Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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In Hobert's view, the clever tricks of the Loen royal family were nothing to him.

If he were asked to "watch the tomb" of George III, there would be a risk of being exposed if he asked someone else to go in his place.

But if he were to create a smokescreen, it would be easy. At that time, the royal family's angels and demigods would most likely be in the tomb. The 195th Division's garrison was full of Beyonders below the demigod level, making it difficult to see through Hobert's arrangements.

When Georgina conveyed the order with an expression of entrusting him with an important task, Hobert thought of a way to deal with it: let Archibald transform into his appearance to guard that defense area.

In order to allow Archibald to play his role better, Hobert prepared to temporarily give him the Sealed Artifact "1-113" Solomon Family Crest to use.

This Sealed Artifact could temporarily use a portion of the Sequence 3 level "Frenzied Mage" abilities of the "Lawyer" pathway. Giving Archibald two "Deception" charms would completely eliminate the worry of being exposed.

After arranging the task, Georgina reminded him: "This task is very important. After you go, you must first verify your identity, and then you must conduct frequent verification. I hope you don't mind."

Hobert smiled: "That's nothing, as long as it doesn't hinder my actions."

Then he asked as if he was very curious: "What are we guarding?"

Georgina said seriously: "A secret."

"Alright, I didn't ask," Hobert said. "Please prepare some cigars for me then. I remember the cigars supplied to the royal family are very good."

The serious expression on Georgina's face quickly faded: "No problem."

The two chatted for a few more words, and Georgina got up to say goodbye.

Watching Georgina's departing figure, Hobert sighed in his heart: If I didn't know the locations of those tombs in advance, I would easily be confused by the smokescreen released by the royal family.

He was very sure that in the area where the 195th Division was going to be stationed on Saturday, there were already a large number of royal family's direct line Beyonders waiting there.

Moreover, the 195th Division's actions would definitely be spread through various reasonable channels, so that those forces that were paying attention to George III's ascension to godhood would be attracted by this action and send people to investigate.

The result would definitely be that they fell into the royal family's ambush.

Regardless of whether the investigators escaped or successfully reported their attack to their superiors, it would almost confirm that there was a problem with the area where the 195th Division was going to be stationed.

Then on Saturday, many forces might be attracted there.

Hobert smiled and used "Travel" to go to Angel City, first learning about the current situation of the civil war.

After he determined that the Highland Kingdom's forces were mainly focused on probing, Hobert knew that the most critical battle of this civil war would still take a few more days to break out.

So Hobert found Archibald and discussed the details of replacing him on Saturday.

...

On Friday afternoon, Xio came to Hobert's study in the Duke of Backlund's mansion to report on his work.

A few days ago, Hobert asked Xio to pay close attention to the Feysac Empire's newspapers and the Church of the God of Combat's recent propaganda publications to see if there were any descriptions related to the "Creator" on them.

According to the information Xio obtained, neither the Imperial government nor the Church of the God of Combat mentioned the Beyonder war that occurred in the middle of the Amantha Mountains last week.

Hobert slowly nodded, so it seemed that the Church of the God of Combat was going to pretend that there was no conflict with the "Creator's" forces.

He believed that they were also very clear that the battle between the angels was an accident, or rather, if the Church of the God of Combat's angel Larrion had focused on the overall situation, that battle would not have happened.

From the current situation, the best way to deal with it was for both sides to pretend that this matter had not happened.

Hobert could avoid a conflict with the Church of the God of Combat when the main force was in the Southern Continent, and the Church of the God of Combat would not have to be wary of the "Creator's" forces while fighting the Church of the Evernight Goddess.

As for the Feysac Empire, Hobert's actions did not violate their agreement. The "Creator's" forces did not have an angel-level conflict with Feysac, but with the Church of the God of Combat.

Obviously, the Church of the God of Combat and the Feysac Empire could not be confused.

