Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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Hobert had never worried about the civil war in the Duchy of Southern Balam.

Previously, it was because he needed a certain amount of chaos in the Duchy to digest the potion, but now that the potion was completely digested, the civil war could end.

With Hobert's current forces in Angers, he was fully capable of stopping the war.

However, after George III's death, he had more important things to do.

First of all, with Adam's help, Hobert had an excellent opportunity for advancement, so advancement was now the top priority.

Secondly, the fight for the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway was even more important than the civil war.

Although the gods had already tacitly agreed that the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway belonged to the "Creator" in order to deal with the outer god's avatar, Erebus,

Hobert was still uneasy because the uniqueness had not yet been secured.

Hobert would only have time to end the civil war after these two matters were resolved first.

However, the surrounding nobles, upon hearing Hobert's words, thought he was boasting and revealed playful smiles.

After all, from the current situation, it was difficult for Loen to provide any substantial assistance to the Duchy.

In their opinion, without the help of the Kingdom of Loen, the civil war in the Duchy of Southern Balam would be difficult to end in a short period of time.

So they began to talk to Hobert about the strength of the rebels, their meaning very clear: We know some information, don't try to fool us.

Audrey was about to tell them how powerful the Duchy of Southern Balam was, but Hobert stopped her with a look.

Hobert smiled and said, "There are still 10 days until our engagement, and I plan to give you a seaside villa built by the local warlords of Lanark Port as an engagement gift."

Lanark Port was the capital of the Milherbon State, a relatively wealthy part of the Duchy and the territory of the main force of the rebels.

Hobert's words were equivalent to saying that he was confident in completely ending the civil war within 10 days.

Upon hearing this, some of the nobles expressed disdain, some seemed to be reconsidering the situation in the Duchy of Southern Balam, and some did not quite understand Hobert's meaning due to limited information.

Audrey, of course, understood that Hobert had the strength to do so, and she smiled and said, "Okay, I was hoping to get a seaside villa."

With the two of them singing in harmony, the topic came to an end.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the ball ended in a relatively harmonious atmosphere. After seeing off all the guests, Hobert, Audrey, Earl Hall and others bid Christian farewell one after another.

At the time of parting, Audrey gave Hobert a deep look, somewhat worried about the test Hobert had mentioned.

Hobert smiled slightly, indicating that there was nothing to worry about.

Audrey was not comforted by Hobert's smile, but she also knew that worrying was useless in some matters.

After returning to the Earl's mansion, Hobert thought about it and still went to the Governor's mansion on Longtail Island.

At this time, the Northern Continent had entered winter, so Fors was now living almost every day on the tropical Longtail Island.

Fors was already asleep, and Hobert lay down next to her.

After a long while, Fors seemed to react, yawned, and asked, "Is there any bad news again?"

Otherwise, Hobert would have "woken" her up long ago.

Hobert smiled and said, "I came to tell you that I may be participating in a somewhat dangerous action tomorrow."

There was no reason to tell Audrey but not Fors.

Fors was now completely awake. When digging a grave for the king, Hobert had not used the word "dangerous" to describe it.

She saw Hobert's profile in the dim light: "Are you confident?"

"Somewhat confident," Hobert said.

Fors lay on Hobert: "Then you must overcome the danger. The Duchy of Southern Balam needs you, the people of Longtail Island need you, and I need you too,"

Hobert patted Fors on the back and smiled, "I will try my best to overcome it."

...

The next morning, Hobert got up early and concocted the "Duke of Entropy" potion in the study of the Governor's mansion.

The main ingredient came from the Beyonder characteristics of the "Mountain God" Megali, and the auxiliary Ingredients were inherited from Rex.

He finally checked his preparations and made sure that everything he could think of was prepared, before taking a wisp of Erebus's spirituality and coming to the South Colson Church.

The church had just opened its doors, and no believers had yet come to pray.

Hobert stepped into the church and said to the two acolytes, "I want to perform a secret ritual, please close the door first."

The acolytes were slightly stunned and closed the door according to Hobert's instructions. One of the acolytes immediately went to the backyard to report to Archbishop Simpson.

After hearing the report, Simpson's spirituality seemed to sense something and he quickly came to the chapel.

At this time, Hobert had come to the front of the altar and placed a glass bottle wrapped with a "wall of spirituality" on the altar, then seemed to bow his head in prayer.

