Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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The luncheon was held at the Governor's mansion. At the start of the banquet, Fors talked with the special envoy and principal officers of the delegation about the distinctive fruits of Longtail Island.

However, Special Envoy Alice was still a little absent-minded, still pondering the earlier meeting with Adrian.

At that time, the town mayor spoke eloquently with everyone, discussing how to prevent wheat diseases, which stunned everyone present because they only learned today that wheat could also get sick!

Alice couldn't understand what Adrian had experienced. Why had such a big change occurred?

Lost in thought, she casually ate a piece of pineapple. The reaction of her taste buds made Alice slightly stunned. The flesh was plump and the aroma rich, very different from the pineapples she usually ate.

Alice glanced at the fruit platter in front of her. Golden pineapples, bright red watermelons, white bananas, and crimson lychees formed a colorful array in the plate.

There were also several kinds of fruits that she had never even seen before.

At this moment, she seemed to come back to her senses and heard Fors explaining to everyone, "…This is called dragon fruit, and there are also kiwi and several other fruits, which are new fruits that we have grafted and cultivated ourselves…"

New fruits!

Everyone was somewhat unfamiliar with this term. After the initial colonial era ended, they heard more about "new opportunities" and "new products."

The term "new fruits" seemed to be very distant from them.

In fact, these were not exactly new fruits, but previously they were basically in a wild state because their taste or difficulty in long-distance transportation prevented them from appearing on the tables of nobles.

Then Fors began to introduce those improved fruits. Everyone tasted them, and the taste was indeed different!

After lunch, Fors took them to visit the fruit cultivation base in the mountainous area. When everyone saw the large-scale cultivation of tropical fruits, the shock in their hearts was indescribable.

On such a remote island, there was such an advanced agricultural system!

As they were leaving, Fors gave each of them a "fruit gift package" and told them that they were welcome to order the delicious and sweet specialty fruits of Longtail Island.

Her ultimate goal for today's warm reception of the visiting delegation was to promote the fruits of Longtail Island to them.

Since starting to grow vegetables and fruits in the mountainous areas of Longtail Island, all of Hobert's territory had achieved fruit freedom.

Except for the people in the South Balam region who were relatively poor and didn't have much money to spend on fruit, tropical fruits were already a daily food item in the South Colson region and the "Earl's Light" factory.

The market was only so big, but the fruit production was gradually increasing, and there was already a large surplus. Moreover, the countries of the Northern Continent were in a state of war, and people's money was used to buy food, so there was no extra money to spend on fruit.

Therefore, Fors planned to expand some potential customer groups. The first thing she thought of was the Loen nobles and the Feynapotter nobles. Even during wartime, the living standards of the nobles had not declined in any way.

The market for the nobles of the Kingdom of Feynapotter was very easy to open up because many nobles regularly attended the Beyonder Auction held in the South Colson region.

Currently, the upper class of the Kingdom of Feynapotter had already started eating fruits from Longtail Island. It was said that the royal family had even used them to entertain foreign guests.

Fors was pondering how to open up the Loen nobles' market when an opportunity presented itself. The King's special envoy was visiting the Duchy of South Balam, so she would certainly not miss such a good promotional opportunity.

The members of the visiting delegation all felt that they had gained a lot today. They seemed to have seen a different world. At the same time, many of them planned to send people to order fruits from the Duchy of South Balam after returning to Backlund.

The accompanying reporters also planned to report in detail on what they had seen and heard on Longtail Island. In the public's perception, this was a backward and desolate island, but the reality was not so. This island had an amazing agricultural system.

The public liked this kind of news that was somewhat Subvert cognition but also seemed to be within reason.

Audrey arranged the activities for the second day of the visiting delegation, with her leading the members of the visiting delegation to visit the Angel City under construction.

She led the crowd to the only remaining section of the city wall used for sightseeing: "The previous Angel was only a fortress-level city. The reason why Grand Duke Hobert wanted to establish the capital here is because this city can connect the east and west sides of the entire country.

"Everyone should have heard that we seized two states in West Balam from the Feysac Empire, and another state from the Kingdom of Feynapotter.

"However, the King's fiefdoms are all in East Balam. For more than a hundred years, the separation of East and West Balam has also caused serious divisions in the territory of South Balam.

