After hearing what Samson said about Dubois's whereabouts, he immediately noticed several key points. Dubois was born a merchant and entered Robert's court as a donation. He served as finance minister and then prime minister. During his tenure, there were crazy people who instigated Robert to plunder wealth and take it away in the end, which could provide Robert's court with a certain degree of "shadow" protection.
Liar, wealth, extraordinary, businessman, shadow... Dorothy immediately thought of the Dark Gold Society after hearing this series of keywords. After all, in the entire secret world, apart from the White Stone Masons Guild, they were the only ones that were so closely connected with money. After realizing this, Dorothy thought about asking Beverly about Dubois's situation. After all, the Artisans Guild was the one that knew the Dark Gold Society best in this world, and the result was exactly as Dorothy expected.
"Frederico... Is this the name of the last prime minister? As expected, he is a member of the Dark Gold Society. How could the Dark Gold Society intervene in a country's internal affairs in this way? What is their purpose in doing so?" Dorothy asked as she continued writing on the page, and the other side quickly responded.
"Isn't it very simple now? It's not just about money. The people in the Dark Gold Society are just like us, moving around in the world, running all kinds of businesses, doing all kinds of speculation, and using all kinds of means to gain wealth and accumulate assets. In fact, in terms of businessmen's ability alone, the Dark Gold Society is better than us. Although we are slightly ahead of them in extraordinary transactions, in many other fields besides extraordinary transactions, the Dark Gold Society has more advantages than us.
"The Dark Gold Society is the behind-the-scenes fund of many large companies, the international hot money that hunts for opportunities everywhere, and the invisible force that secretly controls the capital world. They hide themselves in layers of nesting. Unlike our Artisans Guild, in the secular capital world, the Dark Gold Society often does not directly participate in and control a specific industry, but instead looks for opportunities in the market and takes the initiative to attack, using various investment methods to earn profits, and sometimes even creates opportunities by themselves even if there are no opportunities.
"The Dark Gold Society is now led by the Black Coin Noble, and there are several general managers in charge of various regions, each with their own strengths. Some will maliciously disrupt the stock market through many means, disrupt the market, and even trigger a large-scale bottom-fishing after a country's financial crisis. Some will actively intensify internal conflicts in a country in order to cause economic turmoil in a country, trigger a war, and then take the opportunity to gain something. Some are responsible for conducting secret transactions that the Artisans' Guild is restricted from conducting, such as large-scale human trafficking, various slave training, etc.
"Others...will focus on corrupting and infiltrating a country's administrative institutions, controlling its key financial positions through various means, and stealing the country's wealth...For example, this Frederico is one of them. A hundred years ago, he saw the opportunity that the Farajo Feast and Wine Dynasty was about to die, and personally participated in it. While accelerating the destruction of Feast and Wine, he also made a lot of money for the Dark Gold Society."
Beverly's extremely neat handwriting appeared one after another on the pages of the book in front of Dorothy. Looking at the words in front of her, Dorothy looked serious, and then picked up the pen and started writing.
"What exactly does the Dark Gold Society want to do by plundering wealth and accumulating assets? These money are basically not ordinary things. Is it so important to these extraordinary people?"
Dorothy asked Beverly, and a moment later, the answer appeared on the paper.
"The so-called mundane and extraordinary are just definitions given by many arrogant people who think they are above the masses. In fact, in essence, there is no boundary between the mundane and the extraordinary. Everything is just about the depth of the world, the activity and abundance of spirituality. We cannot exclude the mundane from the world by saying that they are shallow, and we cannot say that mundane things have no spirituality because they are spiritually active and lazy. Quantitative change leads to qualitative change... When the assets of the Dark Gold Club accumulate to a certain level, their significance is to create an influence at the level of gods."
Dorothy frowned slightly when she saw Beverly's response on the paper, and then she immediately wrote on the letter.
"Influence at the level of gods... You mean, the Dark Gold Association is accumulating assets so aggressively because it is planning something big?"
"Ah... that's not very clear. Come to think of it, our topic has gone off track here. What you should care about now is not the situation of the Dark Gold Society, but finding Frederico, right?" Beverly responded and appeared in front of Dorothy. Looking at her answer, Dorothy didn't believe that she was completely unaware of the Dark Gold Society's situation at that time, but since the other party didn't want to have a deep conversation, she didn't force it.
"Yes, I'm looking for him now. You have dealt with the Dark Gold Society for so many times. Do you know any clues about him?" Dorothy continued writing, and Beverly responded quickly.
"I'm afraid you'll be disappointed with this. Unlike the great leaders of the church, the whereabouts of the top leaders of secret societies are very difficult to figure out. The Dark Gold Society is the most difficult to track down. They don't have a fixed base and often change locations, making them extremely difficult to track. The last time we confirmed Frederico's whereabouts was ten years ago, during the civil unrest in the Principality of Soco."
"You don't know either, so if I want to find him, I can only do it myself?" Seeing Beverly's response, Dorothy couldn't help but frowned and wrote, but the other party's reply still disappointed her.
"I'm afraid it's like this. We don't have any clues about Frederico right now. If you can find him later and want to take some action against him, maybe we can help a little. If you cause him some trouble without our help, we can also give you some rewards, but all this is based on the premise that you can find him. But I think you have the ability to do so, and I believe in you."
'It's easy to say...' Dorothy couldn't help but complain in her heart as she read Beverly's response on the page. After realizing that she couldn't find anything to talk about with Beverly, Dorothy briefly chatted with her for a few words before saying goodbye. After closing the "Wenhai Hangzhi", she lay back on the sofa and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"Huh... There aren't any reliable clues from the Artisans Guild either. What should we do now?"
Dorothy murmured while leaning on the sofa with a confused look on her face. Then, she began to think carefully about how to connect Frederico's fragile clue and find the lost Light of Maria.
After deep contemplation, Dorothy opened her magic box again, took out the golden base from Samson, and played with it in her hand. Looking at the neat and intricate patterns on it, she couldn't help but have an idea in her heart.
'This golden base plus the four crystals should be a combined version of a high-level Key of Reading. The characteristic of the Key of Reading is that it does not have extraordinary significance in itself. Only after the Great Library grants it authorization will its obvious extraordinary characteristics appear.
'The hundreds of parts of the base of this Key of Perception do not show any extraordinary characteristics. It is probably because it has been disassembled and cannot normally receive the authorization from the Great Library. In essence, the spirituality of the Key of Perception comes from the Great Library's remote grant. The Key of Perception itself is an extraordinary prop that can receive the spirituality of "enlightenment", but the Key of Perception is different from some other extraordinary items. The spiritual conversion rate is extremely high and the residual rate is extremely low. After use, it is like a normal object. So what will happen if I now give it spirituality on behalf of the Great Library? '
Looking at the golden base in front of her, Dorothy suddenly had this idea in her mind, and then she began to try to inject her own "awakening" into this object.
As Dorothy's spiritual focus increased, the eye that opened on the golden pedestal flashed a faint purple light, and then a faint trace of extraordinary characteristics appeared in Dorothy's eyes.
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