Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

While Hobert was presiding over a meeting on immigration progress, his eyes were suddenly covered in gray fog.

Then a tall young man wearing classical clothes appeared in front of him: "...Dear Mr. Fool, please help me tell Mr. Emperor that we will set off tomorrow to explore the King's Court of Giants again.

"Mr. Emperor, please be prepared. We are expected to reach our destination in six days. In seven days, I will summon Mr. Emperor and ask him to join us."

Then the figure in front of him disappeared, and Hobert again heard Conrad making a report on the progress of the immigration.

Hobert did not immediately respond because he was still in the meeting.

Conrad's report elaborated on the immigration situation since November last year. As of August now, a total of 700,000 people have immigrated from the northern continent, basically completing the previously set plan.

After the land reform was completed across the country, new statistics came out and showed that there was a population gap of about 1 million in the entire country.

These gaps came mainly from the counties of Highland and Colon, as well as the newly captured Salto area.

Just one city of Asun requires at least 150,000 people to fill it, and the Highland Kingdom had exploited its own citizens quite severely before, greatly limiting the number of people.

The Salto area has a smaller population because of its more difficult conditions.

However, according to the survey, the Salto area is rich in mineral resources and has a lot of good farmland that can be cultivated.

The local nobles knew that mineral deposits made money, so they basically spent their manpower on mining.

The indigenous people are unwilling to cultivate land. Generally, places with good soil quality do not belong to their territory. It is easy to cultivate the land by themselves. After several years of cultivation, it is finally turned into fertile land, but it is seized by the colonists or local nobles. Walk.

Even if there is fertile land, it can only grow one season of food a year. For the colonists, the cost of early development is too high, and they will not build manors there.

This leaves a large amount of land that could be used for farming undeveloped.

The mere fact that the places where food can be grown have not been developed makes Hobert feel very sad!

In His eyes, leaving such a place idle is an unforgivable waste!

So Hobert chaired this meeting to prepare for the second round of immigration operations.

Nowadays, the war in the northern continent is intense. A large number of people have lost their jobs or land due to the impact of the war. Many refugees have flocked to Backlund, which has brought a considerable burden to this international metropolis.

In such an environment, there are many people who are willing to immigrate, which can completely fill the gap in the population of the South Balam Principality.

Hobert asked the principality government to speed up immigration and preferably complete the second phase of immigration within half a year.

Because in his opinion, after the war in the Northern Continent ended this winter, the diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Loen and the Principality of Southern Balam were full of uncertainties.

During the break in the meeting, Hobert took the opportunity to go to the bathroom to pray to "The Fool" and told "Little Sun" that he would adjust the time.

At the same time, Hobert realized that Silver City’s second exploration of the Giant King’s Court was ahead of schedule.

In his impression, this exploration was probably in the same time period as the divine war in the northern continent.

But it is only August now, and Loen, who has shrunk his defense line, can still hold on for a while longer relying on the supply from the eastern part of the kingdom.

Hobert thought about it and found that Klein's hunt for the Dark Demonic Wolf seemed to be ahead of schedule, so the residents of Silver City and Moon City would arrive early.

So after a new round of meetings began, Hobert asked about the construction status of the new Lanagua City.

After the construction in Angelou was completed, all the construction workers went to the port of Lanagua to start the construction of the new city without any rest.

According to the plan, it will be basically completed in October. Hobert nodded, and there was enough time.

The weather was relatively hot at that time, so it was no problem to live in a rough house. The specific decoration work could be left to "Little Sun" and others to complete.

The topic of the meeting continued, and everyone discussed the issue of this year's bumper grain harvest. This year's South Balam Principality can be described as "good weather".

If there are any needs for rainfall, wind reduction, etc., Hobert directly leaves it to Medici and Raymond. There are two "weather warlocks" here, so of course they cannot be wasted.

Although Medici always looks impatient every time he receives such a task, officials from areas in need said that Medici also looks happy when facing the people's gratitude.

Raymond was usually very obedient and would let it rain as hard as he wanted. He just didn't have time to ask about the number of raindrops.

It is because of the extraordinary power that no natural disaster occurred anywhere in the South Balam Principality this year.

It is certain that there will be a bumper harvest with double the output of previous years. With so much food produced at once, the principality government must coordinate the storage work. After all, it will be enough to feed the entire country for a year.

The final topic of this meeting was the issue of internal conflicts among the people.

Currently, there are Luen people, East Bailang people, West Bailang people, Highland Kingdom people, Longtail Island natives, Fenebote people, and many ethnic minorities with small populations in the South Balam Principality.