"In the middle of the entire country, there is an underdeveloped area. In order to fill this 'blank' and to connect the coastal cities on both sides, the capital was built here."

Alice and the others looked at everything in front of them, somewhat lost in thought. What they saw was a series of construction sites, with carriages running between the sites, unloading carts of building materials.

Although everyone knew that this city was much smaller than Backlund, they didn't know why, but they always felt that such a city in a state of large-scale construction was very magnificent.

Audrey continued to explain: "I participated in the battle to defend Angel City and have different feelings for this city.

"The enemy launched an attack from that direction. One section of the city wall was immediately blown down, and we engaged in street fighting with the enemy. The battle line once shrank to the general headquarters.

"Just as the general headquarters was about to fall, reinforcements finally arrived, and we worked together from the inside and outside to annihilate all the enemies."

This made the reporters immediately open their sketchbooks and quickly record Audrey's words.

It was hard to imagine that the "most dazzling jewel of Backlund" had actually participated in that civil war, and just listening to it, it felt like the battle must have been very fierce.

Up to now, the people of the Northern Continent were not clear about the details of the civil war in the Duchy of South Balam, so the reporters asked questions one after another. This was first-hand information about that civil war.

After this topic ended, Alice pointed to the busy construction site and asked, "Where did you find so many workers?"

"Some of them are prisoners of war and immigrants." Audrey knew this very well: "Most of them are members of the local gangs in the Duchy of South Balam and very poor people!"

Speaking of this, the beautiful lady took a deep breath: "Ladies and gentlemen, we in Backlund have no way to imagine how poor the colonies are.

"Many people have no home at all and actually live in caves. They even fight each other for a cave, because if they can't live in a cave, they have to sleep in the wilderness and easily get sick and die.

"Many people in their twenties have never even tasted bread, or what baked grain tastes like.

"Especially some teenagers in their teens, who are sold by their parents to some slave owners and engage in dangerous and heavy labor. Most of them do not live to be twenty years old.

"Because life is very difficult, gangs are rampant here. They do all kinds of evil and often kill a family for a little food."

Alice and the others said nothing, just listened quietly, because Audrey's description was very unfamiliar to them, as if it was happening in another world.

Finally, Audrey said: "So after the end of the civil war, our grassroots officials discovered that in order to carry out a series of reforms, we must eliminate the local gangs.

"After figuring out the gang organizations in various places, the Duchy government began to arrest them on a large scale and send them to the construction site.

"These people are not paid wages, only provided with food and accommodation. After this city is built, these gang members will be tried."

She paused and then said: "There are also some people who are so poor that if we don't help them, they may starve to death in a few days.

"In order to reduce the pressure on the grassroots, we also sent them here uniformly, providing them with food and accommodation, providing them with clothes, and also giving them some wages.

"After this city is built, the wages they receive will be enough for them to live for a period of time. At that time, we will send them back to their original places, give them land, and let them survive."

Alice and Georgina looked at each other and then nodded slowly together.

A reporter asked curiously: "Excuse me, how is the agricultural tax collected here? How much of the people's harvest must be handed over?"

"There is no agricultural tax." Audrey said: "Grand Duke Hobert once said that farmers provide food for the people of the whole country, but they themselves are very poor and always go hungry. This is a very strange phenomenon."

The questioning reporter was stunned: "So, there is no agricultural tax?"

It wasn't just this reporter; the other diplomats and journalists were also very surprised. In their minds, the plunder of colonies always began with the plunder of local farmers.

But the Duchy of South Balam didn't do that, so where did their income come from? Would this country collapse quickly?

Lunch was settled at the General Headquarters in Angers, very simple. After all, maintaining such a large construction site required a massive amount of food every day.

And all these foods had to be allocated from other places, so the officials in this city currently ate very simply. Even Prime Minister Conrad only had one dish and a large piece of bread for each meal.

This reminded the visiting delegation of a rumor about Hobert. It was said that when this Grand Duke had just become an Earl, his life was also very simple.

In the afternoon, Audrey took the delegation to visit the indigenous settlement in the southern Saint-Sern region.

Currently, it was already quite large in scale. Swamps had turned into large fish ponds, pastures had been built on the grasslands, and the forests had been divided up for felling in batches.

Because they knew it was an indigenous settlement, the delegation's guards were very nervous. In their minds, indigenous people were almost like barbarians.

