Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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Klein had just taken advantage of the "Creator" fighting Amon to finally recover from Amon's ravings.

Fortunately, he was often subjected to the impact of ravings and became somewhat "resistant", otherwise he might have had to wander on the verge of losing control for a while.

The "Creator" temporarily blocked Amon, giving Klein a chance to enter the historical void. As long as he entered the historical void, even Amon's main body would have difficulty catching him.

But just as he stepped in with one foot, a hand suddenly stretched out from inside the historical void and pushed Klein.

Klein took a step back in surprise, and quickly reached into the void with his right hand to grab outwards. As he retracted his right hand, a simply dressed lady with bare feet appeared beside him, it was Ms. Arianna.

The lady's eyes were dazed for a moment, and then immediately regained their brilliance. She briefly looked at the surrounding situation and waved at Klein. Klein disappeared into the dark wilderness as if he had been erased by a rubber.

At this time, the hand from the historical void came out of the illusion, it was an Amon avatar. Amon's main body had once "stolen" a part of the historical void, which allowed this clone to appear briefly in the historical void.

Ms. Arianna waved at the Amon avatar, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed, causing him to fall to the ground. In the following period, he would be very unlucky, and it would even greatly reduce his combat effectiveness.

And Klein, who had entered a state of concealment, was about to enter the historical void again, but suddenly appeared in the real world again.

It turned out that three more of Amon's advanced avatars had arrived, and they "stole" that hidden space together, finally successfully stealing Klein from the hidden world back to the real world.

While using "Flame Jump" to escape, Klein reached out and pulled into the void again, but because the distance was constantly being stolen by Amon's avatars, he failed to run far even after "jumping" several times.

Fortunately, Ms. Arianna temporarily blocked the three Amon avatars, otherwise Klein's thoughts would have been constantly stolen.

Klein pulled two or three times, and finally pulled Mr. Azik with a cold face out of the historical void.

He asked this "Death Consul" to block Amon's avatars, while Klein himself tried to enter the historical void again.

At this time, the "Creator", who was using a sealed artifact to fight Amon, pointed at Klein, and he "magnified" the "luck" on Klein.

This caused several of Amon's avatars' "stealing" of Klein's thoughts to fail. Klein was very lucky to take this opportunity and successfully entered the historical void.

Because of the "Creator's" support for Klein, he didn't have time to stop Amon from stealing the "Creation Bracelet". This time Amon was prepared, he only "stole" this sealed artifact.

And the corruption target of the "Nation of Disorder" aura on the sealed artifact had an "error", it did not appear on Amon, but on a monster in the darkness.

Amon looked at the "Creation Bracelet" in his hand and said with a smile: "I said it looked familiar, this is a sealed artifact of the Solomon family, I will return it to them for you."

Hobert was also prepared for this situation, he immediately used the abilities of "Connection", "Exploit" and "Tampering" in succession! Let the negative effects of the Creation Bracelet become very large immediately.

First, he strengthened the Connection with the Creation Bracelet, and then "exploited" its negative effects.

Just as Amon was about to put away the bracelet, the space in front of him suddenly became illusory, and an ancient full-length mirror came out of the spirit world. In the dark, lightless "Forsaken Land of the Gods", the cosmos appeared in this mirror.

Amon frowned. He didn't dare to look directly at the cosmos, and quickly waved at the mirror, temporarily turning the mirror away.

Immediately afterwards, the space in front of Amon became illusory again, and a monster that looked like an elephant came out of it. The monster swung its long nose, and in the blink of an eye, it had entangled Amon.

The sudden appearance of these two monsters was due to one of the negative effects of the Creation Bracelet, but the "Creator" "tampered" with the negative effect of summoning a monster every 6 hours to summoning one every 6 seconds.

Moreover, the monsters summoned were not low-level, at least they dared to actively attack Amon.

Amon, who was entangled by the nose, immediately realized that the spirituality in his body was rapidly disappearing, and the "elephant" that had absorbed the spirituality was rapidly growing in size, and soon became as big as a small hill.

This made Amon somewhat surprised: "You, you are actually stealing my spirituality?"

So he waved at the hill-like "elephant", and the spirituality in the "elephant's" body instantly withered, turning from the size of a small hill to the size of a normal elephant, and it was as thin as firewood.

Amon had just broken free from the "elephant's" nose, and felt that his life force was being absorbed by the bracelet, which was also a negative effect of the bracelet.

Under the "Exploit" and "tampering" of the "Creator", this negative effect also became a means of attacking Amon.

Amon used the relevant loopholes to try to transfer the target of life absorption, but he soon discovered that the Creation Bracelet was absorbing life on a range.