After finishing the work matters, Hobert said to Xio: "There will be an operation at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Come to me at seven thirty to gather."

"Okay," Xio first agreed and then asked: "Do I need to prepare anything?"

"Bring the heart to avenge your father," Hobert smiled. "I'll take you to dig the King's grave."

Xio was slightly stunned, his mood was very complicated for a while, with excitement and unease.

...

On Saturday morning, the sky was gloomy, making people feel very depressed.

After disguising themselves, Hobert, Xio, and Freya, who had been promoted to "Interrogator", followed the crowds on the street to the Commemoration Square.

People kept walking out of the buildings on both sides, gathering on the street, and walking towards the Commemoration Square.

The crowd was very quiet, and the colors of their clothes were also dark, which made the atmosphere on the street very depressing.

Freya, who had just returned from the Southern Continent, asked in a low voice: "Didn't I hear that the war is still far away from Backlund? Why is everyone so serious?"

Xio replied in a low voice: "The sacrifices on the front lines are too great."

Among the crowd, some people were still very sad because their relatives had died on the front lines, and some people were very worried because their relatives were still on the battlefield.

Hobert raised his hand and "altered" the surrounding environment so that the people around him could not hear their conversation, and then said: "Maybe it's because the prices have risen again."

He paused and said: "I just heard someone whispering that bread has risen by 60% compared to before the war, and the prices of various daily necessities have also risen sharply."

Freya's spirituality sensed Hobert's arrangement, so she boldly said with some surprise: "I heard that in Arlester and Gujin in northern East Balam, there is so much food that it is moldy in the warehouse!"

Arlester and Gujin are two large ports in northern East Balam. Most of the massive amount of food that had a huge impact on the Northern Continent's grain market before was transported from these two ports.

Xio said: "Now all ships give priority to transporting military supplies or transporting troops, and there are no extra ships to transport food."

Freya shook her head: "It's really ironic."

Back then, when she was in the East Borough of Backlund, many of her neighbors were farmers who were forced into bankruptcy by the cheap grain from the Southern Continent.

Now the price of grain is very good, but unfortunately there are not so many farmers anymore.

Soon, the three people fell into silence. They all thought at the same time that this was all thanks to His Majesty the King's signing of the "Corn Law".

As the crowd became more and more dense, the street was gradually filled. They all headed in one direction, slowly moving forward, and still maintained their silence.

This made Hobert and the other two's mood also become depressed.

Especially Freya, who had been on Longtail Island or the Southern Continent, felt for the first time that the war had brought such a big impact and trauma to people's hearts.

This was still the great rear of Backlund, not the front line!

Finally, they followed the crowd to the Commemoration Square.

At this time, the square was crowded with people, and there was finally some noise in the crowd.

Everyone was guessing the content of the King's speech. Some people guessed that the King was going to carry out a larger-scale mobilization, some people guessed that the war might be coming to an end, and some people guessed that the King's speech was purely to boost morale.

Hobert and the other two saw from a distance that in front of the high tower with the "Bell of Order", a very solemn high platform had been built.

George III, dressed in a formal dress, was sitting on the throne in the center of the high platform. Near the high platform were the nobles, the outer layer was the wealthy people of Backlund, and the outer circle was the middle class of Backlund, and then the workers and the poor.

In front of the high platform, there were two iron frames. At the top of the two iron frames, there was a circular object the size of a plate. In the center of the circular object, there were also some mechanical structures that everyone did not understand very well.

A wire extended from the mechanical structure all the way to the bottom of the stage.

For Hobert, this thing was not new. He sighed in his heart: The classic microphone does have some industrial aesthetics.

Time quickly came to nine o'clock, George III got up from the throne and came to the microphone: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am your Emperor, the ruler of Loen, East Balam, and the Rorsted Archipelago, George Augustus III."

Hobert, who was far away from the high platform, smiled slightly: "Hehe, Emperor."