They have different beliefs and living habits. Many conflicts have arisen between them during the current communication process, and these conflicts are becoming more and more intense.

Hobert immediately found the source of the contradiction: there is no dominant ethnic group in this country!

This is obviously a big problem. In Hobert's impression, the basic condition for a large or powerful country is to have a dominant ethnic group with a population of at least 70%.

This is more conducive to unifying a country's values ​​and can greatly reduce internal conflicts.

The current immigration plan is not over yet, but the disadvantages of immigration countries are beginning to appear.

Hobert thought about the self-stabilization methods of various immigration countries in the AD era. After thinking for a while, he realized: What a waste of time! This is an opportunity in an extraordinary world!

So after the meeting, Hobert immediately asked the principality government to invite professors in sociology, folklore, and linguistics to establish a department that integrates domestic customs, clothing, and other characteristics.

Hobart's next step was to unify the entire country's clothing, language, and weights and measures.

The first step is to do some research, combine the costumes of all parties, and leave those parts that are more practical, more beautiful, and not difficult to make.

Then, when major construction began across the country in the second half of the year, we took advantage of the semi-military state to unify the architectural style, unify clothing, weights and measures, and promote the same language.

As long as we dress the same, use the same things, and live the same way, most conflicts will not be so intense before long.

As for some local customs, hairstyles, etc., they can be retained, as long as they speak the same language.

In twenty years at most, when a new generation of people with new education grows up, the entire country will no longer have too sharp conflicts.

Sixty or seventy years later, when all this has become everyone's habit, a new nation with unified values ​​will be born.

However, Hobert doesn't care about things that far away for now. At the beginning of the unification of everything, there will definitely be resentment and resistance from the people.

And all of this will become the basis for Hobert to digest the magic potion, and will also become the key to the ceremony of promotion to the Black Emperor.

The only thing we need to pay attention to is that when public resentment leads to a group incident, it must be resolved quickly.

It usually doesn't make sense to reason with them, and the solution is nothing more than coercion and inducement.

Conrad and others who had experience in governing Longwei Island were no strangers to this, so Hobert asked Conrad to prepare a few plans. Even if there was no way to solve it, it didn't matter. He would go there and be an "incitement" "When your ability goes down, nothing will happen.

In the midst of intensive planning and planning for this matter, time flew by quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time to make the appointment with "Little Sun".

Hobert roughly told Audrey and Forsi about his next actions, and then locked himself in the study again.

After building the "spiritual wall", Hobert sacrificed himself to "The Fool" like last time, but this time it took more than half a minute for "The Fool" to respond.

Arriving at the foggy castle again, Hobert felt that the figure deep in the castle seemed to be full of distortion and madness.

He immediately recalled that Klein had explored the Giant King's residence first, and his shadow was taken away by "Dark Angel" Sasril. At the same time, the marionette was also taken away again, so his state was very wrong.

Hobert really wanted to step forward and ask: Are you in good condition? If not, I might as well ask the "creator" to send me to the "land abandoned by the gods".

While he was thinking wildly, Hobert's vision dimmed, and he had already appeared in the "Land Abandoned by Gods".

Standing up from the simple altar, under the dim light, Hobert first saw Derrick Berg, who had brown hair and was tall.

Derrick was a little excited after seeing Hobert: "Emperor...how should I call you."

He suddenly remembered that he still didn't know Mr. Emperor's name.

Hobert smiled slightly: "My name is Hobert."

"Little Sun" also introduced himself: "My name is Derrick."

Hobert said "hmm" and turned to look at Chief Colin Iliad, who was also tall and gray-haired, and Lovia Tiffany, who was gorgeous and elegant in black robes.

Both of them were looking at Hobert carefully. Derrick had already reported that he would call two helpers. At first, Colin only planned to ask Derrick to call one helper. In that case, things would still be under control. within.

To be precise, if there is a problem with Derrick and his helpers, Colin and Lovia can still work together to control the situation. If there are two helpers, it is easy to lose balance.

But when Derrick told Colin that the second helper was an angel and could enter and exit the "God-Forsaken Land" relatively freely, Colin had no objection.

The reason is simple. If there was a problem with this angel-level helper, Silver City would have been gone long ago.

Colin knew that this angel's active participation in this exploration must have his own purpose, but it was also an opportunity for Silver City.

Elder Lovia is very worried about this, because in her opinion, the power of Silver City is out of balance.

