Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 616 Audrey becomes president of the Witch Research Association

"No!" Faced with Hwen's question, Audrey replied firmly.

While speaking, she let the island in her heart ask: Are you so worried about me? Now that I have decided to join a secret organization, I still have a sense of confidentiality.

"Very good." Hwen said with a smile on the sofa: "I'm just curious. Hobert should be able to see that you are an extraordinary person. Didn't he question where your potion formula came from? "

"No." Audrey said firmly again: "We attach great importance to maintaining each other's privacy."

Her "soul island" echoed at this time: Speaking of which, Hobert seems to have asked once, but he didn't ask in detail, because he has more secrets than me.

Hwen nodded with satisfaction and asked Audrey about the process of summarizing the "acting method".

Finally, Hewen smiled kindly and said: "You are very talented, and you actually figured out the 'acting method' yourself."

He paused and continued: "However, before Sequence 6, we did not advocate the use of this method to speed up the digestion of potions, so we will not teach it."

"Why don't you advocate it?" Audrey asked sincerely.

Hwen took another sip of tea before saying: "This will make the extraordinary people become less like themselves, and some will even be assimilated by the remaining influence in the potion."

Audrey suddenly remembered that "Little Sun" mentioned that the most important thing about acting is: remember, you are just acting.

Then she felt that what Hwin said made sense, but not entirely, because as far as she knew, she and Hobert both digested the potion quickly, but they were always in good condition.

Hewen put down the tea cup and said: "You do have the talent and qualifications to apply for the Sequence 5 'Dream Walker' potion formula. I will give you some tasks one after another. This is not only a fair need, but also a training of your abilities."

"Understandable." Audrey had no objection to this: "What is the first task?"

Hewen smiled kindly and said: "It is a simple but long-term task, and every feedback you give will be counted as a contribution."

Having said this, he took a deep breath: "Pay attention to Hobert's movements, including the people Hobert met and what they probably talked about, especially some of the actions of Hobert's organization, even if you only know part of the information. Also report to me immediately.

"The other thing is to observe the 'Earl's Light' for a long time, find a way to visit the power plant, and then tell me the internal structure of the power plant.

"Of course, don't take risks when doing these things. Some of the information you can get is the best. If you can't get it, don't force it."

Hwin paused as if out of habit and said: "Don't worry, we won't hurt Hobert, we just hope to have some cooperation with the 'creator'."

This last sentence actually had no logical support, it was just a promise, but as Hwen on Audrey's "Mind Island" raised his right hand and pressed his forehead, Audrey actually felt that what he said made sense!

Then Audrey quickly came to her senses: If we want to cooperate, we can go directly to Hobert. By asking me to pay attention to Hobert so secretly, he was obviously asking me to collect information about the forces of the "Creator"!

At the same time as this idea appeared, Audrey was in control of her "mind island" and did not show any suspicious emotions in her heart.

Then she responded: "I am very willing to promote the cooperation between Psychological Alchemy Society and Hobert."

Hwen smiled with relief, and his eyes suddenly became a little darker: "Given your identity and daily environment, you will forget about our conversation and what is conveyed through Isilant and others.

"When there are extremely important things that need to be reported, you will subconsciously visit me to ask questions about knowledge."

When Hwin said these words, Hwin on Audrey's "Mind Island" also repeated them, which caused some "rocks" on the "Mind Island" to change and quickly sink into the ocean of subconsciousness.

But Audrey clearly remembered the conversation just now. She controlled herself, stood up in a daze and said, "Yes, sir!"

After saying that, she quickly stood up and left the living room step by step.

The moment she closed the door, Audrey instantly felt that two somewhat different memories appeared in her mind. One memory included Hvin Rambis, and the other did not.

The two memories merged instantly, causing Audrey to be confused for several seconds. However, having been promoted to a "hypnotist", she immediately sorted out the priorities and authenticity, and reorganized every detail of what had happened before.

Audrey sighed: What a powerful mind-reading and hypnosis. Although she had the blessing of the "Fool" angel, when she recalled some of the things just now, she still felt like looking at yellowed photos. It seemed that many years had passed.

She was a little proud at first: it turns out that the Psychological Alchemy Society cares so much about the power of Hobert and the "Creator". As Hobert said before, if he came with us and just got off the carriage and looked at the scenery on the street, it would be fine. It can put tremendous pressure on psychological alchemy.

Then Audrey was in a bad mood. She didn't expect that the Jury Committee of the Psychological Alchemy Society would despicably "hypnotize" her and ask her to help them collect information.

