Chapter 522: Promoted to Earl of the Fallen
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Although Hobert possessed certain advantages, the six legs of the Six-legged imp had a natural "distortion" effect, making it difficult to inflict serious damage in the short term.
Aside from the "Disorder" ability used by "1-104," Hobert's other Sequence 5 abilities couldn't last even a second, not even long enough to "Magnify"!
And unlike innate skills that can be used continuously, the Six-legged imp sensed Hobert's intentions and began to retreat while fighting. The "Disorder" Hobert used could only slow its retreat.
If it were someone else, they might have been helpless, but the special nature of Hobert's knife allowed him to use "Underworld Gate" when he felt the time was right!
Instantly, the surrounding forest became gloomy and cold. Two bronze gates with intricate patterns suddenly appeared among the trees, making them look extraordinarily mysterious.
Pale hands stretched out from the cracks in the door, as if to grab something, and indescribable eyes peered out from the cracks, sending shivers down one's spine.
At the same time, the door cracks generated a tremendous suction force, as if capable of sucking a person's soul into the bronze gates.
The moment "Underworld Gate" appeared, the Six-legged imp felt icy cold all over, especially the wound where it had been stabbed by the black knife, which was chilling to the bone.
"Magnify!" Hobert seized the opportunity to magnifythe Six-legged imp's injuries.
The Six-legged imp immediately felt that its six legs were out of control, and they all collapsed to the ground!
Then, it "utilized" the power of "Underworld Gate," turning the bronze gate's attack target into its summoner.
Hobert immediately felt as if his soul was about to be dragged out of his body. Fortunately, he hadn't lost control of "Underworld Gate" and immediately terminated the summoning.
At this time, the Six-legged imp had shakily stood up on its uninjured legs: "Distort!"
Hobert's attack was once again deflected from his intended target, but this time the Six-legged imp only "distorted" the accuracy of Hobert's attack, causing Hobert to completely miss the target.
Just as Hobert was close to it, it suddenly lowered its body and punched Hobert, sending him flying!
The Six-legged imp realized that it had to do everything in its power to kill the enemy before it, otherwise, if "Underworld Gate" came again, its injuries would fully erupt, and it wouldn't be able to escape.
Hobert was just about to get up when the Six-legged imp limped over. So Hobert reached out a hand: "Eruption!"
The surrounding area of dozens of meters was covered with lava, and the rolling lava quickly formed a tiny volcano.
The Six-legged imp immediately "distorted" the temperature of the lava under its feet, making the thick lava black so it could stand on it.
Because of the opponent's pause, Hobert had the opportunity to roll in the lava, dodging the Six-legged imp's attack.
For Hobert, he also had a strategy to deal with the Six-legged imp's desperate attempt. "Eruption" was most suitable for this time.
The Six-legged imp kept "distorting" the temperature of the lava under its feet, trying to leave this small volcano as soon as possible.
However, Hobert's "1-106" also had the ability to manipulate lava. He erected a lava wall in front of the Six-legged imp, constantly preventing it from escaping.
"Disorder!" Hobert used "Disorder" again, but unlike before, he didn't make the Six-legged imp fall into a state of chaos, but made the spirituality of the Six-legged imp's six legs fall into chaos.
The patterns on its six legs suddenly became blurred. When attacking the Six-legged imp again, it was indeed not affected by its six legs and could attack its upper body.
The Six-legged imp realized the danger. It ignored the burns and drilled directly through the "lava wall" piled up by Hobert. Just as it was about to leave the small volcano, the "Underworld Gate" suddenly appeared again in front of it.
The surrounding temperature seemed to be suddenly sucked into the "Underworld Gate," and the lava near the "Underworld Gate" suddenly became hard. The Six-legged imp had just drilled halfway through the lava wall when it was stuck inside!
In fact, with its brute force, the hardened lava would definitely not be able to stop it, but the reappearance of "Underworld Gate" made the strength of its whole body seem to be drained, and the injured two legs suddenly lost their strength.
Hobert seized the opportunity and stabbed the Six-legged imp through the chest!
This magical beast struggled dying, and actually threw Hobert out.
It wanted to "distort" the attack target of "Underworld Gate" again, but found that its spirituality was rapidly draining from the wound in its chest, pouring into "Underworld Gate" like a whirlwind.
