Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 507 Forsi’s request
Hobert guessed that Bernadette was here to ask about this matter. He also guessed that Bernadette thought the "creator" was her resurrected old father.

"The great 'creator' told me something about the 'Black Emperor'." Hobert still decided not to recognize this girl.

The reason is very simple and can be easily exposed by Bernadette. If she gets angry and does something like kill the "creator"'s beloved to resolve her hatred, Hobert will still be the one to suffer.

Even if Bernadette considers the power of the "creator" and will not retaliate, the reputation of the "creator" is at risk of being discredited.

So Hobert simply made it clear this time: "I just found out that the 'Mysterious Queen' turned out to be the daughter of Emperor Russell..."

Bernadette's eyes involuntarily flashed with hope.

"But the 'Creator' told me that you guessed wrong. He is not the resurrected Russell!" Hobert said neatly.

Only when her father was mentioned, Bernadette, the leader of the "Elemental Dawn", would have obvious emotional fluctuations. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but then she asked: "The 'creator' knows where my father is now. What?"

Hobert said: "The 'Creator' didn't say that. He only said that your father suffered some pollution in his later years."

Bernadette turned around suddenly, exuding an extremely oppressive aura. She stared at Hobert: "What pollution?"

"The great 'creator' said that anyone below the angels will be contaminated by the same pollution even if they only know the source of the pollution." Although Hobert sealed the relevant memories, he still remembered the relevant precautions.

Bernadette was obviously exposed to such intelligence for the first time. After a brief shock, she quickly returned to normal and leaned back in her chair: "How should I thank the 'creator'?"

Of course she knew that there must have been a price tag behind such an important reminder.

"When I need your thanks, I will take the initiative to find you." Hobert did not borrow the "Djinn" this time.

It would not be out of place to borrow the "Deng God" now. After all, the "Creator" knows so much about the situation of the "Black Emperor" pathway, which is equivalent to telling Bernadette: I am the god of this pathway or an adjacent pathway!
He knew the existence of the "Djinn God" and it would not surprise Bernadette.

But there is no use borrowing the "Djinn God" now. Hobert is a Sequence 5. Except for looking a bit like a god in certain fields such as crushing extraordinary characteristics, he is a "mid-sequence" Extraordinary at this time.

When you encounter a being like the "Djinn", you will be seen through immediately.

It is better to wait until you are stronger and then borrow it from Bernadette.

Bernadette nodded lightly, said nothing, and stared at the beautiful scenery in front of her in a daze.

After a while, she said: "It's such a good place. It's a good place that can keep all the bad moods away from me."

Hobert smiled and said, “Come whenever you want from now on.

"Especially when you are tired, I will clean up a yard for you in the Lord's Mansion, and you can stay there as long as you want.

"If you don't want to be so troublesome, have you seen the construction site over there? The hotel there will be built in a month or two, and there are also villa areas over there. Several of them are already ready to live in."

Bernadette took a deep breath: "In the summer, I will come to rest for a few days, but I won't notify you at that time."

Hobert smiled: "No problem, if there is no good hospitality, you can go to me and complain."

After talking about the business, the conversation between the two became more casual than before. They got up and chatted while walking down the mountain.

The train was waiting on the other side of the mountain. After Hobert and Bernadette got on the train, the train started slowly again.

Bernadette saw that there were some buildings on the back side of the mountain. One of them, a majestic-looking building, had its doors and windows installed and seemed to have been decorated.

"That place will be a large entertainment center in the future." Hobert continued to be the tour guide for this trip: "What has been built is an auction center that specializes in auctioning extraordinary items. After the auction, there will be a gathering of extraordinary people. If you have If you have time, you can come and see if there is anything you need.”

Bernadette asked: "Are the auctions held regularly?"

"There are small auctions on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of every month, and there are large auctions on the 29th of every month." Hobert very much hopes that big figures in the extraordinary world like Bernadette can participate.

Bernadette nodded: "At midnight on the 28th, you can put the auction information on the wooden chair at the top of the mountain. If there is anything I need, I will participate."

"Okay!" Hobert thought to himself that she is indeed the "Queen of Mysteries", and the way of obtaining information is mysterious enough!

He simply guessed that Bernadette might have marked the location of the wooden chair on the top of the mountain so that she could send her mysterious servant to take away the auction information.

After riding the train around the territory, Bernadette seemed to be in a good mood, and Hobert and Bernadette took a walk around the lake.

Hobert asked Archibald to prepare charcoal for the oven and other supplies, then got on a modified wooden boat and hired someone to row out to the lake to fish.

These wooden boats were originally used by people in the territory to travel. Now that there are steam passenger boats provided by Hobart, these wooden boats have almost no use.