……

In the afternoon, Hobert was drinking tea on the terrace, enjoying his rare leisure time.

But as soon as he drank two cups of tea, he saw a carriage with the emblem of Earl Hall entering the Earl's Mansion.

Audrey, who was wearing a simple long dress and an ordinary hairband, but still couldn't hide her beauty and vitality, got off the carriage, and Susie jumped down from behind.

Hobert stood up and smiled: "Ha, Audrey, you came at the right time. I'm having afternoon tea, how about you having a cup too?"

Audrey downstairs smiled and said, "Okay."

Then, Audrey walked upstairs, and Hobert went out to greet her. The two met on the stairs.

Hobert took Audrey's hand: "How do you feel about your first day at work?"

"Not bad." Audrey replied.

The two of them returned to the study together. The moment the study door closed, Audrey suddenly expressed some grievances: "Hobert, I encountered some things that didn't go well today."

Hobert opened his arms, and this time Audrey did not refuse and threw herself into Hobert's arms.

He hugged Audrey tightly and said, "Tell me, why is it not going well?"

Hobert's strong arms made Audrey feel very comfortable and at ease.

After the two hugged each other for a few seconds, Audrey took a step back and said, "I did meet the jury members of the Psychological Alchemy Society today."

Hobert pulled Audrey back to the terrace: "Sit down and talk slowly."

Audrey sat on the terrace and glanced at the gardener who was taking care of the lawn outside. Her meaning was self-evident: our conversation will be heard!

Hobert smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, our voices can't be heard beyond the terrace."

Just "tampering" with the propagation distance of sound waves can achieve this effect.

Audrey nodded and said, "I followed the agreement with the psychology teacher this afternoon..."

She briefly described to Hobert how she met Hvin Rambis.

After hearing this, Hobert was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Have you ever thought about becoming the president of the 'Psychological Alchemy Society'?"

"Huh?" Audrey thought she heard wrongly.

Hobert smiled: "Just kidding, I've met Hwin before, and he seems quite kind. I didn't expect him to be so sinister behind his back."

Then he asked, "How do you want to punish him?"

Audrey sighed: "I thought about it just now, but it's actually nothing. It's just some hypnosis on me, and it won't punish him.

"I just feel that some of the performances of the Psychological Alchemy Society are gradually different from what I imagined."

Originally, she had always felt that the Psychological Alchemy Society was an academic-oriented organization that concentrated on researching topics in the psychological field and seemed not too interested in the battles in the extraordinary world.

But after meeting Hvin Rambis, Audrey realized that the top leaders of this organization also had many utilitarian motives.

Hobert didn't ask what was different, but suddenly said: "I am going to form a 'Witch Research Society' recently. Are you interested in becoming the president?"

Audrey was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm not a witch."

"It doesn't have to be a witch." Hobert smiled: "This position needs someone I trust very much.

"I've thought about it for a while and you are the most suitable one. Although you are not a witch, those witches don't dare to say anything."

Audrey's appearance is comparable to that of high-level witches. In terms of beauty and charm, she is several steps ahead of ordinary witches.

With such a young lady serving as the president of the research association, no witch would have any objections.

Of course, there is another key reason. She is still Hobert's fiancée. This is the "status blessing" given to her by Hobert.

"Sorry, Hobert." Although Audrey was very interested, she felt that she did not have the ability: "I can't help it..."

Hobert raised his hand: "Don't be too busy refusing, first listen to my idea."

Audrey nodded and looked at Hobert.

Hobert explained: “I am a favored person reused by the ‘Creator’, and I handle most of the affairs of the real world for the great ‘Creator’.

“These works have made it very clear to me that the current composition of the Extraordinary Force of the ‘Creator’ consists of five systems, each coming from three Extraordinary families and two Extraordinary organizations.

"The war that just ended made me feel that the traces between the family and the extraordinary organization are too heavy, and this is an uncontrollable factor at some point.

"So the 'founder' hopes to join them with new extraordinary power to neutralize the traces of the family and organization."

He picked up the teapot and refilled the tea for Audrey: "The 'Witch Research Society' is a key part of this plan. According to my observation, Helen, well, is a witch.

"She and her companions try to bring pain to evil forces or evil people, bring pain to themselves, bring joy to their lovers, and still be able to digest the magic potion.

“Currently, apart from their lovers having to take more tonics, these methods of digesting potions don’t seem to have any other side effects.

“I think these methods should be popularized and may reduce many disasters in the world.

