Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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On the battlefield of the decisive battle, as the "Creator" fought the "Abomination," Rockville City also faced the enemy's second general offensive.

This time, Awatoma personally led the team, and hundreds of fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky, falling down. The sky was already almost dark, but these fireballs illuminated it again.

Also illuminated were the desperate expressions of the official Beyonders of South Balam.

These huge fireballs, like meteorites, made a "whooshing" sound, which was beyond the ability of their level to stop.

Lawrence put on that Grade 0 Sealed Artifact again, his spirit body already damaged from wearing the Sealed Artifact for a long time.

However, he had to continue fighting.

"Exile!" More than half of the fireballs in mid-air were instantly pushed into illusion, but dozens of fireballs still landed, turning the entire Rockville City into ruins!

Fortunately, most of the city's residents had fled in the morning, otherwise this would have been a massacre-like attack.

The enemy's demigods led the Beyonders to attack, and fierce battles unfolded in the ruins.

Both sides of the battle remembered that this ruin was once the location of the Governor's Mansion. The allied forces of the Feynapotter Empire and the Intis Republic knew very well that capturing this place was equivalent to capturing Crowlier City.

The official Beyonders of South Balam didn't know why they were still guarding this ruin, but they were unwilling to retreat, not even a step.

Their hearts seemed to have a voice saying: Hold on, as long as you hold on until the morning sun shines here, you will usher in hope and victory.

Just as Awatoma was about to join the battle, a mysterious castle sitting on seven-colored brilliance suddenly appeared in mid-air. On a high-backed stone chair in the castle sat a majestic and mysterious figure.

Awatoma immediately felt the opponent's extremely high status, which made Him suspect whether the one in mid-air was the "Creator"?

However, it was somewhat different from the description of the "Creator" in the intelligence.

But if it wasn't the "Creator," where did the other party invite help from?

Awatoma hesitated whether to take action, and at the same time He sighed: It's just a small Rockville City, why is it so difficult to conquer?

The "Fool" in mid-air, based on the principle of "I won't act if the enemy doesn't act," held the "Death" card and the "Error" card in readiness, because with the "Error" card in hand, Klein in the Sefirah Castle was completely confident in blocking a "Weather Warlock."

"Look over there!" Suddenly a member of the Balk family pointed to the horizon!

Just now, the last ray of light disappeared, and the sky was completely dark.

But in the next second, the horizon seemed to light up again.

Both sides stopped fighting, because the horizon was getting brighter and brighter, as if it was already dawn.

Many Beyonders couldn't help but take out their pocket watches to check the time.

"Withdraw!" Awatoma's pupils shrank: "Withdraw quickly!"

But He immediately realized that no one seemed to hear His voice, and the Beyonders on His side were still staring at the horizon.

Awatoma suddenly looked at the mysterious figure in the sky. The majestic figure stretched out a hand towards Him, it was Him who stole His voice.

This "Weather Warlock" didn't hesitate and turned around to run.

Of course, Klein couldn't let Him leave so easily. He pointed at Awatoma, and this "Weather Warlock" immediately became very illusory.

Above the "Gray Fog," Klein couldn't use abilities related to the "spirit body threads," but fortunately, with the "Blasphemy Card" of the "Error" pathway, he could mobilize some of the authority of the "Fool" and "Error" pathways above the "Gray Fog."

He grafted Awatoma to the historical void, temporarily trapping Him in the historical void, and at the same time making His main body look like a historical projection.

At this time, other people's attacks had no effect on Awatoma, after all, this was just a projection, and Awatoma's consciousness also briefly left the main body and entered the historical void, unable to leave here in a short time.

At this time, Klein was a bit like Hobert before advancing to Sequence 2, but it was difficult to directly harm a true angel, but it was relatively easy to hold back an angel.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sunlight shone on Crowlier City, making it look like an ancient ruin with only stone piles left.

Elliot's eyes flashed with brilliance: "The morning sun, it's the morning sun!"

The members who had prayed to the "Creator" all came back to their senses: "The 'Creator' is here!"

"Praise the 'Creator'!"

