Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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The battle between the messenger Beverly and the "Glory" Larrion gradually intensified.

Mainly because Larrion's attacks were too fierce, Beverly was almost injured several times during the fight. Gradually, she also became a little annoyed and counterattacked without holding back her strength.

Larrion was a "Warrior," and in a head-on battle, Beverly gradually felt a little strenuous.

So, she also adopted the tactic of avoiding distancing herself from the opponent, and at the same time, she called for reinforcements, summoning her younger brother Raymond.

The "Weather Warlock" was also very good at fighting. Coupled with Beverly's sneak attacks and support, the battle situation suddenly reversed, and Larrion was quickly injured.

On the main battlefield, both sides' angels noticed the battle.

The angels of the God of Combat Church also did not expect that the other side was obviously the reinforcements invited by the Church of the Evernight Goddess to block their own angels. But why was the battle there even more intense than on the main battlefield?

The angels of the Church of the Evernight Goddess lamented that the two "Blasphemy Cards" were well spent. In order to hold back the angels of the God of Combat Church, the "Creator" actually dispatched two angels.

So, on the main battlefield, first, two angels from the God of Combat Church began to support that side. The Church of the Evernight Goddess also quickly responded. Samuel closely followed, and Ariana led the Beyonders to recover the lost territory.

This was the scene that Hobert saw, where the main battlefield shifted towards this side.

With the arrival of the angels of the God of Combat Church, demigod-level enemies would also follow. They had to retreat temporarily.

Moreover, according to the previous agreement, the enemy's main force had already come over, and Hobert and the others could retreat.

Hobert immediately ordered: "Assemble!"

The demigods scattered throughout the battlefield quickly gathered together. The demigods of the God of Combat Church would definitely try to stop them.

But because the two "Silver Knights" who fought against Hobert and Lawrence were more or less injured, they were unable to prevent the six demigods from gathering together under the counterattack of the two "Madness Sorcerers."

When the distance between Hobert and the others was close enough, a huge mirror suddenly appeared under the feet of the six demigods.

The six people quickly sank into the mirror. Just as they were about to completely enter the "Mirror World," a silver light suddenly flew from mid-air.

Whoosh~

The illusory mirror surface was so easily shattered! Hobert and the others reappeared in the real world.

It turned out that the angels of the God of Combat Church had already arrived to support. Just now, an angel of the God of Combat Church had taken action to prevent Hobert and the others from escaping, and then continued to fight with the other angels.

Hobert held the "0-71" Calamity Porcelain Doll tightly in one hand and commanded: "Whoever I point to, you all attack him together!"

Previously, Hobert's desire to fight was not high because his side's battle mission was only to block.

Also, because he and Lawrence both had Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, his "Demigod Team" would not be defeated in the previous battle, so he did not use his full strength at all.

Instead, he was like an observer, observing the abilities of the "Silver Knights" or experimenting with which of his abilities could be used to deal with demigods of this pathway.

But now it was different. With life at stake, he naturally couldn't be as casual as before.

Hobert used the Disaster Porcelain Doll to create mirrors all around, and then pointed to one of the "Demon Hunters."

Lawrence also no longer held back, putting the blood-colored crown on his head: "Whiplash!"

That crown was a Sealed Artifact of the Trunsoest family during the "War of the Four Emperors," corresponding to Sequence 2 "Balancer" of the "Arbiter" pathway.

In the Balk family, only the patriarch had the right to wear it, or designate someone to wear it.

He "Whipped" the "Demon Hunter" that Hobert pointed to, and a phantom leather whip with barbs immediately lashed out two deep, bone-deep wounds on the "Demon Hunter's" back.

Because this attack had the authority of an angel, the "Demon Hunter" couldn't dodge it at all.

Immediately afterward, the three "Earls of the Fallen " in the family used their abilities of "Magnification," "Weakening," and "Disorder" on him respectively.

Under the siege of Beyonder abilities, the "Demon Hunter's" injuries were "Magnified," all abilities and strength were "Weakened," and he fell into a state of "Disorder."

And Benn injected spirituality into the Sealed Artifact he carried, corresponding to Sequence 4 "Demon" of the "Abyss" pathway. A huge magma giant sword appeared, piercing through the "Demon Hunter's" chest.

At this time, the "Demon Hunter's" companions came to support and took the seriously injured "Demon Hunter" to the edge of the battlefield.

