Chapter 418 Even the Door Was Removed
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Seel looked at the Lord disappearing in front of him, stunned for a full three or four seconds before quickly putting on his shoes and going to Albert's room inside the cabin.
Albert opened the door, yawning: "It's not even dawn yet!"
"The Lord wants us on deck!"
Albert stared blankly at Seel: "Are you sleepwalking?"
"Suit yourself."
Watching Seel leave the cabin, Albert hesitated and followed him out. If Seel was really sleepwalking, it would just be a few extra steps.
But if what he said was true, the loss would be too great if he didn't go.
Arriving on deck, Albert really saw the Lord standing at the bow with his hands behind his back.
He looked again at the still moving "Hippo" and the river water on both sides of the "Hippo". He was still on the ship!
Although he didn't understand what was happening, he immediately respectfully called out: "Lord Hobert!"
Hobert glanced at the swords in their hands, then asked Albert: "Do you have the Sealed Artifact with you?"
Albert nodded: "Yes!"
The ancestral treasure, of course, had to be carried with him.
"Tonight, an enemy force is invading Jeffery Territory. I have already killed their leaders. Now they have eight soldiers left, just right for you to practice with."
Seel immediately became excited. Since gaining Beyonder abilities, he had not had a chance to use them and had long wanted to fight.
Albert was pondering that the Lord might need help, which is why he needed their assistance: "I'll have Wayne stop the ship."
"No need!" Hobert held their shoulders: "I'm going to take you through the Spirit World. Lower your heads and don't make eye contact with the creatures of the Spirit World."
Before Seel could ask what the Spirit World was, the space in front of them became illusory, and they arrived in the Spirit World, where there was no distinction between front, back, left, and right.
Their eyes couldn't take it all in at once, and they found everything strange. They were stunned for a few seconds after leaving the Spirit World, as if savoring the wonderful journey just now.
Hobert pointed to the farmhouse on the hillside in front of them: "The eight soldiers are inside. I will directly rush in, and you will intercept the two enemies who escape.
"Those two enemies are evenly matched with you. Do your best to defeat them!"
After speaking, Hobert ignored their reactions and strode toward the farmhouse.
The mercenary on guard outside noticed Hobert and immediately blew his whistle to warn, but after only one blow, a black light flashed, and a knife was already stuck in his forehead.
Hobert quickly stepped forward, sheathed the knife with one hand, and kicked out with the other, directly knocking down a wall.
Ignoring the enemies crushed by the wall, Hobert quickly stepped forward and killed an enemy trying to escape through the window with a single slash.
He then kicked an enemy who overestimated himself and attacked Hobert, causing his chest to collapse.
Albert outside was already dumbfounded. Now he understood that the lord was really letting himself and Seel practice.
This made Albert feel flattered. After all, Seel was the Lord's confidant, and he also had the opportunity to participate in this experience, which showed that the Lord valued him.
In fact, it was just because Hobert knew in his heart that nobles like Albert would be loyal once they knew that the new lord had an Lord for a father.
So, while Hobert was training Seel, he brought him along.
The battle there had already ended, and two enemies covered in dust and with terrified faces ran out.
These were the two Sequence 9s. Hobert followed closely behind. Without the Lord giving any further orders, Seel and Albert drew their swords and rushed up to intercept the two fleeing enemies.
Hobert stood behind and instructed: "Seel, besides stabbing, a sword can also slash and pick!
"Albert, pay attention to the timing of using the Sealed Artifact. Don't let it conflict with your attacks.
"Seel, pay attention to your steps. Follow the feeling of your spirituality.
"Albert, ordinary people have extremely limited spirituality. Don't use the Sealed Artifact too frequently.
"Seel…"
Under Hobert's guidance, Seel finally killed his opponent in seven or eight minutes, while Albert took two minutes longer. Both of them sat on the ground, panting heavily.
This was thanks to Hobert's presence, otherwise these two would not have been able to defeat the mercenaries with rich combat experience.
After the two of them had caught their breath, Hobert asked Seel: "How do you feel?"
Seel immediately stood up and said: "Even with Beyonder abilities, I must practice every day and not slack off. Next time I encounter such an opponent, I will definitely not be so strenuous!"
Hobert nodded with satisfaction and looked at Albert.
Albert was somewhat envious of Seel, who had gained Beyonder power after following the Lord for such a short time.
Feeling the Lord's gaze, he immediately stood up and said: "Although I have practiced swordsmanship since I was a child, I am still too weak for a Beyonder.
Hobert commented: "Your strength and agility are not much different from your opponent, but you lack experience fighting Beyonders. Of course, this is only for some Sequence 9s. Many Sequence 9s are stronger than you just by taking the potion.