"Long live the 'Creator'!"

"Victory belongs to us!"

The "Temperance School" members who had not prayed to the "Creator," although they didn't know what was going on, they also knew that the decisive battle of the South Balam Civil War was over, and the "Creator" was rushing to support them.

In an uproar, the teleportation array opened again, and Marva led a large team to support them!

Without any orders, the counterattack began at this moment.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and a "sun" was rapidly approaching.

It was dark just now, but now it was illuminated by light.

The old dark age was over, and a new age of light was coming to earth.

When the image of the "Creator" driving a chariot appeared in people's eyes, the morale of the South Balam Duchy reached an unprecedented climax.

It was not a god who came to support them in the morning sun, but a god who brought the morning sun to support them!

When Awatoma finally broke free from the historical void and His consciousness returned to the real world, He suddenly felt that He was in the midday sun.

This gave Him the illusion that He had not yet returned to the real world. Then, screams entered His ears, and He completely came back to His senses, seeing dozens of "Unshadowed Spears" shooting down from the sky and exploding, many of His subordinates were burned to ashes.

He saw the holy god driving a golden chariot, suddenly holding a silver-black box in His hand. The box opened, and more than twenty Beyonders who were running away disappeared.

He saw the god on the golden chariot chase after them, holding a porcelain doll in His hand. The Beyonders coughed violently, and many Beyonders with low sequences died of illness on the spot.

The fleeing Beyonders obviously slowed down, and people kept falling down, killed by the official Beyonders of South Balam who caught up from behind.

In Awatoma's view, this god was not here to fight, but to slaughter.

At the same time, He came back to His senses, His thoughts had been stolen by the mysterious figure in mid-air, so He had this feeling of being unable to react for a while.

Awatoma's whole body was covered with flames. These flames blocked the "stolen" thoughts and allowed Him to rush towards the Feysac and Intis Beyonders at an extremely fast speed.

Whoosh~

Most of the mystical viruses were burned out by the fire. This "Weather Warlock" used flames to open up an escape route for His subordinates.

However, the "Creator" and the "Fool," led the official Beyonders to chase after them immediately. The two gods were responsible for dealing with Awatoma, and the official Beyonders launched a targeted hunt for the deserters.

However, Hobert did not intend to kill this angel of the Feynapotter Empire, because His existence would always put enough pressure on the Loen royal family, which would be beneficial for Hobert to seize benefits.

In addition, this civil war made Hobert realize that His enemies were coming together.

This was a result He was very unwilling to see, and He had to consider the issue of hitting a batch and letting go of a batch, and delineating the enemies to be resolved first.

The "Rose School" and the Demoness Sect were already mortal enemies, and there was no possibility of negotiation, but there was still room for negotiation with the Feynapotter Empire, but the premise was that Awatoma did not die here tonight.

Based on the above considerations, Hobert did not send an angel-level "tool man" to block Awatoma.

This chase lasted for dozens of kilometers. Just when more than half of the fleeing Beyonders were killed or injured, and Awatoma was also injured, a huge wall of fire appeared in front of the official Beyonders.

Alexei Einhorn, wearing traditional Feynapotter Empire clothing and with a meticulously groomed golden beard, walked out of the wall of fire. [Note]

This "Conqueror" held a blood-red knight's sword in his hand and stabbed at the "Creator." The "Creator" blocked it with the "Sun Scepter."

However, the "Creator's" chest was still stabbed, but a black crystal appeared where He was stabbed, blocking the blood-red knight's sword from harming the "Creator."

As long as Alexei's sword was stabbed out, no matter what direction it was stabbed in, whether it was blocked or not, it would stab the "Creator's" vitals.

It's just that the "Creator" had the protection of the "Nation of Disorder," and failed to cause substantial damage to Him.

But the appearance of this "Conqueror" made the "Creator" and the "Fool" stop chasing. They both had some self-awareness. The "Creator" could not use the Uniqueness for the time being, and the "Fool" was still an empty shell.

