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For this afternoon tea party, Hobert invited Earl Hall, Glaint, Lord Bradley, and several other nobles with whom he had a good relationship, telling them that he planned to sell 20% of the shares of "Earl's Light" for a total price of 800,000 pounds!
He could invite friends to the Earl's mansion to buy them tomorrow.
The nobles had no intention of bargaining at all, they knew that Hobert was not short of money now, and he had just solved the Longtail Island issue.
At this time, his selling of shares was entirely to take advantage of this opportunity to establish a solid interest group to hedge against risks.
For the nobles, the price of 800,000 pounds was not high, after all, it would cost 1 million pounds to buy a baronet title.
Earl Hall alone paid for 5% of the shares, and this was only in consideration of the feelings of other nobles, otherwise he would have bought all 20% of the shares himself.
Earl Hall had already realized before that Hobert's improvement of electric lights might cause the wealth of the entire Loen to undergo a redistribution.
It's just that he didn't expect this redistribution process to be so fast!
After the afternoon tea, Hobert saw that it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, so he took a turn around Longtail Island.
At this time, the Governor's Office had completely controlled the western plains of Longtail Island, first by dividing the villages and towns basically based on the previous rubber plantations.
The previous towns and natural villages, after being merged or re-divided, were all assigned town chiefs, town government officials, and village chiefs, establishing a very effective bureaucracy.
And Conrad temporarily transferred a lot of manpower from the South Colson area, as well as the second batch of Backlund noble children who had just completed the assessment, to register land and assets.
For the Loen people on Longtail Island, this island had become chaotic and completely lacked the order that a colony should have.
The local natives also felt some changes, first of all, a person from the Northern Continent moved into the village and could communicate with everyone in some local languages.
The first thing he did was not to rob things or women, but to teach everyone how to farm and brought many advanced agricultural tools from the Northern Continent that could be used for free.
The iron and copper mines were all temporarily shut down, and the miners who had obtained resident status began to build a large number of brick houses, forming natural villages based on the iron or copper mines.
After that, they will also widen and reinforce the mines, equip them with the most advanced water pumps, and then start re-excavating the ore.
The ore that Hobert bought for 16,000 pounds before was enough for a while.
The transformation of Longtail Island was proceeding in an orderly manner, because it had not yet reached the point of dividing the land and forcing the local natives to live a modern life, so Hobert temporarily did not feel the digestion of the potion.
After having dinner with Fors in the evening, Hobert returned to Backlund and met Klein on the bank of the Tussock River, at the place where the two had met last time.
Without any pleasantries, Klein said as soon as they met: "I plan to take action in three days, that is, on Saturday night, you be prepared."
Hobert nodded: "No problem."
"In addition, the opportunity to obtain good luck has arrived, let those who want to obtain good luck attend the ball I am holding tomorrow." Klein took out two invitations: "There are only two places."
Because that "Snake of Fate" Will Auceptin, who is reincarnating, only got two "Worms of Time".
Klein said: "Let those two people be sure to find an opportunity to chat with Dr. Allen's wife, it is best to help her, such as handing her an ice cream."
Hobert put away the invitation and said again: "No problem."
He took out a box made of "Order Crystal": "This is the preparation I have made for the action three days later."
Klein opened the box and looked at it, inside lay six thumb-thick "Worms of Time": "You, you..."
Don't your family's "Worms of Time" cost money? Another six?
Hobert smiled slightly: "Please help pray to Mr. Fool to make these six 'Worms of Time' into talismans, I'll take four and you take two.
"If those advanced talismans are not used in this action, then the two talismans will be yours."
Originally, Hobert planned to pray for the power of the Fool himself to make talismans, but he suddenly realized that he had no concept of making talismans, he didn't know what metal to use, nor did he know what symbols to engrave.
He thought that Klein was quite knowledgeable about this, so he simply let Klein make them.
Klein closed the box: "Leave it to me."
This will be the biggest confidence for the infiltration operation.
Hobert also told him: "Remember to return the box to me."
That is a box made of "Order Crystal".
After talking about the business, the two chatted about the sales of light bulbs for a few more words, and then left with "Travel".
The next day, Hobert still didn't go to work, and twenty or thirty nobles came to the Earl's Mansion again, snapping up the 20% of the shares.
Hobert sent another 2% of the shares to Christian, and 1.5% of the shares to the Queen and Alice each.
Christian sent someone to send 80,000 pounds in cash, Hobert symbolically kept 10,000 pounds, and asked Serena to take the other money to send it back to Christian.
But the servant went to look for her and found out that Serena had asked for leave the day before yesterday to go back to attend her brother's wedding.