It was hard to say exactly what offended them, or what was going on. In short, these barbarians would inexplicably wave their primitive weapons and attack every civilized person from the Northern Continent.

But the indigenous settlement of the Duchy of South Balam seemed to be different. They were actually smiling at Audrey, not only smiling, but also greeting Audrey in the local language or in broken Loenese, and showing respect with their etiquette.

Audrey also returned the greeting with the indigenous etiquette, and communicated with them in the local language.

Although Alice and the others didn't know what they were saying, it seemed that the two sides got along very well.

Next, Audrey proudly showed the delegation the achievements of the "Indigenous Settlement." Although Audrey was not in charge of this plan, she participated in it throughout.

She personally watched it transform from a deserted swamp into a rich settlement.

She personally watched the indigenous people, who had struggled to survive, earn money from the fish they raised, the sheep they sold, and the wood they cut down after living here, and then buy the food and daily necessities they needed to survive.

Although at the beginning, the residents here came here under her "persuasion," they soon really regarded this place as their home.

Currently, this year's target has been completed, and nearly 10,000 indigenous people have been resettled here.

The plan is to resettle a total of 30,000 indigenous people in the first half of next year to solve the survival pressure faced by the locals under the previous pressure from the Loen colonial army.

Through this action, Audrey also became fond of governing. If public resources and public power can be used in the right place, it can solve the livelihoods of many people.

When they returned, Alice asked Audrey: "You even learned their etiquette and language in order to resettle the indigenous people?"

Audrey was a true Loen noble, how could she put down her dignity and learn some barbaric languages and etiquette?

Just by glancing at the expressions of Alice and the others, Audrey knew what they were thinking. She smiled and said: "Hobert said that the indigenous people don't want much, they just want the space to survive and the most basic respect."

"No one stipulates that everything in Loen is supreme, and no one stipulates that indigenous people must learn Loen's lifestyle."

Alice was stunned for a moment before asking: "Is this Hobert's national policy towards indigenous people? Or is it a governing policy?"

"No, this is just the most basic respect." Audrey said seriously: "According to my observation, just as Hobert said, as long as you give them the conditions to survive and give them the most basic respect, they are all law-abiding people."

"Of course, there will still be many conflicts and contradictions between us and them, but everyone can already sit down and talk without having to have bloody conflicts."

Finally, she said meaningfully: "The people of the Northern Continent are not noble to that extent, and the people of the Southern Continent are at least not inferior in personality."

Alice was somewhat surprised and wanted to remind Audrey: You are a noble!

That night, Alice couldn't sleep and knocked on Georgina's door. She found that the Director-General of MI9 was also not asleep.

The two looked at each other and both showed a helpless smile.

After inviting Alice in, Georgina made a pot of tea, and the two talked about their experiences in the past two days.

"This is a very terrifying place." Alice said: "Have you noticed? There are no nobles here!"

Georgina replied: "Not only are there no nobles, but in my opinion, the most terrifying thing here is that even nobles can be assimilated."

"It's not surprising that the Duchess Fors can get along with the natives of Longtail Island, after all, she was originally an ordinary person, at best a middle class."

"It's hard to imagine that Audrey could actually say words like 'respect indigenous people.' She must have been influenced by Hobert."

Alice nodded in agreement: "This guy had some strange ideas very early on."

Georgina took a deep breath and said again: "This territory gives people a very dangerous feeling. The Northern Continent should stop the war immediately! Our four countries should concentrate our efforts to eliminate the Duchy of South Balam."

Alice looked at her teacup and fell into deep thought. From a personal emotional point of view, she thought that what Hobert was currently doing was great.

But from a profit perspective, she felt that such greatness was terrifying.

Soon the third day came, and the delegation finally met Hobert.

This young Grand Duke still looked so sunny and confident, and was very kind to people. He didn't look like a Duke who ruled two counties at all.

That morning, the two sides held high-level talks. The two sides reaffirmed the subordinate relationship between the Duchy of South Balam and the Kingdom of Loen.

As the Duke of Loen, Hobert also promised that as long as the internal problems of the Duchy were resolved, he would immediately declare war on the colonies of the Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic in order to hold back more of the enemy's troops.