During these two or three seconds, Hobert used the "Mirror World" to resist most of the enemy's attacks.

Also, because the Disaster Porcelain Doll had the level of an angel, the two "Silver Knights" couldn't do anything to Hobert for a while.

At this time, Hobert pointed to one of the "Silver Knights" again. The "Silver Knight" who was pointed at immediately "Mercurialized," intending to leave quickly.

"Imprison!" Lawrence "Imprisoned" the opponent in place, and the other three family demigods threw abilities such as "Exploit," "Tampering," and "Distortion" towards the immobile "Silver Knight."

This time, the people of the God of Combat Church were prepared and simply did not attack Hobert, but went to support the "Imprisoned" "Silver Knight" together.

At this moment, Hobert suddenly attacked: "Frenzy!"

A "Demon Hunter" farthest away from the trapped "Silver Knight" immediately fell into a state of "Frenzy!"

Lawrence immediately understood Hobert's intention: "Exile!"

At the angel level, multiple targets can be "Exiled."

Turning around and rushing back to support the "Demon Hunter," the four demigods of the God of Combat Church were pushed into the void by a huge force.

The "Silver Knight" immediately used the Sequence 3-level "Dawn Barrier." Although they were not "Exiled" to another world, they were also pushed several kilometers away.

This allowed Hobert to more calmly "Distort" the concepts of the "Demon Hunter's" heart and brain with a stone at his feet.

Stepping on the stone, the "Demon Hunter's" two softer organs were severely damaged, and his eyes immediately became bloodshot, with blood flowing from the corners of his eyes and nostrils.

"Magnify!" As Hobert magnified his injuries, this "Demon Hunter" was not far from death.

At this time, the "Silver Knights" and others who came to support were stunned, and for a moment, they were unsure whether to continue fighting, because for them, the current situation had evolved into a 6 vs. 4.

All of this happened very quickly, in just over ten seconds.

In addition to marveling at the strength of Hobert and Lawrence, Ben, as the liaison, also admired Hobert's simple and practical tactics and his quick reaction ability.

At this moment, several demigods from the God of Combat Church arrived, and the two groups tacitly began to besiege Hobert and the others.

These were the demigods who followed the two angels from the main battlefield.

"Imprison!" Lawrence imprisoned his six demigods, enduring the first 3 seconds.

Immediately afterward, Hobert summoned mirrors of various sizes around them, blocking all the enemy's attacks, and enduring another 3 seconds.

At this time, the demigods of the Church of the Evernight Goddess followed closely, and so, at this still relatively flat mountainside, a melee of more than 30 demigods appeared!

Hobert had participated in several demigod-level team battles, but this was the first time he had encountered this kind of small-scale, large-scale melee. They didn't have time to distance themselves at all. The entire battlefield was only four or five kilometers in radius.

This distance sounded not small, but for Sequence 3s, whose Beyonder power range started at 5 kilometers, this was equivalent to fighting face-to-face, squeezed together.

Beyonder abilities flew across the entire battlefield, and "Hurricanes of Light" followed one after another, as if they were connected together, and demigods were often blasted into a bloody mess.

At the same time, the surroundings seemed very peaceful. Hobert and the others had to be vigilant so as not to fall asleep. The demigods of the God of Combat Church often fell victim, often charging towards the enemy, only to stand there and fall asleep.

Once asleep, what awaited him was a round of nightmares, occasionally followed by a "Magnification," causing trauma to his spirit.

Under Hobert's repeated commands, their team of six was not dispersed, but used the tactics just now, with Hobert or Lawrence using Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts to resist the surrounding attacks, creating two or three seconds for other members to create an opportunity to attack an enemy together.

Their attacks were sometimes very smooth, and sometimes the attack effect was limited because the battlefield was very chaotic.

Soon, Hobert realized that their attacks were relatively smooth when they encountered enemies "afflicted by misfortune."

Enemies who were not attacked by "Nightwatchers" or "Horror Bishops" had a considerable chance of withstanding the combined attack of five demigods due to the extremely chaotic scene.

This melee lasted for three or four minutes, and the advantage Hobert and others had gained earlier gradually became apparent.

Before this melee, Hobert had already stabbed a "Silver Knight" with his rapier. This "Silver Knight" had withstood it for about 5 minutes, and at this time, he finally couldn't hold on and took advantage of the chaos to escape.

In addition, a "Demon Hunter" was killed by Hobert, and a "Demon Hunter" had a hole burned in his chest.