"That's why I hope to establish a 'Witch Research Association' to cultivate extraordinary powers loyal to the 'creator' and at the same time promote this method of digesting magic potions."

Audrey sighed: "This idea is... very great."

"I can't talk about greatness." Hobert smiled: "But this will indeed make the world develop in a good direction.

"Well, I think that the gods that the witches we have cultivated are not as bad as the 'original witches'. This will reduce the negative impact of this method of potions to a certain extent and should not lead to the witch sect. The old way.”

He smiled and said: "Back to the question just now, the problem I am encountering now is that I need someone who knows the 'acting method' well and whom I trust very much to serve as the president of this research association."

Audrey hesitated and did not refuse immediately. Hobert said: "You can think about it."

"I'm afraid I'm not capable enough." Audrey expressed her worries.

"At the beginning, I only planned to recruit some ordinary people to participate in this research meeting, and at most some 'low-sequence' members." Hobert already has a relatively mature idea:

"After you are promoted to Sequence 5, you can then recruit Sequence 7 members. In short, there will always be a difference of 2 Sequences between the members and you.

"Also, if you have any management questions, you can come and ask me."

Finally, Hobert said seriously: "Ability can be cultivated."

Audrey was a little excited: "Then what are we going to study?"

"Study how to digest magic potion quickly and efficiently! Study the true meaning of 'Witch'!" Hobert said: "For example, the first research topic is: only women can enter this seminar!

"This should reduce the distortion between Extraordinaries and Extraordinary characteristics, and be more conducive to them maintaining a good condition."

This topic completely moved Audrey: "When will the research group be established?"

"When you are willing to be the president, you can immediately enter the formation process."

Audrey smiled and said, "Then we can set it up."

"Okay." Hobert smiled and said, "I will recruit the first batch of members for you as soon as possible, and you can recruit the subsequent members yourself.

"As for the venue, I will rent a villa first to solve the accommodation problem of the members. After there are more members, I can rent a mansion in Queens."

"Okay." Audrey continued: "By the way, in my conversation with Hvin Rambis today, I mentioned the 'acting method'.

"He said that if you use the acting method too early, the extraordinary potion will be digested too quickly and you will easily lose yourself."

She looked at Hobert: "Our potions are digested very quickly. Will this leave any hidden dangers?"

"This old man's theory is not entirely correct!" Hobert said: "He missed a very key factor."

“What is that factor?”

"Love and emotions." Hobert smiled: "Or human nature."

He looked at Audrey with tender eyes: "I also considered before that you played a huge role in the stability of my humanity, which made my state very stable.

"I think this effect is mutual. I should also let your humanity be publicized, which is enough to counteract the residue of extraordinary characteristics."

Audrey smiled sweetly and shyly: "But, extraordinary people below half-gods do not have divinity. We also need to show off our humanity?"

"In my understanding, Extraordinary characteristics are anti-life and anti-humanity." Hobert said: "It is too cold and full of madness.

"So those below demigods need to use their humanity to fight against the extraordinary characteristics. To be precise, they need to use the temperature of life to warm the extraordinary characteristics."

Finally, he spread his hands and said, "Of course, this is my own conjecture."

Audrey nodded, feeling that this idea made sense.

This topic ended, and the two of them looked at the huge courtyard of the Earl's Mansion.

Today's "weather" is good. Although it seems there is still some mist in the distance, you can see the sun and feel its temperature.

This made the green plants throughout the Earl's Mansion look prosperous.

After more than ten seconds, Audrey seemed to have come back to her senses and said, "Hobert, I encountered another thing today."

She withdrew her gaze from a distance and looked at Hobert again: "Today, 15 pounds of Earl's Light funds were withdrawn in the form of cash, but I noticed that there was not a penny missing from the books. .

"If I guessed correctly, the funds should have been 'spent' through previous false reports on some investments."

Hobert smiled and said: "This is exactly why I asked you to go to the 'Earl's Light'."

"You want me to make false accounts?"

"No, I want you to supervise whether the money is really spent where I want to spend it." Hobert said: "The money currently totals 50 pounds and will be transferred in three batches."

Audrey was a little surprised, 50 pounds! This is more property than she can inherit, and the dowry she will receive when she gets married in the future will probably only be so much.

Hobert then asked: "Are you curious where the money was spent?"

Audrey nodded immediately.

Hobert stood up and said, "Let's go to the Southern Continent."

"Southern Continent?" Audrey was in disbelief.

"Yes, the Southern Continent." Hobert smiled and stretched out his arm.