"If you have fought Sequence 8s, you will truly feel your own weakness."
Hobert deliberately raised his hand noticeably, and the eight corpses immediately stood up. Soon, the Beyonder characteristics in their bodies were extracted, and the corpses handed over their Beyonder characteristics to Hobert one by one.
Seel and Albert stood there stiffly, not even daring to breathe loudly. If they hadn't seen the Lord raise his hand just now and knew that these corpses stood up because of the Lord's abilities, they would have turned around and run away long ago.
Especially Albert, whether it was traversing the Spirit World or manipulating corpses, he felt that he had only seen the true face of the Beyonder world today.
At the same time, he was glad that in middle age, he had finally met someone who could give him the abilities he wanted and whom he could devote all his efforts to serving.
He secretly laughed in his heart: Grove is such a fool to defect. He doesn't even know what opportunities he has missed.
...
Back in the study, Hobert heard banging noises from next door. It turned out that Allen had woken up the carpenters early to repair the door and windows of Hobert's room.
Hobert wasn't very sleepy either, so he locked the door of the study and sacrificed all the spoils of this battle to the "Nation of Disorder".
This raid was more clean and efficient than the last, completely eliminating two mercenary squads and harvesting 14 Beyonder characteristics and two Mystical Items.
The threat from Loen might only be the people from MI9.
However, after this battle, the people from MI9 probably wouldn't take action without a demigod leading the team.
Hobert believed that, based on the strength he had shown in Backlund before, MI9 would not mobilize a demigod for him.
As for mercenaries, Hobert remembered that the top mercenary teams in the entire Northern Continent, there were only a dozen or so, basically with official backgrounds, carrying out anti-enemy operations that were not suitable for officials to take action.
Now that three of them had been wiped out in South Colson, it was estimated that the other mercenary squads also knew that Hobert's strength was completely inconsistent with the bounty.
Not that the bounty was too high, but that the bounty was too low. It was estimated that the other top mercenary squads would not easily take action.
Thinking of this, Hobert was a little disappointed. Without these transport teams, his income would definitely be affected.
The next step was to build his own Beyonder market in the auction house. He planned to take out those Beyonder characteristics he had accumulated before to activate the market and alleviate the financial pressure on Jeffery Territory at the same time.
Thinking of this, Hobert turned his attention to the Beyonder characteristics in front of him.
Among them was a Sequence 5 "Mentor of Disorder" Beyonder characteristic; three Sequence 6 characteristics, one "Wind Blessed", one "Judge", and one "Conspirer".
One Sequence 7 "Briber" Beyonder characteristic; six Sequence 8 characteristics, three "Sheriff", one "Barbarian", one "Provoker", and one "Pugilist" Beyonder characteristic.
Two Sequence 9 characteristics, one "Arbiter" and one "Warrior" pathway Beyonder characteristic.
In addition, he also harvested two Mystical Items, one was a Sealed Artifact of the "Darkness" pathway, which could make creatures in a certain area lose most of their active will.
Although it was a Sealed Artifact with an area of effect attack, it did not distinguish between friend and foe.
Hobert seemed to imagine such a scene, where two groups of people who were about to rush together to fight, under the effect of this Sealed Artifact, would stare blankly at each other, without the will to fight.
Then this Sealed Artifact could be named "Peace Envoy".
And the sword that could pierce Hobert was a Mystical Item of the "Hunter" pathway, with the ability of "Fatal Strike", which could make the sword extremely sharp and almost indestructible. Every stab was a "Cull", even if the stabbed position was not the target's weakness, it could become a weakness.
However, Hobert did not intend to replace the knife in his hand with it, because this sword also needed three strikes to break through the "Guardian's" "Dawn Barrier", while the Tang knife in Hobert's hand only needed two strikes, which showed how strong this knife's "armor-breaking" ability was.
Hobert put these two Mystical Items in the "Nation of Disorder", just as an accumulation of his own Sealed Artifacts.
After he established his own Beyonder force in a while, he could give it to the "official Beyonder" in the territory to use.
At that time, with Sealed Artifacts and official Beyonder, the official Beyonder system of this territory would be established.
And the power of the Earth Mother Church and the Theosophy Order could gradually be marginalized, only responsible for religious cases.
Sitting on the "Iron Throne", Hobert did not leave the "Nation of Disorder" immediately, but considered the issue of "reducing the burden" on himself.
One problem he was facing now was that he had too many Mystical Items on him. Although the negative effects were not strong, he had to spend a lot of effort to avoid them every day.
The key was that as Hobert's own abilities became stronger, some items could be placed in the "Nation of Disorder" on weekdays, and then taken out when needed.