Hobert had hardly been in the Earl's Mansion these days, so he didn't know about this, and he didn't take it too seriously, so he asked Dophis to return the money.
So far, Hobert's community of interests has been built, he still holds 55% of the shares, and he has the final say on the development of "Earl's Light", and has absolute control over "Earl's Light"!
This will avoid many risks encountered by "Earl's Light", as for this allowing Hobert to completely integrate into the circle of nobles, that is just a matter of convenience.
At this time, Hobert's funds have reached several million pounds, enough for him to achieve further expansion plans.
In fact, at the same time as the electric lights were sold, Hobert's actions had already begun, first he bought a small factory, transformed it into a school, and established the Backlund Electrician School to solve the current serious shortage of electricians.
Then he leased three more large factories, recruited a large number of vagrants to produce supporting facilities such as wires, batteries, utility poles, crossarms, and porcelain pots.
At the same time, he leased a medium-sized factory, purchased a large number of carriages and horses, established a distribution agency, and a battery door-to-door replacement service, etc.
The biggest investment was buying two large plots of land in the suburbs, and quickly started building the second batch of large power plants.
The construction of supporting facilities in Backlund is like this, and the rest can only be done after the corresponding technicians are trained, little by little, pulling the wires all over the streets and alleys of Backlund, leaving a mark belonging to Hobert in this era.
Now Hobert has sent people to Pritz Harbor, not far from Backlund, to buy land, prepare to build power plants, lay wires, and provide electric light services.
Todd has also sent people to East Chester County and Enmat Harbor to conduct research according to Hobert's instructions, preparing to use the massive funds in his hands to lay the framework for electric light services first.
As for the large cities in the northern Midseashire County and Constant City, although there are also a large number of potential customers, Hobert has no intention of developing there for the time being.
Because that is where the war will be the most intense later, even if the power plant is built, it will not be enough for them to squander.
Now, Hobert only provides a general direction for the "Earl's Light" light bulb factory, and the specific affairs are all managed by Todd.
Hobert also sent an invitation to Upton, asking him to serve as the deputy general manager of "Earl's Light".
After all, Todd is still young, and he has suddenly become a hot commodity from being unknown before. Hobert is afraid that he will not be able to resist some temptations and relax his strict requirements on himself.
At the same time, Hobert also hopes to use Upton's accumulated connections to develop a series of basic industries on Longtail Island.
Hobert did not use the money from "Earl's Light" for the construction of Longtail Island, but a sum of money from a group of financial personnel headed by Fors and Philip.
Even without using the money from "Earl's Light", Hobert still has 200,000 pounds in savings, enough to build Longtail Island into a medium-sized, complete industrial base.
Hobert's long-term plan is to use Longtail Island as a springboard to seek opportunities to build a country in the Southern Continent during the subsequent war.
At that time, the Northern Continent will be in a mess, especially the fall of the industrial town of Constant will cause Loen to lose a large amount of industrial production capacity.
And in the later stages of the war, Backlund will also become panic-stricken, and if Hobert has industrial needs during the nation-building period, he may not be able to obtain enough industrial products from Loen.
So it is better to "do it yourself and have enough food and clothing".
Moreover, the labor and raw materials on Longtail Island are very cheap, and the construction cost is not high. These construction projects can also bring a lot of employment opportunities and create wealth for the natives of Longtail Island.
...
On Thursday morning, Hobert finally returned to MI9 to work, but as soon as he went to work, he started to slack off.
Hobert first went to the South Colson area and obtained the "Beast Tamer" potion formula from Bishop Simpson, then returned to Backlund and handed the formula to Viscount Glaint.
In the past month or so, Glaint has introduced three more batches of Backlund noble children to Hobert. For now, these noble children are enough.
This greatly alleviates the shortage of manpower in the recent period, but if there are more, this group may be difficult to control in the future.
Since Glaint has basically completed the tasks assigned by Hobert, then according to the previous agreement, give him the "Beast Tamer" potion formula and Beyonder characteristics.
In the past period of time, in addition to establishing a mature immigration mechanism, Hobert also established a new training mechanism, recruiting literate people from the East Borough of Backlund and vagrants, conducting basic training and sending them to the grassroots level to gain experience.
Compared with the residents of the East Borough, there are a large number of people who have attended grammar schools among the vagrants. They are all bankrupt middle class.
It's just that the quality of these people is uneven and not easy to manage, but this mechanism can almost completely solve the future shortage of manpower.
And these people also need this job very much. Although the salary is not high, it includes food and accommodation. Such a job is almost non-existent in Backlund.
