Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 664 Early Engagement with Audrey
When Klein used "The Creator" to fight Amon just now, he finally recovered from Amon's raving.

Fortunately, he often withstood the impact of gibbering and became somewhat "resistant", otherwise he might have been on the verge of losing control for a while longer.

The "Creator" temporarily blocked Amon, giving Klein a chance to enter the historical pore. As long as he entered the historical pore, it would be difficult for even Amon himself to catch him.

But just as he stepped forward, a hand suddenly stretched out from the hole in history and pushed Klein.

Klein took a step back in surprise, and quickly reached into the void with his right hand to grab it. As he retracted his right hand, a woman wearing a simple robe and bare feet appeared next to him. It was Ms. Arianna.

The lady's eyes were confused for a moment, and then immediately brightened up. She briefly looked at the situation around her and waved towards Klein. Klein seemed to have been erased by an eraser and disappeared into the dark wilderness. middle.

At this time, the hand in the historical pore came out of the illusion, and it was a clone of Amon. Amon's body once "stole" part of the historical pore, which allowed the clone to briefly appear in the historical pore.

Ms. Arianna waved her hand at the Amon clone, and the ground under the clone's feet suddenly collapsed, causing him to fall to the ground. He would be very unlucky in the next period of time, and his combat effectiveness would even be greatly reduced.

And Klein, who had entered a secret state, was about to enter the historical pore again, but suddenly appeared in the real world again.

It turned out that three more high-level clones of Amon had arrived. Together, they "stealed" toward the hidden space, and finally succeeded in stealing Klein from the hidden world and returning to the real world.

After recovering a little, Hobert began to carefully examine the Creation Bracelet and the Box of the Past, and sure enough, he found a secretly parasitic "worm of time" in the Creation Bracelet.

While Klein used "Fire Jump" to escape, he reached into the void again and pulled out. However, because the distance was constantly stolen by Amon's clones, he "jumped" several times but could not get very far.

However, there was an "error" in the pollution target of the "Country of Disorder" aura on the sealed object. It did not appear on Amon, but on a monster in the darkness.

However, Hobert also knew that this conjecture was almost untrue, because Amon did not need the "Country of Disorder". Everything in the "Country of Disorder" was a huge pollution to him.

The sudden appearance of these two monsters is due to one of the negative effects of the Creation Bracelet, but the "creator" "tampered" with the negative effect of summoning a monster every 6 hours to every 6 hours. One will be summoned in seconds.

Amon took advantage of the relevant loopholes to try to divert the target of absorbing life, but he soon discovered that the Creation Bracelet was absorbing life in a wide range.

But if Hobert wears the creation bracelet in the real world, he will definitely be parasitized by this "worm of time". When the time comes, Amon's clones will definitely appear in the shortest possible time and take him away.

Under the "use" and "tampering" of the "creator", this negative effect also became a means of attacking Amon.

Immediately afterwards, the space in front of Amon became illusory again, and a monster that looked like an elephant came out of it. This monster raised its long trunk and entangled Amon in the blink of an eye.

Hobert returned to the "Country of Disorder" and first put down the extraordinary characteristics and sealed objects. He "retracted" the two arms under his armpits with a somewhat painful expression.

Amon tried many times to hide the Creation Bracelet or steal all the negative effects, but because the "creator" is still the owner of the Creation Bracelet, he was easily "connected" to it again.

Amon, who was entangled by his trunk, immediately realized that the spirituality in his body was disappearing rapidly, and the "elephant" that had sucked the spirituality away was rapidly growing in size, and soon became as big as a small hill.

This made several Amon clones fail to "steal" Klein's ideas. Klein was very lucky to take advantage of this opportunity and successfully entered the historical pore.

Amon frowned, and he did not dare to look directly at the starry sky. He quickly waved his hand towards the mirror, and the mirror temporarily faced away.

At this time, the "creator", who was using the sealed artifact to fight Amon, pointed at Klein, and he "magnified" the "luck" in Klein's body.

At that moment, Hobert used the power of the "State of Disorder" to pull out the "Insect of Time". After killing it, he planned not to get the Creation Bracelet unless he really needed the power of the bracelet. It is used in the real world, in case Amon has any other arrangements inside.

Then Hobert thought back to the battle just now, feeling that it was somewhat thrilling. If Amon's plan hadn't been ruined from the beginning, and Amon later "stole" the Creation Bracelet, it would have been difficult for the "Creator" to stop him head-on. Live in Amon.

Hobert even seemed to see this bracelet, helping Amon open the sacrifice door and letting Amon enter the "Land of Disorder".

Fortunately, Ms. Arianna temporarily blocked the three Amon clones, otherwise Klein's thoughts would be stolen again.

