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What Hobert didn't expect was that Audrey would be promoted again so quickly.
Originally, she could have waited a bit longer to stabilize her condition, but the war gave her a considerable sense of urgency.
So, after preparing for a few days, Audrey attempted to advance to Sequence 5.
Actually, Hobert was the one mainly helping her prepare. The Beyonder characteristics used for the advancement were from Hobert's old stock, one of which was seized from Hvin Rambis, a council member of the Psychology Alchemists.
There was also a Beyonder characteristic of a "Dream Weaver." He had forgotten where he had seized it from, seemingly from Archibald, or perhaps from Adam's island.
Now, Hobert no longer keeps track of Beyonder characteristics below the demigod level. Generally, when sacrificing to the "Nation of Disorder," he casually tosses them onto the stone platform.
He can search for them again when needed. Anyway, Hobert's spirituality is very sensitive now. Even if he doesn't keep track of the Beyonder characteristics, his spirituality will give him some hints when needed, and then he can search for them in the "Nation of Disorder."
As for the auxiliary Ingredients needed for the advancement, it was easy for Hobert, who had two Beyonder auction houses, to obtain materials of that level.
Audrey realized that the only thing she could do was to ask Mr. Fool to help her stay awake in the dream.
This was the ritual for advancing to Sequence 5.
Still under Hobert's care, Audrey consumed the potion and then stood there like a stone statue, motionless, for two or three minutes. It seemed that her soul had returned to her body, with some trembling or changes in expression.
After another two or three minutes, Audrey used "Placate" and "Psychological Cue" to quickly stabilize her condition: "It's not as difficult as I imagined."
Hobert smiled and said, "That's because your potion is digesting well, and you did a lot of psychological suggestion before taking the potion."
Relatively speaking, this pathway is easier to maintain a good state.
Audrey nodded and shared the process of her advancement with Hobert: "So, the purpose of that ritual is to prevent me from getting lost in the dream."
Hobert reminded her, "Even though you are now a 'Dream Weaver,' you still need to be careful when you are in a dream. If you accidentally jump into the dream of a Beyonder being who is not in a good state, you will also be affected."
If she encountered a very dangerous dream, Audrey's spirituality should issue a warning to prevent her from entering such a dream.
The worry is about dreams that are not very dangerous but can still have an impact.
Audrey noted Hobert's reminder and then discussed her abilities with Hobert.
Hobert shared his views: "The 'Spectator' pathway's abilities are not suitable for direct combat with enemies. It is more suitable to hide and quietly influence the target's state, and then suddenly attack and kill the opponent when the time is right.
"Practice 'Hypnosis' more often, or practice 'Psychological Cue' in dreams. After all, you are a 'Dream Weaver,' and your abilities may be more effective in dreams."
Audrey nodded: "I understand."
The two discussed the issue of Beyonder abilities for a while, and then went to the restaurant together for a meal.
As with the last advancement, this time Hobert was supervising Audrey's advancement while visiting Earl Hall's mansion.
During the meal, everyone first discussed the current war situation.
Currently, the situation is still optimistic for Loen. The only thing that worries the parliament and the government is that a large number of large-caliber artillery and a huge number of heavy machine guns were used in this battle, causing a large number of casualties among the soldiers on the front line.
These weapons were not used on the battlefield for the first time, but before, they were basically used on the battlefields of the colonies.
How could the warlords and local kings of the Southern Continent be a match for the colonial army with such advanced weapons? And the battles between the colonial armies are generally not large in scale, and basically will not form the current artillery attacks.
Both sides' higher-ups were a little dazed by the current casualties.
But at the same time, they are doing their best to put more soldiers and weapons into the battlefield, hoping that the opponent will be unable to support it first.
The last time a large-scale war occurred in the Northern Continent was hundreds of years ago, when the Feysac Empire and Loen fought for Sonia Island.
At that time, there were no such powerful cannons. This war is equivalent to testing the achievements of the industrial revolution and technological development over the past 100 years.
According to incomplete statistics, the war has only been going on for about a month, and the casualties on Loen's side alone have exceeded 400,000!
The Feysac Empire, as the attacking side, must not be doing any better, but because both sides still have great war potential, the battle is still very anxious.
