Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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In front of the mausoleum near East Tucker County in Backlund, Georgina, wearing a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, was imprisoned by Philip I with the power of "Order."

Philip I waved his hand towards the mausoleum, restoring the environment around it to the order of the normal real world.

Without the maintenance of extraordinary power, the mausoleum built into the mountain immediately began to collapse.

Philip I smiled slightly and said to Georgina, who was still struggling, "Tell William, we're even!"

Months ago, William I prevented Philip I from accommodating the Uniqueness of the "Justiciar" pathway, razing the royal palace of the Feynapotter Kingdom to the ground, causing countless casualties, and even injuring Philip I himself.

Now, George III's advancement has failed, and he has his revenge.

Philip I didn't stay for a moment longer, turning and leaving the collapsing mausoleum.

In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared from Georgina's sight.

… …

Rumble ~

The magnificent black mausoleum trembled, as if it would collapse in the next second.

George III trembled all over, becoming even more illusory and abstract.

He had no time to argue with Hobert now, focusing all his energy on stabilizing his state.

Hobert said again, "Execute immediately!"

As he spoke, he reached out to the top of the mausoleum, "tampering" with the mechanical structure of the entire mausoleum.

The bricks and stones that made up the mausoleum immediately collapsed, seeming as if they could fall down at any moment, but because they were supported by extraordinary power, they did not collapse despite the large gaps.

Then, Hobert used the ability of "Exploit" to temporarily make those powers lose their effect, and the huge black stone bricks above his head began to fall, and the entire mausoleum began to collapse.

However, these huge stone bricks seemed to have eyes, and not a single one fell towards Hobert and his companions, nor did a single one fall towards the almost illusory George III.

Mystical symbols gushed out from around George III, about to bury him.

He looked at Hobert with a painful expression: "So you are…"

Before he could finish speaking, he was completely buried by the mystical symbols, and the gushing mystical symbols, along with the distorted space, suddenly froze for a moment.

Bang ~

Like a small-scale explosion, the mystical symbols gradually disappeared, the distorted space gradually returned to normal, and George III's position became a cloud of black mist, as if the mystical explosion had just blown the king away.

Hobert immediately used the power of "Distortion" to send Xio and Freya five kilometers away, and made them turn their backs to this side.

Beyonders below the level of demigod could suffer a huge mental impact even from a single glance at the Uniqueness.

This cloud of black mist quickly condensed, dividing into four, turning into a magnificent crown with a large black gemstone. The space around the crown rippled continuously, as if it were floating on the water, rather than in mid-air.

This was the Uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway.

The other three parts were three black light clusters. They seemed to have no substance and were very illusory, as if they were real for a moment, and then not existing in the real world the next.

These were the three Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 1 "Prince of Abolition" of the "Black Emperor" pathway.

"Finally waited for the moment to pick up the spoils," a voice sounded behind Hobert.

Even without turning his head, Hobert could tell that it was Erebus.

Hobert immediately rushed towards the Beyonder characteristics and threw out a "Crystal of Order", wrapping one of the "Prince of Abolition" Beyonder characteristics.

… …

Inside Backlund, on the Commemoration Square.

"My subjects…"

George III, with his small mustache and serious, rigid expression, was finishing his speech when he suddenly exploded with a bang.

His flesh and blood turned into fireworks, spraying into the air.

Audrey and the others below the stage watched this scene as if they were enjoying a large-scale magic show, and for a moment, no one reacted to what had happened.

A few seconds later, the scene began to descend into chaos, with the soldiers of the King's Guard rushing onto the platform amidst the screams.

Audrey looked at the scene in front of her with a slight daze, and then she found that she was not too surprised.

… …

In eastern Backlund, near East Chester County, William I and Bernadette seemed to realize something at the same time, and they tacitly took a step back.

Bernadette turned into a stream of information and quickly disappeared.

William I looked in the direction of Backlund and sighed: "Failed."

Also in a mausoleum in the eastern suburbs, Klein found an opportunity to hide in the Groselle's Travels because he was no match for Zaratul's main body.

Just as he entered the book, his spirituality sensed something. The mausoleum not far from him suddenly became different from before.

He couldn't say exactly what was different, but it seemed that all the extraordinary power there had been lost.

Klein was overjoyed. Success! It must be Hobert and the others who succeeded!

In the next instant, he had already appeared in the city in the book

Klein didn't stay and directly entered the "City of Miracles" Liveseyd, hidden in the book, and came to the door of the Hall of Honesty.

The probability of summoning "0-08" was higher here, and he planned to use this Sealed Artifact to make Zaratul make a mistake, so as to find a chance to escape.

Entering the Hall of Honesty, Klein tried more than a dozen times and finally caught "0-08".