Klein pulled two or three times and finally pulled the indifferent Mr. Azik out of the hole in history.

First, he strengthened his connection with the Creation Bracelet, and then "exploited" its negative effects.

At the same time, except for Amon's body, all the clones have undergone certain mutations.

Amon glanced at the messy battlefield and suddenly smiled: "The 'Fool' and the 'Creator' are both very interesting."

Moreover, the level of the summoned monsters is not low, at least they dare to attack Amon actively.

When Amon was about to put away his bracelet, the space in front of him suddenly became illusory. A simple full-length mirror came out from the spiritual world. In the dark "Land Abandoned by God" without light, in this mirror A scene of starry sky appeared.

Amon had just broken free from the "elephant's" trunk and felt that his life force was being absorbed by the bracelet. This was also a negative effect of the bracelet.

This "parasitism" is very clever. It makes good use of the creation bracelet to help the "worm of time" block the purification of the "country of disorder". It is easily ignored.

And started to "use" and "amplify" its negative effects again, even Amon couldn't guard against it.

Hobert was already prepared for such a situation, and he immediately used his "correlation", "exploitation" and "tampering" abilities one after another! The negative effects of the Creation Bracelet immediately became huge.

On the contrary, this made Amon's advantage disappear little by little.

He asked the "Death Archon" to stop Amon's clones, while Klein himself tried to enter the historical pore again.

The "creator" behind the black mask breathed a sigh of relief. If Amon didn't give up the Creation Bracelet, he would be ready to give up this sealed object.

So He waved his hand towards the hill-like "elephant", and the spirituality in the "elephant" instantly dried up, from the size of a small hill to the size of a normal elephant, and as skinny as firewood.

Amon looked at the "Creation Bracelet" in his hand and said with a smile: "I'll just say it looks familiar. This is the sealed artifact of the Solomon family. I'll return it to them for you."

Because of the "creator's" support for Klein, he did not have time to stop Amon from stealing the "Creation Bracelet." This time Amon was on guard, and he just "stole" the sealed item.

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This made Amon somewhat surprised: "You, you are actually stealing my spirituality?"

Especially after Klein entered the historical pore and Arianna also left, the scope of life force absorption became very large, and the life force of his clones was also rapidly drained.

He looked cheerful and showed no signs of frustration at the failure of his plan.

As soon as the "creator" stretched out his hand, the creation bracelet returned to his wrist again, and the image of the "creator" also disappeared.

Seeing that the space in front of him became illusory again, and the third monster was about to be summoned, Amon simply threw away the bracelet: "Forget it, I'd better give it back to the descendants of Solomon."

Even if Hobert takes advantage of the extraordinary characteristics of the "State of Disorder" or the "Prince of Order", he still only has the empty frame of the King of Angels.

Of course, this empty shelf also played a big role. An ordinary angel would not be able to resist Amon's "theft". With this empty shelf, Hobert at least does not have to worry about his ideas being stolen.

In addition, some of the abilities used by Hobert, such as "distortion", "tampering" and other abilities, are at the level of Sequence 1. If Amon hadn't stolen the Creation Bracelet, Hobert would only have a few abilities. Attack Him.

This battle gave Hobert a substantial understanding of the high-end combat power in this world, which made him firm in his belief: before encountering the King of Angels in Sequence 1, run away quickly, and before Accommodating Uniqueness, run away quickly when encountering the True God. !

Thinking of this, Hobert took a deep breath. Fortunately, he was about to be promoted to Sequence 2.

When he becomes an angel, he will have the ability to temporarily control the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" path. His first task is to seize the uniqueness as soon as possible.

After coming out of the "State of Disorder", Hobert looked outside. It was already dawn. The battle just now made him somewhat tired, so he fell on the bed and slept, and did not check out until after eight o'clock in the morning.

There was still thick fog on the streets, and the figures and carriages in the distance looked very hazy.

Hobert was about to find a corner to use his "travel" to leave, when suddenly the newsboy's voice broke the silence on the street: "Extra number! Extra number! The Republic of Intis declares war on the Kingdom of Loen!"

Hobert smiled slightly: What was supposed to come has come.

He called the newsboy, but he couldn't find the copper penny in his wallet no matter how much he rummaged, so he simply gave the newsboy a 2 sole note: "No need to look for it."

The newsboy said happily: "Thank you, sir!"

Hobert smiled slightly, took the newspaper and went to a deserted corner, using "travel" to return to the study in the Duke's Mansion.

After arriving here, Hobert sat down at the desk, spread out the newspaper and started reading.

While reading the newspaper, Hobert estimated the current strength of the Kingdom of Loen on the Western Front. Even if a large number of troops were transferred eastward, the troops on the Western Front should be able to temporarily maintain the defense line in the west. After all, the Kingdom of Loen is already in the west. The line has been operating for hundreds of years.

