Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 520 The powerful Princess Ethel
Backlund, 62 Queen's Road.

Hobert completed the gifting ceremony and received 6100 pounds in cash. The eight extraordinary materials of Little Sun could not be paid until he returned to Silver City.

Put 100 pounds of it into a wallet that had been shriveled for several days, and then dedicated 6000 pounds to the "State of Disorder". The 5000 pounds taken out before could be used for a period of time.

After making so much money today, Hobert was in a good mood. He asked the kitchen to add a few more dishes and planned to have a drink to relax in the evening. After all, he had been in a tense state in the past few days.

But in the evening, Dophis suddenly came to report: "Earl, Tim, the ambassador of the Kingdom of Feneport, wants to see you."

"What's he doing here?" Hobert frowned: "He's missing."

Now he is not the young lawyer he was before, the ambassador and the like who just disappeared without a thought.

Besides, he had just been made an earl because he cheated the royal family of Feneport. Why would he meet the ambassador of the kingdom of Feneport at this time?No matter how thick-skinned Hobert is, he will still feel embarrassed!
After Dophis went out to refuse, he came back with an envelope: "This is for you from the ambassador."

Hobert opened the letter and read it, and there was a sentence written on it: At eight o'clock tonight, in the abandoned warehouse of Bailan Town in the eastern suburbs of Backlund, see you there.

The signature is: Ethel.

Hobert's eyes narrowed and he took a closer look. It was indeed Ethel!

At this time, the letters on the letter paper quickly faded, and finally only a piece of white letter paper remained.

Dophis on the side asked: "Do I need to make any preparations?"

Hobert waved his hand gently: "Let me think about it."

He really couldn't understand Princess Ethel's intention to meet with him. Did he still hope that he would go back and help her fight for the position of crown prince?

Hobert smiled and shook his head. That would be too whimsical: Do you want me to pay money so that I can rebuild the Alhambra Palace?Hehe, what a beautiful thought!Well, it's not impossible for me to rebuild the Alhambra Palace. Whoever enters the palace from now on will have to buy a ticket!I can get a monthly card for Fernando II and Ethel.

After thinking for a while, Hobert thought: Could Ethel plan to ask me for help in removing the pollution from the members of the Castile family?
Last Monday, Hobert noticed in the "State of Disorder" that many members of the Castilla family were contaminated by the "State of Disorder". If left unchecked, they would be in trouble in the next few weeks. Within a year or two, they will surely lose control or die.

The more Hobert thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible: It was hard to say what others had to say. After all, he had just finished the fight and came to see his opponent for help!But Ethel can indeed do such a thing.

Guessing the intention, Hobert began to consider whether to inform the Loen royal family about this?

In the end, Hobert shook his head. It wasn't that he was soft-hearted or he cared about old relationships, but that he was now an earl. Even if he captured another princess from an enemy country, he wouldn't be able to get a reward that was too interesting to him.

And Hobert also hopes that the Augustus family and the Castile family will maintain a state of confrontation, or maintain a state of balance.

If Philip I wants to accommodate Uniqueness, Hobert will take action. When George III is promoted to "Black Emperor" in the future, Hobert will definitely disrupt the situation!

So the current pollution of the "State of Disorder" may cause the Castilla family to lose a lot of mid-to-high-level combat effectiveness in the future, which may break the balance between the two families.

If Ethel came here for this matter, Hobert would be willing to help in his heart, and he could also take the opportunity to negotiate terms.

So Hobert decided to meet Ethel at night, but he had to take precautions. Hobert returned to his study, put "1-104", "1-106", a few "order crystals", As well as bringing his own knife into the real world.

Because of the previous lesson of Philip I, in order to avoid being noticed by George III, Hobert did not take the "Crystal of Order" and "Wood of Order" with him during this period.

Of course, there was no way to drink during dinner. Hobert had a simple dinner, told Dophis where he was going, and then used "travel" to come to Bailan Town in the eastern suburbs of Backlund.

Hobert estimated that Tim's visit to him this afternoon had already reached the ears of the royal family, and there would definitely be someone from MI[-] watching outside the Earl's Mansion.

But the surveillance on him will not be too strict. After all, everyone knows that he has just cheated the Castilla family, and no one is worried that he will have any plot with Ambassador Feneport.

The abandoned warehouse is easy to find, because there are only two warehouses in the whole town, one is still in use and the other is abandoned.

Hobert observed around the abandoned warehouse for a long time and saw that there was no ambush, so he used "Flash" to enter the warehouse.