Especially after Klein entered the historical void and Arianna also left, the range of life force absorption became very large, and the life force of his avatars was also rapidly losing.

At the same time, in addition to Amon's main body, the avatars had undergone certain mutations.

Amon tried many times to hide the Creation Bracelet, or steal all the negative effects, but because the "Creator" is still the owner of the Creation Bracelet, he easily "connected" with it again.

And re-started the "Exploit" and "magnify" its negative effects, even Amon could not guard against it.

This instead made Amon's advantage disappear little by little.

Seeing that the space in front of him became illusory again, and the third monster was about to be summoned, Amon simply threw the bracelet away: "Forget it, I'll return it to Solomon's descendants myself."

The "Creator" behind the black mask breathed a sigh of relief. If Amon did not give up the Creation Bracelet, he would have to prepare to give up this sealed artifact.

The "Creator" stretched out his hand, and the Creation Bracelet returned to his wrist again, and the image of the "Creator" also disappeared.

Amon glanced at the messy battlefield and suddenly smiled: "'The Fool' and 'The Creator' are very interesting."

He looked happy, without any frustration from the failed plan.

...

Hobert returned to the "Nation of Disorder", put down the Beyonder characteristics and sealed artifacts first, and "retracted" the two arms under his armpits with some pain.

After recovering slightly, Hobert began to carefully check the Creation Bracelet and the Box of the Great Old Ones. He found a secretly parasitic "Worm of Time" in the Creation Bracelet.

This "parasitism" was very clever, making good use of the Creation Bracelet to help the "Worm of Time" resist the purification of the "Nation of Disorder", and it was easy to be ignored.

Hobert even seemed to see the scene of this bracelet helping Amon open the sacrificial gate and letting Amon enter the "Nation of Disorder".

However, Hobert also knew that this conjecture was almost untenable, because Amon did not need the "Nation of Disorder", and everything in the "Nation of Disorder" was a huge corruption to him.

But if Hobert wore the Creation Bracelet in the real world, he would definitely be parasitized by this "Worm of Time". At that time, Amon's avatars would definitely appear in the shortest possible time and take him away.

At the moment, Hobert used the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to pull out the "Worm of Time" and kill it. He planned that in the future, unless he really needed the power of the bracelet, he would not use the Creation Bracelet in the real world, so as to prevent Amon from having any other arrangements in it.

Immediately afterwards, Hobert recalled the battle just now, feeling a little thrilling. If he hadn't destroyed Amon's plan at the beginning, and later Amon had "stolen" the Creation Bracelet, then the "Creator" would have been difficult to block Amon head-on.

Even if Hobert used the Beyonder characteristics of the "Nation of Disorder" or the "Prince of Abolition", he still only had the empty shell of an King of Angels.

Of course, this empty shell also played a significant role. If it was an ordinary angel, it would be impossible to resist Amon's "theft". With this empty shell, Hobert at least didn't have to worry about his thoughts being stolen.

In addition, some of the abilities Hobert used, such as "distortion", "tampering", and other abilities, were at the Sequence 1 level. If Amon hadn't been nosy and stolen the Creation Bracelet, Hobert would only have a few abilities that could attack him.

This battle gave Hobert a substantial understanding of the high-end combat power of this world, which strengthened his belief: run away as soon as you encounter an King of Angels before Sequence 1, and run away as soon as you encounter a True God before accommodating the Uniqueness!

Thinking of this, Hobert took a deep breath. Fortunately, he was about to advance to Sequence 2.

When he becomes an angel, he will have the ability to temporarily control the Uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway. The primary task is to seize the Uniqueness as soon as possible.

Coming out of the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert looked outside. It was already dawn. The battle just now made him a little tired, so he fell on the bed and slept for a while, and then checked out and left after 8 o'clock in the morning.

The streets were still filled with thick fog, and the figures and carriages in the distance looked very hazy.

Hobert was about to find a corner to use "Travel" to leave, when suddenly the voice of a newsboy broke the silence on the street: "Extra! Extra! The Intis Republic declares war on the Loen Kingdom!"

Hobert smiled slightly: What should come will come.

He stopped the newsboy, but couldn't find a copper penny in his wallet no matter how he searched, so he simply gave the newsboy a 2 soli banknote: "Keep the change."

The newsboy said happily: "Thank you, sir!"

Hobert smiled slightly, took the newspaper and came to a deserted corner, using "Travel" to return to the study of the Duke's mansion.

After arriving here, Hobert sat down at his desk and spread out the newspaper to read.

While reading the newspaper, Hobert estimated the current strength of the Loen Kingdom on the Western Front. Even though a large number of troops had been transferred to the east before, the strength of the Western Front should still be able to temporarily maintain the western defense line, after all, the Loen Kingdom had been operating on the Western Front for hundreds of years.