But it will be hard to say in a month or two. Once the central plateau area in Loen is lost, Intis can easily invade the undefendable Takwell Plains.

At that time, the main food producing area of ​​the Loen Kingdom will most likely fall in a short period of time.

While Hobert was thinking about the current situation in the Northern Continent, Dophis opened the door and said: "Grand Duke, you are finally back.

"Grand Duke Christine came to see you yesterday afternoon, but unfortunately you were not at the Duke's Palace at that time."

Hobert was slightly startled: "What does father want from me?"

He stood up and said, "Help me prepare the carriage. I'm going to my father's mansion right now."

Although you can use the ability to "distort" space to get over, it would be too sudden and would be very rude if it was not an emergency.

Arriving at Christine's mansion, the father and son met in the living room.

As soon as she sat down, Kristine said straight to the point: "I met Earl Hall at a dance yesterday at noon. We talked alone for a while. Earl Hall hopes that you and Audrey can hold an engagement ceremony this month."

Hobert was slightly startled: "Isn't this too fast?"

Generally speaking, there is a gap of more than half a year between the announcement of a "love affair" and the engagement of a nobleman to reflect the reserve of the nobleman. If further investigation is needed, some may even wait for two or three years. At this time, only about two or three months have passed since Hobert and Audrey "announced their relationship."

But soon, Hobert realized: "It seems that Earl Hall got the news that Intis was going to declare war on Loen early yesterday morning."

Intis declared war on Loen, and it was only a matter of time before the Kingdom of Feneport declared war on the Kingdom of Loen.

On the Loen Kingdom side, because the king had just died suddenly, the morale of the soldiers and people was low, and the probability of defeat in the attacks from the other three countries was very high.

Therefore, some nobles are already looking for a way out for themselves. Earl Hall obviously intends to complete the binding with Hobert and the South Balam Principality as soon as possible.

In this way, even if Backlund is in danger, their family can still rely on Hobert and continue to live a noble life in the Southern Continent.

Hobert thought for a while: "No problem, you can set a specific engagement date."

Christine smiled and said: "I will go to Earl Hall to discuss it soon. Well, we will hold a dance tomorrow night and announce the specific engagement date."

He paused and said, "Although time is a bit tight, I think the nobles should be able to understand."

Hobert nodded, and then said: "Since there is a dance tomorrow, I will try to get promoted the day after tomorrow. I will ask you to be there to avoid anyone causing trouble."

Kristine was somewhat surprised: "It's so fast, 伱, are you ready?"

As a good friend of Rex, he certainly knew what promotion to Sequence 2 meant to Hobert.

Hobert smiled somewhat helplessly: "Be prepared."

He knew that at this time Eris must be looking for an opportunity to be promoted as soon as possible so that he could find and snatch the uniqueness.

Kristine took a deep breath and nodded: "I will definitely be there then."

After leaving Christine, Hobert returned to his study and asked a messenger to deliver a letter to his mother April, telling her about his promotion.

More than twenty minutes after the letter was sent, April was led to Backlund's Duke's Mansion by Allen, the butler of Lord Nancolson's Mansion.

She was very worried and asked as soon as they met: "My child, are you really ready?"

Hobert first asked April to sit down and closed the study door before talking to her about his plan.

After hearing this plan, April was somewhat surprised. She sighed: "You have more resources than your father could mobilize back then."

The probability of success of this plan is indeed not small.

"Well," at the end of the conversation, Hobert said somewhat sheepishly: "Mother, I may be engaged again recently."

Apple looked at her son and asked, "Which lady did you lie to again?"

"Liar? What kind of lie?" Hobert smiled helplessly: "Why do you say 'again'?"

……

Christine and Earl Hall were busy with the engagement ball, while Hobert was preparing for promotion.

Christine and April were invited to the scene to prevent the demigod-level enemies of the Tamara family from causing trouble.

Then he asked two angels, Beverly and Raymond, to help them drive away Tamara and Pedi.

(Hobert did not know that Peddie had been killed by Eris.)
After gaining the power to protect his promotion, Hobert sacrificed the "blasphemous card" of the "wrong" path to Mr. Fool.

In fact, the "Creator" had just helped "The Fool's Favorite" Klein escape from danger. Based on the principle of equal exchange, Hobert did not need to sacrifice anything. It was only fair that the "Fool" had to help him once.

But both Hobert and "The Fool" know that only when "The Fool" gets the "wrong" card, "The Fool" can help Hobert.

So the two of them had a tacit understanding. One offered the sacrifice and the other accepted it. Neither of them mentioned that the "creator" had just helped Klein.