Then he said to Xio and Freya: "Alright, we should go."

In the next second, the three of them disappeared in place, and the people around them did not notice these three people, as if they had never appeared.

George III's speech seemed to be a signal. At this time, the spirit world in the suburbs of Backlund suddenly became busy.

...

At the same time as Hobert and the other three disappeared, Klein in the corner of the square first notified Bernadette that the King on the high platform had unknowingly become a phantom conjured up from thin air.

So in the due east of Backlund, outside the secret tomb near East Chester County.

Bernadette, wearing a girlish yellow cake dress, emerged under the embrace of pea vines that grew out of thin air.

She looked at the mountain wall in front of her and took out the blood contained in a glass bottle, as well as a black and very heavy charm.

According to the description in Klein's letter, she first poured out the blood in the glass bottle.

As the blood of the "Door" pathway Beyonder poured out, her spirituality sensed the connection between the blood and a certain power within the tomb.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bernadette used the charm of the demigod level of the "Lawyer" pathway.

Before her appeared a vortex of black mist, which then expanded, forming a gate of illusion. Bernadette saw the massive mausoleum constructed of black stone blocks.

At that moment, the sky above the mausoleum suddenly turned illusory, and William I, with his thick beard and solemn expression, stepped out from the void.

Bernadette seemed prepared. With a flip of her hand, an object appeared in her palm.

The object was golden, resembling a shrunken water pot, but a wick extended from its spout.

This was the 'Genie' that the 'Uncertain Mist' had been searching for.

Bernadette quickly rubbed the surface of the 'Genie,' which was covered in complex mystical symbols, and the wick silently ignited.

The light it emitted was like viscous liquid, spraying upwards and forming a blurred and distorted pale golden figure.

Bernadette seized the opportunity before William I could fully descend, and solemnly spoke in Jotun: "Eternal Genie, my second wish is to gain the power of the 'Emperor of Knowledge' for one day."

…

On Commemoration Square, after informing Bernadette to begin her actions, Klein hid in the sewers, extending his right hand to grasp at the air.

As he pulled his arm back, a figure emerged before him.

It was Lady Arianna, the Matron of the Evernight Cloister, wearing a simple robe and a bark belt.

Klein was startled: Success on the first try!

However, he couldn't afford to think too much at this moment and hurriedly said, "Conceal my existence and protect the citizens of Backlund."

"Alright," Arianna replied calmly, without any stiffness or rigidity.

Klein was stunned again: Could it be the real person who came?

At the same time, Klein found himself entering a peculiar state, seemingly undetectable by the outside world.

He immediately used 'Traveling' to reach the mausoleum on the northeastern side of Backlund, near Awwa County.

Although time was pressing, Klein didn't rashly approach the mausoleum. Instead, he extended his right hand again, grasping at the air before him.

After grasping five times in a row, Klein's arm muscles tensed. As his right hand pulled back, a figure was rapidly outlined.

This figure had bronze skin, a medium build, and gentle features. It was Azik Eggers.

However, unlike the Mr. Azik that Klein knew, this figure's eyes were indifferent, as if looking down upon all living beings.

Immediately afterward, Klein stretched out his hand again, grabbing his past self from a dozen seconds ago. Then, he handed the demigod-level talisman of the 'Lawyer' pathway and the blood of a 'Door' pathway Beyonder to his projection, and allowed his main body to enter the historical void.

Within his past self, consciousness suddenly came alive, becoming agile.

Only then did Klein's projection bring Azik's projection to the location of the mausoleum.

Before Klein's eyes was an ordinary wasteland. Following the method described by Hobert, he quickly opened the concealed arrangement, and an entrance leading downwards appeared in the wasteland. Underground was a tall, pyramid-shaped mausoleum.

At this moment, the guards inside also discovered the intruders and immediately contacted Duke Dlink Augustus of Southville through a ritual.