Suddenly, he found that everything around him had become wrong. The ancient stone pillar in the "City of Miracles" suddenly turned into a cross hundreds of meters high.

Inside the Hall of Honesty, there were rows of black chairs with backs, but there was only one worshiper.

He, or rather He, was wearing a simple white robe, with light golden beard covering half of his face. It was the King of Angels Adam.

He slowly stood up and said peacefully: "George III has fallen, and the morale of Loen has been severely damaged. Intis will no longer stand by and has decided to launch an attack, taking advantage of the situation. This war has begun to truly sweep the world!"

At this moment, Klein realized that his act of summoning "0-08" was the opportunity that Adam had been waiting for to occupy this book.

Adam continued kindly: "You can leave!"

Klein immediately felt that the entire "City of Miracles" and the entire book were rejecting him.

Fortunately, Adam, who had obtained the book created an opportunity for Klein to escape. Zaratul's slippery tentacles suddenly disappeared out of thin air, giving Klein a chance to enter the Historical Void.

… …

In the north of Backlund, the two angels of the Feysac Empire withdrew one after another.

In the west, another angel of the Feynapotter Kingdom also left.

In the mausoleum in the northeast, near Awwa County, Trissyy was about to use the power of the ring on her hand from the Demoness Sect to make herself a vessel for the "Primordial Demoness".

But she realized that the mausoleum not far from her suddenly lost all spirituality.

Trissy and Grove were both slightly stunned, but they seemed to understand something immediately.

Trissy showed a desolate smile: "This ending is really desolate."

She was even prepared to die!

After speaking, Trissy left immediately, and Grove, wearing a wig, did not stop her.

In the southern mausoleum, Pallez and Hermes' reminiscence also came to an end.

Hermes' mission was completed and he could hand it in.

Pallez still had to rush to the next battlefield. This was also the reason why He didn't care much about destroying the mausoleum before, because Hobert had actually mainly asked Him to help compete for the Sequence 1 Characteristics.

In this mausoleum, He only needed to show his face.

Arriving at another completely collapsed mausoleum in the southern suburbs of Backlund.

Hobert easily seized one of the Beyonder characteristics of "Prince of Abolition", which Adam had promised him before.

At that time, Hobert didn't understand why Adam would say that it would be good for everyone to let Hobert have as many of these Characteristics and Uniqueness as possible.

It turned out that Adam had already realized at that time that the one competing with Hobert for these Characteristics was an Outer Deity.

Adam, at the level of the King of Angels, could give one of the Sequence 1 Characteristics to Hobert, but when it came to the Uniqueness, Adam could only give Hobert a greater probability of obtaining it.

Although Erebus was only at the level of Sequence 3, he had an extremely high level of authority in some aspects, so Adam couldn't completely stop him from competing for the Characteristics.

Pallez immediately joined the battle, stealing the "Execution" that Tamara, the "Balancer, had used on Hobert.

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief and went all out to deal with Erebus, "distorting" the direction of his outstretched hand, so that Erebus only grabbed a stone in the end when he grabbed the Beyonder characteristics.

The Uniqueness and Sequence 1 Characteristics of the "Black Emperor" pathway would certainly not stay there obediently waiting for the two to compete.

The crown seemed to gradually become agile and began to consciously avoid Hobert and Erebus's grasp.

One of the Sequence 1 Characteristics was attracted by the Uniqueness, following behind the crown, much like a child playing behind an older child.

Neither Hobert nor Erebus directly grabbed the Uniqueness, because neither of them had the confidence. Erebus's goal was to obtain a Sequence 1 Characteristic, while Hobert's goal was to prevent him from obtaining this Characteristic.

"Have you ever thought about a question?" Erebus, seeing his intentions repeatedly blocked by Hobert, suddenly asked with a smile: "Why were there 'High-Sequence' Beyonders of the 'Black Emperor' and 'Justiciar' pathways only in the Fourth Epoch?"

Hobert stared coldly at Erebus, seemingly not at all drawn to his question.

But in his heart, he thought: It seems that before the Fourth Epoch, there had never been ancient gods, subsidiary gods, or deities of these two pathways.

"When you have the chance, go ask the 'Son of Chaos'!" Erebus smiled and said, "The answer to this question is definitely beyond your imagination!

"You will know through what kind of pathway I am 'investing' in the bloodlines of Solomon and the Tamara family!

"Although Trunsoest is relatively cautious, you should know that your bloodline has also been affected by me.

"Although Omebella and Auernia joined forces to modify your bloodline, you will still be affected by me in the years to come! You will be polluted by me unknowingly."

Hobert knew this. From the information he obtained from the Sanguine, Auernia, the Night Emperor's queen, had discovered this. There was an unknown substance belonging to an Outer God in Trunsoest's blood.