Simpson quickly asked, "You, what ritual are you planning to perform? Do you need my help?"

Hobert glanced at Bishop Simpson and smiled, "Please ask the Earth Mother to shape a body for me."

Simpson opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. Hobert had talked to him about this before, and he had declined, saying that as long as one's faith in the Earth Mother was devout enough, the Earth Mother might be able to help.

What made Simpson helpless was: Didn't Hobert hear what I really meant?

Hobert said nothing more and continued to pray in a low voice to the Earth Mother.

Simpson was considering how to tell Hobert the truth when he suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the entire church was different.

Following his spirituality, Simpson looked at the emblem of life.

Then he belatedly realized: The Earth Mother was really watching here!

Simpson quickly lowered his head and prayed devoutly to the emblem of life, repenting.

Snap~

The ampoule in the altar was suddenly crushed by some force, and a wisp of illusory spirituality floated out. It quickly became solid and formed a body.

This body looked fifteen or sixteen years old, with a somewhat childish face, and was the avatar of the "Uncertain Mist", Erebus.

However, his eyes were tightly closed and he did not seem to have any consciousness, which was clearly different from a normal person. Only his fluctuating chest proved that he was alive.

Then the pressure from the emblem of life disappeared. Simpson glanced at the altar in shock. He was somewhat surprised why it was not Hobert's body?

Hobert put a prepared robe on Erebus's body, greeted Simpson, and carried Erebus's body away.

A few seconds later, Simpson reacted from the shock and quickly reported to the Pope in prayer.

On the other side, Hobert carried Erebus's body to the northern mountains.

This mountainous area was too remote and steep, and had always been an uninhabited area. The Skeleton Leader had been hiding here for more than ten years without anyone noticing.

After finding a quiet valley, Hobert put Erebus's body on a rock and was about to pray to the "Fool".

Suddenly, a somewhat familiar voice came from behind him: "I heard you are preparing to advance to Sequence 2?"

Hobert felt all the hairs on his body stand on end. He turned his head and saw Amon, wearing a Feynapotter-style formal suit and a monocle, sitting on a rock not far away, looking at him leisurely.

Hobert was about to recite the spell to summon the messenger, but Amon stole the thought with a wave of his hand.

Amon smiled and said, "Messenger? It seems your messenger is very powerful!"

Hobert reacted like a conditioned reflex, without any thoughts appearing, his spirituality was injected into the "Crystal of Order".

This was the plan Hobert had researched to deal with Amon's avatar.

At the moment when spirituality was injected into the "Crystal of Order", a black barrier appeared. Amon tried to steal Hobert's thoughts several times, but failed again.

Hobert first breathed a sigh of relief. The one in front of him was Amon's avatar. If it was Amon's main body, there was a high probability that He could even steal the barrier produced by the "Crystal of Order".

With the cover of the black barrier, Hobert recited the word "messenger" in ancient Hermes.

The space around him immediately became illusory. A classical and heavy coffin floated out of the spirit world. The coffin lid opened, and Beverly, wearing a classical long dress, with a very pale face, with a playful look in her beauty, smiled and said, "It's Amon's avatar again!"

She asked the avatar in front of her, "What are you doing here?"

That Amon avatar was slightly surprised: "Beverly! You, have you found a chance to resurrect?"

"Oh?" Beverly smiled with a playful expression: "It seems you are a more important avatar of Amon, you know a lot of things."

The surprise on Amon's avatar's face gradually disappeared. He ignored Beverly's words, but said with a very relaxed expression: "You guys do your thing, I'm just here to watch the fun today."

After saying this, Amon's avatar disappeared from the rock in front of him and appeared on the top of the mountain in the blink of an eye. He waved his hand and stole a small rock, and a stone chair was formed on the mountain.

Amon's avatar sat on the stone chair, really looking like he was watching a play.

Hobert, behind Beverly, was very strange: Where did Amon's avatar get the news that he was going to advance?

Beverly said to Hobert, "You continue."

Perhaps seeing that Hobert was a little worried, Beverly explained: "He really has no desire to fight."

Hobert nodded and chose to believe the messenger, after all, she knew Amon very well... uh, she knew him fairly well.

Hobert took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and continued to pray to the "Fool".

Although Hobert's plan had an accident from the beginning, he still planned to continue to advance. After all, if he waited for other opportunities, other accidents might occur.