This is also the reason why so many people break their heads to enter the "Earl's Light" light bulb factory every time it recruits, because it includes food and accommodation.
This can save more than 90% of the expenses for the poor, and even for ordinary workers, it can save about 60% of the expenses.
At first, many rich people secretly laughed at Hobert for giving such good treatment, but soon they couldn't laugh anymore, because the workers in their factories also demanded such treatment.
Even without such a request, the enthusiasm for work has become not high.
Under Hobert's care, Viscount Glaint completed the advancement.
At the same time, he once again mentioned the matter he had entrusted to Hobert before, asking him to steal back his father's ring from Earl Vincent.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, this time Glaint told Hobert that the opening spell of that ring was to say in ancient Feysac: Summer of Winter County.
The reward is still a Grade 2 Sealed Artifact, which is also the most valuable reward that Viscount Glaint can offer.
Hobert promised to help him pay attention to this matter. If he can get it easily, he will take it, but if he has to take some risks, then there is no need.
Leaving from Viscount Glaint's place, Hobert returned to his mansion, and happened to meet Serena who had returned from Tingen City.
"Is your brother's wedding over?" Hobert asked casually.
"It's over." Serena smiled slightly: "They may have a baby in another month or two! I have to save money quickly to buy a gift for the baby."
Hobert smiled and said: "It's just right, you can do something for me, and I will reward you when you come back."
Serena nodded repeatedly: "You say."
"Elizabeth has successfully entered Backlund University, you help me choose some gifts to thank Lord Atwood." Hobert said: "You must be solemn and atmospheric, and apologize to him, because I am busy with official duties and have to ask you to thank him."
After the "Earl's Light" light bulb became famous in one fell swoop, Hobert's status among the nobles quickly increased. For a current Minister of Education, it is completely possible to send a butler to visit and thank him.
Serena was stunned: "Is it that simple?"
She then realized that the teacher wanted to give her a reward on purpose: "Thank you, teacher."
Hobert smiled slightly: "Go."
In the blink of an eye, it was evening, and Hobert was about to go to Longtail Island to find Fors for dinner and "dancing", but Fors rarely came to the Earl's Mansion in Backlund.
She came with Xio.
Hobert smiled: "We haven't had a small gathering for a long time, let's go to Longtail Island to taste the local fruits, or go to Jeffrey City to eat authentic Feynapotter-style food?"
Fors said with a solemn expression in a low voice: "Xio has found Lewis."
Hobert recalled for a moment before remembering that this Lewis was a traitor of the Abraham family and is now an envoy of the Aurora Order.
He took Fors and Xio to the study and talked about this matter in detail.
Xio said: "You should still remember Mr. A's gathering, right? That's right, it's that Mr. A.
"It is said that he participated in the Backlund smog incident and disappeared in that incident, and this gathering stopped.
"Recently, this gathering has started again, and now the host of the gathering is Mr. X.
"After several observations, I found that this Mr. X should be Lewis, whom Fors has been looking for."
Hobert nodded and asked, "When is the next gathering?"
"Tomorrow night," Xio replied.
Hobert hummed, "Tell me the address and password for the gathering. I'll go kill him tomorrow night."
Xio reminded him, "Let me investigate further. Mr. X seems to have many helpers around him."
"All the better," Hobert smiled. "It will make my spoils richer."
Then he laughed, "Don't worry, I've used the resources of MI9 to investigate Lewis as well. Although I didn't get much information, I'm confident I can kill him."
He's just a Sequence 5. Hobert can easily kill him now.
Xio nodded, "It's good that you're confident."
Then she smiled and said, "It's been a while since we gathered, but I have a mission tonight. I have to stake someone out."
After telling Hobert the address and password, Xio left in a hurry.
Fors watched Xio walk away and said, "Xio is still so busy."
She felt sorry for her good friend, "How can we help her?"
"Give her more remuneration for this mission," Hobert said.
Fors said, "That's for sure."
"I talked to Xio's superior at MI9 and asked him to give Xio some high-paying, safer missions," Hobert said. "But that's all I can do. With Xio's personality, she won't accept too obvious help."
Fors sighed, "I once invited her to help on Long Tail Island, but she refused."
"That method is not good, I… Ouch?"
Fors was startled by Hobert's sudden "Ouch": "What's wrong?"
"I, I was thinking that we have to act ahead of time for tomorrow's gathering," Hobert laughed. "Otherwise, Xio might be suspected if she doesn't attend the gathering."
Actually, he suddenly remembered that Fors seemed to have encountered an accident with Xio when she asked Xio to help find the main ingredients for the 'Scribe', and then Xio joined the Tarot Club and started her amazing life.
