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Chapter 644 - Chapter 642 The War Begins

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Hobert waved his hand, and stars emerged on the lake in front of them: "These are the prayers of the 'Creator's' followers."

These prayers mainly come from the west bank of Full Moon Lake. A large number of people on the west bank of Full Moon Lake have become mentally unstable because their spiritual bodies were previously ravaged by demons or members of the Aurora Order.

Hobert used "fight poison with poison," using the "Creator's" spiritual impact to dilute the previous effects they had suffered.

Roughly after the end of the South Colson battle, Hobert announced the "Creator's" honorific name to them, so currently, a large number of people on the west bank believe in the "Creator."

The people on the east bank basically believe in the Earth Mother.

After this period, Hobert consciously influenced the spirits of these believers, and their mental states have mostly returned to normal.

As for the "Creator's" blessed, those who have been marked, and the extraordinary believers, their stars are still in the pool in front of the Iron Throne and have not been moved here by Hobert.

In other words, the stars in this big lake are all prayers that Hobert simply doesn't have time to look at.

Hobert grabbed one of the stars, and it floated to the surface of the water. A scruffy middle-aged man appeared on the surface, kneeling on the ground and praying devoutly.

He prayed that he could get a new pair of shoes because a coworker had gotten a new pair of shoes and showed them off in front of him, which made him very annoyed. He also hoped that he could have a new pair of shoes and show them off in front of his coworkers.

Hobert smiled and explained: "Many of the prayers that appear in the lake are from people who were rescued from evil organizations by the 'Creator.' Their mental states are a little abnormal.

"For prayers like this with substantial content, you should put it over there. The 'Creator' will look at it when they have time."

Hobert raised his hand, and the star and prayer went to the center of the lake.

He was already preparing to have the officials in the factory area take care of these people's living needs. These workers also have wages and can be taken shopping to buy some new clothes and shoes and get a haircut and a bath.

Moira and Vina both nodded slowly. They roughly knew some of the situations on the west bank of Full Moon Lake through their respective channels.

What they didn't expect was that the "Creator" hadn't given up on these madmen either.

"Let's look at another one." Hobert said as he "grabbed" another star.

This star came to the surface of the lake, and this time, an old man's prayer appeared. His prayer was purely a greeting.

Hobert said: "You need to use the view granted to you by this lake to check the other person's physical and spiritual condition for this kind of prayer.

"If you find any problems, you should also categorize them and send them to the center of the lake. If there are no problems, let the star sink into the water.

"For example, this old man, although the color of his etheric body is a bit dim, that's because he's old, so you don't need to worry about it and just sink the star to the bottom of the lake."

Hobert reached out and pressed down, and the star disappeared.

Then he said to the two ladies with curious faces: "You don't have the authority to reply. Your main job is to help the 'Creator' filter these prayers.

"Consider this job as practice for you. In two weeks, according to the 'Creator's' order, an internal communication system for our organization will be established. Some information will be accurately transmitted through you to speed up the spread of information.

"Of course, that's for later. You should do the work in front of you first."

The two ladies felt that they had been exposed to too many new things today and couldn't digest it all at once.

Then Hobert talked about the precautions: "First of all, your work requires confidentiality. If someone asks about your work in the 'Creator's' kingdom when you are resting, the answer should always be: managing the 'Creator's' kingdom.

"Also, your current range of activities is only that ancient city, the lakeside, and the grassland over there.

"Also, do you see that hexagonal tower? Yes, that building. The 'Creator' has sealed an evil demon inside.

"If I'm not here and you hear any sounds from over there, pretend you didn't hear anything, otherwise, you will definitely die a horrible death."

Moira and Vina nodded quickly.

Finally, Hobert said: "Oh, right, you can go out and sketch the architectural style here. In the future, this architectural style will be forcibly promoted in the 'Creator's' domain."

The architectural style of this city, after Hobert's large-scale transformation, uses the style of ancient Eastern architecture, with reasonable layout, harmonious lines, and is very beautiful.

If Klein came here, he would definitely exclaim: Isn't this just the ancient city that can be seen everywhere in scenic spots?

Hobert asked: "Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Moira asked: "What are our working hours?"

"Eight hours a day for each person. If one person is resting, the other person will work 12 hours. One day off per week. You can discuss which day to rest." Hobert said: "The salary is currently 3 pounds per week, plus 3 merits."

They each asked a few questions about the job, and after Hobert answered them one by one, he taught them how to read the prayers and how to handle them.