If they joined forces, they would definitely be able to defeat a Sequence 1 in good condition, but it would be almost impossible to kill Him, and it would be easy to expose the true strength of these two "gods."

Alexei thought that they were not chasing anymore, it was to leave room for both sides.

So this first emperor of the Feynapotter Empire bowed slightly to the "Creator" and the "Fool." Behind Him, flames burned straight into the sky.

The high temperature of the flames forced the chasing South Balam Beyonders to retreat again and again. One or two seconds later, the flames, which were so large that they made a "rumbling sound," disappeared, and the two Feynapotter Empire angels, as well as the Beyonders who were still fleeing, disappeared together.

This decisive battle, which lasted for a whole day, ended with a great victory for the South Balam Duchy!

In mid-air, the "Creator" jumped down from the chariot and nodded slightly to the "Fool" to thank Him for His support.

The "Fool" also stood up from the seat and returned the salute, and then disappeared into the void.

At this point, all of Klein's favors were paid off. The help He provided personally was to repay the demigod-level help that Hobert owed in the previous transaction in the Tarot Club.

The help provided in the identity of the "Fool" was to repay the favor of the "Creator" helping Klein escape before.

Then the "Creator" nodded to the people on the ground and disappeared from everyone's sight.

The official Beyonders on the ground all understood that the "Creator's" nod was an affirmation of them in this battle, and smiles appeared on their faces.

When Hobert arrived as the Duke, everyone was still immersed in joy.

Hobert raised his hand and "tampered" with everyone's injuries. Whether it was a fatal injury, a serious injury, or a minor injury, they all turned into skin injuries.

He was originally prepared to do this in the identity of the "Creator," but then He thought that the "Creator" should not pay attention to such trivial matters, so He used the identity of the Duke to help everyone reduce their status.

At this time, everyone came back to their senses and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Duke!"

"Praise the Creator!"

"Long live victory!"

"…"

After a warm atmosphere, the previously very tired Beyonders sat down on the ground and fell asleep.

The state of Marva's troops was better, and they took the initiative to take on the task of cleaning up the battlefield.

Hobert also began to deal with the distribution of spoils of this war on the spot. He waved to Sharron, who had delicate features and a pale face: "Miss Sharron, thank you for your support."

Sharron was still like before, lacking expression: "This is just a transaction."

Hobert nodded, understanding the other party's implication: "Let's talk about it separately over there."

As he spoke, Hobert "distorted" the space between himself and Sharron and came to a wilderness outside the battlefield.

Fors, who saw this scene, was slightly stunned. Hobert did not even comfort herself, but thinking that he still had serious matters to deal with, she asked Audrey to visit Longtail Island and left Rockville City using the teleportation array.

Over there, Hobert took out the "Silent Apostle" Beyonder characteristics that had been prepared long ago from the "Nation of Disorder": "This is the reward I promised."

Sharron took the Beyonder characteristics and then asked: "Did you win the decisive battle?"

"We won, and it was a great victory!" Hobert said calmly: "According to the information I have learned, the 'Rose School' has a total of five 'Disciples of Silence.' After the battles all the time, we have killed three of them.

"Half of the Beyonders of other sequences should also have been eliminated in this and the previous wars last year."

Sharron nodded slowly: "We hope to use the spoils of this war to exchange for some Beyonder characteristics of this pathway."

"No problem," Hobert said: "Exchange according to the old rules."

The so-called "old rules" were the way they exchanged Beyonder characteristics after the South Colson battle: two captured spoils of Beyonder characteristics were exchanged for one characteristic of the "Prisoner" pathway of the same sequence.

This was also why Hobert let the "Temperance School" come to Rockville City to support, instead of letting them participate in the decisive battle on the main battlefield, facing the "Indulgence School." Beyonder characteristics were an important means for Hobert to control the "Temperance School!"

Hobert explained again: "But I want to remind you that the members of Dophis's team will exchange for advancement opportunities based on the merits they have obtained.

"Theoretically speaking, it is more cost-effective to exchange Beyonder characteristics with merits."

This extraordinary war was much more intense than the South Colson war. Hobert estimated that after the merit statistics came out, there would be a "advancement wave."