Dlink, slightly arrogant and lacking facial hair, saw the high and mighty 'Death Consul' through the ritual. At the same time, based on the imbalance in the surrounding area, he discovered Klein, who was in a state of concealment.

These rituals utilized the arrangements of Mr. 'Door' from that year to connect the nine mausoleums in some way. Members of the Loen royal family could quickly appear in one of the mausoleums.

Just as Dlink was about to provide support, the corresponding rituals were activated in the other mausoleums.

He was slightly stunned. Three, no, four mausoleums were being invaded at the same time?

…

In front of that secret mausoleum in the southeastern direction of Backlund, a figure dispelled its invisibility.

She had delicate and beautiful features and an extremely outstanding temperament. It was the Witch Trissy.

After using a talisman and blood to open the entrance to the mausoleum, Trissy became invisible again. She approached the mausoleum without any sound, and the guards didn't notice her.

Just as Trissy approached her target, a voice rang in her ear: "Concealment is forbidden in this place!"

Trissy irresistibly appeared, and a man with a white wig and an upturned mustache appeared above the mausoleum.

This was the demigod who had been presiding over the transactions of the mercenary club: Grove.

…

Before a mausoleum in the northern part of Backlund, space suddenly became illusory.

A middle-aged man wearing traditional Feysac Empire attire, his light golden beard meticulously groomed, was outlined. It was Alexei Einhorn, the first emperor of the Feysac Empire.

Alexei looked at the front. Even though his spirituality was already very keen, he could only sense the strangeness of the space in front of him when he was so close to the arrangement of the mausoleum.

He suddenly felt that the transaction with Hobert was worth more than its value. Such a secret arrangement would be difficult to find even with many spies.

Then, he took out the glass bottle containing blood and the talisman provided by Hobert.

Alexei smiled softly: "There's no need for these things at all."

He casually threw away the talisman and the glass bottle. Before they could fall to the ground, they were burned to ashes by a white flame. At the same time, a ball of incandescent flame suddenly appeared on his palm.

This flame suddenly grew larger, as if igniting the air in front of Alexei.

Whoosh~

The flame burned away a layer of illusory 'wallpaper' in front of him, and a mausoleum built against the mountain appeared.

Alexei walked leisurely with his hands behind his back, arriving in front of the mausoleum in just one or two steps!

Dlink quickly used the channels between the mausoleums to provide support. When he saw Alexei, he was slightly surprised: Who is it? Who leaked the secret of the mausoleum to the Feysac Empire?

…

On Commemoration Square, the imagined King George III was still giving a speech:

"…I will further reduce the property requirements for suffrage and transfer more power to the House of Commons…"

Audrey at the scene was somewhat puzzled: These were all bills that had been approved by the House of Lords, but there was no need to tell the people during a speech!

In the southern suburbs of Backlund, inside a deep black and majestic mausoleum, the real George III put on a black crown and consumed the potion.

His body was transforming in the direction of the Shadow of Order, expanding and extending in a miraculous state.

And the nine mausoleums were the islands in the illusory ocean, the components of the entire rule. The "Emperor George III" recited simultaneously in the consciousness of the people was countless, densely packed lighthouses.

Together, they anchored the ruler of Loen, East Balam, and the Rorsted Archipelago, preventing Him from completely detaching from reality and becoming a part of the Shadow of Order.

…

Also in the southern suburbs of Backlund, Hobert, who had changed his appearance, was leisurely sitting on a rock, observing the surroundings.

However, Xio and Freya, who had also changed their appearances, were very nervous, pacing in small circles or adjusting their clothes.

They had not only changed their appearances, but also carried 'Order Crystals' to avoid being divined afterward.

And Hobert also carefully reminded them to hide the 'Order Crystals' in places that could not be seen and not to inject spirituality into them!

Because once spirituality was injected, it would be easy for angels to detect its aura.

It wasn't until Hobert saw some changes in the distant sky that he said, "Alright, we can start acting."