This "Demon Hunter" with a hole in his chest had also been fighting with injuries for three or four minutes, and at this time, he couldn't hold on anymore.

In fact, now that the battle has reached this point, Hobert is also a little speechless about the "Warriors". You must know that the "Demon Hunter" with a hole in his chest suffered a fatal injury.

If it were Beyonders with physiques like "Seers" or "Apprrentices", they would have basically lost their combat effectiveness long ago.

But this "Demon Hunter" still charged and killed fiercely for three or four minutes!

As several demigods of the God of Combat Church began to retreat, the "Demon Hunters" and "Silver Knights", who were gradually at a disadvantage in number, also began to retreat in an orderly manner.

Hobert and others chased out hundreds of kilometers until they saw people from the God of Combat Church coming to meet them in the distance before they ended the pursuit.

On the Angel Battlefield, the angels of the God of Combat Church also began to retreat not long after the demigods retreated.

Even though Larrion was very unwilling, he could only retreat as well, because he was injured in the previous battle, and if he continued to fight, he would not be able to take revenge.

This extraordinary war that took place in the middle of the Amantha Mountains finally ended with the victory of the Church of the Evernight Goddess.

They recovered a large area of lost land in the northern foothills, completely achieving their previous war goals.

In addition, an unexpected surprise was that Beverly and Raymond's close cooperation caused the Chief Shepherd Larrion of the God of Combat Church to be injured.

In order to prevent accidents, the God of Combat Church will definitely not let Larrion participate in the war recently.

Then the next period of time is a good time for the Church of the Evernight Goddess to counterattack.

...

Hobert and Lawrence and others sat on a boulder, watching the people of the Church of the Evernight Goddess clean up the battlefield.

Not only them, but even the demigods of the Church of the Evernight Goddess were also in a daze not far away.

The intensity of the previous demigod battle was unprecedented. Not only did Hobert and the others feel a little relieved after the disaster, but also a little hearty. The demigods of the Church of the Evernight Goddess who participated in the battle more frequently during this period also had similar feelings.

In the battle, Hobert and the others gained a Beyonder characteristic of a "Demon Hunter". Hobert also collected some blood from the corpse of the "Demon Hunter", which may be useful in the future.

At noon, Hobert and others were invited back to York City for lunch. At this time, they began to talk about the battle that happened in the morning.

Everyone felt that this was a very valuable combat experience.

After resting for an afternoon, at more than eight o'clock in the evening, Arianna, who had been busy all day, finally had time to invite Hobert to a small conference room to complete the transaction.

Even in the cold Winter County, Arianna was still barefoot. She smiled and said, "Your mission was completed very wonderfully, even beyond our imagination."

Hobert smiled helplessly: "I didn't expect that the angel would be an enemy of the Chief Shepherd of the God of Combat Church."

He even suspected that he or Beverly had been affected by the "misfortune" ability of the Evernight Goddess? Otherwise, they could have confronted each other today, but the result was a full-scale battle.

After this battle, the Church of the Evernight Goddess gained a lot of benefits.

Thinking of this, Hobert said: "Madam, can I add to the reward for this transaction?"

Arianna was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, she said: "As long as it is not too valuable or difficult to achieve, you can say it and listen."

"In the future, I will definitely invite the Church of the Evernight Goddess to preach in the Duchy of South Balam." Hobert said: "I hope the church will not set up a religious court in the Duchy at that time."

The seven orthodox churches all have their own religious courts.

The clergy, such as servants of God and priests, are tried by the religious court if they commit a crime, instead of by the court.

This is written in the "Constitution" of various countries, and it is the kind of clause that cannot be changed.

Many times, clergy members are acquitted because of this. The reason why there have not been too many scandals so far is because the gods really exist, and believers can directly pray to the gods.

If the religious court does too much, many believers will pray to the gods for one thing, and it will be easily noticed by the gods.

Therefore, the acquittal of clergy members is basically not a very serious crime. For example, if the court sentences them to two or three years in prison, the clergy members may be transferred to a remote area to preach for a few years in the internal religious court.

Although the religious courts in various churches have been maintaining the most basic fairness, in Hobert's view, having such an organization greatly affects the credibility of the government.

When Arianna heard Hobert's request, she did not give an immediate answer, but thought for two or three seconds before asking: "You mean, if a clergy member commits a crime, he must also accept the trial of the Duchy government?"

