the bedroom and used her finger as a pen to draw a mixture of "secret" and "peeping" symbols on the dressing mirror.
After a moment, circles of water appeared on the surface of the mirror, and silver light emerged from the depths, outlining a line of Loenese:
"Smart Mistress, your humble servant Arrodes is at your service!"
It seemed to have recovered from "Amon Phobia"... Angel raised the corners of his mouth and hesitated for a moment among the questions he was about to ask. When he was about to speak, he found that silver words continued to pour out of the mirror:
"Mistress, following your instructions, I randomly punished some of them on several occasions when 'Machinery Hivemind' unblocked me for questioning, and showed hostility to other Sealed Artifact. Sure enough, it didn't take long for them to decide to increase my risk and send me to Entered Underground Area, who belongs to the '1' level Sealed Artifact... Although I haven't received a new number yet, Sealed Artifact has been regarded as highly dangerous and needs to be kept in isolation. I live in an exclusive single room, and Amons can never get close to me again!"
At the same time, still pictures were displayed below those words, all of which were scenes of members of "Machinery Hivemind" suffering from Lightning Strike, or being driven crazy by some kind of problem. Regrettably, most of them belonged to the deacon with stubbornly raised hair, Ikanser Bernard.
Saying it was my order would make me feel a little guilty, since it was all your own fault... Angel muttered, quickly interrupting Arrodes to show Ikanser being knocked down by Lightning Strike from various angles, and asked:
"Arrodes, I would like to know the details of the political faction to which Duchess Georgina belongs, who are their members, and what are their demands?"
In the blink of an eye, those dense words and images disappeared into the mirror, and the silver-white light spots Reassembly became the new words:
"Georgina Augustus's political leanings are conservative. She is not optimistic about the attempts by the parliament and nobles to launch local wars and seize benefits from the Feysac Empire. She also has a negative attitude towards some of King's recent policies... People who have the same views as her include: Prince Sonia Grov Augustus, Duke Negan, Earl Livett..."
One by one, some of Angel's unfamiliar or familiar names appeared on the mirror, including a prince who was born decades ago and should have aged, a young duke who inherited the title of the old Duke Negan who was assassinated, the brother of Admiral Emilius, and many conservative MPs and nobles.
It seems that Duchess Georgina's power is not small... She should not be the leader of this force, just a messenger, but it is enough to prove their weight. At least Prince Sonia, who has lived for almost a hundred years, is also Saint, or even Angel... Angel was thinking, and suddenly found the silver text with the last sentence:
"Sorry, dear Mistress, there are still some people who are 'hidden' and I can't peek... Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Secret...Angel chewed on this word, nodded after a moment, and replied:
"I'm very satisfied."
"Thank you for your affirmation. Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Buy one get one free again, Arrodes has returned to the dog-licking state before being bullied by Amon... Angel smiled and continued to ask:
"Do you have any good suggestions about my promotion from 'Unaging' to 'Catastrophe' Demoness?"
This question is very broad, including the role of "Unaging", the Potion material of Sequence 2, and the solution to the corresponding ritual, but she believes that Arrodes will give the best answer.
"At the level of Sequence 2, there are very few scattered characteristics. Most of them have a certain degree of aggregation and become an important part of some extremely rare Beyonder Creature, or the real Angel, and the latter is often easier to find and easier to solve."
Words slowly appeared on the mirror, and their solemn meaning made Angel feel a little heavy in his heart.
Arrodes means that instead of finding Potion materials, it is better to directly kill an "Catastrophe" Demoness and use his Beyonder Characteristic to be promoted... This is also in line with the description of the Sequence 2 Potion formula on the "Demoness" brand. Unlike the first seven Sequence, the Potion formula of Sequence 2 has directly mentioned Beyonder Characteristic...
While she was thinking, she looked at the following text.
"When playing the role of Potion, you may need to consider the two concepts of 'Unaging' and 'immortality'. The former means living for a long time and getting enough feedback. Most of the 'Unaging'Demoness does this by contacting different people with different identities, and even getting married and giving birth to children; the latter "resurrects after death" and reappears in front of people they know, completing the conceptual Closed Loop.
"As for the rituals required for promotion, there has always been a 'Using Quality to Replace Quantity' method. For example, when you are promoted to 'Despair', by killing a Demigod and making him fall into despair, instead of the ritual that requires the despair of a large number of ordinary people, it is a very successful example. However, the basis of the ritual will not change due to the improvement of the person's status, it can only change in terms of 'quantity'."
Therefore, when I am promoted to "Catastrophe", I can use Beyonder or Beyonder Creature with higher status to replace ordinary people as the target of "Calamity" to reduce casualties, but the basis of the ceremony cannot be changed, and I still need to meet the restrictions of "Calamity that affects an entire area"...
But Arrodes's answer seems to be that the way I followed the Potion formula to kill Demigod was a "replacement", and killing a large number of ordinary people was the "original" ritual? Wensa also said something similar... but the formula on the "Demoness" brand clearly mentioned killing Demigod...Emperor Roselle's formula recorded on "Card of Blasphemy" is wrong?
Angel's thoughts kept flashing through his mind, and his eyes swept over words such as "marriage" and "heirs" until these words disappeared in the mirror again.
Keeping the key points about promotion mentioned by Arrodes in her mind, she asked again:
"What information do you know about Viscount Stratford?"
This is related to how she should deal with this Palace Guard Captain who has important secrets in her heart.
This time, Arrodes responded very quickly:
"After William Sykes was killed, he was already vigilant and applied for special protection from the military, trying to get information from the attackers about those who were pursuing the truth about Great Smog... He had on him The traces of Anti-Divination, this method comes from Demoness of a certain High Sequence, I can only get this information, wise Mistress, you won't blame the hard-working Arrodes, right?"
This silver-white word made Angel look solemn, and he didn't even bother to answer Magic Mirror's rhetorical question.
This means that Stratford, like Shermane, is probably playing the game, trying to get information from her about the person who assigned her to seduce him... But who is High Sequence Demoness who is protecting him? In Backlund, she is probably the only one who meets the requirements and cooperates with the military and royal family...
Slowly, a plan took shape in Angel's mind.