He jumped off the stone, came to the secret arrangement of the mausoleum, and used the blood of the 'Door' pathway to use his own 'Tampering' ability to enter the mausoleum.

Before them appeared a deep black and majestic mausoleum.

The royal family certainly discovered the intrusion here. The space above the mausoleum suddenly became illusory, and a mature and refined man in a dress suit came out from it. This was Celt, a Sequence 3 'Chaos Hunter' who had participated in the Feynapotter City operation.

Hobert said to Xio and Freya, "Wait here for a moment, I'll drive away this nuisance."

He took out the '0-70' Creation Bracelet, and with a wave of his hand, a field of golden wheat grew around the mausoleum.

These wheat swayed their ripe ears, and countless awn needles shot towards Celt, forming a golden rain!

Celt, who had just completed the teleportation, immediately said, "Flying objects are forbidden here."

Those wheat needles fell to the ground like bullets that had run out of power, like golden snowflakes.

Hobert walked in the wheat field. He made an upward pushing motion towards Celt, and the wheat quickly grew taller, soon reaching a height of more than ten meters, at the same height as Celt.

The wheat ears suddenly bristled, and all the awns stood up around, like maces smashing towards Celt.

…

In the western part of Backlund, near East Tucker County.

A middle-aged man wearing traditional Feynapotter Kingdom attire, who looked very amiable, walked from afar. This was Philip I of the Feynapotter Kingdom.

The ground seemed to be receding rapidly behind Him. With just one step, He advanced dozens of kilometers.

In the blink of an eye, He had arrived at the arrangement hiding the mausoleum.

Philip I also did not use the blood and talisman that Ethel had given Him. He made a downward chopping gesture forward, and the space in front of Him suddenly shook violently, separating to both sides.

Everything in front of Him changed, and a tomb door appeared on the mountainside. This was a mausoleum built into the mountain.

Georgina quickly came to provide support. When she saw the person in front of her, she exclaimed in surprise: "Philip I!"

"How rude," Philip I said coldly. "Why didn't you add 'Your Majesty'?"

Georgina hurriedly put on a golden crown. The top of the crown had an openwork structure, and a very pure light was suspended inside.

This was the "0-36" held by the Loen royal family.

… …

At the same time, another angel of the Feysac Empire, Awatoma Einhorn, was attacking another mausoleum in the north of Backlund.

Chester Castiya, another angel of the Feynapotter Kingdom, was attacking another mausoleum on the west side of Backlund.

Currently, eight mausoleums have been attacked to varying degrees by different forces.

Only one mausoleum in the south has not been attacked.

Leonard, who was performing a mission in a small town in the southern suburbs, looked around and saw that none of his teammates were paying attention to him, so he whispered, "Old man, aren't you going to take action yet?"

Just now, "Emperor" had used the talisman given to him in advance to convey the code of "Act immediately."

This talisman was made by Jonathan at the request of Hobert. There were two talismans in a set, and the usage was relatively simple. Within the Backlund area, as long as Hobert injected spirituality into the talisman, Leonard's talisman would heat up.

Although it can only be used to convey relatively simple codes, it is quite practical.

"What's the rush?" Pallez Zoroast, inside Leonard's body, said, "Let them make the first move."

The "hidden power of the 'Creator'" that Hobert mentioned before refers to this angel Pallez of the Marauder Pathway.

Beverly and Raymond had participated in battles initiated by the "Creator" forces more than once. If you want to secretly stab George III in the back, it is not appropriate to ask the two of them for help.

It is possible to use "Nation of Disorder" and the "1-113" Solomon family badge to create an angel.

However, "1-113" is currently being used by Archibald, who is pretending to be Hobert, and the angel created is an angel of the "Lawyer" pathway, which can easily arouse the suspicion of the royal family.

So Hobert simply asked Pallez, who had "never appeared", for help. In the previous transaction, Pallez also owed Hobert an angel-level favor.

