Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor Arrives
Chapter 497

Forging a Body for Captain Dunn

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"First, we should clarify something." Hobart said, "That Marionettist Extraordinary Characteristic was already discounted."

Hobart spread his hands. "Extraordinary Characteristics at Sequence 4 of any pathway are already difficult to measure in money. I don't think I need to explain that."

Sharon watched Hobart quietly.

"Ahem." Hobart cleared his throat awkwardly. "So the 50,000 Pounds can't be discounted any further. What can be discounted are the Extraordinary Characteristics from other Sequences."

Sharon continued to watch Hobart quietly.

Hobart suddenly felt that, outside of battle, the Temperance Faction of the Prisoner pathway was quite effective at restraining a Lawyer.

No matter how clear Hobart's logic was or how eloquent he might be, he still felt somewhat helpless when the other party offered no response.

Still, Hobart's words were not entirely useless. When he mentioned that the Temperance Faction would need to send a certain amount of strength to join the next operation against the Rose School, he reached a verbal agreement with Sharon.

As for the prices of those Extraordinary Characteristics, they ultimately settled on a total of 150,000 Pounds, with the transaction to be completed in around ten days.

Before Sharon left, Hobart hurriedly said, "If you have any new demand for Extraordinary Characteristics, you can pay in installments or take out a loan from me."

"No need," Sharon said. "We have ways to raise money, provided we have enough time."

Hobart smiled. In that case, the Temperance Faction was quite wealthy! Sharon added, "You have more than one Marionettist Extraordinary Characteristic, don't you?"

"Yes, I have two more," Hobart said.

In fact, he had three more, but he had no way of shattering that Silent Apostle Extraordinary Characteristic yet, so he only said that he had two.

Sharon nodded lightly. "If we need more in the future, how should

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