Finally, he took them to their residence. At this time, their permission level was very low, and they could not get any contact with the outside world.

After observing them for a period of time, if they can calm down and work here, Hobert will consider giving them some permissions to facilitate their work.

Back in the "real world," Hobert's work and life continued. Currently, telephones have begun to be sold, and there are several stores in Backlund.

However, there are only people asking about them, and not many people are installing them.

On the other hand, many government departments have discovered the convenience of telephones and have begun to purchase them in small quantities.

Currently, for them, each department only needs one or two telephones to be enough. Departments are still used to sending people to negotiate any work between them.

Simple things are only contacted by telephone.

However, the "Earl's Light's" newly launched electric bell business is widely praised.

Before the appearance of electric bells, there would be a small hole the thickness of a water pipe in the wall between the master's room and the servant's room, with a rope connected in the middle. When the master pulled the rope, the bell in the servant's room would ring.

The servant knew that the master was calling him and would rush to the master's room as soon as possible.

No matter how small the hole through which the rope passed, the master had privacy concerns.

The electric bell can completely solve this problem. This hole can be directly blocked, and as long as the power is turned on, the electric bell on the servant's side will ring when the master presses the button.

For a time, a wave of replacing bells swept among the nobles and the wealthy.

Electric bells can not only be used in residences but also in offices. For example, there is also a bell between Hobert and the secretary, and there is also a hole in the wall, which can now be removed.

After that, electric bells began to become popular in high-end hotels, restaurants, and other places.

Hobert is not worried about the sales of telephones because he knows that there will soon be a buying frenzy.

After entering October, Backlund ushered in the first cooling of the year. After the weather cooled down, it was easier to form fog, and Backlund, which had just been refreshing for a few days, was once again covered in thick fog.

Hobert, as usual, was discussing the upcoming motor business with Todd at "Earl's Light."

Yes, the motor has already been developed by them.

In fact, when electric lights began to be sold, the research and development of motors had already begun. Recently, with the participation of the Church of Steam and Machinery, the progress of many research projects has been accelerated.

This includes motors. Originally, Hobert thought that at least next year would a prototype of the motor appear. He did not expect that it had only been a little over half a month since establishing a cooperative relationship with the Steam Church, and there had already been considerable gains.

Hobert smiled and said: "With motors, industrial production will usher in a new model. At that time, three power plants in the suburbs of Backlund will not be enough."

"If there are not enough power plants, we can build more." Todd said with some worry: "But the Steam Church suggests that we sell the technology of power plants to the outside world.

"I have long heard that many Backlund tycoons have found Archbishop Haydn, requesting the Archbishop to help introduce them and establish cooperation with 'Earl's Light'.

"They are all devout believers of the Steam Church. Archbishop Haydn should not be able to withstand the pressure."

"Then sell the technology to them." Hobert smiled: "Price it higher.

"By the way, these technologies can also be sold to people from the Intis Republic."

Todd thought he had misheard: "Mr. Earl, that is our core competitiveness!"

Hobert leaned back in his chair and smiled: "Of course, I know.

"You are so surprised only because there is one thing you have not considered."

"What?"

Hobert said seriously: "The future situation in the Northern Continent…"

Speaking of this, Hobert suddenly looked at the mist outside the window: "Look, they're here!"

… …

Today in Backlund is another day shrouded in thick fog.

Everyone has long been accustomed to such a scene. Public carriages run as usual, and pedestrians appear as usual in the streets and alleys of Backlund.

Some of them are in a hurry, chased by work; some are very leisurely, discussing the clothes and accessories they just saw in the department store.

Although it is not raining, gentlemen still wear wide-brimmed hats; vagrants still wander aimlessly; newspaper boys run through the streets and alleys, shouting today's news.

Suddenly, a strange sound appeared in the sky, making everyone look up anxiously.

The sound gradually became clearer, like a sharp screech.

Rumble ~

The sudden explosion finally made everyone understand what the sound was: the sound of bombs falling!

This was followed by screams and wails. The bomb had collapsed a shop, killing and wounding many. At the explosion site, some people were crushed by collapsed walls, some had a leg blown off, and some were covered in glass shards. The scene was too horrible to bear.

The crowd on the street immediately panicked, everyone running around like headless flies, looking for what they thought was a safe place.

Rumble ~

A bomb exploded in the crowd, instantly shattering the people around it. Shrapnel and gravel scattered everywhere, dismembered limbs flying and flesh and internal organs torn apart.