In the afternoon, Hobert led the delegation to visit the city of Rockville, which had become ruins in the civil war. Among these ruins, the former site of the Governor-General's Office was preserved. At this time, a memorial hall for the civil war of the Duchy of South Balam was being built here.

In this ruin, bloodstains were everywhere. If you were "lucky" enough, you could still find small pieces of severed limbs under the rubble.

Everyone had a new understanding of the tragic extent of the civil war in the Duchy.

In the ruins, Hobert cursed the Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic for their military intervention, as well as the Highland Kingdom for taking advantage of the situation. He claimed that they must pay a bloody price.

After these political shows ended, that night, Hobert invited Alice and Georgina to drink tea.

The two sides met in a spacious living room. Only Hobert and Audrey, as well as Alice and Georgina, participated in this meeting.

They first chatted about the recent situation in Backlund, and then Georgina talked about the topic of this visit: "We didn't expect before that the Intis people would be so despicable. In the war between us and the Feysac Empire, we have already gained a certain advantage and they declared war on us."

Hobert thought to himself: Even if there is an advantage, once George III dies, all the advantages will disappear.

Georgina continued: "The Kingdom of Loen is now facing enemies in two directions, and it is somewhat stretched, especially in the naval aspect. We have just had a fierce naval battle with the navy of the Intis Republic in the Rorsted Archipelago."

"Although we ultimately won, we also paid a heavy price."

Hobert nodded. He had heard of this naval battle. As Georgina said, it was indeed very fierce, and both sides involved in the battle suffered considerable losses.

But he still didn't say anything, as if he was continuing to listen.

"We need the Duchy of South Balam to fulfill its obligations as a vassal state and send a certain force to participate in the war on the Northern Continent." Georgina had to state the purpose of their trip.

Hobert was slightly stunned by this request: "You have also seen that the civil war that has just ended has cost us a great deal."

"Currently, the army of the Duchy of South Balam is even unable to launch an attack on enemy colonies."

At this time, Alice said: "We also know that the Duchy of South Balam is currently unable to dispatch soldiers, but can you provide us with some Beyonder forces?"

Hobert took a deep breath: "Your Highness, you have helped the Duchy of South Balam, and we will take your request very seriously.

"But as it stands, the Duchy of Southern Balam has tied down an Angel of the enemy, at least six demigods, and more than two hundred Beyonders of various sequences.

"I think this should greatly alleviate the pressure on the Kingdom of Loen.

"If our Beyonder forces are transferred to the Northern Continent, this balance will be broken, and the enemy is likely to launch a new attack. Then we will have to quickly recall our Beyonder forces.

"It will neither provide substantial help nor prevent our Beyonder forces, who are currently resting, from paying a heavy price."

For a moment, silence filled the living room.

Alice and Georgina both knew that Hobert was telling the truth. The fact that the Duchy of Southern Balam could hold back so many enemies already far exceeded the expectations of the Loen royal family.

Audrey sat quietly to the side, observing both parties: Real negotiations don't involve so much fancy stuff; it's all about presenting the facts and discussing strength. Of course, timing is also important. Just like now, even though the Kingdom of Loen is clearly more powerful than the Duchy of Southern Balam, the declaration of war by the Intis Republic has forced the Kingdom of Loen to seek help from the Duchy of Southern Balam.

After a long silence, Alice finally said, "Could you provide some assistance with your maritime forces?"

Hobert pondered for a moment before saying, "Tell me what kind of help you need."

He guessed that the so-called maritime forces probably referred to the 'Specter Empire'.

Alice finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Hobert didn't refuse outright, there was a chance that their trip would achieve its purpose.

Georgina began to describe Loen's needs: "The main force of the Feysac Empire's fleet took advantage of our fleet's decisive battle with the Intis Republic in the Rorsted Archipelago and launched a sneak attack on Loen's ports from the south.

"Before we arrived, the Loen Kingdom's coastal defense forces and the Eastern Fleet had already engaged in a fierce battle with the Feysac Empire's fleet at Enmat Harbor. Although several enemy ships were sunk, Enmat Harbor was basically paralyzed.

"The Ministry of Defense believes that after the Feysac fleet is repaired, it will definitely move south again to attack Pritz Harbor.

"Once this port is also paralyzed..."

