For a moment, Hobart figured out many things, but he had no intention of sharing this intelligence with Byron.
It was not a good thing for a Wild Extraordinary with an official background to know too much about countries sabotaging one another.
"Luckily, I brought some extra money." Byron counted out another 600 pounds and handed them to Hobart.
After the intelligence deal was concluded, the two finished their tea, shook hands, and left separately.
The gold pounds Hobart was carrying with him had stuffed his Briefcase full.
The intelligence transaction just now, along with the transactions involving the Extraordinary Characteristics of the Madman and the Werewolf, had earned Hobart a total of 2400 Pounds.
Together with the bounty he had collected from Thomas and the proceeds from selling the Sealed Artifact, that came to 3500 Pounds.
Combined, it was already an enormous sum.
Hobart went to the bank again and withdrew around 7000 pounds in cash, along with the 510 pounds previously used to resell the Hurricane Axe and the nearly 100 pounds of spending money he was carrying with him.
When he laid all the gold pounds across the desk in his bedroom, Hobart could not help swallowing. The more than 13,000 Pounds before him were equivalent to roughly forty million in the Common Era.
This was indeed an enormous sum unlike any Hobart had ever seen. He admired it for several minutes before finally looking away, using the method of sacrificing to himself to place 11,000 Pounds in cash and the Judge's Extraordinary Characteristics into the Country of Disorder.
Of the remaining 2500-odd pounds, Hobart put 300 pounds into his wallet, packed the remaining 2200 pounds into a paper bag, and placed it in his Briefcase.
Upon arriving on the first floor, Hobart first wrote a letter