A few decades ago, there were still fishermen around Man Yue Lake. But after monsters appeared in the lake, no one dared to go fishing anymore.

It has been abandoned for decades, and now no one can fish.

The key is that there are still some big fish and beasts in the underwater forest at this time. Although they dare not come ashore, the fish in the lake are only enough for them to eat. Even if they want to fish, they can't catch anything.

In line with the principle of not wasting money, Hobert renovated the wooden boats that no one is using now. Most of them were converted into small cargo ships, and one was converted into a small boat for fishing. Hobert is planning to go to the lake in the summer. Go fishing and cultivate your sentiment.

At this time, the boat was used to entertain Bernadette. The two of them talked leisurely about some extraordinary world affairs and enjoyed the rare comfortable time.

Looking at the great rivers and mountains around us, we could clearly see the Full Moon Lake just now, but in the blink of an eye, the two of them were already boating on the Full Moon Lake.

Even the two extraordinary people on the ship had some feelings about how wonderful nature is.

During the conversation, Hobert realized that Bernadette's knowledge reserve was quite astonishing. She knew most of the information that Hobert had published in the Tarot Club so far.

On the other hand, just as Cattleya lamented Hobert's meticulous logic, Hobert's views on some events also made Bernadette feel similarly.

Archibald, who boarded the ship together, listened very seriously. Only then did it realize that Hobert was actually a person who could discuss the past and present with big figures in the extraordinary world.

How can an ordinary Sequence 5 have such a level?It believes that this is the result of being influenced by the "creator".

In the blink of an eye, evening came, and the work at the construction site was finished. The workers went home talking and laughing. The two cargo ships docked at the port were the first to hang headlights on their bows and sterns. Gradually, the lights of the town lit up little by little. , showing the vitality of this town.

Because several cargo ships dock here every day, and two passenger ships full of tourists came two days ago, the restaurants and hotels in the town are also busy.

Some workers now also appear in small groups in restaurants for small gatherings, which all shows that this town has somewhat of a nightlife.

Lanterns were also hung on the wooden boats in the lake. Hobert asked Archibald to light the stove. He skewered the raw meat, rubbed it with oil, sprinkled it with cumin and chili powder, and grilled it.

Bernadette was slightly startled: "Your method of barbecue is not quite the same as Dixi's barbecue."

Hobert had already known that Emperor Russell had only "improved" some dishes and had little involvement in skewers, hot pot, snacks and the like.

Thinking that there was no ballad circulating in this extraordinary world, Hobert couldn't help but sigh: The life of the Great Emperor is so boring.

It was precisely because of some understanding that I dared to barbecue in front of Bernadette. Otherwise, while eating, Bernadette suddenly started calling daddy, which would have wasted such a good barbecue.

When we boarded the boat, we also brought a bottle of beer.

Drinking beer, eating skewers, and looking at the beautiful scenery of Full Moon Lake, Hobert's face was full of contentment, and Bernadette was also enjoying the food and beautiful scenery in front of her.

After a few glasses of wine, the conversation between the two became more casual. Moreover, Bernadette was indeed a daughter trained by the Emperor, and many of her values ​​were very much in line with Hobert's taste.

Gradually, after she put down her pretense of being the "Queen of Mysteries", she actually gave Hobert the illusion of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

In the previous conversation between Hobert and Klein, he tried to find this feeling, but Klein was a bit like a boring gourd, and he pretended to be like a person of this era.

If The Fool hadn't held Tarot meetings every week, Hobert would have wondered whether the Klein he met was Zhou Mingrui?
The two people were talking and talking about the situation in the Northern Continent. Hobert said: "You should have noticed that the countries in the Northern Continent still seem to be able to coexist peacefully, but they must have a war."

Bernadette was slightly startled: "As far as I know, the Feysac Empire has repeatedly provoked, and the Loen Kingdom has no idea of ​​​​going to war. The nobles and rich people are busy making money. Are they willing to fight?

"After all, war will cause turmoil. The key is that the money or resources in their hands are likely to depreciate or be controlled by the military. This does not seem to be in their interests."

"It is precisely because of profit that they fight." Hobert smiled: "You should have been to Backlund. The entire city and the entire Loen are producing a large number of products every moment.

"Who are they going to sell to, the poor people in East Backlund? Or the indigenous people in the Southern Continent?

“The main people who can afford these things are actually the citizens of the Northern Continent.

“But the problem now is that the products produced by the four countries are obviously surplus. Who is willing to accept products from other countries?
"This is a fundamental contradiction in wealth. Now it seems that everyone is willing to coexist peacefully, just because everyone is not sure that they will put each other to death."