Klein above the gray fog was also in place in advance, and immediately responded after hearing Hobert's prayer.

When he saw Amon's avatar in the distance, he was also slightly stunned, but seeing that Beverly was ready to confront Amon at any time, Klein withdrew his attention.

Holding the "Blasphemy Card" of the "Error" pathway, the gray fog in the Sefirah Castle immediately rolled like boiling water and condensed around Klein.

At this time, Klein could leverage more power above the gray fog, and like the "Creator", he had a higher status than his actual sequence by two levels.

He waved slightly, and the surging power was transmitted to the real world through the stars representing Hobert.

Hobert suddenly felt as if something had been stripped from his body, and both his body and spirit were unprecedentedly relaxed.

But at the same time, Hobert also felt that the real world seemed to be rejecting him.

Without blood, he was equivalent to becoming a person without "origin", but fortunately, the past twenty years of life were the best "proof" that he had existed, so he was only subject to a certain degree of rejection and would not be too affected for the time being.

"Oh!" Amon's avatar, who was watching the play on the top of the mountain, suddenly exclaimed and smiled, "Things are really getting more and more interesting."

At this time, Erebus, lying on the rock, also had some changes, as if there were some micro-expressions, becoming more like a normal human being.

The next second, he suddenly got up, still with his eyes closed, and ran towards the mountain opposite Amon's avatar.

This body only had blood, it must not be able to move freely.

Hobert's spirituality sensed something and looked towards the top of the mountain.

From behind a big tree on the top of the mountain, Erebus walked out unhurriedly, and he was still holding a thin-necked glass bottle in his hand.

But Hobert immediately reacted. According to "Devil Monarch" Farbauti, the "Uncertain Mist" had descended into the real world three times, and it seemed that they all existed in the form of this thin-necked glass bottle.

Of those three powers, one power was used for Erebus's birth, and one was pierced by a rapier not long ago when competing with Hobert for Beyonder characteristics.

Then the one in Erebus's hand now was the third power that had descended before.

Hobert remembered that this thin-necked glass bottle seemed to have been found from a fourth epoch relic after a period of time, but now it seemed that Erebus had used it.

At this time, the mist in the thin-necked glass bottle flickered with seven colors, obviously Erebus was using its power.

The Erebus body that Hobert had just shaped was suddenly running towards the main body because it was affected by the main body and the thin-necked glass bottle.

Beverly was about to use the ability of "distortion" to bring Erebus's body back, but Amon's avatar suddenly stood up and waved to Erebus, and the thin-necked glass bottle instantly appeared in his hand.

He smiled at Erebus: "I'll take it back and play with it for two days, and return it to you after a while."

While speaking, Amon's avatar was about to leave immediately. He had to send this glass bottle to the main body as soon as possible, otherwise it would be easily affected by the mist in the bottle.

But Tamara suddenly drilled out of the space in front of him to take back the glass bottle.

Beverly shouted from the valley: "If you want to leave, I will deal with you together with Tamara.

If you help me entangle Tamara, you can leave with the bottle with confidence after the battle."

Amon's avatar frowned: "What a troublesome woman."

Although he complained, he immediately waved his hand and stole Tamara's "imprisonment": "Tamara, long time no see, you have become more like a wax figure.

"Hehe, I told you a long time ago, this is the end of believing in outer gods, you might as well just believe in me!"

Although Amon's avatar kept talking, his hands didn't slow down at all. He first returned "Imprisonment" to Tamara, "imprisoning" Tamara in place. Almost simultaneously, he stole the "Deprivation" that Tamara had just used.

He "Deceived" Tamara in a smooth and flowing manner, causing an error in Tamara's "Balance" target. As a result, Amon's avatar was not affected by Tamara's attack.

In the valley, Beverly also seemed to have a premonition that Hobert's advancement today might have some twists and turns, so she planted the "Order Wood" in the valley and summoned Raymond.

The two angels recovered to their peak state one after another, ready to join the battle at any time.

On the other side of the valley, on the top of the mountain, after Erebus lost the thin-necked glass bottle, a hazy door suddenly appeared behind him. The door, which was covered in complex occult symbols, opened, and a hand reached out and grabbed his shoulders.

Immediately afterward, a humanoid figure flashed past at an extremely fast speed, extending its sharp claws and tearing a deep, bone-deep wound in Erebus's chest.