Because he had a way to restore his strength to its peak in a short period of time, Pallez was not afraid of Amon's avatar lurking in Backlund at this time.

If Amon's lurking avatars came to him, that would be even better, maybe he could use them to further restore his strength.

Pallez was very clear that he was just playing the role of a smoke bomb in this battle, so that the royal family would not be able to figure it out in the future, so there was no need to work too hard.

After another ten seconds, Pallez suddenly said, "That's about it."

In the next second, Leonard's spirituality suddenly could not feel the existence of the old man. Even in the parasitic state, Pallez could temporarily leave Leonard's body within a certain range.

This is also the reason why Leonard came to the southern suburbs to perform his mission. If it were in the city, such an operation would easily be detected.

The reason why Leonard came to the southern suburbs to perform his mission was that Hobert asked Dophis to create several haunting incidents here. The local Nighthawk team could not solve it, so they had to ask the Red Gloves of Backlund for help.

Then, Leonard touched his pocket again, and the "Order Crystal" that was placed there before also disappeared.

The method that Hobert provided before to allow Pallez to briefly restore to his peak state was to use "Order Wood".

However, the "Order Wood" was too conspicuous. For a long time, it was almost Hobert's label.

So Hobert discussed with Pallez, using the more secretive "Order Crystal" to restore his strength to its peak? When evacuating, stealing the overflowing "Power of Order" would be seamless.

As soon as Pallez saw the "Order Crystal", he exclaimed: This thing is purer than the power of the "Order Wood"!

At this time, the old man arrived at the designated location, first using the "Order Crystal" to "deceive" and "distort" his own state. His originally more illusory image suddenly became solid.

This was a very amiable old man with a long beard and a kind smile. He grabbed forward and stole some of the extraordinary arrangement that hid the mausoleum in front of him, which made a circular hole appear in front of him.

Pallez walked in leisurely, and he saw a mausoleum hidden in the dense forest.

At the same time, the old man's spirituality felt something and looked at the top of a tree in the woods.

There also stood an old man with completely white hair and no distinctive features. Even if you observed him carefully, it would be difficult to remember any of the old man's appearance characteristics.

The two old men looked at each other and were stunned at the same time.

Pallez spoke first: "Hermes!"

The old man who was as light as a feather on the top of the tree was Hermes, the sage of mankind who invented the ancient Hermes language in the Second Epoch.

The other party also recognized the intruder: "Pallez!"

Pallez smiled. He originally thought he was just going through the motions. After all, the battles in other mausoleums must have attracted the main forces of the royal family. He didn't expect to encounter such a difficult opponent.

Hermes was also a little dumbfounded. Originally, he was going to solve the "Scholar of Yore" with Zaratul, but when he learned that the Feynapotter Kingdom and the Feysac Empire had successively attacked four mausoleums, he knew that George III would definitely fail.

So Hermes simply found an excuse to come to this mausoleum that had not yet been attacked. His idea was very simple. The enemy had already attacked eight mausoleums, so the more powerful enemies must have already been dispatched.

Even if this mausoleum was attacked, the opponent would not be too difficult to deal with.

Hermes came to this mausoleum just to go through the motions.

Pallez was about to take action, but noticed that Hermes's fighting intentions did not seem to be very high, so he asked: "I heard that you joined the 'Twilight Hermit Order'?"

The moment he said "Twilight Hermit Order", he stole the inherent mystical connection of this name, so that Adam would not know that he had ever mentioned this organization.

Hermes was also preparing to fight. When he heard Pallez ask this, he understood what the other party meant with just a slight observation: "That's right."

He smiled and said, "I also heard that you were severely injured by Amon. Speaking of which, I haven't heard from you for hundreds of years."

So, the two old men started chatting.

… …

In front of that majestic black mausoleum, the battle between Hobert and Celt quickly came to a conclusion.