Ethel has arrived. Today she is wearing a Fenebaud-style knight uniform. She is sitting on a chair in the center of the warehouse, crossing her legs and waiting.

Princess Ethel was the only one in the warehouse. After the two looked at each other, Hobert pulled out a chair and sat across from Ethel across a broken table.

Ethel broke the silence: "Won't you say something about what happened in Alhambra Palace?"

Hobert smiled and said: "What's there to say? Everyone is their own master. Aren't you not as angry as you were last week?"

"Things have already happened. Anger can't solve the problem." Ethel hugged his arms and said, "And we were enemies at the time, but not now."

If Ethel really gets angry as soon as she comes up and hopes to take the initiative, then Hobert will not spoil her. He will leave immediately and make another appointment another day.

If the other party doesn't need to pay real money to express his sincerity, then don't make another date.

Hobert smiled and said: "I am the earl of the Kingdom of Loen, and you are the princess of the Kingdom of Feneport. Although the two countries are not at war, their relationship is not very friendly."

"But you are still the favored one of the Creator, aren't you?" Princess Ethel got to the crux of the problem: "I think you don't want the Castilla family to be too weak."

In fact, the fact that Hobert came alone tonight speaks volumes.

Hobert is already certain that Ethel came to him today to find the possibility of eliminating the contamination of family members.

But he just smiled and said nothing more.

Ethel was silent for a second or two. She took a deep breath and asked, "Aren't you curious why I asked you out?"

The fact that she was able to talk about this without being arrogant or arrogant already showed her level of negotiation, but there were some things that she still had to bring up.

Hobert also had his own purpose, so he followed the topic and said, "I am indeed a little curious."

"Last Monday, the giant bird that determined the direction of the battle was the incarnation of the 'Creator'?" Ethel asked.

"No, He just carries some of the power of the 'Creator'." Hobert answered ambiguously.

"The power he revealed at will has contaminated many people." Ethel finally got to the point: "I heard that Backlund is already preparing to go to war with the Kingdom of Feneport!
“If the contamination of the members of the Castilla family is ignored, once the two sides start a war, the Castilla family will quickly collapse due to the lack of enough Beyonders.

“The worst result is that the Augustus family acquires most of the Castilla family’s extraordinary characteristics. Without our restraint, the Augustus family will sooner or later have a war with the Balke family in the southern continent.

"It is better to prevent this war from the source and let the Castilla family continue to contain the Augustus family."

She seemed to be thinking about Hobert when she said this, without saying a word "begging".

Hobert smiled: "For us, these are not too important things."

"We can protect all of your assets in the South Colson area," Ethel continued.

Hobert thought to himself: Is this right?There is no point in helping in vain.

But his conditions didn't stop there: "Give me the governance of South Colson and don't send anyone to this area."

Ethel refused directly: "We can't allow a country within a country to appear in the Kingdom of Feneport!"

"I don't want to establish a country in the South Colson area." Hobert smiled: "It still belongs to the Kingdom of Feneport in name, but it is like a fiefdom that has been entrusted."

Ethel said: "That won't work either..."

Hobert simply stood up and said, "You can go back and think about it before we talk."

"You must promise not to threaten the rule of the Kingdom of Feneport! The soldiers and extraordinary power in the South Colson area will never leave that mountainous area!" Ethel also stood up.

"Do you have any misunderstanding?" Hobert looked at Ethel: "I want to use that territory to make money, not to use it to subvert the rule of the kingdom!
"I will also increase investment there and continue to dredge the river to make the waterway and the mountainous area more prosperous. But you don't want any more tax revenue. It all belongs to me."

Hobert said with a half-smile: "If we want to overthrow the rule of the Castilla family, we will never choose a mountainous area as our base."

Ethel thought for a moment and then said: "If a prisoner escapes to South Colson, the police or intelligence agency personnel can freely enter and exit there to pursue him."

She was afraid that it would become a spy nest for the Kingdom of Loen.

"I hate those criminals too," Hobert thought for a moment before saying, "Our security personnel will send you the prisoners you need.

"Besides, you must know that I will not allow the forces of the Loen Kingdom to enter my territory. As you said, I am the favored one of the 'Creator'."

Ethel nodded invisibly. Hobert's last words reassured her a lot, which meant that Hobert would govern there as a favored person of the "founder", not as an earl of the Kingdom of Loen.

"I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to report it to Fenebaud immediately." Ethel pointedly said: "The South Colson area was once the territory of an earl. This is quite consistent with your current situation. title."

Hobert spread his hands: "You yourself gave up your rule over there."