Georgina didn't continue, because Enmat Harbor and Pritz Harbor handled 80% of Loen's maritime transportation. If both ports fell, it would mean that Loen would have difficulty receiving supplies and support from the Rorsted Archipelago and the Southern Continent.

Hobert didn't immediately give an answer but asked, "What about the Church of Storms? Do they not have the power to participate in the war?"

Georgina replied, "Their main force is in the Rorsted Archipelago."

Hobert nodded slowly. The Church of Storms definitely had to prioritize dealing with the Church of Evernight, otherwise, it would not have been possible for the Feysac fleet to move freely along the coastline of the Kingdom of Loen.

After thinking for about a minute, Hobert smiled helplessly and said, "I would very much like to help, but the Duchy of Southern Balam has no navy."

Georgina had no choice but to take the initiative and say, "Royal Navy officers saw a giant ship, suspected to be the 'Specter Empire', protecting the port in Tussock Harbor."

Hobert pretended to be troubled and said, "That is indeed the 'Specter Empire', but are you expecting the members of the Trunsoest family to help the Augustus family?"

Audrey recalled the corresponding intelligence exchange: The Augustus family, the Castiya family, and the other four great noble families of the Trunsoest Empire are currently the royal families of the four countries in the Northern Continent.

To put it nicely, these four families, with the support of the gods, divided up the spoils of victory that the Trunsoest Empire had gained in the early stages of the 'War of the Four Emperors'.

To put it bluntly, the Trunsoest Empire was dismembered by them!

Alice took a deep breath and said, "I don't think there has been a direct conflict between us, and there should be room for cooperation."

She paused and then said, "You can help persuade the crew of the 'Specter Empire', and we can provide the Duchy of Southern Balam with assistance within our capabilities."

The living room fell silent for the third time. Alice and Georgina were both a little uneasy at this time, because the initiative in this negotiation was entirely in Hobert's hands.

Fortunately, only about ten seconds passed before Hobert asked again, "What is the approximate strength of the main Feysac fleet?"

Georgina quickly replied, "Generally, there are eight demigods, commanded by Egor Einhorn. The fleet usually consists of 30 to 40 battleships, 50 to 60 cruisers, 120 to 140 destroyers and frigates, and about 30 submarines and corresponding supply ships."

She took a deep breath and said, "In addition, Egor can call on Awatoma, the supreme commander of the Sonia Sea Front, to participate in the war at any time."

Hobert couldn't help but frown and asked, "Can the coastal defense forces of Pritz Harbor also summon Duke Southville to participate in the war at any time?"

"No!" Alice replied, "Not long ago, a member of the Einhorn family successfully advanced to 'Weather Warlock'.

"It was because of His sudden appearance that the coastline of the Midseashire was breached in a short period of time."

Hobert smiled helplessly. This was the 'combat power' of the 'Hunter'. As the war continued, the higher the sequence they fought, the better.

Now it's good. The Feysac Empire currently has three Angels. Loen is not lacking warships at sea, but an Angel to deal with the enemy's new Angel!

Thinking of this, He shook his head: "I'm sorry, we really can't provide enough help.

"Although the 'Specter Empire' is powerful, it can only deal with the Feysac fleet at most, but it is not an Angel's opponent."

Alice immediately said, "Just help us hold out for a month!"

Hobert was slightly stunned: "Within a month, is the Loen royal family confident of promoting a new 'Balancer'?"

Alice took a deep breath and said, "Yes."

Hobert pondered for a moment: "The Duchy of Southern Balam also needs some help from the Kingdom of Loen."

"Tell me!"

"The entire Duchy of Southern Balam does not even have a university. We hope to borrow some professors and students from the Kingdom of Loen to quickly set up a university," Hobert said:

"Now that the entire Kingdom of Loen is suffering from the ravages of war, it is also a good idea to send these professors and students to the Southern Continent to take refuge."

Alice and Georgina were both stunned. They had not expected such a request.

But if a few professors and a group of students could be exchanged for the help of the 'Specter Empire' and an Angel, it would be a very worthwhile deal.

However, based on their previous negotiating experience with Hobert, they felt that the Duchy of Southern Balam's request could not be so simple.

So Alice asked again, "Which professors do you need?"

"Not too many," Hobert said seriously: "All the faculty and students of Backlund University, all the faculty and students of Backlund Institute of Technology, all the faculty and students of Ahorva University, all the faculty and students of Earl University, all the faculty and students of Heriels Maritime University, just these."