Earl Hall estimated that the war may last until November before the first stage of the battle can come to an end.
At that time, more than one-fifth of the soldiers on both sides will have been killed in battle, and they will need to wait for the new recruits from the rear to be sent to the front before they can launch a new offensive.
Then, of course, they talked about the situation in the Southern Continent. Earl Hall asked Hobert: "I heard that the situation in the Duchy of South Balam is a bit unstable?"
"To be precise, it is very chaotic." Hobert smiled and said, "The local kings and warlords are unwilling to hand over their territories and rule, and a civil war may break out in the Duchy of South Balam."
Hibbert asked Hobert: "Is this your plan?"
If it had been before, he would have thought Hobert was crazy, but after experiencing the commercial war in Backlund before, he realized that Hobert's way of thinking about problems was different from his own, or from most people's.
"That's right." Hobert said seriously: "If a country does not go through a war to eliminate all the original interest groups at the beginning of its establishment, then in the years that follow, the country's internal affairs will most likely only be able to compromise and shirk responsibility.
"If there is profit to be made, it doesn't matter, everyone will be very harmonious on the surface, but once the profit is not so high, in order to compete for profit, there is a high probability that a civil war will break out.
"So, in my opinion, it is better to have a civil war at the beginning of the founding of the country, so as not to complicate the situation."
Earl Hall commented: "This is a good idea, although this idea is somewhat different from some contemporary ideas."
Hibbert also nodded slowly. According to the education he had received all along and the experience he had gained from practice, politics seemed to be a process of mutual compromise.
But listening to Hobert's meaning, he didn't seem to intend to make any compromises in the Duchy of South Balam.
Hobert smiled and said: "It can only be said that the situation is different, and the way to solve the problem is also different."
This conversation ended here, because Earl Hall and Hibbert realized that the strategies emphasized in Loen's political circles were completely different from establishing a country.
After dinner, several people took a walk in the garden as usual.
Audrey asked in a low voice: "Hobert, will the civil war kill many people?"
"Some Beyonders may die." Hobert replied: "But not many ordinary people should die, after all, the combat effectiveness of those local kings and warlords' troops is hard to describe."
Audrey nodded: "I didn't expect that the world would become so turbulent at the end of this year."
But Hobert said: "When the royal family began to carry out their plan, a series of wars were destined to happen."
Of course, Audrey knew that the "royal family's plan" that Hobert was talking about was His Majesty the King's plan to become a god.
But at this time, Audrey had figured out many things, and she realized that the world was originally full of barbarism and chaos. At this time, it was just that these barbarism and chaos were put on the surface.
… …
Late at night, the northernmost part of Sonia Island.
Here, the cold wind howls, rolling up the snow on the top of the mountain, scattering it everywhere, as if there is a blizzard at all times.
On the leeward side of the snow, a small stone cave is emitting smoke, but these smoke are instantly dispersed by the strong wind, as if they never existed.
Following the passage of these smoke down a dozen meters, is a warm underground structure.
At this time, two Beyonder members of the Tamara family are roasting sea fish caught during the day with their Beyonder abilities.
In the room inside, Pedi Tamara, with a sallow face, was lying on the stone bed with his eyes closed.
Previously, in the battle with the "Creator," Pedi's spirit body was slightly injured and needed to be recuperated for a period of time before he could recover.
Suddenly, Pedi opened his eyes and looked outside. The space there suddenly became illusory. A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a not very good complexion walked out of the spirit world. It was Erebus.
The injuries caused to him by the Lord of Storms before had not yet healed.
And behind him was Tamara, who seemed to be a servant.
The skin of all the family members was sallow, and it was unknown whether Tamara's condition was due to family heredity or if he was also unwell.
After the two of them appeared, the two family members who were grilling fish were about to get up, but Tamara "imprisoned" them in place.
Pedi got up from the stone bed, stood at the entrance of the stone chamber, and stared coldly at the two uninvited guests: "What are you doing here?"
Tamara retorted: "Why didn't you join us?"
Pedi smiled: "Before this, I never imagined that in order to attack us, you would even expose your hiding place of so many years to the 'Creator'."
"You should be very clear," Tamara said expressionlessly, "Your lover, Orseya, exposed our valley!