Sharron did not respond.

Hobert said again: "Our next plan is to launch a full-scale war against the Highland Kingdom after completing the internal reforms of the Duchy."

"Afterward, we will occupy that place and become its rulers.

"And if the 'Temperance Faction' is only in a cooperative relationship with us, you will only become our friendly force, gaining the right to settle there.

"Only members of Dophis's team can become official Beyonders and participate in the management of the duchy's Beyonder affairs."

Sharron looked deeply at Hobert, "Our leader has already helped us determine a new faith, which is the Fool Mr. Fool who appeared just now."

Although this matter has not been announced internally, it is already the default thing for the demigods of the 'Temperance Faction'.

Sharron's teacher, Reinette Tinekerr, although she has not fully recovered her strength, has found a way to temporarily restore her strength, and has now officially returned and once again become the leader of the 'Temperance Faction'.

So the 'Temperance Faction' ultimately leaned towards Mr. Fool.

The matter that Hobert raised just now is also a question that the 'Temperance Faction' has always wanted to discuss with the Duchy of South Balam. They also hope to return to the Highland Kingdom as official Beyonders, but they are afraid of being used and still have some concerns about completely relying on the 'Creator'.

Hobert said coldly, "I only talked to you about this as a friend, but it depends on your own choice."

He felt that he could use the 'Temperance Faction' when attacking the Highland Kingdom, while strengthening his own strength, so he took the initiative to talk about this matter.

Otherwise, according to Hobert's habits, he would patiently wait for the 'Temperance Faction' to come and talk to him.

Sharron looked at Hobert and always felt that he lacked warmth compared to the last time they met, and didn't give people a feeling of friendship at all.

She thought for a moment before saying, "I hope to get further help from you."

Hobert was waiting for the other party's words: "What help?"

"The 'Creator' and Mr. Fool seem to be allies, so can you accept Beyonders who believe in 'The Fool'?" Sharron took the initiative to bring up the solution discussed by the 'Temperance Faction'.

"Theoretically, it is possible." Hobert replied, "We don't care about the beliefs of official Beyonders, they just need to show sufficient loyalty to the duchy."

In fact, this is also Hobert's idea, belief is managed by 'The Fool', and work is managed by the 'Creator'.

It is unlikely that the two of them will fall out, so this kind of cooperation can be carried out for a long time.

Sharron felt a sense of oppression from Hobert for the first time, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

Hobert said like an order: "The Beyonder members of Dophis's team must reach 80!"

Sharron was slightly startled, which meant that most of the members of the 'Temperance Faction' had to join the 'Creator's' forces.

She considered it before saying, "Okay."

Sharron's teacher Reinette granted her special privileges in the negotiation, and she could completely make such a decision.

For Sharron, most of the members of the 'Temperance Faction' joining the 'Creator's' forces can ensure the integrity of their organization, which is an acceptable condition.

Moreover, from now on, the advancement and living problems of these people can be pushed to Hobert.

Sharron added: "I will be the captain."

So many Beyonders have joined the 'Creator's' forces, and if there is no demigod from the 'Temperance Faction' to participate in the management, it will be difficult for them to feel at ease.

Hobert stretched out his hand: "Happy cooperation!"

The two of them discussed the cooperation issues in a business-like manner and then left separately.

Sharron was going to report the results of the negotiation to the 'Temperance Faction', and Hobert had many things to be busy with.

In this war, the Balk family suffered heavy casualties, and two demigods died, requiring Him to come forward to appease them.

On the other side, in the east of the duchy, the pursuit of the rebels continued.

Because they had done a very detailed investigation before, they accurately captured the leaders of the rebels and the Beyonders among them.

On the day after the decisive battle, more than 30,000 rebels, except for the more than 3,000 who died in battle, all became prisoners of the duchy.

Because there were too many prisoners and there were not enough people on the South Continent, they had to be transported to the South Colson area and the Longtail Island area. They would be transported back when there were enough people.