In this era, universities were not just places of learning. Almost all the most cutting-edge technologies were on university campuses. This was an era where universities led the most advanced technologies.

After Hobert built the industrial area, he had already started building university campuses. He had long planned to seize the professors from Loen's well-known universities. Now that a ready-made opportunity had come to his door, he would naturally not let it go.

The five universities that Hobert had just mentioned in one breath were either strong in comprehensive strength, had technology, or had the most advanced theories. In short, they were the top five universities in Backlund.

The majors of these universities covered economics, industry, physics, chemistry, medicine, and other fields, almost encompassing all the basic disciplines that make up a modern country.

Audrey immediately realized that if these universities could really be moved to the Duchy of Southern Balam, it wouldn't be long before Southern Balam would truly become a modern country!

Alice and Georgina were somewhat dumbfounded. Of course, they knew that these universities were the foundation of a country.

But they couldn't directly refuse, because if they refused, they might not even have a country left. What would be the point of these foundations?

After a while, Alice said, "I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

Hobert nodded: "No problem."

After seeing off the two guests, Audrey asked, "Will the royal family agree?"

"There's a high probability that they will agree," Hobert smiled: "Because at this time, no one but us will help Loen."

The Loen royal family is very likely to overdraw the future and get through the current crisis first.

The next morning, Alice and Georgina bargained with Hobert again, but this time Hobert was very tough, because if the Loen royal family didn't agree now, when Backlund was besieged, He could also coax and deceive this group of teachers and students to the Duchy of Southern Balam.

In the end, the Kingdom of Loen had no choice but to agree to Hobert's conditions, and then the two sides continued to discuss the specific cooperation plan.

...

Fog Sea, the "Specter Empire" sailed on the vast sea as usual.

The crew drank wine, basked in the sun, and chatted about some boundless topics.

Because of the curse, they couldn't leave the ship, and all the wine and food were provided by Hobert.

The crew members were very grateful to Hobert for the food and drink, but Hobert always refused to provide them with women, so they had to chase and imprison some Kana.

In the captain's room, Captain Southville, with a pale face, stared blankly at the wine glass on the table, thinking about something.

The delicious wine in front of him had been on the table for more than an hour, but he hadn't taken a sip.

At this moment, the space in the captain's room suddenly became illusory, and Hobert walked out of the spirit world.

Southville was stunned for a moment, then immediately gave up the captain's seat: "Please sit down."

Hobert sat in the captain's seat, looked at Southville and smiled: "You should have noticed that I have been promoted to Sequence 2."

"Yes." Southville said respectfully: "Congratulations."

Hobert crossed his legs: "Are you very surprised why Specter Empire didn't resurrect in me?"

He smiled and said: "Do you think I don't know? You were so happy to pledge allegiance to me because you realized that Trunsoest was likely to be resurrected in me, right?"

Southville was briefly surprised, but said nothing.

"What I want to tell you is that Trunsoest has indeed been resurrected." Hobert continued: "But it's in another body."

He stared at Southville playfully and said: "Are you very disappointed? The one you have been loyal to has been resurrected for so long, but has never come to rescue you?"

Southville still said nothing, but his face had become very ugly.

Hobert didn't intend to let him go: "But what may really disappoint you is that because of the torment of the curse, no one on the crew is willing to be loyal to Trunsoest Empire anymore.

"In the end, you will find that this giant ship of the empire is really going to be loyal to me and become a part of the power of the 'Creator'."

Southville asked coldly: "Are you really a member of the Trunsoest family?"

Hobert spread his hands and asked: "Is it important to say this now?"

"Of course it's important!" Southville said loudly: "For the glory of the family, every Trunsoest member must be ready to sacrifice his life at any time! But you treat the great Night Emperor as an enemy!"

Hobert smiled and said: "Sorry, that era is over."

Then he immediately changed his face and said very seriously: "Southville, your words just now were very impolite. Are you going to betray your former oath?"

Southville opened his mouth, but finally chose to kneel on one knee: "I never wanted to betray my oath!"

"You knelt down so quickly, you must have a ghost in your heart!" Hobert said coldly again: "Are you planning to stabilize me first, and then lead the crew to mutiny as soon as I leave the 'Specter Empire'?"