"I said long ago that she was just a slave, it's okay to play with her, but you actually developed real feelings."
Pedi laughed bitterly: "You will never understand, because you lost all humanity more than a thousand years ago!"
Then he said: "It is precisely because you have no humanity that, in order to attack us, you did not hesitate to let a demigod who supports you stay in the valley.
"Now you are happy, we are only a few people left."
Erebus suddenly said at this time: "I am very curious, why are you unwilling to believe in me?"
"Why else? Because you are an evil god."
Erebus said seriously: "Which god is not an evil god?"
Pedi looked at him coldly: "So none of us are willing to believe."
Erebus shook his head, expressing his disappointment in Pedi.
Tamara continued: "I was too indulgent with you before, of course, this is also related to the despicable Seven Gods. If they hadn't killed my father because they needed the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Hand of Order', the Tamara family would not have split.
"Over the years, I have figured out that our split is because there are two Sequence 2s within the family, which gave you the confidence to oppose me.
"If my father was still here, and there was a 'Hand of Order' in the family, you would never have dared to launch a civil war back then.
"Another reason is that the Abraham family is too strong. These fools still think that Mr. 'Door' can protect them.
"Now it's good, the 'Creator' has helped me severely damage the split forces, and I have the family's Beyonder characteristic reserves in my hand. Now I just need time to re-cultivate a batch of family members.
"From now on, the Tamara family will be a unified family, and I, as the patriarch, can command all family members, and no longer have to argue with you through the dog-shit-like council."
Pedi looked at Tamara's sallow face, and he suddenly felt that the person in front of him was a little strange.
The stone room was quiet for two or three seconds, and Pedi finally said: "In order to achieve your goal, many of your followers have also died. Do you think it's worth it?"
"Worth it!" Tamara said: "They stabilized you, preventing you from leaving the valley due to possible leaks. This is a necessary sacrifice.
"Of course, part of the reason is that we underestimated the power of the 'Creator'."
He paused and then said: "Before this, according to our speculation, the 'Creator's' position looked scary, but he even had difficulty dealing with a Sequence 2.
"What I didn't expect was that the battle ended so cleanly. Otherwise, we could have withdrawn some of the people."
Pedi also said: "Then we have discussed many times before that if the 'Creator' knew our hiding place, he would definitely organize another war as soon as possible, and we would definitely notice it.
"But from beginning to end, the 'Creator' did not carry out large-scale mobilization, which made us lose our vigilance.
"But why are you so sure that he will come? So you made so many preparations in advance."
It was Erebus who answered him: "Because if he wants to find me, the Tamara family is the only clue.
"But what I didn't expect was that the 'Creator' would attack in this way. Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to corrupt his subordinates and fight with him again for the 'Nation of Disorder' based on the opportunity he gave his subordinates to remove the corruption.
"I didn't expect that I wouldn't be given a single chance."
Pedi nodded: "I understand."
Tamara asked: "Do you have any other questions?"
"Yes, when did you completely abandon your humanity?"
Tamara said expressionlessly: "When I had to kill my own father with my own hands."
Pedi said frankly: "I have no more questions."
Tamara said lightly: "You can die in peace."
Pedi smiled: "You wouldn't think that my conversation with you just now was really to chat with you, would you?
"You wouldn't think that since I have seen through your true colors, I wouldn't make any preparations, would you?"
As he said this, his figure became illusory: "Goodbye, you two."
Erebus smiled and watched Pedi disappear, but in the next second, Pedi reappeared in front of Erebus and Tamara.
Pedi was slightly stunned, and then asked in great surprise: "You, what did you do just now?"
"Hahahaha~" Erebus first laughed wildly a few times before saying: "You wouldn't think that you fought the 'Creator' twice, and were almost not suppressed by his position, really because of your own strength, would you?
"You wouldn't think that as long as you don't believe in me, as long as you don't have contact with those mists, you won't be polluted by me, would you?"
He commented: "What a naive young man."
"Impossible," Pedi fell into deep self-doubt: "I, why didn't I feel that I was polluted?"
"Of course you can't feel it," Erebus continued: "Because your surname is Tamara."
Pedi seemed to understand something: "My bloodline..."
