When Elliot bribed the "Creator" for the second time, the main sacrifice was a Sealed Artifact that looked like a sleeve.
Since the Sealed Artifact's negative effects could not be sealed again, Hobart simply shattered it.
While obtaining an Extraordinary Characteristic of a "Living Corpse," he also received a blessing from the Desire Mother Tree.
With Hobart's current abilities, he could not completely eradicate the residual power of the Desire Mother Tree, so he transferred that power into a stone from the Country of Disorder.
It formed a highly manipulable blessing of a very high level: it could make the target sincerely and willingly believe in the Desire Mother Tree.
Hobart had originally intended to use this Curse against members of the Gnostic Society.
The Gnostic Society's members were fairly rational and willing to cooperate with Hobart, so the Cursed Jade had never found a use.
Unable to move in the gale, Hobart realized that it was time for the Cursed Jade to prove its worth.
He shouted backward, "There's a piece of jade in my left pants pocket! Take it out and throw it behind us!"
Hobart did not know whether the jade would work, but it was the highest-level item he had on him that he could throw away without much regret.
He did not dare casually throw away the Stone of Loss of Control or the Order Crystal.
Alger stretched out a hand with all his strength and tore open Hobart's left pants pocket. A piece of jade with red and green twisted together fell out and was swiftly blown behind them by the hurricane.
The hurricane abruptly stopped.
A dull voice said, "Desire Mother Tree!"
Hobart and Alger seized the opportunity and hurriedly ran out.
As he left the cave, Hobart saw the headless corpse tightly