The shrapnel passed through several people before landing on the ground or lodging in someone's body.

Where the shrapnel passed, a layer of bloody mist appeared first, then the injured people fell to the ground, wailing. Many people who had been howling with full vigor in the previous second fainted in the next because of the blood gushing from their bodies.

This was just a corner of Backlund. Today, such tragedies were happening everywhere in Backlund.

In the Financial District and the Commercial Area, only a squadron of airships circled around. The main bombing target was the North Borough, where government departments were concentrated, as well as the industrial district and dock area, which were full of heavy industry.

… …

Inside the 'Earl's Light'.

Amidst the continuous explosions and shouts, Hobert came out of the office building. With a wave of his hand, he 'altered' the temperature of the fog, and the fog in the sky turned into a light rain that fell to the ground.

At the same time, the scene in the air was very clear. Todd and others who followed behind took a cold breath. More than a dozen airships bearing the flag of the Feysac Empire were circling in the sky, bombing towards the 'Earl's Light'.

These behemoths were so shocking to people's minds, like giant beasts devouring lives!

The light rain created by Hobert ended quickly, and the thick fog quickly blocked everyone's sight, and the airships 'hid' again.

Hobert immediately realized that today's thick fog was unusual and that a 'Weather Warlock' might be manipulating the weather.

His first thought was: The reaction speed of the Loen's angels is too slow!

But then he thought: That's not right, they must be very happy to have such a bombing, after all, as it stands now, if the Kingdom of Loen goes to war with the Feysac Empire, Loen has a great advantage.

This bombing allows the Kingdom of Loen to declare war on the Feysac Empire in the guise of righteousness. For the upper class of the Kingdom of Loen, this is a good thing!

In the blink of an eye, the airship bombing had reached not far from the 'Earl's Light'.

With a wave of his hand, Hobert 'distorted' the direction of the force, and the falling bombs suddenly flew back, rushing towards the airships that had dropped them.

Rumble ~

A series of explosions in mid-air produced a shock wave that pushed away the mist. Hobert saw that all the bombs had been detonated prematurely and had not damaged the airships.

Immediately afterward, the airships were obscured by the mist again, dropping bombs from difficult-to-defend angles.

Hobert raised his hand and made a fist, pulling it down. He 'distorted' gravity and 'tampered' with the attraction.

A 'creaking' sound of metal being 'pulled' to its limit suddenly rang out in the air.

Hobert felt an extraordinary force pulling against him. He smiled slightly and continued to exert force, constantly 'distorting' and 'tampered'.

The airships above were about to be unable to withstand it. If the tug-of-war between the two demigods continued for another four or five seconds at most, the airships would disintegrate!

At this moment, an employee not far from Hobert suddenly raised his hand: "Psychic Pierce!"

Hobert felt as if a hand had suddenly crushed his brain.

He staggered back two steps, somewhat dazed, and fell to the ground.

In the intense ringing in his ears, Hobert saw a female employee rushing towards him, a short sword with a green glow in her hand, stabbing towards his chest.

The whole process may have only taken a second, or perhaps less than a second. Before the surrounding people could react, the short sword had already reached Hobert's face.

Almost instinctively, Hobert 'distorted' his position, but his 'distortion' seemed not to work well today, only escaping a dozen meters.

The female employee chased after him in one step and stabbed at Hobert again.

This time, Hobert's brain finally cleared up a bit. He reached into his pocket with one hand, broke the seal of the '0-71' Disaster Porcelain Doll, and a mirror suddenly appeared in front of his chest.

He knew that the other party was very familiar with the abilities of the 'Disorder' or 'Distortion', and it would be difficult to avoid her attacks if he used these abilities.

Ripples rippled on the mirror, and the female employee's short sword was 'devoured' by the mirror.

Hobert looked at the other party, his face pale, and gave an ugly smile: "Orseya Tamara!"

He was sure that this was the 'Chaos Hunter' hidden in Backlund by the Tamara family!

In the past week or so, Hobert had been intentionally creating opportunities for her to kill him, but the other party was very patient and had not taken the bait.

He didn't expect her to suddenly launch an attack during today's outbreak of war.

Hobert was sure that the other party must have a Sealed Artifact that could hide spirituality and malice, otherwise Hobert would have been able to sense the threat from her in advance, and would not have noticed the other party's attack until she raised her hand.