Although the Loen royal family had taken out all their strength this time, the Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts were limited after all, and they had to be prioritized to deal with the angels who broke into the mausoleum.

When Celt came to this mausoleum to support, he saw that Hobert did not look like an angel, so he only brought a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.

The royal family did not expect that Hobert would have a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact in his hand, but at this time, they had no reinforcements to send.

The only disadvantage for Hobert was that he could not use the power of the "Frenzied Mage".

When those wheat-shaped flails smashed towards Celt, a bronze door with complex patterns appeared in mid-air.

This was "1-110", the ability of the Sealed Artifact that benchmarked the "Ferryman". Hobert had not used this Sealed Artifact in the real world since he obtained it on Adam's mysterious island.

Because this Sealed Artifact will most likely become Dophis's potion in the future, and the probability of using it in the future is not high, it can well hide his background.

Moreover, Hobert had also done similar thinking when choosing Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts.

He had used "0-71" Disaster Porcelain Doll and "0-72" Box of the Great Old Ones in front of others, only "0-70" was used only when he killed the "Mountain God" Megali after obtaining it.

At that time, in addition to Hobert and Megali's evil spirit on the battlefield, there was only the Black Hound Spirit Beast, and there would be no leakage of secrets.

After the "Underworld Gate" appeared, Celt, who was using "whipping" to deal with those flails, suddenly felt stiff all over, and a huge force was pulling his spirit body.

Celt injected spirituality into the Grade 1 Sealed Artifact on his body, and a layer of silver-white gorgeous armor appeared on his body surface. This was the ability belonging to the "Silver Knight".

With the protection of this armor, Celt's spirit body quickly returned to normal. At the same time, a "Sword of Dawn" appeared in his hand. The greatsword shattered, and the storm composed of light blew the wheat on the ground to pieces.

But Celt quickly discovered a problem. The enemy who was hiding in the wheat field before was gone.

At this time, the "Underworld Gate" behind him suddenly "clang" and was completely opened. Only Hobert, holding a knight's sword, came out of the door.

Behind him were countless wailing resentful souls, as well as a large number of skeletons and strangely shaped undead creatures that were attracted and wanted to enter the real world.

Celt was surprised to find that they all seemed to be very afraid of this demigod holding a knight's sword.

Hobert stood at the door of the "Underworld Gate", opened his mouth and launched an attack of "Language of the Dead". The surrounding undead creatures seemed to be commanded and opened their mouths towards Celt together, launching a silent attack.

Although there was the protection of silver-white armor, Celt still felt his spirit body trembling, and the muscles all over his body stiffened, no longer under his control.

He watched helplessly as Hobert, holding a knight's sword, walked slowly to him and stabbed his chest with a sword.

Celt's body became cold, and he fell from mid-air.

The wheat that had been blown to pieces just now grew out again, and they entangled Celt like vines.

A trace of black suddenly mixed into the silver-white armor on Celt's body.

These monsters with plant-like appearances also possess the ability to mutate the flesh of their targets into monsters. Even demigods will completely lose control due to such mutations.

Not only that, but they can also absorb the life force of their targets.

In Celt's unwilling gaze, he was enveloped and buried by clusters of wheat, until only a golden "cocoon" remained in front of the tomb.

This "cocoon" resembled a special work of art, with clearly visible patterns of wheat ears and stalks.

Hobert ended the summoning of the "Underworld Gate" and beckoned to Xio and Freya. The three of them entered the magnificent black tomb.

Entering the tomb along the steps, the space inside was large, but the structure was very simple.

Only a stone throne stood in the center of the tomb. A somewhat illusory George III sat on the throne with his eyes closed. The space around him looked very unreal, with complex mystical symbols jumping around.

"You are late," George III said, his eyes and mouth closed, yet Hobert and the others could clearly "hear" his voice.

George III "said": "The Uniqueness has already merged with me. Any attack from you will have no effect on me!"