Hobert waited for a long time, and when he saw that Klein did not refuse to provide help to him, he knew that "The Fool's" experiment went relatively smoothly and could definitely help him complete the "grafting" of his bloodline.

Only then did Hobert take out the sealed artifact against the "Witch Spirit" and pray to the goddess of the night for "secret" power.

As for the preparation for the promotion ceremony, Hobert also thinks it is very solid.

The promotion ceremony of Sequence 2 is to cause a chaos involving all classes in a large city, and use the unique and unprecedented new order proposed by the promoter to quell the chaos. In the confusion that this chaos brings to people, And helpless, people drank the magic potion out of unwillingness to accept the new order.

At first, he planned to use the method of starting an electric revolution to complete the corresponding rituals.

But his previous battle with the gas industry made Hobert realize that there was no need to wait for the electric revolution to be completely over, as the ceremony had already fully met and exceeded the requirements of the ceremony.

The current Backlund gentlemen, from the nobility to the middle class to the poor, have completely accepted electric lights, and the entire Backlund method of using electric lighting has become mainstream.

The gas industry was severely harvested by Hobert. Before, Hobert was so anxious to sell gas stoves just to disgust Duke Negan and other former representatives of interest groups in the gas industry.

Their unwillingness and frustration will definitely become the key to Hobert's promotion ceremony.

Everything is ready, now all that remains is to create a body of Eris to attract Trunsoest.

Because he had already received a trace of spirituality belonging to Eris, Hobert planned to pray to the Earth Mother Goddess for strength on the day of promotion and report to her about his promotion that day.

If the Earth Mother Goddess is interested, she may be able to watch the promotion process. For Hobert, such watching may be a guarantee for him.

After making all preparations, Hobert relaxed for a long time, adjusted his condition, and then went to attend the dance held at Christine's mansion.

This ball was still the opening dance of Hobert and Audrey. The two people were not very high-profile, but they were handsome and beautiful enough to dance on the dance floor while chatting intimately.

Audrey looked at Hobert: "You seem to have something on your mind."

Hobert was slightly startled: "Is it so obvious?"

Audrey raised her chin slightly: "I am now a 'Dream Walker'!"

Since becoming a Sequence 5, Audrey's observation ability has been enhanced, and she can detect some of Hobert's mental activities by capturing some of his expressions and body movements.

Hobert could only say: "I will face a test tomorrow. Although I have made a lot of preparations, I am still a little worried."

Audrey was stunned for a moment, then said somewhat angrily: "What test? You only told me now!"

Hobert stretched out his hand and pinched the bridge of Audrey's delicate nose, and said with a smile: "I didn't tell you before, firstly to prevent you from worrying, and secondly because it was a secret."

Hobert's intimate gesture made many noble gentlemen suddenly lose their composure. They tried their best not to look in the direction of the stage.

In fact, Hobert didn't tell Audrey and Forsi before, mainly because they couldn't help and it would make them worry.

Audrey was indeed led by Hobert's words and thought that there was something confidential involved.

So she did not continue to ask, but asked: "How can I help you?"

Hobert smiled and said: "I have made all preparations."

Audrey nodded slowly, understanding what Hobert meant: she couldn't help.

This made Audrey somewhat depressed.

Although she didn't show it, Hobert probably guessed what she was thinking: "Actually, you have been helping me stabilize my state."

Audrey was slightly startled: "Why didn't I notice it?"

Then she asked: "How did I help you stabilize your condition?"

"Love." Hobert smiled: "It's the love we have for each other, Audrey.

"I think after you become a demigod, this love will definitely help you stabilize your state."

Audrey was somewhat embarrassed: "I didn't expect that the relationship between extraordinary people could have such an effect."

At this time, the music ended, the first dance was completed, the two people saluted the guests, and the audience burst into warm applause again.

Christine promptly announced that Hobert and Audrey were going to hold an engagement ceremony on November 11, which indeed sparked a discussion among the nobles because the news was indeed a bit sudden.

But there are extenuating circumstances. After all, this is war time.

Next, Hobert and Audrey walked off the stage and chatted with the people who came to the dance. This is a necessary part of the dance. Before participating in dances initiated by others, Hobert could still stay on the edge of the dance. There is no need to socialize with other nobles.

Today was different. Hobert was one of the protagonists of the ball. He had to socialize even if he didn't want to.

Different from the previous dance where the love affair was "announced", the nobles hardly lost their composure and came to chat with Hobert one after another.

After socializing for a while, Hobert realized that this group of nobles were all talking to him about the civil war in the South Balam Principality. Their idea was very obvious, and they wanted to use this matter to hit Hobert!
So Hobert smiled and said: "It seems to me that the Civil War will be over soon."

(End of this chapter)