These thoughts flashed through Hobert's mind, and his thinking became much clearer.

But recalling the Sequence 3 level 'Mental Pierce' he had received in an unprepared state, Hobert still felt a splitting headache.

Orseya did not respond to Hobert. She continued to attack, taking advantage of her advantage, and said: "It is forbidden to connect to the 'Mirror World' here." While stabbing at Hobert again.

After using this 'prohibition', she immediately realized that she could not completely 'prohibit' the connection between the surrounding real world and the 'Mirror World', but only made the corresponding operations relatively more complicated.

Hobert also did not use any more abilities related to the 'Mirror World'. He was somewhat embarrassed and flustered, and immediately 'distorted' the direction of Orseya's thrust.

As Hobert expected, Orseya's hand shook back and forth like a snake, but in the end, it still stabbed at Hobert.

Just as Hobert was very familiar with the abilities of the 'Arbiter' pathway, Orseya was also very familiar with the abilities of the 'Lawyer' pathway. She used the ability of 'Deprivation' to temporarily deprive Hobert of the ability to 'Distort', so her hand still found the correct direction in the end.

But just as the short sword was about to stab Hobert, she suddenly retracted her sword and took a few steps back.

Hobert secretly said it was a pity. He was already holding a 'Fate Siphon' talisman in his hand. Orseya's short sword looked like it was highly poisonous, and it must be the kind that could seriously injure even Sequence 3 Beyonders.

So Hobert planned to steal and exchange fate with the other party after Orseya stabbed him.

But Orseya must have noticed something. Even though Hobert was acting very well, she did not take the bait.

Hobert put away his embarrassment and panic, which curbed the other party's offensive and gave himself a chance to turn defeat into victory.

He was about to tell Todd and others who had come to help to hide, but Orseya turned around and ran.

It was not easy to lure the other party out, how could he let her escape?

Hobert made a gesture to Todd and the others, and chased after her without even having time to say a word.

Fortunately, because of Hobert's tug-of-war just now, the Feysac Empire's airships knew that there was a demigod here, so they bypassed the 'Earl's Light' and began to bomb in other directions.

Just after chasing out of the 'Earl's Light' factory, Hobert 'distorted' Orseya's intention, turning escape into charge.

Orseya seemed to have foresight and immediately 'imprisoned' herself. She was only standing still, but she was not retreating.

Hobert used 'Distortion' to distort space and took the opportunity to catch up. Orseya had just escaped the state of 'imprisonment', and clenched her fist and waved it down: "Execution!"

Hobert immediately felt as if a phantom rope was around his neck, and then the ground under his feet caved in, creating a deep pit. Hobert suddenly had the illusion of being hanged.

He immediately 'tampered' with his own gravity, making himself as light as a feather.

But he soon discovered that this would not work either, the feeling of being strangled was still there!

During this period, Orseya did not continue to attack, but chose to continue to escape.

Hobert immediately 'distorted' space, but even if his own position was distorted, the phantom rope was still there, still trying to hang him!

He wanted to 'bestow' the rope to a frightened stray dog on the roadside, but found that this extraordinary attack was targeted and could not be 'gifted'.

Even though it was very uncomfortable, Hobert's pursuit continued, and Orseya never left his sight. When Orseya seized the opportunity to enter the spirit world, she was also stopped by Hobert's method of 'distorting' space.

This feeling of being locked around the neck lasted for four or five seconds. Hobert's tongue was pulled out, and the bones in his neck were broken several times. The phantom rope finally disappeared.

Hobert 'bestow' the discomfort and pain caused by the attack just now to a street lamp on the roadside, and the street lamp burst instantly.

Looking at Orseya again, she was already one or two kilometers away in front!

The road beneath the other party's feet seemed to be receding backward, and in the time it took to lift a foot, they had already traveled dozens of meters, a speed not slower than "Distortion."

Explosions frequently echoed around, and the workers screamed in alarm, all running outside the factory, causing chaos on the road.

Fortunately, the Feysac Empire's fleet's primary target was the factory, and they did not bomb the workers.

Although the road was chaotic, it did not affect the two Saints' pursuit; their speed was so fast that the people around could barely see them.

And today, no official demigods were destined to come and stop them, or rather, those demigods simply didn't have the time to care about them.

In order to shorten the distance between them, Hobert "exploited" Orseya's ability, so that with each step she took, she would pull Hobert forward several hundred meters as well.