But it will be hard to say after a month or two. Once the central plateau area in the Loen territory is lost, Intis will be able to easily invade the Tucker Plain, which has no natural defenses.

At that time, the main grain-producing area of the Loen Kingdom will likely fall in a short period of time.

While Hobert was thinking about the current situation in the Northern Continent, Dophis opened the door and said: "Duke, you are finally back.

"Duke Christian came to see you yesterday afternoon, but unfortunately you were not at the Duke's mansion at that time."

Hobert was slightly taken aback: "What did father want me for?"

He got up and said: "Prepare the carriage for me, I will go to my father's mansion."

Although he could use the ability to "distort" space to go over, it would be too sudden, and it would seem very impolite if it wasn't an emergency.

Arriving at Christian's mansion, the father and son met in the living room.

As soon as he sat down, Christian went straight to the point: "Yesterday at noon, I met Earl Hall at a ball. We talked alone for a while. Earl Hall hopes that you and Audrey can hold an engagement ceremony this month."

Hobert was slightly stunned: "This is too fast, isn't it?"

Generally speaking, it takes at least half a year for nobles to announce their "love" to get engaged to show the reserved manner of the nobles.

Some, if they want to conduct further investigation, will even be spaced out two or three years, and at this time it has only been two or three months since Hobert and Audrey "announced their love".

But soon, Hobert realized: "It seems that Earl Hall got the news that Intis was going to declare war on Loen early yesterday morning."

Intis has declared war on Loen, and the Kingdom of Feynapotter's declaration of war on the Loen Kingdom is also a matter of time.

The Loen Kingdom is suffering from low morale among soldiers and citizens due to the recent sudden death of the king, and has a high probability of defeat under the attacks of the other three countries.

So some nobles are already seeking a way out for themselves. Earl Hall obviously intends to complete the binding with Hobert and the Southern Balam Duchy as soon as possible.

This way, even if Backlund is in danger, their family can rely on Hobert to continue living the life of nobles in the Southern Continent.

Hobert thought for a while: "No problem, you can set the specific engagement date."

Christian smiled and said: "I will go to Earl Hall to discuss it in a while. Well, we will hold a ball tomorrow night to announce the specific engagement date."

He paused and said: "Although the time is a bit tight, I think the nobles should be able to understand."

Hobert nodded, and then said: "Since there will be a ball tomorrow, then I will try to advance the day after tomorrow. I will have to ask you to be there to prevent anyone from making trouble."

Christian was somewhat surprised: "So fast, you, are you ready?"

As Rex's good friend, he certainly knows what advancing to Sequence 2 means for Hobert.

Hobert smiled helplessly: "I'm ready."

He knows that Erebus must also be looking for an opportunity to advance as soon as possible in order to find and seize the Uniqueness.

Christian took a deep breath and nodded: "I will definitely be there then."

Leaving Christian's place, Hobert returned to his study and asked the messenger to send a letter to his mother, April, telling her about his advancement.

More than twenty minutes after the letter was sent, April arrived at the Duke's mansion in Backlund, led by Allen, the butler of the South Colson Territory.

She was very worried and asked as soon as they met: "Child, are you really ready?"

Hobert first invited April to sit down, closed the door of the study, and then talked to her about his plan.

After listening to this plan, April was somewhat surprised. She sighed: "You have more resources to mobilize than your father did back then."

The probability of success of this plan is indeed not small.

"That," at the end of this conversation, Hobert said somewhat embarrassedly: "Mother, I may have to get engaged again recently."

April looked at her son and asked: "Which young lady did you deceive again?"

"Deceive? What deceive?" Hobert smiled helplessly: "Why say 'again'?"

...

While Christian and Earl Hall were busy with the engagement ball, Hobert was preparing for his advancement.

Inviting Christian and April to be there was to prevent enemies of the Tamara family at the demigod level from making trouble.

Then he invited the two angels, Beverly and Raymond, to help drive away Tamara and Pedi at that time.

(Hobert didn't know that Pedi had been killed by Erebus.)

After having the power to protect his advancement, Hobert sacrificed the "Blasphemy Card" of the "Error" pathway to Mr. Fool.

In fact, the "Creator" had just helped Klein, the " follower" of "The Fool", escape danger. In terms of equivalent exchange, Hobert didn't need to sacrifice anything. "The Fool" should also help him once to be fair.

But Hobert and "The Fool" both knew that only when "The Fool" got the "Error" card could "The Fool" help Hobert.

So the two were very tacit. One sacrificed, one received, and neither mentioned that the "Creator" had just helped Klein.