"Disorder!" Hobert used "Disorder" again, this time putting the Six-legged imp into a state of "disorder." Hobert quickly rushed over and killed the magical beast with one strike.
"Underworld Gate" disappeared. Hobert sat on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief. "Eruption" and the two uses of "Underworld Gate" had consumed a lot of his spirituality. He was not injured much in the two times he was knocked away, but his clothes were noticeably damaged.
Looking at the lifeless Six-legged imp in front of him, Hobert sighed: Magical beasts of this level, without the help of a demigod level or Sequence 1 Sealed Artifact, are not only difficult to kill, but also easily counter-killed.
Recalling Klein's search for main ingredients at the demigod level, it seemed that he also used Sequence 1 Sealed Artifacts.
After resting for a while, Hobert dragged the Six-legged imp, whose fur had been burned off, to the shore and sacrificed it to the "Nation of Disorder."
Returning to the swamp just now, Archibald's battle was also over. He and the Marionette were standing on the corpse of a catfish-like creature with tentacles. The Marionette didn't know where he found a wooden stick and was paddling towards the edge of the swamp like a bamboo raft.
"This is an Beyonder creature!" Archibald said, "But I don't know what it's called."
Hobert asked: "What level is it, roughly?"
Archibald divined it: "Sequence 5."
"It's useless for you to keep it. Sell it to me for 4,000 gold Lire."
"Okay."
Hobert also sacrificed this "catfish" to the "Nation of Disorder." Because Archibald was present, the corresponding prayer was to ask the "Creator" to keep it safe.
After collecting the spoils, he took Archibald and the Marionette back to the study in the territory.
After the two people drank a sip of tea, Hobert told Archibald to stay in the territory to suppress bandits recently, and called Seel to expand the number of soldiers directly to one thousand!
They can start training first. Hobert will bring the rifles used by the soldiers in a few days. He also plans to buy a dozen cannons and train the artillery early.
As for how to expand the barracks, where to station them, and other issues, Hobert asked Archibald and Seel to discuss it themselves.
After having a plan, report to him first, and then allocate funds and implement it.
After this brief military meeting, Hobert returned to his room, changed his clothes, and after telling anyone not to disturb him in the study, Hobert entered the "Nation of Disorder" to check today's harvest.
First of all, the Six-legged imp. Hobert took out its brain. The brain was only the size of a fist and had no sticky feeling at all. Instead, it felt a bit like crystal in the hand.
The blood vessels and lines on the brain formed a pattern that made people feel as if their vision was distorted at a glance.
In addition to this main material, the highest-level material on the Six-legged imp's body was its bone marrow.
Hobert pried open its bones. Just by breaking them open, the bone marrow could flow out by itself. The bone marrow flowed into the container and quickly turned into a dark red crystal.
Looking at the dark red bone marrow, Hobert sighed. Who would have thought that I would hunt a Sequence 4.5 Beyonder creature just for this little thing?
In addition, the Six-legged imp's internal organs and blood were also very high-level spiritual materials. Hobert collected them all to see if they could be used in the future. If they couldn't be used, he would sell them to Simpson.
As for the catfish with tentacles, Hobert cut open its belly and quickly discovered that its spleen had become an Beyonder material.
Hobert took the Sealed Artifact of the "Reader" pathway. He stared at the spleen in front of him for a few seconds and actually "discovered" that this was one of the Beyonder materials of the "Shepherd" of Sequence 5 of the "Secret Supplicant" pathway.
Hobert smiled helplessly. That 4,000 gold Lire might only be able to break even, because he only planned to sell this Beyonder material to the orthodox god churches. This was different from Beyonder characteristics, and he didn't know if any church would be willing to accept it.
Still collecting the spiritual materials on the monster, Hobert sat back on the "Iron Throne."
Looking again at the stone platform where the Beyonder characteristics of the "Earl of the Fallen" and three auxiliary Ingredients were stored, and then buying a bottle of white wine that was more than ten years old, all the materials would be complete.
But the potion still hadn't been digested a little, and the ritual hadn't been prepared yet.
Hobert sighed: "It's really troublesome!"
… …
Friday morning, west bank of Full Moon Lake.
Dennis, who was waiting at the entrance of the village, wrapped his coat tightly around himself. At this time in the South Colson area, it was still a bit cool before the sun had risen.
He had received notice the day before yesterday that the lord would come to pick him up this morning to end the current stage of work.