Hobert smiled and said, "You don't need to act mysterious. I know very well that attacking you will definitely be ineffective, but if we tear down your tomb, I believe you won't be so calm."

He didn't give George III a chance to speak, and immediately continued, "But before that, there is something else to do."

He put away his smile and said very seriously, "Defendant George III! My two clients accuse you of murder and abuse of power."

George III was stunned for a moment before seemingly reacting, "You're actually acting as a 'lawyer' in front of me?"

"Defendant George III!" Hobert raised his voice. "This client's father, because he discovered that you were involved in human trafficking, kidnapping, selling young girls, and cruelly murdering many innocent people, advised you against it!

"But you killed this client's father. Not only that, but you also destroyed the honor he cherished most, causing my client to bear the stigma of a traitor for the past eight years!

"George III, do you plead guilty?"

Xio opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but found that she couldn't say anything. It wasn't until she felt a coldness on her cheeks that she realized her tears had already uncontrollably flowed out.

However, she revealed a relieved smile through her tears.

For the past eight years, she had imagined questioning the king more than once, asking why he had treated her father that way.

But when she truly faced the king, she realized that she couldn't say a word. Instead, Hobert expressed her thoughts.

George III's tone was very cold, "I've killed too many people like that!"

"Defendant George III!" Hobert raised his voice again. "This client originally had a happy family. Her mother was in the East Borough of Backlund, raising two daughters by washing clothes.

"Her younger sister was very well-behaved and sensible, loved to study, and helped with the housework from a very young age.

"But because you wanted to become a god, you created a smog with mystical viruses, breaking up this family.

"Her mother died in the smog, and her sister was once kidnapped by your subordinates!

"Now she has no home! You must be held responsible for this!"

Freya trembled as she listened to Hobert's questioning. When she learned that her family was broken because of the king, she also wanted to ask the king why?

Her family never thought of hindering the king from doing anything, so why treat them like this!

At this moment, Freya originally wanted to question George III in person, but she could no longer control herself and burst into tears, covering her face.

For the past year, she had been constantly telling herself that her mother was gone, and the burden of taking care of Daisy fell on her shoulders. She couldn't cry, she could only move forward bravely.

But she was only 19 years old.

George III's attitude was somewhat touched by Hobert's questioning, but he was somewhat angry rather than remorseful, "Tens of thousands of people died in a smog!"

He sneered, "I am the king, the emperor, and I naturally have the right to decide the life and death of my subjects!"

Hobert questioned righteously, "Can the king trample on the dignity of others? Can he disregard life? Who gave you the power?"

Then he added, "Kings and nobles do not have inherently noble bloodlines! They do not have talents that are different from ordinary people! You are just a bunch of bloodsuckers! Lying on the people and sucking their blood, still acting like superior bloodsuckers!"

Hobert pointed at George III and said, word by word, "You have no right to decide the life and death of any kind and life-loving person!"

Rumble~

The magnificent black tomb suddenly shook. George III's chest heaved continuously, and the illusory space around him also shook, obviously affected by Hobert's words, "I am the emperor, my bloodline is inherently noble. They are ants struggling in the mud, never thinking of escaping the mud for the rest of their lives!"

Hobert smiled and said, "No, your nobility is self-proclaimed. Defendant George III, since you have already pleaded guilty, then accept the trial!"

George III became very calm again, "No one can judge me, and no one is qualified to judge me!"

"I will judge you!" Xio, who had already wiped away her tears, said in a somewhat trembling voice, "George III, since you have confessed to the crime of murder and the mass casualty incidents you caused.

"This court sentences you to death, to be carried out immediately."

George III suddenly opened his eyes and said coldly, "Overestimating yourself."

Rumble~

The tomb shook again, and George also trembled.

Hobert knew that one of the tombs had been destroyed. He smiled and said, "I told you, it's to be carried out immediately!"

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