Hobert waited for a long time. Seeing that Klein did not refuse to provide assistance to him, he knew that "The Fool"'s experiment was going smoothly and would definitely be able to help him complete the "grafting" of bloodlines.

Hobert then took out the sealed artifact that was benchmarked against the "Spirit Warlock" and prayed to the Evernight Goddess for the power of "Concealment".

As for the preparation for the advancement ceremony, he also believed that it was very solid.

The Sequence 2 advancement ceremony is: to cause a chaos involving all social stratum in a large city, and use the unique and unprecedented new order proposed by the advancer to quell the chaos, drink the potion in the confusion and helplessness brought to people by this chaos, and in people's unwillingness to accept the new order.

At first, he planned to complete the corresponding ceremony by launching an electricity revolution.

But the previous struggle with the gas industry made Hobert realize that there was no need to wait for the electricity revolution to completely end, it had already completely reached and exceeded the requirements of the ceremony.

The current gentlemen of Backlund, from nobles to middle class to poor people, have completely accepted electric lights. The way the entire Backlund uses electricity for lighting has become the mainstream.

The gas industry was ruthlessly harvested by Hobert. Before, Hobert was so anxious to sell gas stoves in order to disgust Duke Negan and others, the representative figures of the previous interest groups in the gas industry.

Their unwillingness and vexation will definitely become the key to Hobert's advancement ceremony.

Everything is ready, now all that's left is to shape a body for Erebus to attract Trunsoest.

Because he has already obtained a trace of spirituality belonging to Erebus, Hobert plans to pray for power to the Earth Mother on the day of advancement, and report to her that he will advance that day.

If the Earth Mother is interested, she may also watch the advancement process. For Hobert, such watching may become a guarantee for himself.

After making all the preparations, Hobert relaxed for half a day, adjusted his state, and then went to the ball held at Christian's mansion.

This ball was still opened by Hobert and Audrey dancing the opening dance. The two people, who were not very high-profile in their clothes but were handsome and beautiful enough, danced gracefully in the dance floor while talking intimately.

Audrey looked at Hobert: "You seem to have something on your mind."

Hobert was slightly stunned: "Is it so obvious?"

Audrey raised her chin slightly: "I am already a 'Dreamwalker'!"

Since becoming a Sequence 5, Audrey's observation ability has been enhanced, and she can also use some of Hobert's expressions and body language to perceive some of his psychological activities.

Hobert had no choice but to say: "Tomorrow I will face a test, although I have made many preparations, I am still a little worried."

Audrey was slightly stunned, then somewhat angrily said: "What test? You only told me now!"

Hobert reached out and pinch Audrey's delicate nose, and smiled: "I didn't tell you before, first to avoid you worrying, and second because it's a secret."

Hobert's intimate action made many noble gentlemen suddenly lose their composure. They tried not to look in the direction of the stage.

In fact, Hobert didn't tell Audrey and Fors before, mainly because they couldn't help and would make them worry.

Audrey was indeed guided by Hobert's rhetoric, thinking that it involved confidential things.

So she didn't continue to ask, but asked: "What help can I provide for you?"

Hobert smiled and said: "I have made all the preparations."

Audrey nodded slowly, understanding that Hobert meant that she couldn't help.

This made Audrey a little depressed.

Although she didn't show it, Hobert probably guessed what she was thinking: "Actually, you have been helping me stabilize my state."

Audrey was slightly stunned: "How didn't I notice?"

Then she asked: "How am I helping you stabilize your state?"

"Love." Hobert smiled and said: "It's the love between us, Audrey.

"I think after you become a demigod, this love will definitely help you stabilize your state."

Audrey was somewhat embarrassed: "I didn't expect the feelings between Beyonders to have such an effect."

At this time, the music ended, the first dance was over, the two saluted the guests, and warm applause sounded again.

Christian announced at the appropriate time that Hobert and Audrey would hold an engagement ceremony on November 28, which indeed caused a discussion among the nobles, because the news was indeed a bit sudden.

But it is also understandable, after all, it is a time of war.

Next, Hobert and Audrey stepped off the stage and chatted with the people who came to the ball. This is a necessary part of the ball. Before, when participating in balls initiated by others, Hobert could rove around the edge of the ball and didn't have to socialize with other nobles.

Today is different. Hobert is one of the protagonists of the ball. He has to socialize even if he doesn't want to.

After socializing for a while, Hobert realized that these nobles were talking to him about the civil war in the Southern Balam Duchy. Their thoughts were very obvious, they wanted to use this matter to strike Hobert!

So Hobert smiled and said: "In my opinion, the civil war will end soon."

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