He glanced at the villagers who were standing quietly behind him to see him off: "Go back, the new village chief will come at noon, remember to let him see the handover materials I left behind."
Someone simply agreed, and the entrance of the village fell silent again.
Finally, he heard the sound of horses neighing and hooves coming from the dirt road. Two batches of black horses broke through the thin mist and appeared in front of the people.
The carriage stopped steadily in front of Dennis. With the help of the coachman, he put his luggage on the luggage rack behind.
When Dennis opened the car door, he waved to the villagers again before entering the carriage.
The residents at the village entrance still quietly watched the carriage gradually depart. Finally, someone shed tears, and someone finally reached out a hand to try and stop it.
However, it was already too late.
Freya and Selena were already sitting in the carriage, and Freya handed Dennis a cup of hot tea.
Dennis thanked her, and after taking two sips of tea, Hobert asked him about his thoughts on his work during this recent period.
"The villagers aren't as numb as they seem," Dennis said with a smile. "They actually know very well who treats them well and who doesn't.
"It's just that in the past years, their hearts have long been dead. They need a period of nurturing before they can live like normal people again."
Selena laughed and said, "Our Dennis is almost becoming a poet!"
The carriage was immediately filled with laughter.
Dennis began to talk about his feelings from a more detailed perspective.
Finally, Hobert concluded, "Very good, you all performed very well."
He smiled and said, "I'm going to take you to Backlund and give you the opportunity to further your studies."
"Freya, you're going to be a police officer in the East Borough, arbitrating disputes throughout the entire district!"
"Selena, you're going to be a butler's assistant at the Earl's mansion, learning management skills."
"Dennis, you're going to work at a law firm and become a real lawyer!"
The most excited of the three was Freya, who didn't expect to be able to return to Backlund so quickly and become a police officer in the East Borough.
If it were when she had just become an "Arbiter," Freya would have been determined to make the most just arbitration.
However, her work experience during this period broadened her horizons and honed her abilities. At this time, she secretly resolved to make the most appropriate arbitration.
Selena asked curiously, "Teacher, did you use your connections in Backlund to find these job opportunities for us?"
"No, I've returned to Backlund and am now an Earl of the Loen Kingdom," Hobert simply recounted what had recently happened to him.
Selena said excitedly, "I heard that Melissa is also in Backlund. We can meet often."
Dennis was simply curious and yearned for this big city.
Hobert smiled and said, "It may be difficult to meet often, because during this time I will teach you the 'Acting Method' to help you grow quickly."
The carriage arrived at Baron Felix's mansion. Now, Hobert had completely requisitioned it and was transforming it into a town government.
Starting from Wednesday this week, the large-scale construction on the West Bank also began, starting with a series of renovation projects, as well as the construction of the industrial zone in the wilderness.
The 93,000 gold pounds that Hobert earned at the first auction were almost spent, even with the income from the auction house every ten days.
However, Hobert wasn't panicked, after all, he had earned 150,000 pounds in one go from the deal with the Intis Republic.
After getting off the carriage and arriving at the location of the five yellow cedar trees, Hobert used "Travel" to bring them to Backlund one after another.
After having Dofis arrange their accommodation, Hobert called them to the hall: "I'll take you to see this city."
So the four of them got into the carriage again, but this time the carriage looked extremely luxurious, with a much more spacious interior, even with a wine cabinet and tea table in the carriage.
They went from the Empress Borough, lined with noble mansions, to "Order Square," then to the West Borough, where the residents were basically millionaires, and the North End, where most government departments were located.
There was also the Hillston Borough, representing the financial center, the Cherwood Borough, with more middle-class residents, and the South Bridge Borough.
Even Freya, a resident of Backlund, didn't know that the city she had lived in before was so beautiful!
After that, they went out to the factory district and the dock district, witnessing Backlund's strong industrial foundation and the city's huge cargo throughput.
In the carriage, the few people laughed and commented on the buildings outside, discussing the differences between Loen and Feynapotter clothing. Their previous work experience had allowed the three teenagers to complete some kind of transformation.
They didn't know what the specific transformation was, but they just felt different from before, as if they were more confident. When encountering unfamiliar things and problems, they first thought of not retreating, but of learning more.
After four o'clock in the afternoon, the carriage entered the East Borough, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly changed.
Everywhere along the street were vagrants taking advantage of the fact that the sun hadn't set yet to catch up on sleep. At this time, the police were also resting, and no one was driving them away.