Audrey took Hobert's arm in surprise. The space in front of the two people became illusory. After entering the spirit world, they quickly disappeared on the spot.

After a transit in Bayam, the two people came to the southern continent, the upper reaches of the Hodis River.

Audrey saw a huge plain! You can also see the mountains and rivers in the distance. This is a huge basin. There is nothing else in the basin. It is full of crops.

It looks neat and tidy, as if it is about to have a bumper harvest.

Audrey looked at the farmers working in the fields and suddenly smiled and said: "It's a pity that I didn't bring my own paintbrush and canvas."

But Hobert said: "Come on, let's take a closer look, look carefully, look carefully."

Audrey noticed something was wrong in Hobert's tone. She took Hobert's arm, and the two of them used "travel" to come to the field again.

The people around him had their minds "distorted" by Hobert and turned a blind eye to them.

Arriving at the field, Audrey immediately noticed something was wrong: the farmers in the field were too thin! And many of them were wearing shackles.

She took another look at the crops growing well around her, a little unbelievable!

Then, Audrey saw a few people from the Northern Continent sitting there under the shade of a tree, smiling and chatting. Judging from their height and appearance, they should be Fusac people.

bang~

Suddenly there was the sound of gunfire, followed by the laughter of the Fusac people.

Audrey noticed that it turned out that there was a dark-skinned middle-aged man who was working a little slowly, so a Fusac man opened fire directly.

The middle-aged man immediately knelt down, spoke the local language, and begged the Fusac people for mercy.

bang~

But his begging for mercy was of no use. The Fusac people began to use him to practice shooting. The middle-aged man turned around and ran away, but on the fourth shot, he hit the middle-aged man in the back.

So the middle-aged man's wailing could be heard in the surrounding fields.

Audrey wanted to save people, but Hobert held her back: "Years of high-intensity labor and long-term malnutrition have made him very weak and he is about to reach the end of his life.

"This is also the reason why the Fusac people will beat him to death mercilessly. Otherwise, slaves are valuable property and generally will not be killed easily."

Hobert paused and then said: "You save him now, but what about in the future? How will he live? What should he do when his life is in danger again?"

Audrey looked at Hobert with some surprise: "Let's save the person in front of us first..."

Hobert interrupted Audrey in a rare moment: "Audrey, look around you. The entire plain you see is no longer full of farmers. It is either the manor of the Fusac people or the manor of the local nobles.

“Those who work in the fields are slaves.

“If you come back a year from now, you’ll find a third of the new faces, but the number of people hasn’t increased much.”

Finally, Hobert said: "This is the colony! There is no way we can save it!"

Audrey was about to say something, but Hobert was the first to say: "During the Backlund smog incident, I also felt that I could save everyone.

“Later I realized that this efficiency was too slow!

"So I have been actively promoting the extraordinary war with the Witch Sect, and I defeated them in one battle until they could only hide in dark corners!

"I don't think any of them would dare to cause a major smog incident!"

Hobert pointed to the distance: "It's the same here. It's useless to save one of them! I don't even know where to put them when I save people here?"

Audrey opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment. She suddenly felt that the Hobert in front of her was a little strange.

At this time, the middle-aged man who was still wailing just now disappeared.

"I'm sorry, Audrey." Hobert said seriously: "I made you see the cruel side of this world, but this cruel side has always existed.

"Think about the homeless vagrants in Backlund, think about the children in the slums with their big-looking heads.

"I think you should take a look at the cruel side of this world."

Audrey took a deep breath before saying: "You are right, I was protected too well before."

Hobert finally recovered his smile: "It's this era that has the problem, not you."

He said: "I plan to spend the 15 pounds here. The local king here has been controlled by our people. These invaders will also give up the manor here under the pressure of the Governor's Palace.

"Of the 15 pounds, 5 pounds were used to bribe the Governor-General. Of course, the 5 pounds were only temporarily deposited with them.

"I will use the remaining 10 pounds to buy farm tools, build some workshops for the production of building materials, etc., so that the people here can have a rain-proof house to live in, so that they can have enough to eat, and they can also get distribution in the future. A piece of land.

"The annual death rate of the population here is now as high as 30%, and next year it will not exceed 3%!"

Finally, Hobert solemnly said: "Audrey, in the future, we will have more money to spend on places like this! I want to build and invest on a large scale in the Southern Continent.

“Such an investment may not pay off for decades, but it can save countless lives!”

Audrey smiled slightly: "Hobert, as I just said, what you are doing is great!"

(End of this chapter)