Erebus smiled: "That's right, you were already my believer when you were born.
"Of course, your resistance also had some effect. Before this, I was not sure that I could kill you.
"But now, thanks to the 'Creator' for damaging your spirit body, giving me an excellent opportunity."
He imitated Pedi's tone just now: "You wouldn't think that I was listening to you talking just now because your chat content was interesting, would you?"
As he spoke, Erebus took out a thin-necked glass bottle, and the mist inside was emitting colorful light.
Erebus in front of Pedi became very stalwart, and he knelt down on one knee unconsciously.
He struggled hard, but the surrender now seemed to have been buried in his bloodline a long time ago. At this time, surrendering to Erebus was as common sense as eating and sleeping.
Tamara stepped forward, and he had a black dagger in his hand. Just gesturing at Pedi, who had no resistance, Pedi's head fell from his neck.
But Pedi was not dead yet. The head rolling on the ground was still staring at Tamara.
So Tamara reached out and patted Pedi's shoulder again, and Pedi's body collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As a "Balancer", he can restore everything around him to balance, but he can also make the target lose balance.
At this time, Pedi's body lost "balance", so it quickly collapsed, but Pedi was not dead, he just lost the normal human form.
Under the effect of Tamara's ability, the Beyonder characteristics in Pedi's body began to precipitate.
Pedi had been resisting, but Erebus had been suppressing his bloodline with the mist in his hand, and Pedi's resistance had little effect.
More than ten minutes later, the Beyonder characteristics in Pedi's body were completely precipitated, and Erebus reached out and picked up the Beyonder characteristics, letting out a long sigh of relief: "Finally got it, I was going to send you to William I in a few days, but now I can avoid you dying in Backlund due to an accident."
At this time, Pedi's body was still wriggling, and his spirit and mind would not disappear until a long time later.
During this period, he is very likely to become a wraith.
Erebus put away the Beyonder characteristics: "It's a pity that now is not a good time to advance."
Tamara did not speak, silently killing the two family members who had been grilling fish just now and had opposed him.
...
In early November, Hobert stayed in the Southern Balam Duchy for a few more days. He mainly wanted to see how chaotic it was here.
Although all the local kings and generals in the principality were imprisoned by Hobert in Angel City, Hobert did not use thunderous means to incorporate their troops and disband their bureaucratic system.
In the eyes of the local kings and generals, the Duke's behavior was very stupid!
This allowed their heirs and subordinates enough space to mobilize their own forces, connect with each other, and jointly resist the Duke's rule.
Of course, Hobert did this on purpose; he now desperately needed chaos to thoroughly digest the potion.
Although a large-scale war had broken out in the Northern Continent, Hobert found that the chaos caused by the war did not help him digest the potion at all.
On the contrary, the chaos caused by the sneak attack on Saint Millon and the launch of telephones had helped him digest the potion to some extent.
After Backlund was bombed, people who had seen the telephone installed one in their homes so they could go to work with peace of mind.
At the slightest sign of trouble, they would call home to ask about the situation.
In addition, after the war began, the faster the information spread, the better; direct verbal communication was much faster than sending telegrams, and it was also very accurate, allowing for repeated confirmation.
For a time, stores selling telephones were packed, and after experiencing the bombing of Backlund, the cloud of fear had never dissipated from their minds, and people had also become very irritable.
Many people who had queued for a day but failed to buy a telephone were momentarily enraged and beat up the telephone sales staff, and some even wanted to set fires, but they were stopped.
At the same time, conflicts were also very likely to occur between those queuing.
Although these disturbances were not large in scale, they allowed Hobert to constantly feel the feedback brought about by the chaos.
Hobert also realized that only chaos related to him or caused by him could help him digest the potion.
At the same time, because he often acted crazy, and the audience was either demigods or angels, the acting effect was very good. Currently, Hobert's condition was good, and he was only a little short of completely digesting the potion.
However, to Hobert's disappointment, after the heirs of those local kings and warlords united, even though their strength was not weak in the Southern Continent, they still sent envoys to negotiate with Hobert.
This made Hobert realize: People who are used to kneeling find it difficult to stand up again.