April stopped not far from Erebus, shaking the blood off her long nails: "I heard that you stole the Beyonder characteristics that belonged to my son?"

Erebus smiled bitterly. He didn't answer April's question, and immediately shouted into the valley, "How long are you planning to wait? If Hobert successfully advances to become an angel, your organization can just wait for its demise!"

As if in response to his shout, the space in the valley suddenly became illusory, and a very magical-looking mirror appeared at the same time.

From the illusion, a middle-aged man in a wizard's robe in the style of the Southern Continent walked out.

And an old man whose eyes were full of malice and exuded an evil aura. He leaned on a long leg bone and a crutch made of a skull, and his legs and feet seemed not very flexible.

Hobert's eyes narrowed. These were the "Rose School's" angels Barana and Kleist. Hobert had seen them before in the extraordinary war between the "Rose School" and the Balk family.

And a woman who conformed to all aesthetic characteristics, making men and women infatuated with her appearance and figure, appeared in the magical mirror. It was Sherry, the only "Demoness of Catastrophe" in the "Demoness Sect" who was still normal.

At this time, Hobert also understood that Erebus must have noticed that he was preparing to advance today through the connection in the blood of the Trunsoest family, so he notified all his enemies of this news.

However, Amon's avatar, who didn't play by the rules, was here mainly to watch the excitement and steal Erebus's glass bottle.

Not only did he fail to become Erebus's helper, but under Beverly's "persuasion," he became Tamara's opponent.

The angel battle in the valley broke out instantly. Barana, the angel of the "Rose School," issued a vicious "Curse" to Hobert, but this curse was "Distorted" by Beverly. A rock was cursed and immediately turned into a hen without any consciousness.

Raymond shot several "Blazing White Spears," which exploded in front of the two "Rose School" angels. Beverly tacitly "Magnified" the effect of the explosion, shaking the valley violently for a time.

Barana and Kleist didn't take the attack of the "Blazing White Spear" seriously at first, because they were no longer afraid of physical attacks.

After the explosion formed, the two people's spirituality sensed danger and immediately fled in different directions.

It turned out that Raymond had hidden the flame that could burn "Essence" in the "Blazing White Spear." After being "Magnified," even targets at the angel level would be injured if they were corrupted by such an attack.

And Sherry had been wandering on the edge of the battlefield since she appeared, without taking the initiative to attack.

Therefore, Christian, who was holding the "Box of the Great Old Ones," was also on the edge of the battlefield, without joining the battle group, and without taking the initiative to attack Sherry.

During this period, Hobert was not idle either. He used his ability to "Distort" space to grab Erebus's body, which was running towards his main body, again.

Then, injecting spirituality into the corresponding sealed artifact, he entered the "Concealed World" under the cover of Beverly and the others.

Even though the battle outside gradually intensified, the "Hidden World" was not greatly affected. It was very quiet inside, and no one came to disturb Hobert.

Throwing Erebus's body aside, Hobert quickly took out the potion he had prepared in the morning.

The potion was contained in a glass bottle, which was sealed by a layer of "Order Crystal" to prevent the potion from affecting the surroundings.

Hobert opened the "Order Crystal" and saw the liquid inside, which looked like high-proof white wine. The potion formed a small vortex every few seconds.

It looked very gentle, even a little illusory.

Taking a deep breath, Hobert seized the time to take the potion. When the glass bottle was put to his mouth, his spirituality immediately reminded him that what he was about to drink was very dangerous.

Hobert smiled helplessly. Taking a potion at this level was almost like suicide by poison.

The next second, he drank the potion in one gulp.

Hobert didn't feel anything substantial in his mouth, as if he had swallowed a breath of gas, but his esophagus and stomach gave back very cold sensations.

Suddenly, Hobert's legs seemed to be in an icy river, and his whole body seemed to lose all heat instantly.

His vision changed drastically in an instant. The surroundings suddenly darkened, and all the scenery turned into dense geometric bodies such as black cuboids, cubes, and cylinders.

Among these geometric bodies, there were also many three-dimensional digital models, like a large art exhibition site.

Hobert's consciousness became a little chaotic, and questions appeared in his mind one after another. Why is the number 1 1, and not something else? Why is a cube called a cube, and not something else?

These questions became more and more numerous. Why is there gravity in the universe? Why are there the three laws of motion? Why are there the three laws of Beyonder characteristics?