It was as if Hobert was hitching a ride, taking advantage of the other party's abilities.

Coupled with the speed of Hobert's own abilities, the distance between the two quickly closed by half.

But Orseya immediately noticed this, and with a wave of her hand, she "imprisoned" Hobert in place.

Hobert immediately "distorted" the concept of himself and the other party, and when that "imprisonment" attack was about to hit Hobert, it actually "flew" back.

Orseya made a downward chopping gesture, and the "imprisonment" floated to the side of the road like a ball, "imprisoning" dozens of pedestrians in place.

At this time, Hobert used the ability of "0-71" again, summoning mirrors to surround Orseya.

Their location was already far from the "Earl's Light," so Orseya's previous "Prohibition" had lost its effect.

Orseya "banished" the mirrors in front of her, creating a gap in the encirclement of mirrors, and continued to escape forward.

Hobert plunged into a mirror; Orseya's pupils suddenly constricted, and a mirror appeared on her retina. Hobert drilled out from her eye.

"Imprison!" Orseya imprisoned Hobert outside the mirror, and Hobert, who had just drilled to the shoulder, was immediately stuck.

He didn't wait for the "imprisonment" ability to end, but immediately drilled back into the mirror.

Almost at the same time, a figure flashed past a pile of broken glass on the side of the road, and Hobert drilled out from it.

Orseya raised her hand: "Deprivation!"

She could feel that Hobert's actions in the "Mirror World" relied on a high-level sealed artifact.

So she didn't try to "deprive" Hobert of his actions in the "Mirror World," but temporarily "deprived" the reflective properties of that piece of broken glass, so that it no longer had the concept of a "mirror surface."

As a result, Hobert was stuck again. He waved his hand in the air, "tampering" with the surrounding thick fog, causing the mist to condense into light rain and fall to the ground.

At this time, Hobert chased while freezing the light rain, and every step Orseya took, she had to pull her feet out with force. After only two steps, her shoes were frozen to the road.

Barefoot, Orseya ran while considering countermeasures. Without shoes, every step she took, the soles of her feet would freeze to the ground, and each time she lifted her foot, she had to tear up a large piece of the ground, which noticeably slowed her down.

This kind of "tampering" or "distortion" of natural rules is not what the "Arbiter" pathway is good at.

"Deprivation!" She had no choice but to temporarily deprive the surrounding water of its ability to condense into ice.

But Hobert had taken advantage of this series of operations to catch up.

Hobert chanted an incantation from behind: "Deception!"

Orseya realized that he had used a spell, so she pulled out her short sword again, first crashing through a wall on the side of the road to avoid the other party's spell, then facing Hobert, looking for another opportunity to escape.

At this time, Hobert had also drawn his rapier and thrust it out. He knew that his Beyonder abilities could easily be neutralized by the other party, so he simply used the rapier to attack.

Orseya smiled slightly, and the short sword in her hand stabbed towards Hobert. She also knew that if a "Lawyer" and an "Arbiter" were to fight with extraordinary power, they could easily be busy for a long time without achieving anything.

Neither of them dodged, and the intention to exchange injuries for injuries was very obvious.

Orseya didn't think she would lose; on the contrary, she felt that this was an opportunity to kill the target.

With a soft "puff," Hobert's rapier pierced Orseya's heart, but Orseya didn't feel her short sword pierce Hobert.

At this time, the short sword in her hand suddenly deformed and turned into her belt.

It turned out that she had not been able to avoid the "Deception" spell just now. Hobert had "deceived" her spiritual perception and vision, making her mistakenly believe that the belt was her short sword.

As a result, Hobert's sword struck Orseya, but she only hit Hobert with her belt.

Orseya dropped the belt and immediately retreated. At the same time, she felt the coldness of the wound, knowing that Hobert's rapier also had a mystical effect, so she planned to "imprison" the wound immediately.

At this time, the two were in a small dessert shop, and Hobert used the second spell: "Theft!"

Hobert "stole" three of Orseya's abilities, starting from "Imprisonment," and going back to "Deprivation" and "Imprisonment."

For the next two hours, Orseya would not be able to use these abilities!

Coincidentally, because the abilities of "Imprisonment" and "Confinement" were stolen at the same time, Orseya temporarily lost the ability to control her injuries.

"Exile!" Because of her spirituality warning, the injury caused by that rapier would be very dangerous if not treated immediately, so she immediately "exiled" the injury.

Having reached the Sequence 3 level of "Arbiter," she could already exile and imprison some abstract things.