Some street girls had already dressed up, and when they saw the luxurious carriage approaching, they quickly struck poses in this direction.
There was also a group of skinny children following the carriage begging. Hobert had been prepared, but he didn't give them copper pennies, but gave them a lot of broken bread.
This made the children even happier, and they grabbed it and stuffed it into their mouths, regardless of the dust on the bread.
"You only see the surface, and you don't find it shocking yet," Freya suddenly said. "In the winter, the police will drive away these homeless people all night long.
"Before, I didn't understand why the police did this. Now I understand that on the one hand, officials have introduced some ridiculous policies, and on the other hand, it is to prevent them from freezing to death in large numbers.
"The youngest of these street girls are only twelve or thirteen years old, and the street girls who died in the corners because of some unclean diseases are also only twelve or thirteen years old.
"If they don't want to be extorted countless times every day, they have to join a gang and hand over a certain amount of income every day, even if they don't have any customers.
"Of course, they can also ask for the protection of the police, but in addition to providing free service to the police, the income they hand over will definitely not be less than that of the gangs.
"And for these children, giving them food like the teacher is the best choice, because even if you give them money, they can only hand it over to the gangs. If they hide it privately, they will definitely be beaten severely.
"But don't sympathize with them, because they are a group of pickpockets trained by gang members. If you are not careful, the valuables on your body will be stolen clean by them.
"Those children begging that we saw in other districts were also sent there by gangs. It is said that some children were beaten into cripples by gang members and sent out to beg, and it is said that they can beg for more money that way."
Dennis and Selena's expressions changed from solemn to surprised. They really didn't expect that the wealth and poverty of this city would be so extreme.
Speaking of this, Freya took a deep breath: "You can come and learn about the darkness and filth hidden in these dilapidated buildings if you have time. I really don't want to say any more."
At this time, Hobert continued the topic: "Some people estimate that Backlund has a population of five million. It sounds very civilized and proud.
"But behind this seemingly huge city, 90% of families have no savings and are always on the verge of bankruptcy. The poor account for 80% of the population, which is four million.
"The East Borough and the Bridge District accommodate most of the poor, and these two districts alone have more than two million people, nearly half of whom are extremely poor and struggle to solve the problem of food and clothing even with daily labor.
"And there are homeless people all over Backlund, said to be around 200,000. Many die every day, and many new homeless people join every day.
"They don't even have enough to eat, and food is extremely scarce. Most homeless people can hardly survive for more than three months."
Everyone quietly looked outside, gaining a new understanding of this city.
Hobert suddenly changed the subject: "But what's strange is that the entire Loen Kingdom, the entire North and South Continent, has a surplus of food!"
The three students suddenly looked at Hobert, their eyes filled with shock.
"After working in the village, you should also have some understanding of the yield of food," Hobert said calmly. "As long as farmers put their minds into the farmland, the output will not only be enough for a family's food, but there will also be at least 30% surplus.
"And in the colonies and South Continent, those plantations in tropical regions can grow three to four seasons of crops a year, and the surplus of food is enormous!
"Have you ever thought about why so many people are still starving?"
They all fell into deep thought, but their knowledge was limited after all, and they couldn't figure out such a problem for a while.
"Because of human nature and society!" Hobert asked and answered himself: "Human nature determines that most of the resources in society can only be controlled by a few people.
"And society, while increasing the efficiency of human beings, has been cruelly eliminating a part of the people."
Seeing that the students were listening attentively, Hobert continued, "It is undeniable that society did bring great convenience to human beings at the beginning of its establishment.
"It promoted people's communication, better integrated people's resources, and allowed people to overcome nature and disasters to a certain extent.
"But in the agricultural society, arable land and water sources are limited, and the population has been rising, so the conflicts between people began to intensify, and vicious competition began to appear.
"In the last one or two hundred years, since the North Continent entered the industrial age, the conflicts between people have been further intensified. After society has become extremely large and bloated, problems that have never been encountered before and are difficult to solve have also appeared.
"For example, the gap between the rich and the poor that we see is a very sinister aspect of society, or rather, this society is so sinister in the first place. After all, it is born out of the rules of beasts and jungles, and under civilization, there is a barbaric and chaotic air!
Selena asked, "Teacher, is there a way to solve these problems?"
"There is no way to solve it completely," Hobert said. "Because human society is developing in the direction of more and more chaos and more and more sinister.