For example, the "Psychological Spoon", this Mystical Item was rarely used now, Hobert preferred to kill the enemy and communicate with the spirit.
And its ability to block attacks from the spirit world had also gradually become useless.
Originally, the "Black Emperor" pathway had a "passive skill" to resist mental attacks. At the level of "Mentor of Disorder", Hobert's mental power had become so strong that he could effectively resist mental attacks and mind attacks.
The ability of "Berserk" had not been used for a long time. Now Hobert had the ability of "Arrogance", which overlapped with "Berserk".
Now the biggest role of the "Psychological Spoon" was "Hypnosis", which could be completely taken from the "Nation of Disorder" when needed.
Another Mystical Item that was somewhat useless was the "Light Ring". Its power was very strong, but in this battle, its ability was not used once.
It was still because Hobert's own ability could completely replace the abilities of some Mystical Items.
If it was some exploration action in the dark, or knowing that he was going to face enemies who were afraid of sunlight, it would not be too late to go to the "Nation of Disorder" to get it.
The situation of the "Dream Stealing Pocket Watch" was similar to that of the "Light Ring", and there was no need to carry it on his body anymore.
Originally, Hobert was also preparing to put the "Ocean Pendant" in the "Nation of Disorder", but its "flying" ability was really useful, strengthening Hobert's mobility speed, and could be worn on his body temporarily.
The situation of the "Faceless Necklace" was similar to that of the "Ocean Pendant", and the ability of the "Paper Figure Substitute" was very useful, and could be worn on his body temporarily.
The "Fighting Ring" was useless and must be placed in the "Nation of Disorder".
As for the other Mystical Items, there were also the "Healing Fork", "Traveler's Knife", "Spirit Wine Glass", and "Zombie Spoon". They all had irreplaceable roles, or new roles, and could be carried on his body temporarily.
Hobert had six Mystical Items on him, which was a little easier.
Then Hobert turned his attention to the scepter he got from Medici, which was a demigod-level Sealed Artifact, which could enhance his combat power.
With a wave of his hand, he held the scepter in his hand and felt its negative effects again: "The holder's thinking is easy to become distorted, originally intending to attack but will become defense; the holder will become abnormally greedy, any property can attract a certain amount of attention; the holder will become fond of laughing, sometimes laughter will interrupt the use of his own Beyonder abilities."
Hobert stretched out his hand again and summoned the "Power of Order" to try to seal it.
But the sealing effect was not as good as imagined. None of the negative effects of the scepter were reduced, except that the negative effects could be greatly reduced in the first ten minutes of use. However, a certain negative effect would briefly affect the holder, regardless of whether the holder continued to hold it.
In other words, this scepter can only be used for ten minutes at a time! Then it needs to rest for at least half an hour before it can avoid the negative effects again.
Hobert pondered for a moment, took a "Crystal of Order", deformed the "Crystal of Order", and wrapped the scepter.
This turned it into a scepter with a black crystal appearance. Hobert planned to pin it on his waist and use it as an ornament usually, and then "remove" its outer shell when using it.
After doing these things, Hobert returned to the real world. The sky outside was just beginning to brighten, and there were crowing chickens everywhere.
Hobert used "Travel" to reach the highest point of the mountain, exhaling white mist, looking at the misty Moon Lake, and watching the rising wisps of smoke.
Hobert had gradually poured his feelings into this territory, especially after seeing this vibrant scene, he hoped even more that it would become rich and prosperous.
Then Hobert turned his gaze to the territory of Viscount Teuton across Moon Lake, and to the entire South Colson that was gradually awakening.
He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of grabbing and clenching his fist.
Hobert smiled, not feeling that his actions were childish at all.
The next second, he entered the spirit world again and returned to his study.
Breakfast was ready, and Hobert's room was also repaired.
After breakfast, Hobert took a nap, and around ten o'clock, he started to get busy again.
...
Backlund, 29 Sivellaus Street, Empress Borough.
Rafter, who was studying a geography magazine, felt a movement in his heart and looked towards the door.
Knock knock knock~
After three knocks, he twisted the handle and opened the door. A man wearing a black crystal mask, a black windbreaker, and a black crystal scepter on his waist came in.
Rafter immediately got up excitedly: "The Favored!"
And this "Favored" was of course Hobert: "The great 'Creator' wants you to go to the suburbs of Backlund. I have brought you two things."
After speaking, Hobert took out a black mask made of "Crystal of Order". Rafter had dedicated the mask Hobert gave him before back to him in a very knowing manner. There was also a small bottle of blood: "Bring the map!"
Rafter quickly found a map of the extreme suburbs of Backlund. Hobert marked the location of the ruins: "After arriving at the marked location, pray to the 'Creator', and He will send you to an underground ruin.