In order to prevent the prisoners from having the energy to cause trouble, the prisoners remaining on the South Continent were immediately put into the construction of Angel City and the reconstruction of Crowley City.

At this time, the immigration operation that had been brewing for more than a month was immediately launched, and at the same time, grassroots officials, under the protection of soldiers, began to take over the grassroots governance. Half of the duchy's town governments and county governments were established on this day.

Also starting from that night, a comprehensive statistics of military merits and achievements was carried out.

Hobert used this post-war reward to once again dilute the influence of several extraordinary families.

Of course, all of His actions were carried out imperceptibly. Regarding the heroic performance of the Balk family in this battle, Hobert took out a 'Frenzied Mage' and a 'Earl of the Fallen' Beyonder characteristic in one breath.

The 'Earl of the Fallen' Beyonder characteristic was given to Elliott, and the 'Frenzied Mage' Beyonder characteristic was given to the surviving 'Earl of the Fallen'.

At the same time, the Beyonder characteristics of the two 'Earls of the Fallen ' who died in battle still belonged to the Balk family, which made the family a Beyonder family with five demigods.

In particular, Lawrence, with the merits accumulated in this battle, was halfway to becoming an angel and could prepare for the ritual in advance.

As for the Beyonder characteristics below the demigod, they were all distributed according to merit. Even if they had digested the potion but were still a little short of merit, they could be promoted first and then make up for the merit.

It seemed that the Balk family was very prominent, but it had changed from the original state of only one 'Frenzied Mage' to having two 'Frenzied Mages'.

For the Balk family members, there was only one 'Frenzied Mage' before, so there was nothing to worry about. It was definitely right to obey the orders of the patriarch, Lawrence.

Now that there is a new 'Frenzied Mage', some power will naturally be concentrated around this new Sequence 3.

This change may not be seen in a short period of time, but after a long time, some differentiation will definitely occur.

In addition, the Balk family currently has two leaders, one is Lawrence and the other is Elliott. This is also Hobert's advance layout. At first, Elliott's strength was not strong, but after several replenishments, the number of his subordinates is almost the same as Lawrence's.

Moreover, Elliott is a favored one of the gods, and it is easier to get advancement opportunities to become his subordinate. Elliott has been promoted from Sequence 8 to demigod in a year and a half. This is the best advertisement.

For the Tudor family, Hobert used a similar strategy. Angus obtained the opportunity to become a 'Chaos Hunter' in this battle. As long as he digested the potion, he could be promoted immediately.

At that time, there will also be two Sequence 3s in the Tudor family.

This is the first step, mainly targeting the Balk family and the Tudor family.

The second action is that Hobert also gave new numbers to four extraordinary troops in the form of rewards.

Because Angus's troops completed all-weather combat and had very strong command, they always completed the orders issued by Hobert at the fastest speed.

So Hobert gave them the title of "Gale Army".

Helen's troops successfully completed multiple cover and interspersion missions in the battle, and Hobert gave them the title of "Stinger Army".

Elliott's troops made the greatest contribution. They held on to Rockville City and preserved the territory of two states of the duchy. At first, Hobert prepared to give them the title of "Bastion Army".

He used them to compare the ability of the "Warrior" pathway's "Dawn Armor" to commemorate this tragic defense battle.

But Elliott hoped to use the "Dawn" in front of this ability as his number. This is because they received the response of the "Creator" and "Sunrise" when they prayed on the battlefield.

Later, the "Creator" even came to support with the sunrise!

Compared with this defense battle in which so many companions died, they wanted to commemorate this point more.

Hobert followed suit and gave Elliott's troops the title of "Dawn Army".

The fourth troop to receive a number was Malva's troops of the Tony family.

They also played a huge role in this war. Because the "Hunter" pathway Beyonders of this extraordinary troop assumed the role of main attacker, Hobert gave them the title of "Flame Army".

When the number was issued to Malva's troops, Danitz, who was contacting the Church of the Sea God on Blue Mountain Island, sneezed several times for no reason.

The number represents not only the characteristics of different extraordinary troops, but also a title of honor.