"To solve the current problems, a new order is needed, but a new order will inevitably bring more problems. Therefore, a new order is actually equivalent to a new chaos. This is the essence of this world!"
The three students were lost in thought, their chests feeling as if something was blocking them, making them feel very uncomfortable.
Hobert suddenly smiled: "Are you despairing after hearing these things? Society is sinister, but people have two sides. In addition to the harm that the wealth gap causes to people, we cannot deny that society still has a halo of humanism.
"And although there is no way to completely solve the problem, it can be effectively alleviated. For example, the reason why Backlund has so many extremely poor people is largely due to the inaction of the Loen government, which has failed to properly redistribute resources.
"After your strength has improved, I will send you to the decision-making level of the Lord's Manor, so that you can learn how to redistribute resources.
"In the future, we need to work together to try to change this world, at least to allow hardworking people to live a life without worrying about food and clothing."
Seeing the ragged people outside, the three students were still in a heavy mood, but at least they saw hope.
The feedback from the three young men and women made Hobert's spirituality very lively. Finally, the potion was completely digested.
… …
After Hobert asked Dophis to buy him a bottle of vintage wine that was more than ten years old, he began to wait for the opportunity to complete the ritual.
In order not to miss the best opportunity, Hobert simply stayed in Jeffery Territory and postponed the "Justice League" meeting. When he participated in the new round of Tarot Club, he was also a little absent-minded and did not conduct any new transactions.
Finally, on Wednesday of the new week, good news came from the other side of Full Moon Lake.
… …
West bank of Full Moon Lake, Teuton Viscount's mansion.
Teuton looked at the potion in front of him and squeezed the black crystal in his hand.
The black crystal that Grove found was indeed very useful. As long as he held it in his hand, he could better master the Beyonder abilities of the "Judge".
After many experiments, Teuton decided to risk advancing, because he felt a huge pressure from the other side.
What worried Teuton even more was that the reports and requests for help to the royal family had suddenly disappeared without a trace since last week.
Only by advancing to Sequence 5 could Teuton have the confidence to continue confronting the other side.
Teuton checked the potion again, as well as the locked doors and windows. He recalled the ritual he had prepared and found no problems, then drank the potion in one gulp.
Suddenly, Teuton, from his body to his spirit and mental body, seemed to be undergoing a violent impact. There was no place that was not painful.
Especially since the Sequence 6 potion had not been completely digested, this brought Teuton to the verge of losing control very quickly. At this time, Teuton felt a surging force of order descend, temporarily suppressing his process of losing control.
Teuton didn't think much about it and assumed that the crystal in his hand had played a huge role again.
In fact, it was Hobert who asked Grove outside to pray to the "Creator", and he helped Teuton in the "Nation of Disorder".
The ritual that Teuton prepared, "The trial of three major and widely concerned cases", finally played some role. In addition to one case being the trial of an Beyonder of the "Criminal" pathway, the other two cases were created by himself and then judged by himself.
After repeated tugging, the surging power descended three times in succession. After more than an hour, Teuton finally completed the advancement.
But at this time, his condition was very bad, and he was still hovering on the verge of losing control.
The weak Teuton sat in the chair, tightly holding the black crystal in his hand. His spirituality told him that as long as he let go of the crystal, he would immediately lose control.
He smiled, but the advancement was finally successful. He was now a Sequence 5.
If the royal family knew about this, they would continue to invest in him and give him more help.
"Congratulations!" Hobert, wearing a Feynapotter-style cloak, suddenly appeared in front of Teuton.
Teuton thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes. It was really Hobert!
He was about to use his abilities, but suddenly found that the power of the black crystal in his hand was rapidly disappearing. Teuton felt that his power was also being drained.
Hobert stretched out his left hand from under his cloak. He was holding a wooden thorn and seized the opportunity to rush up and pierce Viscount Teuton's chest, nailing him directly to the wall.
Both were Sequence 5s, but a Sequence 5 like Teuton, who was in extremely poor condition and did not have much practical experience, had no ability to resist Hobert.
The wooden thorn was made of "Order Wood", which could temporarily stabilize Viscount Teuton's state and prevent him from suddenly losing control. Moreover, because of its extremely high rank, it had a slight restraining effect on Beyonders of the "Arbiter" pathway.