"Yes." Hobert also knew that the power of the Duchy of South Balam was still very weak at this time, and this kind of thing could not be accomplished overnight, so he said again: "We will try them, but the church can execute them."

Arianna asked curiously: "What is the meaning of you doing this?"

In His opinion, if the power to execute the judgment is still in the hands of the church, it is just a change of trial method. As long as there is a slight change in the execution process, the trial of the Duchy government will become a decoration.

Hobert said: "Maintain the integrity of the judiciary."

Then he said meaningfully: "This can establish an order that is contrary to common sense, but that we can all accept."

Arianna seemed to understand something: "I can agree to your request.

"However, priests and missionaries who have committed crimes must be tried in the Beyonder Court, and in secret."

As the head of the Archbishop, He has this authority.

"Thank you." Hobert smiled.

Arianna took out two "Blasphemy Cards" from his pocket: "This is the reward we agreed upon before."

He smiled and said, "Thank you for your contribution in this battle."

Hobert took the two "Blasphemy Cards" with some excitement. When he saw Roselle's image on them, his spirituality realized that these were genuine "Blasphemy Cards": "That's what we should do."

After ending the previous transaction and chatting for a few more words, the very busy Arianna said goodbye.

Hobert and Lawrence and others did not leave immediately, but decided to sleep soundly in York City again and return to the Southern Continent tomorrow morning.

Returning to his room, Hobert first went to check the two "Blasphemy Cards".

Both cards have been opened. Roselle on the "Justiciar" card is wearing a wig, a judge's robe, holding a code in his hand, and his eyes are full of reason.

Opening the contents inside, there are also various images of Roselle, some wearing simple clothes, holding a long sword for arbitration, some wearing a revolver on his waist, wearing a Intis-style sheriff's uniform, some holding a leather whip, his eyes indifferent, interrogating prisoners.

Turning to the last page, Roselle is sitting on the throne, holding a code in one hand and a scepter in the other, symbolizing order and rule.

The few lines of words below this image are: "Sequence 0: Justiciar

"Main ingredients: The Uniqueness of the 'Justiciar' pathway and two other 'Hands of Order' Beyonder characteristics.

"Ritual: Judge a true god! Publicize His crimes and let Him receive due punishment! The more the revealed crimes are the dark side of that god, the more people know His crimes, the more people praise the justice of judgment and punishment, the better the effect of the ritual."

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, I didn't plan to change the pathway. The advancement ritual of "Justiciar" is also very difficult!

In his opinion, judging a true god is not a very difficult thing. As a Sequence 1, it is better to hide immediately after judging. Even the true god who is judged will find it difficult to find a hiding Sequence 1 to "have a talk".

But also to make the other party suffer punishment, this is a bit difficult. After all, the gods cannot obediently surrender and agree to accept those punishments.

Then consider how to enforce the law.

Hobert thought of Trunsoest's process of becoming a god again. With the help of the six gods, it was very easy for Him to complete the ritual.

Daring to disobey the judgment of Trunsoest, His six elder brothers would definitely beat the judged deities into submission.

Moreover, Trunsoest's judgment target was readily available: the True Creator.

Hobert speculated: Could the sudden collapse of the Solomon Empire's state religion and the True Creator's continuous presence in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' be the result of Trunsoest's judgment?

He remembered that if the True Creator wanted to come to the Northern and Southern Continents, He needed complex rituals to complete the descent.

This was actually quite strange, because the True Creator was not in the cosmos. The 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' belonged to the real world, and so did the Northern and Southern Continents.

And the seal of the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' was just a decoration for the True Creator. After all, a large number of believers ran to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' to follow Him back then.

Under His guidance, ordinary people could enter the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'. For the True Creator, traveling back and forth should not be too difficult.

But the fact was that after the True Creator hid in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods', He never appeared in the Northern and Southern Continents once.

Of course, it was also possible that He was afraid of the gods descending from the cosmos and being besieged, or because His condition was not good.

However, it could not be ruled out that it was because of Trunsoest's judgment of Him that the punishment might be eternal exile to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'.

Unless there was a new 'Justiciar' who 'arbitrated' the previous exile as invalid, the True Creator might be able to leave the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' relatively easily.

Thinking of this, Hobert took a deep breath, put away the 'Justiciar' card, and went to look at the 'Error' card.

The Roselle image on this card looked very unreal, even giving people a feeling that it was him, yet not him. At the same time, his eyes looked very cunning, as if he was about to commit fraud with one mouth.