Hobert plans to give priority to these four numbered troops for any combat missions in the future. Gradually, they will be able to obtain more merits and their advancement speed will be faster.

The members of the "Temperance Faction" without a number, Lawrence's troops, the newly incorporated Theosophy Council, and the members of Barnett's troops in a semi-incorporated state will all have the idea of joining a numbered extraordinary troop or fighting for a number for their extraordinary troop.

In this way, a sense of honor will be created.

When the members of the Tudor family can proudly say that they are members of the "Gale Army", when the members of the Theosophy Council can proudly say that they are members of the "Stinger Army", when the members of the Balk family are more willing to admit that they are members of the "Dawn Army", and when the members of the Tony family are more willing to admit that they are members of the "Flame Army", Hobert's action will be successful.

At that time, the concept of family will be further diluted.

Hobert's actions did not end there. He, who had recovered all his memories, also completely recalled the more than 2,000 years of power struggles in that Eastern civilization.

There are a lot of cases of this kind of conceptual substitution in His mind.

So Hobert's series of measures are very mature and make everyone very happy.

Some people have thought that doing so seems a little wrong, but they can't stand the fact that this is a measure implemented in the form of post-war rewards. People have enjoyed practical benefits and a sense of honor, and the only doubts have been dispelled.

With the foundation of the first two actions, the third action seems very reasonable.

Hobert's third action is to standardize the personnel recruitment and personnel advancement system of the extraordinary troops.

In this war, each department suffered a lot of losses. According to the previous habits, Angus's troops would recruit people from the Tudor family, Helen's troops would supplement manpower from the Theosophy Council, and Elliott's troops would recruit people from the Balk family.

But now it's different. Hobert ordered the numbered departments to recruit people according to pathways, rather than according to families, on the grounds that Beyonders of each pathway should have effective cooperation.

In this way, people from the Theosophy Council are more likely to enter the "Gale Army" or the "Dawn Army", people from the Balk family are more likely to enter the "Stinger Army" or the "Gale Army", and people from the Tudor family are more likely to go to the "Stinger Army" and the "Dawn Army".

After this war, the commanders of each extraordinary troop had a deeper understanding of the cooperation of Beyonders of different pathways. In order to improve the combat effectiveness of their extraordinary troops, they all strongly supported this system.

In addition, "low sequence" Beyonders can also be recruited from the Demoness Research Society and the Traveler Research Society.

In short, Hobert is doing everything possible to reshuffle the extraordinary power in his hands, and every large-scale extraordinary war in the future will be equivalent to a reshuffle!

The Tony family and the "Temperance Faction", which have a relatively complete establishment, escaped the first reshuffle, but they will definitely not escape the second and third reshuffles.

When the various departments of the troops are no longer mainly composed of members of a Beyonder family, Hobert's goal will be basically achieved.

The personnel advancement system is matched with the personnel recruitment system.

Before this, the personnel advancement of each department basically required Hobert's approval, but except for Angus's troops, Helen's troops, and Elliott's troops, Hobert fully respected the opinions of the patriarchs, namely Lawrence, Barnett, and others, on the personnel advancement of other troops.

Now the requirements are unified, which seems to be a delegation of power, and the commanders of each department have the power to decide on the advancement of Sequence 8 and Sequence 7.

But this further diluted the power of the patriarch.

Even if the Beyonder characteristics within the family are used in the future, it is not up to the patriarch to decide who will be promoted to Sequence 6 and Sequence 5, but it is decided by the newly formed "Advancement Committee".

The 5 members of the committee are Angus, Helen, Elliott, Osment and Sharron. Only advancement proposals approved by three or more members can the applicant be approved for advancement.

Angus is from the Tudor family, Helen is from the Theosophy Council, Elliott is from the Balk family, Osment is the nominal patriarch of the Tony family, and Sharron is from the "Temperance Faction".

This layout seems to take care of the interests of all parties, but 3 of the 5 members are Hobert's confidants.

Osment was the earliest member of the family to contact Hobert. Because of his identity as the patriarch, he knew Prince Raymond's attitude towards Hobert all along, so he also tended to support Hobert.