"Tampering!" Hobert immediately "tampered" with the target of Orseya's "exile," causing a box of desserts on the counter to be exiled into the void.

Similarly, Hobert was also a Sequence 3, and also had the ability to perform abstract operations.

At this time, because of the bombing, the clerks in the dessert shop had already fled, but even if they were here, they would not dare to charge Orseya or Hobert.

Now Hobert was not in a hurry, intending to wear Orseya down, because the longer it took, the more serious her injuries would become.

"Execution!" Orseya realized that she had to get away first to have a chance to control her injuries, so she used the ability of execution again.

"Exploit!" This time Hobert was prepared, and used the ability of "Exploit" to change the other party's "Execution" ability from 5 seconds to 1 second.

A phantom guillotine appeared behind Hobert's neck. When the guillotine fell and Hobert's neck was cut in half, this "Execution," which lasted only 1 second, ended.

The ability of "Execution" is flexible and changeable. If encountering Beyonders below the demigod level, the "Chaos Hunter" would choose to directly execute the other party's spirit body.

Because at that level, the spirit body has not yet undergone qualitative changes, and the spirit body of a general target will follow the "Chaos Hunter's" "judgment" and die immediately.

But for Beyonders at Hobert's level, he would refuse to accept this "judgment," so the method of "executing" the other party's spirit body is of little significance.

Only "execution" methods such as hanging and beheading can cause substantial damage to enemies at this level.

Taking advantage of Hobert's "gifting" away his injuries, Orseya finally had a chance to escape.

This time Hobert didn't rush to catch up, but instead injected spirituality into the rapier and opened his mouth in Orseya's direction.

It seemed that no sound was made, but Orseya in front suddenly stopped, her whole body becoming stiff.

Hobert used the ability of the rapier "Language of the Dead." Orseya's spirit body had been injured just now, and at this time, it was attacked by the undead Beyonder power, and the injury suddenly worsened.

Orseya took a deep breath: "Attacking the spirit body is prohibited here!"

"Magnification!" Hobert didn't attack the spirit body, but simply magnified her injuries.

Orseya's face turned pale immediately, her lips turned purple, her whole body trembled, and she couldn't continue to escape.

Hobert was not far or near from her, seemingly not in a hurry to attack: "After you die, I will perform necromancy on you, and then find the valley where Tamara is hiding, and destroy it all!"

Orseya simply stopped running, and she smiled coldly: "Then I have to thank you for destroying the gathering place of that bastard and pervert."

Hobert was slightly stunned, but he then said: "I have always been curious as to why you always wore a veil before.

"Today I suddenly realized that there is a scar on your face, or you don't want people to see something, right?

"Hehe, your face now is not your own face at all!"

Orseya was obviously a little surprised: "After I die, burn my body directly, and don't look at my face!"

Hobert laughed loudly: "I will not only look at it, but I also plan to publish the appearance on your face in the newspaper, so that everyone knows what Orseya's face looks like!"

Orseya was very angry: "Death!"

She punched Hobert, but found that her whole body was stiff and her limbs were no longer under her control.

Hobert took advantage of the opportunity when the other party was angered: "Frenzy!"

Orseya's eyes were sometimes angry and sometimes worried, and she immediately fell into a state of "madness."

So Hobert held the rapier and stabbed Orseya in the chest again.

"Arrogance!" Hobert continued his mental attack, while the rapier pierced Orseya's left eye and finally penetrated her brain.

Then Hobert quickly retreated, and Orseya, as if having a nightmare, screamed and grabbed randomly a few times, finally stiffening there and not moving, as if she had been dead for a while and had become stiff.

Hobert immediately used the ability of "Travel," took the corpse back to his study, and then immediately sacrificed the corpse to the "Nation of Disorder."

It's likely the Tamara family already knows about Orseya's death, but their family's angels don't dare enter Backlund right now.

At this time, the angels of the Loen Kingdom are not stopping the Feysac Empire's air raids, not because they are too old to lift their swords, but because they have no intention of stopping them at all.

But if other angels come to Backlund, they will definitely take action.

Even if they don't take action, coming here at this time can easily cause misunderstandings and be seen as the Tamara family defecting to the Feysac Empire.

The Tamara family doesn't control secular power right now, and offending the Augustus family would be very detrimental to them.

Hobert boldly entered the "Nation of Disorder" and summoned the Sealed Artifact "1-110", which is comparable to the "Ferryman", to communicate with Orseya.