So he simply cut off the envoy's ear and told him to go back and tell those heirs that they were already traitors to the Southern Balam Duchy, and the Duchy's army would wipe out their entire families!
Hobert sighed. If these people continued to be cowards, then he would have to take the initiative.
But in that case, the level of chaos in the Duchy would not be very serious, and it might not be possible to completely digest the potion.
During these days in the Southern Balam Duchy, Hobert also invited Georgina to visit the Southern Balam Duchy's army from afar and "drive away" the Feysac Empire's colonial army in battle.
Georgina was very satisfied with the Duchy's speed of response, and she also finalized the deal to purchase the teleportation array blueprint with Hobert in Angel City.
Actually, there was nothing to talk about; everything that needed to be discussed had already been discussed before, and now it was just a confirmation.
Hobert had originally planned to stay in the Southern Balam Duchy for a few more days, but Dophis used the teleportation array to report that Earl Vincent had invited Hobert to attend a ball three times in succession.
Dophis had refused the first two times on the grounds that the Earl was on a business trip. The third time, Earl Vincent's youngest son, Karl, issued the invitation and stated to Dophis that many nobles in Backlund had jointly invited Duke Hobert to attend the ball.
These nobles had one thing in common: their children were either mid- to low-level officials in Hobert's current territory or managers of the "Earl's Light". They were all from the families of the noble children Hobert had recruited before.
Dophis immediately realized that these people might have formed a loose alliance, so he reported this news to Hobert.
Hobert had only recruited those few batches of noble children before, and stopped recruiting after the manpower shortage passed, for fear that these people would form cliques.
Now it seemed that Hobert's concerns at the time were very prescient. Fortunately, there were not many of them. If there were more, they might have formed a vested interest group.
After all, this was the specialty of the Backlund nobles.
After considering it, Hobert decided to attend the ball to listen to the demands of those noble children. In addition, he remembered a small matter.
Viscount Glaint had asked him twice before to help retrieve a ring from his family, but unfortunately, Hobert had not found a suitable opportunity. This ball was a good time.
So, after Hobert returned to Backlund, he first asked Viscount Glaint for a few strands of hair, and then went to Earl Vincent's mansion as promised to attend the ball.
When Hobert got out of the carriage, many Earls and Viscounts were waiting at the door, while Barons and Lords did not even have the qualifications to greet him.
Hobert exchanged pleasantries with them, and everyone entered the ballroom together.
Only then did Hobert discover that the noble children recruited several times before involved as many as seventy or eighty nobles, large and small.
Greeting them one by one and exchanging a few words took up most of an hour.
At this time, Vincent announced that the ball had officially begun. This Earl was very fond of food, and the banquet he held was also a gourmet feast.
However, this time Hobert had no time to enjoy it, and spent it all talking with the nobles.
The main people who talked to Hobert were Earl Vincent, Earl Minnis, and other Earls, while other nobles surrounded them, listening to their conversation.
Half a year ago, they never imagined that those less-favored descendants who went to Hobert to seek their own way would provide them with a very good investment environment.
After a long chat, Earl Vincent, with his golden hair, said: "Duke Hobert, first of all, thank you for taking care of the children for the past period of time.
"We have heard some information about the Southern Balam Duchy from them. In return, we are willing to help the Duchy overcome its difficulties.
"Although the Loen Kingdom's army has withdrawn from there, it does not mean that the Loen Kingdom has completely lost its influence there.
"We have more or less business dealings with those local kings and warlords and can help you persuade them to stop the internal strife and pledge allegiance to you again."
Hobert immediately understood that they wanted to use the process of persuading those local kings and warlords to make those Southern Continent agents of the Loen Kingdom become their agents.
So he smiled and said: "Three days ago, I just met with the envoys of the local kings and warlords and announced to them that they were already traitors to the Southern Balam Duchy."
The faces of several Earls were a little surprised. After a second or two of silence, Earl Minnis said: "Duke, isn't that very likely to anger them?"
Hobert was stunned for a moment before realizing that he and these nobles were not on the same channel.
The meaning of his previous sentence was: Don't worry, I will use guns to "persuade" them. When they all become corpses, the internal strife will stop.
But in the eyes of these nobles, things seemed to be getting worse and worse.