Only Sharron's position is unknown.

So it goes without saying who has the final say on the advancement of Sequence 6 and Sequence 5.

The advancement of demigods is decided by Hobert, Lawrence and Malva. The ritual for Malva's advancement to "War Bishop" was planned by Hobert himself. After the Tony family was completely incorporated, he has always regarded himself as Hobert's confidant.

In addition, because the characteristics of the demigods are basically provided by Hobert, Lawrence is very clear that he should listen to Hobert.

The advancement of angels is naturally decided by the "Creator", and no one has any objection to this.

After this specification is implemented, Hobert and his confidants actually control the advancement rights of the entire organization above the "Mid Sequence".

This move was a fundamental solution. Before long, the core power of the clan heads and chieftains would be transferred to Hobert and his trusted aides.

Yet, Lawrence, Barnett, and Jonathan couldn't say anything, as they each represented their own interests, making the power structure appear balanced.

Another issue was the ownership of Beyonder characteristics. For example, if a Beyonder being with Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 characteristics came from a Beyonder family or organization and advanced to Sequence 7 through sufficient meritorious service,

who should the Beyonder characteristics formed after their sacrifice belong to?

Hobert also standardized this point, stipulating that the Beyonder characteristics of the sacrificed would be uniformly shattered by Him. The portion belonging to the Beyonder family would be returned, and the portion belonging to the 'Creator' faction would be returned to Hobert.

With a series of measures, Hobert believed that in at most a year, or perhaps only half a year if frequent Beyonder wars occurred, He could completely control the Beyonder power in His hands.

By then, He wouldn't need to rack His brains to balance the interests and power of the various families. He would just need to provide a relatively fair competitive environment for each numbered division, preventing any one or two divisions from becoming too powerful.

After distributing rewards and collecting spoils of war, the winding-down of this war was basically completed.

However, the confrontation between Beyonder forces continued. Lawrence's division still had to guard Rockville City to prevent the Feysac Empire from launching another sneak attack.

Rockville City was currently undergoing a comprehensive reconstruction, and the city was still a camp composed of tents.

In the northern Feysac colony, a large number of Beyonder forces were also confronting Lawrence's division.

In addition, Malva's division, the 'Flame Army,' was stationed at the Dragon Toro Pass, confronting the Highland Kingdom, also known as the 'Rose School'.

The Rose School also had a large number of Beyonder beings stationed at the Dragon Toro Pass in the Star Highlands direction.

The 'Stinger Army,' commanded by Helen, who had advanced to demigod, and the 'Gale Army,' commanded by Angus, were stationed in the Cordova Province in the southwest of the Duchy, ready to strike the southern colonies of the Intis Republic at any time.

The 'Dawn Army,' commanded by Elliott, and Sharron's division, which was being reorganized, were stationed in Angelou, responsible for the post-war reconstruction of Beyonder order and ready to support various divisions at any time.

Jonathan's division, which had just been reorganized, and Barnett's division, which was in a semi-reorganized state, were responsible for the Beyonder affairs and corresponding defense of Longtail Island and the South Colson area.

With such a deployment of forces, the strategic intention of the Southern Balam Duchy was already clear: to stabilize domestic order while preparing to seize the colonies of the Intis Republic in the south at any time.

It wasn't until this time that the news of the end of the civil war in the Southern Balam Duchy was gradually announced in various countries, shocking the entire Northern Continent!

In the eyes of the high-level officials of the Northern Continent countries, the Beyonder power of the Southern Balam Duchy had independently resisted the invasion of the Highland Kingdom and the Feysac Empire-led Beyonder forces.

Everyone knew that the Beyonder forces of the 'Creator' was a rising star, but they didn't expect it to be this strong!

In the eyes of the people of various countries, the newly established Southern Balam Duchy had independently resisted the rebel army of tens of thousands of people supported by the Highland Kingdom.

At the same time, it also repelled the joint forces of the Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic, who were preparing to intervene in the civil war by force!

Such a victory was completely a 'black swan event' and was widely talked about by the people.

