Chapter 287 008: Master, the paranoia is coming!
After returning to the castle, Caius came over in a hurry and said that more than a thousand people had signed up to treat Azshara's acclimatization.
Hasta said lightly: "Let those who are willing to provide treatment plans pay a registration fee of 1 gold pound."
Caius was stunned for a moment. How could such a thing be charged?
"This is called filtering, so that some people don't deliberately come to join in the fun."
Caius heard that this was also the reason, so he asked someone to arrange this matter and arranged the location in the town of Moira, which is closer to the castle.
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Three days later, the town of Moira, which was already in the aftermath of the Valley of Sacrifice, once again welcomed a group of players who were ready to win 1,000 gold pounds, and some people who came here because of their reputation.
Although many people did not see the true face of this lord, the reputation of the new lord, Earl Hasta Campbell, had spread.
This is one of the reasons why Hasta posted this seemingly playful announcement, similar to buying horse bones with a lot of money.
It's worth spending 1,000 gold pounds to build a reputation. If he wants to do something behind the scenes, he can save even 1,000 gold pounds and earn a little registration fee.
According to Caius's statistics, only 173 contestants were willing to pay the registration fee of 1 gold pound.
Hasta asked Caius to take the money to solve some food and accommodation problems for people who came from afar, which can be regarded as a contribution to promoting the economic prosperity of the town.
When old Jeff accompanied the new mayor to see Hasta standing on the high platform, his face became more worried and he sighed heavily. What a good son-in-law, it's a pity.
Azshara was bored and lay in front of Hasta with her eyes closed. She seemed listless, but she was just sleepy and taking a nap.
The contestants below could only observe Azshara's situation from a distance, and then write the answer on the slip within the specified time.
As for who will win the 1,000 gold pounds later, Hasta asked Azshara to pick a lucky person at random.
This was originally the plan, but Azshara, who was dozing on the table, moved her nose slightly, then suddenly opened her eyes, jumped into the crowd, rushed left and right, and climbed onto the shoulder of a figure.
Sharon, she actually came to participate in this little show.
In this regard, Hastur could only announce that Sharon won the 1,000 gold pound prize, and at the same time return the registration fee of 1 gold pound to those players who lacked a little luck, and let them eat for free in the town for a day.
As for fair rules, they are always used to be broken.
Afterwards, Hastur chatted with the mayor of Moira Town for a few words, and returned to the castle under the complicated gaze of Old Jeff.
On the way, Hastur asked Sharon why she came back on time.
Sharon hugged Azshara, who was in a good mood, and said lightly: "1,000 gold pounds is also a considerable fortune."
"Meow?"
"Even Azshara doesn't believe your words... You don't really think something happened to Azshara?"
Sharon didn't speak, but turned her head slightly, "Recently, a ship carrying a demigod-level mummy will pass through the Punin Port in Southwell County from the southern continent."
"It really came."
Sharon turned back, her eyes revealing a trace of disbelief, "You know about this?"
Hasta smiled and said, "I was just trying to play a game with 008. I didn't expect that a ship carrying a mummy would arrive in Southwell County. It may just be a coincidence."
In order to help Sharon advance to Sequence 4, Hastur did use 008 to write a script once, and used it together with his own destiny blessing.
This was just an attempt, and he didn't know what the result would be. After all, 008 could not affect people and things on the southern continent.
So, this could really be a coincidence.
It's a bit strange to say it's a coincidence in front of 008.
Sharon looked at Hastur deeply and remained silent.
"How is your teacher recovering?" Hastur casually brought up a topic to avoid the atmosphere being too awkward.
Back at the castle, the people sent by Grand Duke Nanwell had already been waiting here, accompanied by the pair of sisters.
Faced with the hospitality of Grand Duke Nanwell, Hastur could only accept the sisters and then hand them over to Caius for handling.
It was not so easy to place spies around him. The two servants sent by Derby Augustus last time were still concentrating on guarding his house.
February 12.
Hastur received three replies from Backlund, one from Greg, one from Butler Neil, and one from Miss Audrey.