While thinking wildly, Colin and Lovia put their left hands on their chests and bowed to Hobert. This was the most basic respect for the angels walking on the earth.

"Only when I stand in front of you do I understand what giant blood is." Hobert, who was much shorter than the three of them, waved to Colin and Lovia in response to their salutes, and then he asked with a smile: " I don't speak Giant Tongue very well, can you understand me?"

Derrick replied: "It sounds a little awkward, but I understand what you mean."

Hobert nodded: "How far is the Giant King's Court from here?"

Derrick pointed behind Hobert: "It's on the mountain over there."

Hobert turned his head and took a look. There was a bright light illuminating a magnificent castle built on the mountain. The style of the castle was very ancient, and its style was different from any building in the northern and southern continents.

It is very majestic, and even has a strong sense of epicness, and it also feels like history is shining into reality.

Hobert sighed: "This is the so-called Kingdom of God. Even though it has been abandoned for so long, it still gives people a sense of sanctity."

He turned back and said, "I thought there wouldn't be any light here."

"That bright light suddenly appeared just now." Derrick said, "We don't know what happened."

Hobert nodded: "Then can we start exploring? Do you guys mind if I speed up?"

Before anyone else could answer, Hobert had already used the method of "distorting" space to lead them to the gate of the Giant King's Court.

Derrick praised: "Mr. Hobert, is this ability a collective 'flash'?"

"That's 'distorting' space." Hobert said without concealment.

Colin and Lovia's eyes showed a little worry. When Hobert "accelerated" just now, they had no ability to resist at all.

Hobert looked at the castle in front of him that had collapsed in many places: "Gehrman is late!"

"Gehrman Sparrow is never late!" As soon as Hobert finished speaking, a figure emerged from behind the collapsed tower. He was wearing a black windbreaker and a silk hat. The right side of his face was cold and hard, and the left side of his face was cold and hard. The face is composed of transparent, twisted, crawling worms:

"I won't arrive early, I will arrive just right."

He grinned in an exaggerated way as he spoke.

The three demigods of Silver City immediately put on a defensive posture. In their eyes, the man wearing strange clothes was more like a monster.

Hobert smiled: "This sentence sounds familiar, like a line from somewhere."

He paused and then said: "My friend, your condition is really bad, let me help you."

As he spoke, Hobert "distorted" Klein's spirit body, making his originally incomplete spirit body temporarily complete. This is equivalent to Klein's originally only 0.5 spirit body, "distorting" it into 1.

Klein let out a long sigh of relief, and half of his face made of worms returned to normal.

He returned to his usual cold self: "With your participation, it seems that this operation will be very easy."

Derrick and others listened carefully to the conversation between the two helpers and saw that Hobert solved the problem easily. Derrick was very happy, but Colin felt that with this operation, the power of Silver City seemed to have become stronger. Marginalized.

"Not necessarily." Hobert said: "Isn't the 'Dark Angel' sitting in the Giant King's residence?"

"That doesn't seem to be a complete 'Dark Angel'." Klein said: "I have opened the door to the Giant King's residence, which has brought some surprises and caused changes in the Kingdom of God.

"What sits inside is more like the shadow part of the Dark Angel. In short, it doesn't feel like a complete Dark Angel."

As he spoke, he winked at Hobert, who nodded slightly in understanding.

They had previously exchanged information about the "Dark Angel" at a Tarot meeting. In Hobert's description, the "Dark Angel" was a clone formed from the human nature of the ancient Sun God. The ancient Sun God was in the process of "killing himself" In , letting one's own humanity return is equivalent to letting the "Dark Angel" lose its main consciousness.

Later, the ancient Sun God's plan failed, and His human part immediately recovered the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics and uniqueness of the "Hanged Man" path, forming the True Creator.

Therefore, "Dark Angel" also lost its main extraordinary characteristics.

Klein was telling Hobert with his eyes just now that his information was basically accurate.

At the same time, Klein noticed that the "Dark Angel" sitting in the main hall was more like some kind of symbolic meaning or a manifestation of some kind of divinity.

But this was just his spiritual feeling, and he didn't see clearly what it was like.

Hobert clapped his hands: "Okay, everyone is here, it's time for us to set off.

"Oh, by the way, the three of you from Silver City, I think Derrick has told you my conditions, right?"

Colin nodded: "Yes."

Hobert said pointedly: "As long as you get my reward, I will protect your safety and let you see the sun outside."

Saying this, he walked towards the door: "Follow me quickly, I really want to see the current situation of the 'Dark Angel'."