Bernadette nodded slowly. She suddenly recalled that when she listened to her father explain some truths before, her father could often grasp the key to the problem just like now, telling a seemingly ordinary but important matter very thoroughly and changing the situation. Some of her opinions.

Immediately afterwards, Bernadette realized that what she saw, the high-level changes that would appear in Backlund, was a war?
Unfortunately, she could only see some vague shadows and had no way of distinguishing whether the great change was a war initiated by the Loen Kingdom.At this time, the Kingdom of Loen had the strongest overall strength in the Northern Continent, so Bernadette naturally believed that it would be the Kingdom of Loen that would initiate the war.

Bernard drank all the beer in his glass: This was a good idea, but it was difficult to prevent the outbreak of war.

The ceremony for her promotion to Sequence 2 required her to prevent a high-level disaster.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, Bernadette, who had eaten, drank, and gained a lot, said goodbye to Hobert, turned into a shadow in front of Hobert, and disappeared.

Hobert burped and asked Archibald to row the boat to the shore.

Two marionettes were rowing a boat, and Archibald's real body asked while packing up: "Sir, I heard Schell say at the dock in the afternoon, are you going to lead the soldiers to suppress the bandits?"

"Yes." Hobert had planned to take Schier and the others to suppress bandits last week. In fact, it was the same as going on a training trip, but they encountered a riot and had to wait until now.

Many crew members of the cargo ship said that they saw gangsters in the watershed outside Jeffrey's territory, and that there were gangsters who wanted to board the ship, but their wooden boats could not catch up with the steam ships.

Therefore, the suppression of bandits cannot be delayed any longer and must be carried out as soon as possible to avoid robbery.

Archibald smiled and said: "I have commanded the regular army of the Fusac Empire before, otherwise give me this job."

Hobert was slightly startled and looked at Archibald: "Have you ever commanded a regular army?"

Archibald quickly reported to Hobert seriously: "Yes, because I really need a secret puppet of the 'Warrior' path and the 'Hunter' path.

"I went to the Southern Continent, found a suitable target there, and turned a 'Reaper' into a Marionette.

"At that time, the colonies of the Fusac Empire were at war. I thought it was quite fun, so I played the role of the 'Reaper' and continued to fight the enemy.

"As a result, I became addicted to fighting. I stayed in Fusac's military camp for a total of eight years. I was originally a nobleman who went to gilding, but ended up becoming the military commander-in-chief of Fusac Empire's colonies in the southern continent.

"I initiated and won the Battle of Yalar."

Hobert was stunned because this battle, which he had learned in the "Brief History of Modern History" course at the university, was a classic modern army battle.

This course is also called "Modern History" and is a course that explains the history of recent decades and the contemporary situation in the North and South continents.

Archibald sighed and continued: "Unfortunately, the people from the God of War Church discovered my identity, so I had no choice but to give up that identity.

"But before I left, I gave the Church of the God of War a surprise and made the Archbishop they arranged in the Southern Continent into a marionette."

Archibald's eyes flashed with light, which was the origin of his semi-mysterious puppet and also his most glorious period.

Hobert smiled, thought for a while and then said: "That's fine, but even if the soldier is in critical condition and cannot be treated, you can't make him into a marionette!"

In fact, Hobert knew very well that it was okay to plan an extraordinary battle by himself, but when it came to knowledge about guns and artillery, he didn't even have the most basic tactical knowledge, and would only lead people forward to kill.

"Don't worry." Archibald said, "I will obey your arrangements in making secret puppets."

Hobert nodded, and the matter was settled.

Back at the Lord's Mansion, Hobert opened the bedroom door and said with a smile: "Beautiful lady, have you been waiting for me for a long time? I'm here!"

But then, Hobert noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room. Fors was looking through the magazine expressionlessly without any response.

Hobert was stunned. He was fine in the morning.

He took a closer look at the magazine in Forsi's hand. It was the magazine that Bernadette had once flipped through.

He took off his cloak, sat next to Forsi and smiled: "As you know, there are occasionally some strange guests in the territory, but I have no choice but to entertain them well."

Forsi saw the tiredness on Hobert's face, and his expression softened somewhat, but then she asked with a straight face: "Did you let other women come to our room? I smelled it as soon as I entered the door. The faint smell of perfume!
"Fortunately, I didn't see any woman's hair on the bed, otherwise I... I would never come to this room or sleep on this bed!"