He smiled slightly: "Do you think your corruption will be useful to me?"

"It's useless," Erebus said. "But I can activate the arrangements in your blood little by little. I will gradually exert influence on you, so that you will suddenly and briefly submit to me at critical moments."

Hobert frowned. He wasn't sure if this was a lie or the truth.

"Let's make a deal," Erebus smiled innocently. "As long as you step aside, I promise not to launch any attacks on you before you're Sequence 1!"

Hobert smiled: "Do I look like a fool to you?"

"Then I won't be polite!" Erebus stretched out his palm towards Hobert. Hobert's spirituality suddenly tensed up, and he was on guard with all his heart.

But Erebus waved his hand, and the Beyonder characteristic behind Hobert suddenly turned a corner, bypassing Hobert and flying towards Erebus.

Hobert smiled slightly and threw another piece of "Order Crystal" towards the Beyonder characteristic. He had been guarding against Erebus feinting to the east and attacking in the west.

As for the arrangements that Erebus said he had left in the Trunsoest family's bloodline, Hobert knew that there must be such a thing, but it must be difficult for Erebus to use those arrangements at present, otherwise he would have come to him long ago and used those arrangements to kill him.

The Beyonder characteristic of "Prince of Abolition" seemed to realize that the "Order Crystal" was about to imprison it, and it actually dodged by distorting space.

This doesn't mean that this Beyonder characteristic has intelligence. This is just the "instinctive" reaction of the Beyonder characteristic.

And the reason why the previous Beyonder characteristic of "Prince of Abolition" was captured in one go was thanks to Adam's arrangement.

But this characteristic is obviously not very "obedient".

Erebus immediately used "Distortion" to rush towards that Beyonder characteristic, and Hobert also rushed over immediately and drew out the rapier in the shape of a knight's sword, stabbing towards Erebus.

If Erebus didn't dodge, even if he got the Beyonder characteristic of "Prince of Abolition", his spirit body would be severely damaged, and it would be a severe damage that a demigod level could not "bestow".

Seeing that Erebus had no intention of dodging, Hobert put more strength into the sword he stabbed out, and at the same time, he grabbed towards Erebus, forming a "spiritual vortex" under his "Distortion", extracting a trace of Erebus's spirituality.

Dang~

Just as Hobert was about to stab Erebus, he was blocked by the thin-necked glass bottle that Erebus carried with him, and there was a crisp collision sound.

Then the glass bottle cracked, and a stream of mist sprayed towards Hobert.

Of course, Hobert was not afraid of these mists. He just dodged the mist spraying towards him and continued to rush towards the characteristic of "Prince of Abolition".

Almost in the blink of an eye, Hobert, Erebus, and the Beyonder characteristic of "Prince of Abolition" were suddenly shrouded in mist.

Hobert in the mist found that he had lost his way. He injected his spirituality into the "Order Crystal" he carried with him, and it did resonate with the surrounding mist.

When he used the "Order Crystal" to disperse the mist, Erebus and the characteristic of "Prince of Abolition" disappeared, leaving only a thin-necked glass bottle with a hole in it on the ground.

Hobert stared at the glass bottle while putting the spirituality he grabbed from Erebus into an ampoule and sealing it with a "spiritual wall".

The mist from the thin-necked glass bottle has always been Erebus's trump card, but now he used it to "exchange" for that Beyonder characteristic.

Hobert raised his head. At this time, the Uniqueness and a Sequence 1 characteristic were in the air.

William I's figure suddenly appeared not far from the Uniqueness. Just as He was about to reach out to grab it, Adam appeared beside Him: "I warned the Augustus family before, you only have one chance."

As he spoke, the Uniqueness and the characteristic of "Prince of Abolition" disappeared from everyone's sight.

If Adam had appeared immediately after George III's death, He would have been able to recover the Uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway and all Sequence 1 characteristics again.

But Adam prioritized seizing the "Groselle's Travels", missing the best time to recover them.

William I bowed slightly to Adam and disappeared from the air.

Adam turned to Hobert and came to Hobert in the next instant. He said in a very calm tone: "Hobert Jeffrey used the chaos caused by George III's failed advancement to successfully digest the potion and made all the preparations for advancement.

"Although there were some twists and turns in the advancement process, Hobert Jeffrey finally succeeded."

Hobert sincerely thanked him: "Thank you for your blessing."

Adam continued: "Erebus failed to become the 'Prince of Abolition'. Hobert will obtain another 'Prince of Abolition' characteristic soon after becoming the 'Duke of Entropy'. At the same time, because of Hobert's own characteristics, it will be easier for him to connect with the Uniqueness of the 'Black Emperor' pathway, which allows Hobert to finally successfully obtain the Uniqueness!"