Why is the entropy value constantly increasing? Why does the universe have a beginning and an end? Why is there time?

The questions caused Hobert's brain to operate at high speed, causing him to tremble all over.

These questions made Hobert become more and more transparent, as if he was about to merge with the surrounding air.

Just as Hobert was about to completely lose himself and disappear completely, a cosmos suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Hobert stared at the stars in a daze. Suddenly, he realized that they were not stars, but the lights of Backlund at night.

Overlooking the metropolis from mid-air, the lights illuminated buildings one after another against the dark background, making the night very bright.

Hobert's eyes were also filled with soft light. He saw Duke Negan, his face full of shame and unwillingness, smashing a delicate piece of porcelain hard on the ground.

He saw that because of the emergence of gas stoves, many original shareholders of gas companies climbed to the top of high-rise buildings. Their faces were full of unwillingness and annoyance. They wandered on the roof, wanting to jump down to end all the mental torture, but after walking to the edge, they came back again, as if they were re-gathering courage.

He saw nobles who had learned about Hobert's engagement to Audrey cursing Hobert loudly behind their backs, hoping that he would die in the civil war of the duchy before the engagement, but after cursing, only unwillingness and a face full of helplessness remained.

Hobert?

Who is he?

Oh!

Hobert grinned: I am the scoundrel who is going to be engaged to "Backlund's most dazzling jewel," I am the bastard who pitted the gas industry twice, I, am Hobert!

At this time, Hobert completely regained his self and reason. He figured out the previous questions: "The reason why 1 is 1 is because people have given it a mathematical concept."

"The reason why a square is a square is because the human world has given a unified meaning to an abstract figure."

"The reason why there are the three laws of motion is because humans have summarized the laws by observing the universe."

"These abstract things are meanings given by humans, but humans don't know what their essence is, they only know their appearance."

"Just like time, people can only see the changes of the four seasons, see the ticking of the clock, see people getting old, but these are all the appearances of time, not the essence of time."

"The so-called 'distorting' and 'tampering' are to temporarily make some changes to all laws and concepts in essence, so that the appearance changes. Formulating a new order out of disorder."

Taking a deep breath, Hobert completely regained himself, and his consciousness returned to the "Concealed World." At this moment, he had completed his advancement and become a "Duke of Entropy."

Hobert looked at his hands and felt the tremendous changes that had taken place in him.

First of all, he, no, now it is He.

He felt that he could see the essence of all things, and then change the laws or rules of these essences.

Of course, the premise is that the level is high enough. If it is an attack of a god, because the god also mobilizes the power belonging to the essence, so even if he can understand it, it is difficult to change it.

Another intuitive feeling Hobert had was that he could disassemble all the structures he saw, including the human body.

Theoretically speaking, given enough time, He could disassemble the human body into countless cells.

Hobert realized that this should be the core ability of the "Duke of Entropy," after all, "entropy increase" is a process from order to disorder, and also a process of "overflow."

This is an ability to essentially destroy and change the target, and it is a manifestation of the core authority of the "Black Emperor" pathway.

Hobert also felt the changes in his main abilities, and almost all of them had undergone qualitative changes. "Distorting" can now twist the concept itself, such as twisting "existence" into "non-existence," and twisting "light" into "darkness."

"Tampering" can also "tamper" with the concept itself, such as tampering a square into a circle, and tampering a liquid into a solid.

As for the "tampering" of the physical level, it is even more meticulous. Hobert felt that he could perform atomic-level operations, and even hand-craft a nuclear bomb.

It just takes a period of preparation time, which is not very practical in battle.

At the same time, because Hobert recovered all his memories before crossing over, He has the concept of the four natural forces. After becoming the "Duke of Entropy," He can perform some preliminary operations on the four natural forces.

This is absolutely incomparable to other Beyonders on the "Black Emperor" pathway.

For example, He can use the strong interaction force to create a shield with molecules closely arranged together. It will be harder than any object in nature. Such a shield is only theoretical in the physical world. Hobert didn't expect that one day he could try to hand-craft one with Beyonder abilities.

As for another more core "Disorder" ability, in addition to being able to use the principle of "entropy increase" to carry out essential destruction, it can also produce attacks on the conceptual essence of the target.

For example, causing the positions of the target's brain and liver to be chaotic. Targets at the angel level may still have certain ways to avoid it, while Beyonders below the angel level will basically die in a strange posture.