"In the ruins, there is a noble courtyard. After finding it, the 'Creator' will unlock the seal there and send you to the underground part of the ruins!
"When you arrive at the underground part, you will see an underground corridor. First, set up an altar, and then smear this bottle of blood on the wall.
"Attention! Close your eyes immediately after smearing the blood! Otherwise, you will die!
"After feeling a great sense of fear, close your eyes and make a sacrifice to the 'Creator'!"
When Rafter heard that he might die, his heart trembled slightly, but then he thought that with the gaze of the "Creator", he would not be in much danger, and then he calmed down.
Hobert pointed to the mask on the table: "As long as you complete this task, this mask is yours.
"This is the symbol of the 'Creator's' Favored. You will be directly under my leadership. I will occasionally give you some tasks. As long as you complete the tasks, you will accumulate merit and I will give you some rewards.
"If there is any problem that cannot be solved, pray to the 'Creator' if it is urgent, and write me a letter and summon my messenger if it is not urgent.
"The method of summoning the messenger is..., the reward for each summoning is three donuts."
Rafter wrote them down one by one, and suddenly felt a sense of excitement and peace of mind from finding an organization: "What should I call you?"
"Just call me the Favored!"
"Yes!"
Rafter watched the "Favored" open the door and leave, and then his spirituality felt that the other party had disappeared outside the door.
Rafter stared at the direction of the door for a while before he seemed to suddenly wake up, put away the mask and the potion, changed his clothes, disguised himself, and left the room through the window.
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Territory.
Hobert used "Travel" to return to his study. In the future, if anything happens, he plans to contact Rafter directly.
This is the correct way to use a "small account". Otherwise, it would be inappropriate for the "Creator" to come forward for every little thing.
At the same time, when he plans to buy a train, he will tell Upton the way to summon his messenger to achieve a one-way connection with him.
Tomorrow, Hobert also plans to take a "long trip" to the Southern Continent to meet with Elliott and establish a one-way connection with him.
In this way, he will connect all the current resources together through the identity of the "Creator's" Favored.
Hobert drank tea, waiting for Rafter to arrive at the designated location in the suburbs of Backlund.
At this time, Allen brought the ancient Azure Dragon Beast's blood, skin and other spiritual materials, as well as the previously collected internal organs, to Hobert's study.
Fortunately, it is winter now, and these things are all spiritual materials, so they have not deteriorated after being left for several days.
Because the ancient Azure Dragon Beast was huge, there were many spiritual materials, filling seven large boxes.
Hobert didn't know how to use these materials, so he simply sold them all to the Church of the Earth Mother.
However, the liver crystal of the ancient Azure Dragon Beast was of course not included in this sale.
Hobert made a list, and then summoned the messenger, spending ten donuts to ask the messenger to send the seven large boxes to Feynapotter City.
After finishing these, Hobert heard the prayer from the "Nation of Disorder".
Arriving at the "Nation of Disorder", it turned out that Rafter had arrived.
Hobert then used the "Teleportation Statue" again to send Rafter to the ruins.
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Suburbs of Backlund.
Rafter held up the lamp and looked around, marveling at the size of the ruins, and then recalling what the "Favored" had said, he went to the tallest and largest building in the ruins.
After arriving at the noble courtyard, Rafter's eyes became magical again. When he came back to his senses, he had already appeared in a long underground passage.
Rafter sighed: "I didn't expect that there are so many ruins in Backlund."
Knowing that the "Creator" was watching him, he didn't dare to delay. After a simple sigh, he quickly followed the instructions of the "Favored", set up the altar, and then smeared the blood.
Soon he saw a strange and bizarre stone door shape appearing where the blood was smeared. At this time, he suddenly remembered the "Favored's" instructions and quickly closed his eyes.
Having lost his sight in the unknown ruins, Rafter immediately became a little nervous and cramped.
Especially after a feeling of fear that made his whole body tremble appeared a few seconds later, Rafter wanted to open his eyes several times, but he endured it.
He finally understood why the "Favored" wanted him to set up the altar in advance. In this state, let alone setting up the altar, it would be difficult to even light a candle.
Amidst the occasional trembling sound of teeth colliding, Rafter completed the sacrifice process.
A surge of power appeared in the underground ruins, neutralizing the feeling of fear to the depths of the soul.
Soon, the feeling of fear completely disappeared.
The "Creator's" voice appeared in Rafter's ears: "You can open your eyes now."
Rafter opened his eyes and saw an ordinary stone room in front of him. He didn't know what made him so afraid. He only knew that the level of that thing must be very high, otherwise the "Creator" would not be interested.
In addition, he found that the strange and bizarre door had disappeared.
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