Hobert cursed Bernadette in his heart: I'll just say it!It's easy for people to misunderstand when she appears in the bedroom... Wait, the "Queen of Mystery", a Sequence 3, can't hide the smell of perfume on her body?Beat me to death, I don’t even believe it!This naughty kid did it on purpose!Let’s see if I don’t fight for Lao Huang next time we meet... Forget it, I can’t beat her now!
I didn't have time to think too much at the moment, so I quickly hugged Forsi and coaxed: "You don't know how outrageous the guest I entertained today is! She likes this kind of pranks, and she always hurts others with her words..."

Hobert strives to portray Bernadette as a neighborhood brat.

Forsi was also stunned: "Is she really an adult?"

"Yes! I have the same emotion as you." Hobert smiled bitterly: "As soon as I heard you mention the smell of perfume, I knew it must be her prank, because in the past half day, I have never smelled anything. perfume scent.

"If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't beat her, I wouldn't be so spoiled to her!"

Forsi smiled and said, "There are still people you can't beat."

The atmosphere had relaxed a lot, and Forsi gradually responded to Hobert's kisses and hugs.

After some excitement, the two chatted about the territory as usual.

After talking about the auction house, Forsi suddenly said: "Hobert, promise me one thing. If you have another woman, don't bring her to our room."

Hobert looked at the serious-looking Forsi in his arms: "I've been so busy all day, how about having some time to drink tea or go fishing on the lake? Do you think I have time to find other women?"

"This is now, maybe you will have time in the future?" Fors heard Xiu talk about the mistresses of the nobles. In this era, it was abnormal for the nobles not to have mistresses.

In the relatively conservative Loen Kingdom, this kind of thing would not be discussed on the table.

But in the Republic of Intis, many nobles would compare themselves to the charm, figure and debauchery of their mistresses. Nobles without mistresses either had financial problems or physical problems.

Forsi also knew that the man with great achievements in front of her could not have only one woman in his life. She had already been mentally prepared for this, but she also had her bottom line.

Hobert knew that even if he swore to the gods now, Forsi would not believe it.

So he simply said: "Don't worry, I will protect our family!"

Forsi was very satisfied with this answer and kissed Hobert like a reward.

The two of them had a tacit understanding and did not continue this topic. Hobert said: "Come with me to inspect the new territory tomorrow. There is a former Viscount Wright's manor there. Let's go and take a look."

Forsi agreed: "Okay!"

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Hobert used his "travel" to go to the West Bank to watch a play.

Originally, he planned to give the young men who had been punished three days of work and then give them two days off. As a result, the ships led by Jeffrey were busy transporting construction materials and some necessary supplies to the West Coast these days, so they were given a holiday. The time was postponed a few days.

Hobert was not so free to visit every village. He randomly looked at the reactions of three villages and a small town. Hobert was satisfied to see the stunned expressions of the villagers.

Villagers in one village thought they had seen a ghost and organized people to fight the ghost. Some were even so frightened that their legs weakened and they sat on the ground.

Seeing them shouting and yelling, Hobert felt a bit like his evil plot had succeeded: "You started a riot before, which made me worry about it for several days."Now that I have given you a scare, we are even.

At this time, grassroots civil servants sent from each village began to loudly publicize some changes in Jeffrey Territory and some of Lord Hobert's new policies.

At the same time, Hobert also saw the young man being punished, hugging his family and crying.

I saw the parents holding their children's faces and looking at them again and again, and I saw the girl who was shy and rushed out to hug her lover when she was lost.

Hobert's smile gradually disappeared: the loss and recovery made many people wake up from their numbness!Sure enough, only when you lose it can you learn to cherish it.

He did not continue watching, but returned to the east bank. He set out from the lord's mansion around nine o'clock, taking Forsi and a dozen guards and servants with him to inspect the territory.

This reminded Hobert of the last time he inspected the territory. At that time, he only had one servant, Sil, and he didn't even have a horse when he set out.

The horse Hobert is now riding was "sponsored" by Dennis' father Grove.

Moreover, during that inspection, the residents in the territory were guarding against Hobert as if they were guarding against thieves. But it was different now. No matter where Hobert passed by, there were farmers in the fields greeting the lord respectfully.

Some people also invited Hobert to drink tea or wine under the tree. Regarding drinking at noon, Hobert smiled and tactfully criticized: "Drinking at noon can easily cause trouble. I'd better drink a few sips of tea."

Not long after the group came out, Hobert dismounted and drank tea with the people working in the field.

Through chatting with Hobert, I learned that some families in the village have become wealthy. Without exception, these families have a larger population, more family members working on the construction site, and more wages received every weekend.

Especially after the Lord's Mansion-operated stores in the small town of Jeffrey Territory opened, the workers who had money in their hands would of course buy some modern industrial products, which in turn made the territory's economy initially prosperous.

(End of this chapter)