Adam had only verbally agreed to help Hobert fight for the opportunity to obtain the Uniqueness before. This time, he directly used his ability to help Hobert strengthen his connection with the Uniqueness.

Hobert realized that if Erebus obtained the Uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway, it would be a disaster for Earth.

He asked: "Can't you just write Erebus to death?"

Adam showed a kind smile: "No."

Hobert asked again: "Can you let me successfully advance to 'Black Emperor' in the future?"

Adam said calmly: "Unless you can pledge allegiance to me."

Hobert was about to kneel down and swear allegiance immediately.

But Adam said unhurriedly: "Do you think I would believe the oath of a 'lawyer'?"

Hobert twitched the corner of his mouth: Who are you looking down on!

"Even without anyone's help, the development of the situation is becoming more and more favorable for you." As he spoke, Adam disappeared into the air.

Hobert was slightly stunned, feeling that Adam should have noticed something again.

He glanced at the sky. Now the Seven Gods may all be watching here. Since They did not take action to seize the Uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway, it means that they recognized Adam's story.

But now is not the time to consider these things. Hobert picked up the glass bottle discarded by Erebus, which is of great research value to him.

Then, he took Xio and Freya and left immediately.

On the other side, because of Erebus's departure, Tamara also found an opportunity to escape. Pallez did not pursue and disappeared into the air.

Almost in the blink of an eye, only a pile of ruins remained here, and the golden wheat faded away, becoming a monster, completely out of control, Celt.

The only thing that was still intact was the stone chair that George III had once sat on.

At this time, some blackened blood stains were left on the stone chair, as if showing George III's dirty rule.

Just as Hobert and the others had just left, "Balancer" Dlink arrived at the scene. At this time, Celt, who had turned into a monster, seemed to realize something and immediately fled the ruins.

With a wave of Dlink's hand, the monster's already almost crazy spirit suffered a violent attack, standing motionless in place.

Then the monster returned to "Balance". The mutated flesh and blood on its body quickly lost its vitality and fell to the ground. Finally, only a clearly deformed skeleton stood there, losing all vitality.

When Dlink made his move, Georgina and Grove arrived one after another.

Dlink pointed in the direction of the skeleton, and Celt's spirit body full of painful expressions appeared in front of them.

When the "Arbiter" reaches the angel level, they can also "interrogate" the dead. Even if the spirit body has dissipated and only a corpse remains, they can "interrogate" some clues.

After Dlink's "interrogation", they basically understood the battle that had just taken place in front of this mausoleum.

There was a Death pathway, probably a "Ferryman", who used a Sealed Artifact to defeat Celt.

But after Celt was wrapped in the "cocoon", what happened here is unknown.

Grove used the corresponding Sealed Artifact to try to collect useful information from the surroundings, but because Adam had been here, he destroyed most of the remaining information, and finally only obtained some disjointed, unreadable information.

At this time, William I suddenly appeared in front of everyone from the void. Without waiting for Georgina and Grove to salute, William I opened his mouth and said: "I have already gone to other mausoleums to 'inquire'.

"Now we are facing two problems. The first is that all the insiders who participated in the transformation of these mausoleums are dead except for a few demigods, and their spirituality has been forcibly dispersed. Through what channels did Philip I and the others know the specific location of the mausoleum?

"The second question is, the attackers of the seven mausoleums were logical and enemies we had previously anticipated. But what organization do the 'Ferryman' and 'Worm of Time' who attacked the two southern mausoleums come from? Or rather, who sent them?"

Everyone was silent, because they had no clue about these two questions. They had previously used every possible means to maintain Concealment, and there were almost no channels for leaks.

And the angel and the 'Ferryman' who suddenly appeared were even more strange. Judging from their actions, they must know each other and likely belong to a common organization.

But no one has ever heard of an organization that simultaneously possesses an angel of the Marauder Pathway and a demigod of the 'Death' pathway.

"Perhaps we can start from another direction," Dlink suddenly said. "Under the premise of the gods' tacit consent, there are not many forces and individuals who hope to prevent George from becoming a god.

"The Feynapotter Empire, the Feysac Kingdom, the Tarot Club, Bernadette, Trissy, and the 'Creator'. The first five forces and individuals have all participated in the war, only the 'Creator' has not taken action, which is very abnormal."

William I slowly nodded, glancing at Georgina.

Georgina understood: "I will go and test Hobert right away."

William I instructed: "Pray to me before seeing Hobert."

"Yes."

...

After Hobert sent Xio and Frye back, he immediately came to the 195th Division's garrison.

Archibald was smoking a cigar under a military awning. To make himself look more like Hobert himself, he even swiped two cigars specially supplied to the royal family.

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