In a weak state, Teuton pulled at the wooden thorn several times, but failed to pull it out. He said to Hobert fiercely: "Exile!"
Hobert was pushed back rapidly by the great force of "Exile", broke through the wall, and was directly "Exiled" into the yard!
Hobert did not resist in any way during the whole process, because he could feel Teuton's current state of weakness.
Hobert used "Blink" to return to the room, and unhurriedly took out a wooden puppet.
Da da da da~
The puppet's head began to shake, and it raised an arm. A stained-glass window lost all its color and turned into an opaque gray.
Behind that grayness was another world, the most unknown and terrifying side of the "Mirror World". Suddenly, a shadow like a hemp rope appeared, and a fleshy rope with barbs stretched out from the glass, entangling Viscount Teuton's leg.
The rope wanted to pull Teuton into the glass, but Viscount Teuton was firmly nailed to the wall. The two sides pulled at each other, as if they wanted to tear Viscount Teuton apart.
Because there was only one enemy, the puppet only raised one arm.
After screaming a few times, Viscount Teuton began to use Beyonder power against the "rope", and the pulling force became much smaller.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Teuton shouted at the top of his lungs: "Someone! Where are the people outside?"
Grove, who was guarding outside, came in and said respectfully: "My Lord!"
Teuton shouted: "Quickly ask the King for help! Tell him that Hobert has returned to South Colson and is attempting to assassinate a Viscount!"
But he shouted twice, and Grove did not respond at all.
Until Hobert said: "Let everyone outside leave this yard! No one is allowed to disturb!"
"Yes! My Lord!" Grove agreed and immediately carried out Hobert's order.
Seeing this scene, Teuton finally understood: "Grove didn't defect from you at all?"
"That's right." Hobert stretched out his right hand from under his cloak. In his right hand, he was carrying a wooden box. Hobert used the wooden box to knock Teuton's used measuring cylinders, balances, and other items to the ground.
Opening the wooden box, inside was a brand-new set of measuring cylinders, balances, and beakers.
While putting out the tools, he said: "All of this is my plan. I cooperated with Grove on the west bank to gain your trust and then seize everything from you."
Teuton cursed while resisting the pull of the "rope": "You two villains, despicable people…"
"Curse, curse." Hobert poured 70 milliliters of slightly yellowish white wine into a measuring cylinder: "Even if you curse the most viciously, your property and territory will all be mine."
Amid Teuton's angry curses, Hobert used the balance to weigh out 15 grams of gray Atlanta flower powder and put it into a beaker.
Then came 12 grams of crystallized marrow of the six-legged goblin. The beaker immediately made a "sizzle" sound, and some reactions had already occurred between the auxiliary Ingredients.
After cursing a few times, Teuton asked helplessly: "Why? Why are you doing this?"
"What else could it be for?" Hobert smiled: "Of course, it's to rule more territory."
"No, you must have other reasons." Teuton gritted his teeth and said: "If you have Grove as an inside agent, you would have had the opportunity to kill me long ago and become the behind-the-scenes ruler of the Teuton territory."
Hobert smiled and glanced at Viscount Teuton: "Yes, I have other purposes. I want to show people how stupid a nobleman can be! To be played by me and still be complacent."
This provoked another round of angry curses from Teuton!
Hobert poured 20 milliliters of Black Mist Lord tree sap into the beaker, and some illusory mist immediately appeared in the beaker.
Finally, Hobert took out a wooden box from his pocket. Inside was a living black crystal. It seemed to be constantly twisting, and just seeing it seemed to allow one to hear a voice full of depravity.
This was the Beyonder characteristic of the "Earl of the Fallen". After pouring the characteristic into the beaker, a circle of black viscous liquid that was constantly flowing by itself appeared at the bottom of the beaker.
At this time, Viscount Teuton's calf, which was entangled by the "rope", had turned pitch black, and it was obvious that there was poison on those barbs.
His psychological defenses had completely collapsed, and he cried bitterly: "I'll give you everything, even the title of nobility. Please, can you let me go?"
Hobert smiled: "What else do you have? The royal family's investment in you has all been taken by Grove to build the ecological park. With the help of the Church of the Earth Mother, it will be open to the public in a month or two.
"But the income after the opening will all belong to me.
"Here, I want to thank you for your tyranny in recent times, which has made the people in your territory yearn for my rule. After I announced that I would become the new lord of this territory, they were all very happy and fully supported the officials I sent."