Hobert flipped through the card and memorized the potion formulas and rituals of each sequence.

Flipping to the end, as Hobert remembered, the ritual to advance to Sequence 0 was: to replace someone's position in their godhood ceremony.

Hobert sighed in his heart: What a damn pathway.

Putting away the two 'Blasphemy Cards', Hobert saw that it was getting late, so he casually extinguished the candle and rested.

This was York City, so there was no need to worry about the 'Error' card attracting Amon's avatar, so Hobert did not immediately perform a sacrifice.

Everyone had a good night's sleep again. The next morning, they bid farewell to Bin early and returned to the Southern Continent.

At this time, it was summer in the southern part of the Southern Continent. Several demigods entered summer from winter all of a sudden, and they were still a little unaccustomed to it.

Returning to the villa in the suburbs of Crowlier City, Hobert said to Lawrence and the other demigods: "That 'Demon Hunter' characteristic is useless to you. Give it to me."

"In exchange, the advanced talismans I gave you before will not be taken back."

Lawrence and others were very grateful for Hobert's gift, after all, such advanced talismans were very rare.

Hobert added: "Because those four talismans are indeed more precious, there will not be too many merits for you in this operation correspondingly."

"Here, I would also like to mention one more thing. The great 'Creator' also plans to take out a 'Frenzied Mage' characteristic as a reward for Sequence 4 demigods."

The three Sequence 4s of the Balk family's eyes lit up. With Lawrence around, they originally had no intention of advancing to Sequence 3. They did not expect the 'Creator' to provide them with a channel.

Finally, Hobert said to Lawrence: "There is also hope for advancing to an angel. For example, I have obtained the opportunity to advance. There will be such opportunities in the future. It is recommended that you accumulate some merits in advance."

Lawrence's eyes lit up at first, but when he thought of the family's curse, his eyes quickly dimmed again, but he didn't say anything, just saying that he would work hard to accumulate merits.

After announcing their rewards, Hobert returned to the governor's mansion on Longtail Island. In his study, he first sacrificed the two 'Blasphemy Cards' to himself, and then he summoned the messenger Beverly.

When the coffin came out of the spirit world and stood in front of Hobert, Hobert smiled and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to meet your enemy in this mission."

The messenger's crisp voice came from the coffin: "I didn't expect it either."

Hobert asked again: "According to our previous agreement, since Raymond also participated in the war, you can correspondingly increase your reward."

The reward Beverly proposed before was to have Hobert form another team composed of the Tony Manor, so that the Beyonders of this family who served the 'Creator' exceeded 60 people.

After the Amantha Mountain battle, Beverly and Raymond had already thought of new conditions: "Completely annex the Tony family."

The reason why They had such a request was because They thought the development speed of the 'Creator' faction exceeded Their imagination.

Before this, They also felt that They could gradually join the 'Creator's' forces, and treat the joining of the Tony family and the Tudor family as bargaining chips.

But now They realized that They must let the power of the Tudor family take advantage in the 'Creator's' forces as soon as possible, because now this force still has extraordinary needs, and can reflect their role, but it will be really hard to say in the future.

So They made such a condition. Of course, They also knew that such a condition was also strengthening the 'Creator's' strength.

But in order to achieve Their main purpose, They could only sacrifice the interests of the family.

Hobert considered it for a while before saying: "No problem, but the 'Hunter' pathway must enter the army in batches, and can work in special combat units before entering the army."

"Also, give me one or two months, I need to make some corresponding arrangements."

"At the latest in three months, I will completely annex the Tony family."

"However, Lord Raymond is excluded. Out of respect for Him, I will ask the 'Creator' to annex Him."

"But when to annex Him, and in what form to annex Him, is not something I can decide."

Beverly nodded: "Okay, this annexation can exclude Raymond."

Watching the messenger leave, Hobert took a deep breath. This trip to the Amantha Mountains was successfully concluded.

Then next, he would fully prepare for next Saturday's digging of George III's grave.

Hobert briefly planned his itinerary for the next few days. First, he returned to Backlund and discussed the sale of gas tanks and gas stoves with Todd.

After more than a month of acquisition and integration, 'Earl's Light' also established its own gas company and prepared to start selling gas tanks and stoves next week, redefining the gas industry.

In fact, this was not a good time to launch new products. Although Backlund was not as panicked as before, it was still turbulent.