Ethel did not continue to discuss this topic: "You wait here, I will go out and give you an answer right away."

Hobert sat on the chair again and watched Princess Ethel leave the warehouse. Not to mention, her back looked quite heroic.

In fact, for a princess to venture to an enemy country and negotiate with the enemy's count, especially the enemy count who obtained the title by tricking the Castilla family, this is enough to show her courage.Ethel came to a small room outside the abandoned warehouse. She knelt on the ground and reported to Philip I who was far away in the Kingdom of Feneport.

She first read out the honorary name, and then reported the general story of the conversation just now.

After repeating it four or five times, Ethel finally received a reply from Philip I: "Promise him."

This voice suddenly appeared in her mind. Along with the voice, there was a vague figure. It could be seen that it was indeed Philip I.

Recalling the time when the "creator" took the initiative to "contact" himself, all the eyes could be occupied, and a very solid figure could be seen.

This made Ethel more and more certain that the "creator" was really a god!
Then the figure in Ethel's mind disappeared. After waiting for a while, she saw that Philip I had no other instructions before returning to the warehouse.

"The king can agree to your conditions, but we need to establish an observation mechanism." This is what Ethel thought of on the way back:

"We will not send any administrative personnel to South Colson, but we must send an observation team every year to observe whether there are signs in South Colson that are detrimental to the royal family or the country as a whole."

Hobert smiled and shook his head: "Your so-called sign is too broad. If I want to purchase a batch of guns to suppress bandits, will it be considered detrimental to the royal family?"

"Of course it doesn't count. We are just making certain observations so that everyone can rest assured."

Hobert shook his head: "We might as well set up an agency to communicate with each other. If you have any questions, ask them directly. We don't welcome any supervisory agencies, and we won't be manipulated by your so-called evidence of ulterior motives against the royal family."

Ethel nodded: "Yes, but members of the liaison agency can go to the South Colson area."

Seeing that Hobert was about to refuse again, she said with a slight wry smile: "That's the territory of the kingdom, we always have to send someone to take a look!
"I promise, I'm just going to take a look! Not a supervisor, not a spy, just a look."

Seeing Ethel's insistence, Hobert had no choice but to say: "Okay, but in exchange, I can auction the extraordinary characteristics of the 'Arbiter' path at the auction center."

Ethel had no choice but to make a compromise: "But send me a detailed list of the items to be auctioned. The royal family needs to know when the auction will take place."

Just spend a little more to buy the extraordinary features of the auction.

Hobert stretched out his hand and shook Ethel's hand: "Deal!"

Then Hobert said pointedly: "Congratulations!"

The conclusion of this agreement will definitely increase Ethel's popularity among the Castilla family!There will be more supporters in the fight for reserves.

What he didn't know was that even Philip I was making final observations on Ethel to see if he should support her to become crown prince.

Of course Ethel understood what Hobert was saying: "Thank you."

Hobert retracted his hand: "Let me tell you the honorable name of the 'founder'. When you return to Feneport City, gather all the contaminated family members together, and then read out the name of the 'creator'." Honor the name, and He will unify and remove pollution from the members of the Castilian family.”

Ethel smiled and said: "You trust me so much, aren't you afraid that I will break my promise and not give you the right to govern the territory?"

"Then there will be a being like the giant bird visiting Feneport City again." Hobert replied calmly.

Hobert is not worried about this, because he knows that the Kingdom of Feneport will never take such a risk, and Athel's words are just a test.

Ethel just smiled and did not continue the topic at all: "If I want to find you, how should I contact you?"

"If it's urgent, pray to the 'founder'. If it's not urgent, send a letter to the lord's mansion in Jeffrey's land." Hobert didn't plan to tell her the contact information of the messenger at the moment.

……

After Ethel received the honorable name of "The Founder", he immediately left Bailan Town with the sealed object.

After all, this is an enemy country, and if you stay there for one more minute, you will be in more danger.

Returning to the luxurious royal estate on the outskirts of Feneport, Aethel immediately reported the detailed negotiation process to Philip I.

At this time, Philip I was more rickety than last week, and the "hoorahhoorah" sound in his lungs and trachea was louder!
Many Extraordinaries of the Castile family were in a worse condition than Philip I, and they were already showing signs of losing control.

If it continued like this, the situation would only get worse. Philip I agreed to Ethel's plan and sent her to negotiate with the favored ones of the "founder".

That night, all the contaminated family members were brought to the manor.

Ethel told everyone about the role that the "Creator" played in the previous battle. The "Creator" did not show up that day, and most Beyonders below angels did not feel the presence of the "Creator".