Hobert also recalled the surprised expressions of Earl Hall and his son when they heard his plan before.
The long-term peace and pampering in Backlund had made them accustomed to solving problems in the safest way.
So Hobert said again: "In my opinion, this civil war must be fought!"
He added seriously: "Sometimes being safe is not a good thing, especially for a new country, it must look a little radical.
"If it is like an old man who can't walk when it is first founded, then this country will not have any vitality."
The surrounding nobles were all stunned. The news they had obtained from their respective channels all believed that Hobert had no chance of winning in this civil war.
After all, Hobert had only taken over Longtail Island for half a year and had no time to recruit and train a large number of soldiers.
And because the confidentiality of the Beyonder forces was very high, even Georgina did not know exactly how much power Hobert had, and could only rely on the intelligence from the Southern Colson battle to guess.
The channels of these nobles could not be very clear about Hobert's extraordinary strength either. Many people believed that Hobert had become arrogant because of his great victory in the struggle with the Gas Association.
So they mistakenly judged the situation, thinking that the Southern Continent would still achieve great victories like in Backlund.
However, in the concept of the nobles, the Southern Continent was very barbaric and did not have a reliable system and moral system like Backlund. If they still used the way of solving problems in Backlund in the Southern Continent, it would easily make things uncontrollable.
Thus, they smelled a business opportunity and believed it was an excellent time to invest in the Duchy of Southern Balam.
However, Hobert's reaction far exceeded their expectations.
At this moment, a viscount couldn't help but remind Hobert: "Duke Hobert, if the civil war completely breaks out, it may require sacrificing even more benefits to keep those tribal chiefs and generals serving us."
Hobert handed the wine glass in his hand to the waiter: "Sorry, I need to go to the restroom."
His timely display of impatience seemed to suggest he disdained engaging in such debates.
Under the waiter's guidance, Hobert left the ballroom. The nobles first exchanged glances, then a "buzz" erupted as they began voicing their opinions all at once.
Hobert arrived at the restroom, thinking: 'I never imagined that one day, I would have to make use of Mr. Fool's "Divine Kingdom".'
In Earl Vincent's mansion, there would definitely be Beyonders protecting it, and Vincent himself might very well be a Sequence 5. But for the current Hobert, slightly "tampering" with the surrounding spirituality would make it completely impossible for them to detect his actions.
Next, Hobert took out a few strands of hair from Viscount Glaint and performed "Connection".
This immediately connected him to the ring's location, after all, Hobert's current operating range for various abilities had reached six or seven kilometers.
He spread his spirituality, not sensing any signs of life around the ring, but it did seem like there was a Beyonder trap.
Hobert used the "Exploit" ability to easily and temporarily disable that Beyonder trap.
Almost in the same second, Hobert used the ability to "distort" space to twist the ring, along with the container holding it, into his hand.
It was a small wooden box made of solid wood, with no extraordinary protection.
So Hobert made the space around the lock chaotic, easily allowing the copper lock to pass through the hasp and be removed.
Opening the box revealed various gemstone rings inside.
Clearly, Earl Vincent didn't know about the gemstone ring inherited by the Glaint family, so he didn't take it seriously at all.
Hobert picked up the gemstone ring that Viscount Glaint had mentioned, infused it with spirituality, and recited the incantation in ancient Feysac: "Summer of Winter County."
The surroundings of the gemstone ring suddenly became illusory, and a small illusory space appeared.
This was a small-scale space magic, utilizing the characteristics of gemstones and the "Door" pathway Beyonder powers, designed to be very concealed, no wonder Vincent had never discovered it.
Hobert took out a few notebooks from this small space, then put the ring back, closed the wooden box, and once again used the chaos of space to return the small lock to its original position.
Finally, Hobert once again avoided the Beyonder trap and sent the wooden box back.
Ending all of this, Hobert slightly waved his hand, "distorting" the air around the toilet flush, causing the air to push the switch.
Whoosh ~
Hobert smiled, after becoming Sequence 3, he was becoming increasingly lazy.
As Hobert finished washing his hands and took the towel from the servant to dry them, the restroom door was suddenly opened, and Earl Vincent's youngest son, Karl, entered from outside: "Lord Hobert."