"I..." Southville realized that Hobert was here to punish him today.

"Did I guess your plan?" Hobert stood up and said: "I knew you never intended to be truly loyal to me!"

As he said this, he waved his hand, and Southville, who was trying to escape using his identity as the captain, immediately floated in the air, unable to move due to the pressure of the surrounding air.

"In view of your performance seriously violating the spirit of chivalry, you are now deprived of your position as captain of the 'Specter Empire'!" Hobert waved his hand again and "tampered" the crystal key that could control the Specter Empire from Southville's hand into his own hand.

Southville looked at Hobert coldly. He knew very well that even an angel could not kill him. He wanted to see how Hobert would end it.

After all, on the current "Specter Empire", he is the only Sequence 3. If Hobert appoints a Sequence 3 outside the Specter Empire crew as the captain, he will only push the crew to himself.

But if he appoints other demigods on the ship as the captain, as the only Sequence 3 on the ship, he is still the real captain of the ship.

Who knew that Hobert said again: "And deprive you of the Beyonder characteristics of 'Chaos Hunter', and restore your curse from today. You will suffer the torment of death once a day!"

Southville opened his mouth wide: "You, you..."

After announcing the verdict, Hobert didn't give Southville any chance. First, he used Mr. Azik's mark to lift the pardon of his curse, making him die once a day again.

Then, Hobert stretched out his hand and squeezed hard, and the huge pressure of the air squeezed Southville's head, causing him to die tragically in the captain's room.

At this time, Hobert immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder", put on a gorgeous crown, and projected a surging power through his stars, "magnifying" Southville's "state of death", and temporarily "tampering" the influence of the curse on Southville's body.

This made Southville more like he was really dead.

Both the real world and the spirit world temporarily ignored the "Underworld Emperor" curse and "recognized" that Southville had really died.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert immediately used the ability of "Exploit" to instantly condense the Beyonder characteristics on Southville's body.

Sitting on the "Iron Throne", Hobert took off his crown and breathed a sigh of relief. Before this, he was not sure whether this method would work.

After all, he has not yet accommodated the uniqueness, and has no way to substantively operate on the curse of the "Underworld Emperor", so he can only use this clever method to "take out" the Beyonder characteristics from Southville's body.

If this method doesn't work, Hobert can only use the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to seal Southville's power to a certain extent, so that he loses the level and Beyonder power of Sequence 3 most of the time.

But such a punishment is obviously not as deterrent to the crew as directly depriving them of their Beyonder characteristics.

Returning to the real world, Hobert first picked up the Beyonder characteristics of the "Chaos Hunter", and then called in several officers to announce Southville's crimes and his punishment.

After learning that Southville had been deprived of his Beyonder characteristics, the officers were indeed very shocked.

In the officers' concept, because of the curse, even if Southville is killed, he is not really dead, so the Beyonder characteristics on his body will not precipitate out.

Since Hobert has obtained Southville's Beyonder characteristics, it means that he just prayed for a power comparable to the "Underworld Emperor"!

The officers looked at Southville whose head was squeezed and broken with a lot of emotion. It can be imagined that after he is resurrected tomorrow, he will immediately lose control and die because he suddenly lost his Beyonder characteristics. By the day after tomorrow, Southville will be resurrected as a normal person, suffering from the fear and pain brought by death every day.

Hobert gave everyone enough time to be shocked, and then asked them to gather all the crew and elect a new captain on the deck.

In the end, Officer Igor was elected as the new captain, and Hobert publicly awarded him the crystal key symbolizing the captain's authority. Then Hobert asked everyone to be ready to attack at any time.

The crew dispersed in cheers. Fighting meant they could leave the Fog Sea again and go to the outside world to take a look.

They didn't worry about dying in battle at all, because no matter how badly they died in the war, they would be resurrected on the deck the next day.

Hobert chatted with Igor alone for a few words, and then asked casually: "I heard that there are still many spaces on the 'Specter Empire' that have not been used?"

Igor said very respectfully: "Yes, this ship was not completed in those years."

Moreover, this giant ship can accommodate 10,000 crew members, but now there are less than 600 crew members.

Hobert ordered: "Take me to see."

After seeing the internal space of this giant ship, he immediately decided that his third mausoleum would be built on this ship!

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