The happiest of all was the Loen royal family. Jevington II, who had just ascended the throne, could laugh in his dreams. It was said that the Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic had lost seven demigods and more than one hundred Beyonder beings of various sequences in this battle.

Currently, the two countries had to dispatch three demigods each to guard the Southern Continent. Moreover, an angel had to confront the Southern Balam Duchy in the Southern Continent, which greatly alleviated the pressure on the Loen royal family.

Therefore, all the major newspapers in Loen competed to report this victory. After all, in terms of legality, the Southern Balam Duchy belonged to the Loen Kingdom. The Duchy's victory in the Southern Continent was Loen's victory!

Such reports did have a certain effect on boosting morale.

After basically dealing with the post-war problems of the Southern Balam Duchy, Hobert returned to Loen to attend the engagement ceremony the next day.

Back in the study of the Duke's mansion, Hobert first entered the 'Nation of Disorder' to take stock of the spoils of war from this battle.

The post-war reward process, which had just ended with the exchange of meritorious service for advancement opportunities, once again basically emptied Hobert's accumulation of Beyonder characteristics from the 'Black Emperor' and 'Judgement' pathways.

But this should be the last time He would be 'emptied' so severely, because Hobert had previously made a large amount of investment in various divisions. If there were another such Beyonder war, and a large number of Beyonder beings were sacrificed, Hobert would be able to 'recover' some of them.

At the same time, He also harvested a large number of Beyonder characteristics from other pathways, mainly concentrated in the 'Prisoner,' 'Hunter,' and 'Apothecary,' 'Apprentice' pathways.

The number of Beyonder characteristics harvested was so large that Hobert even considered whether to establish a 'Prisoner Research Society' and a 'Hunter Research Society'.

But then He changed his mind, Hobert thought of the uses of the Beyonder characteristics of these two pathways. Part of the 'Hunter' pathway would be used as reserve Beyonder characteristics, and used to reward Malva's 'Flame Army' in the next Beyonder war.

Others could be rewarded to the soldiers in large quantities to continue to improve the Beyonder construction of the military.

In addition, Hobert planned to establish a 'Werewolf Legion' in the military to cultivate a group of 'Prisoners' who served the 'Creator'.

Beyonder beings of this pathway are actually very suitable for use as Beyonder warriors, especially after becoming 'werewolves', they have very good speed, attack, and defense.

The only thing that needs to be overcome is the irrationality and pain brought by the potion. Playing the part and taking some sedative drugs can only reduce part of the potion's influence. It is still necessary to use the 'Temperance Faction's' theory to fight against the potion.

Hobert did not intend to immediately trade the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Apothecary' pathway with the Sanguine, and planned to keep them for later use.

As for the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Scribe' pathway, Hobert planned to use them as a bargaining chip for negotiations with the Eternal Blazing Sun Church. The Archbishop of Trier had already talked with Upton, who was in charge of opening up overseas markets for 'Earl's Light'.

Next month, the Beyonder forces of both sides will hold high-level talks. Hobert guessed that the two sides will mainly discuss the issue of continuing cooperation in the future.

The Eternal Blazing Sun Church is a church and cannot be confused with the Intis Republic.

Finally, Hobert set His sights on the sealed artifacts seized this time. Level 2 and Level 3 sealed artifacts were then piled by Him on the corresponding stone platforms.

The four Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts were only named '1-115' to '1-118' and were not examined in detail.

What Hobert was more concerned about was the crutch seized from Kleist of the 'Rose School', and a gray mask with a large amount of dark red blood seized from a Feysac Empire demigod.

Hobert had learned from Elliott's report that a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact had appeared on the battlefield of Rockville City, so He paid special attention to it when He went to support.

After locking onto the demigod holding the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, Hobert first killed the demigod with the 'Sun Scepter', and then used the '0-70' Box of the Great Old Ones to put more than twenty Beyonder beings, including the dead demigod, into the box.

Twenty-four hours later, the Beyonder beings inside were all dead, and Hobert poured them out of the Box of the Great Old Ones, picking up their Beyonder characteristics and sealed artifacts.

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