The two abilities of "Exploit" and "Magnifying" have also undergone essential changes.

Not only can it extend and shorten the duration of the target's ability, but it can also "Exploit" the Beyonder abilities used by the enemy, as well as the abilities and negative effects of the sealed artifacts carried by the target.

For example, if the target uses the ability of "Imprisonment," they can "Exploit" this ability to "Imprison" the target's teammates, or the target themselves.

To put it bluntly, it is to use the abilities used by the enemy as one's own abilities, and use the enemy's sealed artifacts as one's own sealed artifacts, without having to bear the negative effects oneself.

"Magnifying" can also perform essential operations. This is very similar to some of the abilities of the "Arbiter" pathway, such as "Magnifying" the power of the real world in an area, then it is not impossible for ordinary people to tear apart "low-sequence" Beyonders with their bare hands.

The ability of "Bestow" has also become abstract, and can "Bestow" the enemy's hostility towards oneself to the enemy's companions, so that they can happily watch the two people kill each other.

The "Bribe" ability, which Hobert possessed in Sequence 7, has undergone a huge change after this advancement, and can "Bribe" the laws of nature.

For example, "Bribing" a bucket of clear water into the sky, and soon a heavy rain will be ushered in.

It's just that this ability is a bit useless in actual combat, and it is more suitable for use when being a swindler.

And "Weakening," which Hobert previously regarded as a useless ability, has once again become a very practical ability.

The reason why Hobert felt that this ability was not easy to use before was because it was a negative state. In the battle between demigods, the speed of the fight was very fast. It would be a waste of time to add this negative state to the target, and almost all targets of the same level could avoid it to a certain extent.

But now the attack power of this ability is very high, and it can weaken the level of all the enemy's abilities within three seconds. For example, all the abilities used by a Sequence 2 target in these three seconds are at the Sequence 3 level.

Unfortunately, what is "Weakened" is the ability, not the sequence. The target's level is still there, but in these three seconds, Hobert can ignore all the target's attacks.

At the same time, he can also add negative states to the enemy by the way. Even after three seconds, he can still continue to "Weaken" the target's ability, but it is to make the enemy's ability weaker, without changing the level.

The last ability that has undergone a qualitative change is "Connection." Things that are not associated can create associations. For example, associating the target with a Lunatic may make the target become crazy.

Establishing an Connection between an ordinary person and a Beyonder, that ordinary person can briefly use some Beyonder abilities.

The remaining mental attacks were more like abilities targeting ordinary people on a large scale. For example, "Charm" became "Incitement."

Within a twenty-kilometer radius, up to twenty thousand civilians could be influenced by Hobert to willingly do things that aligned with his desires.

"Arrogance" transformed into madness, capable of driving up to twenty thousand civilians within a twenty-kilometer radius to lose their reason, viewing Hobert's words as truth and the meaning of their existence.

Of course, these two abilities could also be used against individual enemies of the same level, but the effect would only be magnified without a qualitative change.

After quickly understanding his current abilities, Hobert carried Erebus's body and left the "Hidden World."

The moment he left, Erebus's body opened its eyes.

...

Meanwhile, in the "Nation of Disorder," Hobert's seal on Trunsoest had been moved ahead of schedule from the pool at the foot of the mountain to in front of the sacrificial gate, and the sacrificial gate had even opened a crack.

Trunsoest felt the immense suction from the sacrificial gate. He glanced at the Iron Throne, sighed, and was involuntarily drawn into the real world.

Clang~

The sacrificial gate immediately closed.

At this moment, on the Southern Continent, a member of the Balk family was in poor condition because of whispers in his ear. After praying to the "Creator" without response, Lawrence and others came to help him resist the mutations caused by madness and whispers.

Suddenly, the whispers in the family member's ear disappeared. He thought he had lost control and was hallucinating.

But seeing the incredulous expressions of the clan leader and others, he knew things were not so simple.

Lawrence and the others also felt the pressure on their spirits and souls disappear, replaced by an unprecedented clarity.

In the "Nonexistent Town," some of the insane Balk family members had basically returned to normal, feeling that their previously muddled, insane lives were just a dream.

Many shed tears of regret. They were teenagers when they went mad, and now they were gray-haired, in the twilight of their lives.

...

Trunsoest's consciousness, hidden within his descendants' bloodline, gathered together and rushed towards Hobert.