Ethel then told everyone that she ventured to Backlund, contacted the "Creator"'s favored ones, and found hope of removing the pollution.

These family members have contacted the familiar Bishop of Mother Earth in the past week, hoping to get ways to eliminate pollution from the Church of Mother Earth.

As a result, after asking around, I found out that the archbishops of the church asked the "creator" to remove the pollution from their bodies.

So when everyone heard the title of "The Creator", they knew that they were finally saved.

Amid everyone's compliments, Ethel asked someone to set up an altar, then bowed slightly to the altar and said in a pious tone: "The founder of order in the world..."

At this time, Philip I also appeared in the corner of the hall. After all, he was also very seriously polluted.

However, Philip I was still somewhat wary of the "Creator", so asking the "Creator" for help was a last resort. From then on, the Castilla family began to believe in foreign gods, which was shorter than demigods and members of the Sequence 5 level. It's better to have a lot of deaths in a short amount of time.

Moreover, they are all contaminated, and the Extraordinary characteristics in their bodies may also be contaminated. If the Extraordinary characteristics are smashed and the contamination cannot be removed, it will be even more troublesome.

At this time, Philip I heard Ethel in front of the altar, praying for the power of the "founder" to remove the pollution from the family members in front of the altar.

He looked at the altar intently, wanting to see if the "creator" was the "Uncertain Mist"?
Call ~
A strong gust of wind blew from the altar, making everyone's clothes rustle.

Then a figure that seemed to be sitting among swords appeared in mid-air above the altar.

He is exuding divine brilliance, as if he can end all chaos, and he seems to be able to bring about complete chaos.

He exudes a majestic aura, making people lower their heads unconsciously and want to surrender unconsciously.

The Castilla family who were still standing immediately knelt down on one knee, lowered their heads, and almost had the same thought in their hearts: This is really pressure from the gods!
Before, they had doubts about the identity of the "creator" god. Many people also speculated whether he was a wild god like those on the Southern Continent or the islands in the Raging Sea. Now, no one dares to think in this direction.

Immediately afterwards, everyone felt that the cold feeling wrapped around their bodies and spirits quickly disappeared, and the pollution that had plagued them in the past few days was removed without a trace in an instant.

Philip I felt that the thick phlegm in his lungs and trachea had disappeared, and he stared at the figure of the "creator"!

That's not the "fog of uncertainty"!
According to the description of the Night Emperor, the body of the "Uncertain Mist" is a ring-shaped creature.

In addition, the feeling of "Creator" is completely different from that of "Uncertain Mist".

When the figure of the "creator" disappeared, Philip I came back to his senses. The reward for removing the pollution this time was really just the governance of the South Colson area!
Not marked by an external god, not branded spiritually.

Philip I suddenly smiled. He had weighed it repeatedly in the past few days before finally making such a decision. However, his repeated weighing turned out to be just a joke.

After Ethel bowed devoutly in front of the altar, the ceremony ended.

The experience just now made her a little fascinated: it turns out that this is the feeling of being blessed by the gods.

……

In "The Kingdom of Disorder", Hobert considered detonating the contamination in the bodies of the Castilla family members, causing a large number of deaths among their mid-series Extraordinaries, and taking the opportunity to defeat this Extraordinary family.

But if you really do this, it will only benefit the Beyonder families in other countries in the Northern Continent. With Hobert's current strength, you won't get much benefit.

Moreover, the results of the negotiation with Ethel will also be invalidated.

So just thinking about this, Hobert took action to remove the pollution from those members of the Castilla family, including Philip I. For now, this is the best choice.

This suddenly reminded Hobert of a sentence: having a sword and not using it are completely different things.

After taking back his power, Hobert returned to the real world. It was already very late today. He took a short rest and used "travel" to go to Jeffrey's Territory at dawn.

It was a rare occasion for Forsi to get up early. Conrad, Philip and other key members of the Lord's Mansion were already waiting here. They received the notice that they would follow the lord to inspect the new territory today.

They already have some guesses about what will happen in the future. Although they are somewhat reluctant, as long as Hobert gives the order, they are still willing to leave the land where they were born and grew up and live in another land.

After Hobert emerged from the illusory spiritual world, he first smiled at everyone: "The situation has changed! Allen, go prepare the boat. We are going back to the Lord's Mansion on the east coast together!"

Everyone was stunned. Didn't the royal family live in the lord's mansion on the east coast?
　Thanks to [Baili Heping] for the reward.

　　Thanks to [Lan Xiong] for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)