At this time, Karl's skin was rough and dark, compared to more than a year ago, he was much steadier and more mature.
Hobert casually asked as he walked out: "How's work lately?"
"The town I'm in charge of, its grain production for this quarter ranks first among the town-level units," Karl said with a smile, following behind.
Hobert glanced at Karl: "Not bad at all."
"It's alright, it's alright," Karl said modestly: "We are all very grateful for the platform you provided for us."
Originally, they were all marginalized figures in their families and were not valued.
But in Hobert's territory, they found a way to realize their self-worth.
At this time, Karl, because of his excellent political achievements, had begun a new round of assessment, preparing to appoint him as a county magistrate of the Duchy of Southern Balam.
And another member of the "Justice Alliance", Koldath, was also not valued in her family, which even made her feel very insecure at one point.
But in an assessment hosted by Donna, she saw Koldath's patience and meticulousness, so she gave her an opportunity.
Koldath cherished that opportunity very much, and thus obtained a very crucial advancement.
Currently, Koldath is already the head of the personnel department of Longtail Island City, and is the noble descendant with the highest official position.
At this time, Karl also said: "I'm sorry, before, my father asked me some questions about Longtail Island, I really wanted them to know about the great changes happening on Longtail Island, so I answered some questions that didn't involve secrets."
"Just two days ago, my father suddenly asked me to come back, when I learned that Koldath and the others were also asked many questions about Longtail Island, I realized something was wrong."
"But at that time, I didn't even think that my father and the others were actually preparing to take advantage of this opportunity to infiltrate the Duchy of Southern Balam."
Speaking of this, the two stopped outside the ballroom.
Karl said helplessly: "They completely don't realize where their mistakes lie? They still hope to solve the problem with their methods of dealing with things in Backlund, please don't take offense, after the ball is over, I will persuade my father."
"It's okay," Hobert said with a smile: "Just consider it coming to taste the delicacies of Earl Vincent's mansion."
Originally, he thought that it was the noble descendants who asked Earl Vincent and others to fight for higher official positions for them.
From the current point of view, it's just that these nobles' problem of "speculation" has occurred, and noble descendants like Karl have not colluded with their fathers.
Although their connections are very close, they are not as tightly knit as Hobert had previously guessed.
This made Hobert very satisfied, meaning that the transformation of these noble descendants was very successful!
Returning to the ballroom again, Earl Vincent and the others still wanted to discuss with Hobert the issue of curbing the civil war in the Duchy of Southern Balam, but Hobert used the excuse of being hungry and went over to enjoy the delicacies.
After he finished eating and praised the culinary skills of the chef of Earl Vincent's mansion, he immediately bid farewell.
Although this was somewhat impolite, he was, after all, a duke of Loen, and no one had the right to stop him if he wanted to leave.
In the ballroom, the nobles once again discussed how to make Hobert aware of the seriousness of this civil strife, and at the same time, they called over their children in the corner of the ballroom to verify some news with them.
Only then did they realize that the atmosphere was a little off, or rather, the way their children looked at them was a little off.
Originally, these unvalued children were very docile when they saw them, even after having official positions under Hobert, they were still very respectful to them.
But now, they saw disdain on the faces of these children.
At this time, Karl said: "Everyone, there is one thing you have misunderstood, we have the confidence to win this civil war."
A noble sarcastically said: "War is not just about having confidence."
Karl didn't say much, just said: "Let's wait and see."
After speaking, he also left the ballroom, and the other noble descendants left one after another.
At this time, the nobles present realized that if they wanted to seize benefits in the Duchy of Southern Balam, they still had to make use of these children's channels, so they also hastily ended the gathering.
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After Hobert returned to the Earl's mansion, he first went to his study to take a look at the notebook that the Glaint family regarded as a treasure.
What Hobert didn't expect was that this family was actually a branch of the Tamara family.
To be precise, the source of this family was a Beyonder family that escaped from the valley where the Tamara family was hiding more than eight hundred years ago, similar to Upton's situation.
He thought: 'No wonder the incantation to open the ring is "Summer of Winter County", the valley where the Tamara family is hiding is in Winter County.'
And more than eight hundred years ago, this Beyonder family escaped from the family in the summer.
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