However, the instant it entered Hobert's body, it uncontrollably veered and crashed into Erebus's body.

Because Hobert's current bloodline was on Erebus's body, and Erebus's influence on Trunsoest—or rather, the "Uncertain Mist's" influence on Trunsoest—created a very strong attraction between them.

Therefore, Trunsoest uncontrollably plunged into Erebus's body.

Almost instantly, the entire Trunsoest was resurrected in this body.

He looked at his hands and suddenly smiled: "Success!"

Hobert also smiled: "Success!"

All the plans had succeeded. He had now completed his advancement and successfully tricked Trunsoest into the manufactured body.

Trunsoest had completed the resurrection process, and the family's curse had finally disappeared.

Hobert immediately raised a finger, "tampered with" the air at his fingertip to be extremely sharp, forming an air sword, ready to cut Trunsoest's head off the body's neck.

After all, the newly resurrected "Night Emperor," before his Sequence returns, was no different from an ordinary person.

Meanwhile, Erebus, who was entangled with April on the mountaintop, suddenly took out the Beyonder characteristic of "Duke of Entropy" and swallowed it.

Then, he reached out to Hobert and "altered" Hobert's "alteration" of the air, causing Hobert's attack to miss.

April exclaimed in surprise: "Careful!"

At this moment, Erebus instantly possessed the level of an angel!

Erebus then "distorted" Trunsoest, who was next to Hobert, sending Him to the edge of the battlefield.

Hobert frowned and looked at Erebus.

Erebus, with a distorted expression, sneered: "Didn't expect it, did you? I can use my Sequence to forcibly suppress the distortion and madness generated by advancing to an angel."

The price was that this body became abnormally distorted, making it impossible to continue advancing.

But Erebus knew he had to do this, because after Hobert killed Trunsoest, he would definitely use his Sequence superiority to kill him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Trunsoest waved his hand slightly, and instantly the space around Him became illusory.

...

At this moment, on the Amantha Pass battlefield, the "Trunsoest Brass Book" in the hands of Archbishop Larrion of the God of Combat Church suddenly became very restless. He immediately prayed to the God of Combat, using the divine pressure to stabilize this Sealed Artifact.

Larrion frowned, wondering why this Sealed Artifact had suddenly become so uneasy.

At the same time, William I in the Oak Island Palace and Philip I in the royal manor on the outskirts of Feynapotter City both felt the Beyonder characteristics in their bodies were very unstable!

Fortunately, they had completely digested their potions long ago, and this instability was fleeting.

In the west of the Northern Continent, in Trier, the capital of the Intis Republic, the Archbishop of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church's Covenant Cathedral suddenly noticed a powerful force that caused one of the Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts in the underground to break free from its seal.

Before he could rush to strengthen the seal, the Sealed Artifact had broken through the surface, like a hurricane, blowing several praying believers into the air.

Finally, the Sealed Artifact pierced the top of the church and disappeared.

The Archbishop caught the falling believers one after another and immediately reported the matter to the angels at headquarters through prayer.

The angel quickly responded: "Repair the church and appease the believers."

The Archbishop was slightly stunned, but quickly understood the headquarters' meaning: Ignore that Sealed Artifact.

...

In an unnamed valley in northern South Colson, a gavel, shaped like those used in courtrooms, appeared in front of Trunsoest.

The gavel was clearly a Sealed Artifact corresponding to Sequence 1 "Hand of Order" of the "Arbiter" pathway.

Hobert immediately realized that Trunsoest's resurrection plan was not just as simple as His descendants becoming angels, fusing with divinity, and awakening in His descendants' bodies.

After His resurrection, He should be able to summon the Uniqueness of the "Justiciar" pathway and the Beyonder characteristics of "Hand of Order" to restore Himself to His peak state in the shortest possible time.

Of course, also without the corruption of the "Uncertain Mist."

This was also why Trunsoest explained His plan to Hobert, advised Hobert on His advancement, and patiently answered all of Hobert's questions.

Because He only told Hobert part of His plan, because as long as Hobert became the "Duke of Entropy," it would be equivalent to starting His resurrection process.

Even if Hobert knew all of Trunsoest's plans, he would have to proceed according to Trunsoest's plan.

Under external pressure, Hobert could not avoid advancing to an angel forever.

Regardless of whether He resurrected in Hobert's body, Trunsoest's goal would be achieved.

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