"Truth be told, you pushed them all under my rule."
Viscount Teuton was stunned for a full three or four seconds. Only now did he realize that he had lost everything.
Hobert pointed to the puppet on the table: "The monster it summons will peel off your skin and wear it on its own body. You will wander in the 'Mirror World' in eternal pain, never to return!
And your children, of course, will all be killed by me. As for your women, I will continue to 'cherish' them for you. No one will remember you!"
"Ah!" Teuton trembled all over, letting out a desperate and unwilling howl.
Hobert seized the opportunity and drank the potion in one gulp.
The potion was like a small snake, burrowing into Hobert's stomach without the need to swallow.
Hobert felt a "boom" in his brain, and he instantly lost all perception of his surroundings.
He seemed to reappear in the Lord's manor, except that the manor was filled with scantily clad young women, mountains of gold pounds and golden coins, and all kinds of endless delicacies!
Hobert looked at all of this, unmoved.
Then, computers and mobile phones from the Common Era actually appeared in the Lord's manor. Every game and every film and television work in the computer was Hobert's favorite.
Every short video and every book on the mobile phone suited Hobert's taste, and all the friends on WeChat were beauties, with whom he could have some inappropriate chats.
Hobert struggled to look away, and then scenes of Fors, Audrey, Xio, Sharon, Helen, and others vying to serve him in bed appeared.
Hobert's will was somewhat wavering. It seemed like a voice was saying: You're an Earl now, what's wrong with enjoying yourself a little?
Hobert felt that this sentence seemed to make a lot of sense. It wouldn't be too much for an Earl to live a little luxuriously and dance a few times with Fors and other pretty young ladies, right?
Willpower is like a wall; once it shows signs of loosening, there is a risk of collapse.
Just then, a desperate and unwilling wail entered Hobert's ears, jolting Hobert's consciousness. That despair and unwillingness neutralized Hobert's temptation by desire, which was about to immerse him in enjoyment.
Immediately afterward, Hobert felt a strong emotion impacting him. That emotion was composed of fear, despair, and vicious curses, and it came from Teuton in front of Hobert.
This made the temptation in front of Hobert seem somewhat unreal. Hobert seemed to "recall" who Teuton was, and also "recalled" that he was advancing to become a "Earl of the Fallen."
His thinking gradually became clear. At this time, the Teuton territory's support for Hobert, and their emotions of cheering for a new life, were conveyed to Hobert.
From the moment he received the news yesterday that Teuton was preparing to advance, Hobert had been preparing for this. During the time that Teuton was wrestling with the "Disciplinary Knight" potion, his subordinates had already controlled the entire Teuton territory.
The new territory, and the support of the people in the new territory, allowed Hobert to further regain himself. Finally, he woke up from the potion's scouring of his body, spirit body, and mental body, and his consciousness gradually regained control of his body.
At this time, a layer of black mucus appeared on his body surface. When Hobert had completely controlled his state, all of this mucus was absorbed into Hobert's skin.
Taking a deep breath, Hobert clenched his fist. He had successfully advanced!
He could clearly feel that his body had undergone a qualitative improvement, and the strength of his spirit body and mental body was completely on a different level than the previous Sequence 5.
Hobert looked up at Teuton, who was still hanging on the wall. This viscount, who had made a huge contribution to Hobert's advancement, had already begun to lose control and had become a mindless, extremely ugly monster.
Hobert had no sympathy for Teuton. He stepped forward and simply killed the other party with a knife, then cut the "rope" that was still pulling on one of Teuton's legs, put away "1-102," and ended the summoning of the "Mirror World" creature.
Then, Hobert used his own spirituality to begin to feel the new abilities he had gained.
The new abilities were "Magnify," "Exploit," and "Tampering." Because of "1-104," Hobert was already quite familiar with the two abilities of "Magnification" and "Exploit."
However, Hobert immediately felt that his own abilities were much easier to use than the sealed artifact's abilities. He could not only magnify the effects of some rules and abilities, but also "magnify" his own attacks. Ordinary attacks could be "magnified" into fatal blows at any time, and the enemy's minor injuries could also be easily "magnified" into fatal injuries.
The feeling of spirituality made Hobert realize that this ability was so useful that it could "magnify" the resistance of the air in a certain area, turning the air into a restraint for the opponent! It could also "magnify" the negative effects of the opponent's sealed artifacts!
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