Moreover, because many families had relatives who had passed away, the entire Backlund was filled with sad emotions, and it might be difficult to accept such new products.

However, Hobert did not care whether the new products could sell well. These new products were actually for Duke Negan and others to see, or more accurately, for the original beneficiaries and stubborn factions of the gas industry to see.

This would definitely become an important part of the advancement ritual!

After talking about the gas tanks, Hobert also got a message from Todd that several energy tycoons in Backlund had bought the technology to build power plants and had begun to build power plants around Backlund.

At the same time, they also built power plants in the western and northern cities of the Loen Kingdom.

As the battle lines of Midseashire and the Amantha Mountain Pass became solid, they boldly made many investments in Constant City in the north.

Hobert smiled: "Very good."

Todd sighed: "They also built electric light factories and wire factories along the way."

He really couldn't understand why Hobert was reluctant to let him develop the northern and western markets. Now it was good, watching such a big market fall into the pockets of others.

"Hold your breath," Hobert said, "This war is definitely a huge opportunity for us."

"Oh, by the way, a huge sum of 5.4 million pounds will be credited to the account one after another recently. Don't go through the company's accounts for the time being."

"Also, prepare more cash, preferably around 5 million pounds."

The 5.4 million pounds was the income from trading the teleportation array and the teleportation array drawings with the military.

It was originally 5.8 million pounds, but the gems used to build the 14 teleportation arrays cost about 400,000 pounds in total.

Todd swallowed: "Does the Southern Balam Duchy need such a large investment?"

Hobert smiled slightly: "You will know when the time comes."

Once George III fails to become a god and the countries declare war on Loen one after another, it will be a good time to buy the bottom!

After talking with Todd for a while, Hobert went to Audrey's office and told her to prepare to open an account and find a safe place to store nearly 10 million pounds in cash.

Audrey was stunned for several seconds, after all, there weren't many millionaires in the entire Backlund.

Earl Hall's assets definitely exceeded ten million, but a lot of it came from family inheritance, unlike Hobert, who could have so much cash in hand in such a short period of time!

After spending half a day in Backlund, Hobert came to the Lord's Mansion in South Colson in the evening and made a spicy fish head to entertain Winston, the demigod of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.

This way of eating was very novel, and Winston, whose face was full of wrinkles, ate three fish heads in a row and still seemed to have more to eat. After eating, he did not forget to inquire about the method, obviously wanting to go back and make it himself.

After eating and drinking enough, Hobert got down to business. He invited Winston to dinner because he wanted him to help him make a batch of mystical items.

Previously, during the negotiations with the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, the Steam Church had promised to equip Hobert with a "Artisan" team to help him make mystical items or appraise sealed artifacts.

This matter was also mentioned in later negotiations. After the two parties started cooperation, the Steam Church did send five Beyonders, who are currently living in Jeffrey City.

Of course, Hobert would not waste such power. Currently, he has asked them to take turns at the auction houses in South Colson and Tortuga Port to help appraise the acquired mystical items.

But as far as Hobert is concerned, how could he let their work be so easy? So he plans to take a batch of Beyonder characteristics to keep Winston and them busy.

Previously, when Hobert fought against the Blood Sanctify Sect and the Aurora Order, he seized a large number of Beyonder characteristics.

Hobert's previous plan for these Beyonder characteristics was to sell them directly to the orthodox churches, but after founding "Earl's Light", Hobert was no longer short of money, so he did not continue to sell Beyonder characteristics.

Currently, these characteristics are left to gather dust in the "Nation of Disorder". It would be better to take them out and make them into mystical items.

Among them are two "Black Knight" Beyonder characteristics. It would be a huge waste not to use them.

As for the mystical items made, if the negative effects are too severe, they can be crushed and remade until the negative effects are acceptable.

After hearing Hobert's request, Winston picked up his teacup and asked, "A batch of Beyonder characteristics? How many? Or a dozen?"

Hobert thought for a while before saying, "I remember that there are more than fifty Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 9 'Criminal' alone."

If these "low sequence" Beyonder characteristics are all made into mystical items comparable to Level 3 sealed artifacts, the "Creator" force's Level 3 sealed artifacts will immediately go from "barely enough" to completely unusable.

It's just that the abilities of these Level 3 sealed artifacts may be a bit singular.

Winston had just taken a sip of tea and almost spat it out: "Fifty…"

He didn't expect that the "Creator" force, which had just risen, would have such an accumulation.