Klein realized that Hobert might have come with a mission. Like the True Creator and Amon, the "Creator" might also want to know the current status of "Dark Angel" Sasril.

In front of it is a double door dozens of meters high, with a grayish-blue color and inlaid with golden nails.

Hobert really wanted to step forward and see if those nails were made of real gold, but he felt that this move was very inconsistent with his status as an angel and would make him lose value, so he could only pretend that he didn't see it.

On both sides of the gate, there are five or six meters high, extremely oppressive guards standing on each side. They are wearing exquisite and strong silver full-body armor. One holds a big sword, and the other wields a giant axe. There is a ball of orange light behind the mask. reveal.

Colin and the others stopped moving forward at a safe distance. Only Hobert was walking forward alone unhurriedly.

Derrick was about to call Hobert to discuss a strategy, but Klein stopped him and said, "He can handle it himself."

He knew that Hobert had been promoted to Sequence 1, and had acted together with Hobert not long ago. At this time, Hobert was just trying to kill a "Miracle Master", and two Sequence 3s were not a problem at all.

Hobert moved forward step by step. The huge steps about one person high in front of the gate seemed to have suddenly shrunk and became the size of normal steps under his feet.

After reaching a certain distance, the two "Silver Knights" reacted, turning their necks stiffly and looking at the intruder Hobert.

Hobert snapped his fingers coolly and "tampered" with the weight of the two "Silver Knights" armors.

Their hands were trembling, as if they were trying to pick up the weapons, but the swords and axes gradually sank into the soil under their feet.

At the same time, because the armor was too heavy, the "Silver Knight" was forced to kneel down on one knee, as if greeting Hobert.

Hobert came to the two silver knights and looked at them curiously: "It turns out that you are still able to stay here because the spirit bodies are so special.

"Did you get affected when you were fighting the Phoenix?

"But it doesn't matter anymore. You have become history. Rest in peace."

Hobert took out the "0-73" Death Realm from the "Land of Disorder" and stuffed their spirits into the underworld.

Boom~

The giant sword fell to the ground, and the two "Silver Knights" knelt there motionless.

Hobert snapped his fingers again, and two copies of the "Silver Knight" extraordinary characteristics were immediately released.

After collecting the loot, Hobert waved his hand behind: "Let's move on."

After a second or two, Derrick realized that the two "Silver Knights" that had troubled them before were solved just like this!

He looked at his two companions with excitement. Colin seemed to have figured it out and no longer had any doubts about it.

The chief was very convinced at this time that the opponent was strong enough to destroy Silver City easily, and there was no need to use complicated means to do this.

But the other party didn't do this, which shows that the other party has no malicious intent, at least for the time being.

Lovia's expression was very solemn, and her eyes were still full of worry.

But she also knew very well that her worries were of no use.

After seeing the reactions of his two companions, Derrick also restrained his excited expression, but he was still very happy in his heart: I have known Mr. Emperor for two years, and I know him... no, I know him better, otherwise he suddenly appeared in front of me. I would also be suspicious of such a great helper.

The group of people continued to move forward. Not long after they walked forward, a black "lake" blocked the way forward.

These lakes look very unusual. Under the "water surface", there seem to be invisible whirlpools, and spiritual beings can be sucked into them.

Hobert pointed at a piece of brick on the ground, and then waved his hand slightly. The brick rushed towards the other side like a shell leaving the barrel of a cannon.

But the extremely fast brick suddenly began to fall in the "middle of the lake" and fell into the lake in a parabola that violated the laws of mechanics and was close to a right angle.

Then Hobert raised his hand and pushed forward. A large space in front became chaotic, but the chaotic space also fell into the lake one after another.

Klein said: "Can even extraordinary abilities fall?"

Hobert smiled slightly: "It seems that the 'Dark Angel' has a great influence on this castle."

He thought for a while and said: "Get ready, we have to pass here quickly."

As he spoke, he grabbed the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" from the "Land of Disorder" and placed it above his head, and then made a slashing gesture forward.

Hula~

The black "lake" split in the middle, revealing the road that had been dyed black.

Hobert used his ability to "tamper" with his position, "tampering" from one side of the lake to the other.

He put away his uniqueness and smiled: "Fortunately, the one sitting inside is not a complete 'Dark Angel'."

Derrick on the side breathed a sigh of relief and said: Fortunately, Mr. Emperor came to help, otherwise this "lake" would have trapped us.

Continuing forward, they saw a road composed of steps extending to the most magnificent residence of the Giant King.