This level of spirit communication is no longer like before, where one enters a spiritual space full of gray fog, but can directly pull the target's spirit body out of the corpse for communication.

Of course, Orseya is definitely a high-level member of the Tamara family, and her spirit body must have been treated accordingly to prevent spirit communication.

That's why Hobert simply brought her to the "Nation of Disorder", which can effectively isolate some of the Tamara family's arrangements.

When he was about to pull out the other party's spirit body, Hobert said to Orseya's corpse, "Out of respect for the dead, I won't look at your face, but you must answer my questions well."

After speaking, he pulled out Orseya's spirit body. The moment it was pulled out, her face was erased, and there was nothing on her entire face.

Hobert asked, "Where is the valley where the Tamara family is hiding?"

Orseya replied, "In the Minsk Mountains, roughly on the border between the Loen Kingdom and the Feysac Empire."

"How to find it? Or how to enter it?"

"If you look for it from the ground, it will be difficult to find, but if you look for it from the air, you can see a tree trunk on the ground that is completely black. Walk around that tree three times and you can see the valley."

Hobert nodded: "Tell me what you know about the 'Uncertain Mist'."

Orseya replied, "That is an Evil God. Our faction has always refused to believe in Him, but the 'Uncertain Mist' has corrupted many members of our faction.

"This is why our leader compromised during the civil war back then. He no longer opposed family members believing in the 'Uncertain Mist', but family members should have the right to choose whether to believe.

"The last time I saw our leader, He told me pessimistically that the 'Uncertain Mist' is about to descend on the earth."

Hobert didn't expect that there was such a faction in the Tamara family. He first considered whether to take them for his own use?

But he soon felt that he should not consider this for the time being, unless they came to him seeking shelter, otherwise it would be better to turn them into Beyonder characteristics and cultivate forces loyal to him.

Hobert thought for a while and asked again: "Do you know where Erebus is hiding?"

"I don't know."

"Besides that valley, what other important strongholds does the Tamara family have?"

Orseya's spirit body replied: "There are three on the surface, one in the Gale Basin in the middle of the Hornacis Mountains, one in…"

Hobert raised his hand, signaling her to wait a moment before continuing to answer.

Hobert stretched out his hand towards the pool, and the surface of the pool surged, revealing a map of the Northern Continent.

Hobert said: "Mark their locations."

Orseya's spirit body looked at the map and seemed to poke it with her finger, and ripples began to appear in three places.

One in the Hornacis Mountains, the part within the Loen Kingdom; one in the northern part of the Eternal Night Plain in the Feysac Empire; and one on Damil Island.

"There is also a stronghold that I learned about unintentionally," Orseya said: "That stronghold is kept secret from the members of our faction."

As she spoke, another point appeared on the map, unexpectedly in the Aurak Archipelago on the west side of the Northern Continent.

"Alright, you can go to the underworld now." Hobert waved his hand, and Orseya's spirit body disappeared.

Then Hobert glanced at the short sword she had used before. It was a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, seemingly corresponding to the Sequence 3 "Pallbearer" of the "Planter" pathway.

The main ability is to harm the target with poison. It is not necessary to stab the target. As long as it is close enough to the target, the target can be poisoned.

Even a demigod, after being poisoned, will immediately become weak and unable to even stand.

In addition, as Hobert guessed, this Sealed Artifact has the ability to control spirituality, and the ability to temporarily make all his emotions disappear.

Orseya used this method to sneak attack Hobert at close range.

Perhaps because the ability of this Sealed Artifact is relatively simple, the negative effects are not great, and it is indeed very suitable for Beyonders of the "Arbiter" pathway who are good at fighting.

As for its origin, Hobert estimated that it should have been captured by the Tamara family during the "War of the Four Emperors".

Hobert named this Sealed Artifact "1-114" and placed it on the stone platform over there.

Accelerating the speed at which Orseya's Beyonder characteristics were extracted, Hobert took the corpse out, burned it to ashes, and buried it underground in the wilderness of the Backlund suburbs.

At this time, the Feysac Empire's bombing had ended, and as Hobert was about to return to the "Earl's Light", he saw the carriage of Georgina, the Chief of the MI9, drive into the yard.

Hobert smiled: "The royal family's reaction is quite fast."

The car door opened, and Georgina got out of the carriage and said to Hobert on the terrace: "Princess Alice invites you to listen to a symphony."

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