Immediately afterwards, Winston realized that this could allow some of the church's "craftsmen" to come here to practice in shifts.

So he said, "No problem, but I can't guarantee the production time and quality."

Within the orthodox churches, perhaps only the Steam Church has a huge demand for Beyonder characteristics of non-adjacent pathways.

Other orthodox churches probably pile up some Beyonder characteristics in the warehouse to gather dust after acquiring them. Only the Steam Church, after receiving Beyonder characteristics, will have craftsmen vying to take them to practice.

Hobert smiled and said, "Good."

After resting in the Lord's Mansion for one night, Hobert waited in the main hall of the Lord's Mansion early the next morning for Princess Ethel, who had disguised herself.

Today, she was not wearing a military uniform, nor was she dressed in neutral clothes like before, but a Feysac-style lady's long skirt, and she also wore a black veil.

This concealed her previous heroic spirit very well, and she looked like a very mysterious woman.

After chatting for a few words, Hobert directly used "Travel" to take Princess Ethel to a villa on Longtail Island.

Hobert didn't know if the Loen spies had infiltrated the South Colson area, but he could guarantee that the Loen spies had not infiltrated places outside the two cities of Longtail Island.

There must be naval intelligence personnel in Tortuga Port, and Longtail Port is not as airtight as before because some Loen people have recently moved in.

And the things they were going to discuss next could not have any risk of leakage, so Hobert simply invited Princess Ethel to the luxurious villa left by the previous governor outside Longtail Port.

On the second floor of the villa, there was a small conference room. Fors had already asked the servants to prepare tea, snacks, and fruits, and no servants would come to the second floor all morning.

Ethel smiled as she took off her veil: "You are too careful, aren't you? Even if someone discovers our meeting, you have enough time to eliminate those spies."

"You have to be careful when you should be careful." Hobert said: "The next period of time is a very critical period for us, and there can be no accidents in this kind of thing."

Of course, Hobert knew when to be arrogant. He always believed that when confidentiality was needed, it should be kept as confidential as possible, so as to avoid making some low-level mistakes.

The two people sat down on either side of the conference table, and Ethel said: "Can I understand it this way, you are so cautious precisely because you are preparing to betray the Kingdom of Loen?"

"That's not called betrayal." Hobert smiled and said: "Our relationship with Loen is a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship.

"It's just that we don't want to affect future cooperation because of differences of opinion on some issues."

Ethel was stunned for a moment before saying: "Your wording is very appropriate, 'differences of opinion on some issues'."

Then she said: "That's good, we don't need to beat around the bush, we can directly get to the point.

"According to our guess, 'Creator' should also be unwilling to see George III become a god, right?"

"Yes." Hobert very definitely stated his attitude: "I can provide you with the locations of George III's two mausoleums. Feysac must give Owaya Province as a reward."

Ethel was not surprised that Hobert was going to provide information and that he had already prepared the conditions. Before setting off, she even obtained the privilege to decide whether to proceed with the transaction.

In the eyes of Philip I, the "Hand of Order" of the Kingdom of Feysac, the cooperation conditions between the two parties were very mature, and it was a very natural thing.

Ethel asked: "You should also go to destroy George III's mausoleum, right?"

"We will go to destroy two of them." Hobert said truthfully: "But destroying a few more will increase the probability of success."

He had also said this to Vasilli, the director of the Feysac Empire's intelligence bureau.

Ethel considered for a few seconds before saying: "I can agree to your conditions and give Owaya Province to the Duchy of Southern Balam.

"But I also have two conditions."

Hobert made a gesture to speak.

"The first is a reciprocal condition." Ethel said: "'Earl's Light' must build a factory in the Kingdom of Feysac and let the residents of Feysac City use electric lights as soon as possible.

"We will give many policy preferences, and we will also provide some loans to 'Earl's Light' in the early stage."

Hobert immediately nodded: "Of course we will not refuse such cooperation. In two weeks, I will organize a corresponding team, and the two parties can hold talks in Jeffrey City, South Colson.

"In addition, I also have a request to protect our interests in the Kingdom of Feysac. Even if we declare war on each other in the future and a war breaks out, we must not harm the interests of 'Earl's Light'."

"No problem." Ethel agreed very readily, and she added: "My second condition is to hope to know your true attitude towards the Kingdom of Loen! And your true attitude towards the Kingdom of Feysac."

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