In the study, Hastur first opened Greg's letter, which contained some information about the latest political trends and greetings from the Kingdom of Loen.
Butler Neil's letter seemed very formal, and he wrote down everything he had recently dealt with, including the factory and the law firm, one by one, on the letter, with a total of thirteen pages of letter paper.
After reading the letter from Butler Neil, Hastur rubbed his eyes and took a short break before opening Audrey's letter.
"Mr. Hastur, I finally received your letter. The news of the steam train explosion in East Tucker County was reported back to Backlund. I am really worried about you.
The king was furious and sent many people to East Tucker County to investigate the matter.
Of course, Susie and I firmly believe that Mr. Hastur will not be easily defeated by such troubles and will definitely arrive in South Will County safely.
Mr. Hastur did not disappoint Susie and me.
Recently, I received a letter from my second brother in the South Continent. The letter said that a war has broken out in the South Continent, and the possible situation is that the power of the Seven Gods Church will be driven out of the South Continent.
I know that Mr. Hasta must have also received the news, but I still can’t help but mention that I hope Mr. Hasta will always pay attention to his own safety.
Finally, the South Wales specialties that Mr. Hastat sent with his last letter were really delicious. "
Hastur read the letter from cover to cover, and then spent another hour writing a reply. Most of the space was wasted on Butler Neil's reply.
"I have to ask Butler Neil not to write in such detail next time, otherwise it will be too troublesome to reply every time."
Hastur flicked his wrist and handed the letter to Caius to send to Backlund.
No reply was received from Maric, so he should have communicated with Sharon by summoning a messenger.
Not long after Hastur rested, 008 jumped up to him, eager to come out.
Is there something big to report?
Hasta raised his eyebrows slightly, opened the pencil case, and took another piece of paper and put it in front of him.
008 stood up straight, jumped on the paper and started writing, writing very quickly.
"Dear Master, I feel the prying eyes from afar, it is the paranoid who is looking for me!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...I see unreserved desire in His eyes. He wants to eat me!"
"He has come to South Wales and is very dangerous!"
Hastur's face became solemn. He knew that Adam would come looking for him sooner or later, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
It seems that many things happened one after another, and Adam could no longer maintain his usual calmness, but chose to come to find 008 in person.
"Can the paranoid you talk about accurately target this place?"
"No, he just has a rough sensing range."
After 008 finished writing this sentence, he hurriedly wrote: "He must have left some means on Ince Zangwill, so he could briefly lock me in South Wales through Ince Zangwill's death! "
This seems like something Adam would do. It seems that he doesn't have much time left. With Adam's ability, he should be able to find this place soon.
Hastur will not underestimate Adam, a terrifying opponent. It is difficult to fathom what the ancient sun god can do.
Regarding Adam, Hastur also thought of many countermeasures in advance. The simplest way was to lure Adam away.
You can go to the Hall of Stars, communicate directly with Adam as the Returner of the Stars, and use 008 as the transaction condition.
You can also ask the high-dimensional overlooker to help you lure Adam away, which just gives the high-dimensional overlooker a reason to join the meeting of stars.
Instead of leading Adam away, you can avoid Him.
As long as he hides in Backlund, even if he is stronger than Adam, he will not dare to break in directly, otherwise he will really shout out to Leodro.
This is the most powerful spell!
He can also directly threaten Adam. The only one he currently has that can really threaten Adam is the messenger, the ancient phoenix Greycarrie, and her true purpose is still unknown.
So this is the last resort.
Hastur thought for a while and decided to let the high-dimensional overlooker give it a try and see what he was thinking.
"You have to work hard to hide it and try not to let that paranoid find you too early."
After Hastur finished speaking, he put 008 into the pen box, and then went to the lobby on the first floor to take down the golden box. When it was really necessary, this thing was also a big killer.
He went to inform Mrs. Lisa that there might be a powerful enemy coming and asked her to be careful.
Although it doesn't have much effect, it is better than nothing.
He went to tell Sharon to do some things and asked Sharon to stay away from the castle and come back after the things were over.
After doing this, he entered the palace of stars in a bedroom where he laid out many rules and sought psychological comfort.