But the problem now is that Hobert has already prepared the Beyonder characteristics for Fors to advance to 'Scribe'. They won't encounter such danger at all!
So how will Xio join the Tarot Club? And how will she start her amazing life?
But of course, these questions cannot be told to Fors.
Until dinner, Hobert and Fors were still discussing this issue.
They used to be very good friends, and now Hobert and Fors are living very good lives. There's no reason to let their former good friend still work so hard from dawn till dusk.
Hobert did think of a way: "Come to Backlund more often these days, and when you chat with Xio, tell her about the rampant pirates and cultists on Long Tail Island."
"And tell her that the governor's office is short of official Beyonders, and that we will be advancing into the mountains next, touching on the interests of the Mountain God Church."
"After laying the groundwork for a few days, ask her to protect your safety and give her a higher salary."
"If she wants to develop her career on Long Tail Island, give her some support."
Fors nodded, "That's a good idea."
First of all, what Hobert said is basically true. Long Tail Island does have the worries of the Mountain God Church internally and pirates externally, and there is currently a shortage of extraordinary power.
However, Hobert is already trying his best to solve this problem. Archibald just arrived on Long Tail Island with artillery last week, which not only greatly supplemented the island's coastal defense forces, but also brought a group of military Beyonders.
Currently, Seel is already a 'Pyromaniac', and many officers are already 'Warriors', 'Provokers' or 'Barbarians'.
They can solve ordinary pirate attacks.
Of course, the most important thing is that Archibald is now on Long Tail Island. It is itself a demigod-level Beyonder creature, and there are currently three Sequence 5 marionettes. Even if the 'Pirate Admiral' comes, he will not return.
With it and Angus on Long Tail Island, even if the Mountain God Church's Beyonders launch an attack on the governor's office, Hobert doesn't need to support them.
Moreover, after the land revolution that will take place soon, Hobert is preparing to start recruiting soldiers on Long Tail Island.
In up to half a year, Hobert will be confident that he can completely squeeze the Mountain God Church's living space clean.
There is no need to tell these things to Xio. Let her take a look at Long Tail Island and feel the thriving atmosphere. Maybe she will like it there.
But soon, Fors realized that this idea seemed a little naive.
Fors said, "Xio's goal is to investigate the cause of her father's death and restore the family's glory. She probably won't leave Backlund for a long time before this goal is achieved."
Hobert hummed, as if this goal could be achieved in the second half of this year: "Regarding this, I will help her with some investigations, hoping to resolve her knot as soon as possible."
Until the two of them returned to the bedroom together at night to rest, they didn't talk much about the assassination of Lewis.
Through "Leiman's Travel Notes", Fors knew how strong Hobert's abilities had become, and it also let her know how easy it was for a demigod to kill a Sequence 5.
...
After nightfall on Friday, it began to rain lightly.
This made the air in Backlund much better. Carriages were still galloping on the streets, and the coachmen lowered their hat brims to prevent rainwater from falling into their eyes.
After a layer of rainwater covered the horse lamp, the light seemed to spread out a little, becoming somewhat unreal.
Hobert, who had changed his face, looked at the street. Pedestrians on both sides of the road hurried by with umbrellas, while homeless people huddled in corners, hoping that the light rain would end soon.
Now there is a joke in Backlund: Earl Hobert has hired all the homeless people!
Although this joke is a bit exaggerated, since Hobert returned to Backlund, he has immigrated 40,000 homeless people to the South Colson area.
When several branches of "Earl's Light" started construction, Hobert recruited nearly 30,000 homeless people one after another.
This has reduced the number of homeless people on the streets of Backlund by a quarter, because Hobert also recruited some extremely poor people in the East Borough, otherwise the number of homeless people would have been reduced by a third.
But according to the current trend, this quarter of the "share" will be filled again in the next two or three months, and the number of homeless people will return to about 200,000.
It's not that there are only 200,000 homeless people in Backlund, but that the entire "leftovers" of Backlund are only enough to support 200,000 homeless people.
Looking at the wet street, Hobert withdrew his gaze, and his thoughts drifted away for a while.
The carriage came all the way to the East Borough. Hobert got out of the car in the rain and put on his hood.
In fact, he could completely "distort" the angle of the raindrops, and not a single drop of rain would fall on his clothes, but that would instantly expose his strength.
So Hobert, like most passers-by, lowered his brim and hurried to a dark alley, in front of a dilapidated wooden door.
Hobert recalled the password Xio told him, bent his fingers, first three light and three heavy, then two long and three short.
A few seconds later, the door opened silently, and a waiter wearing an iron mask examined Hobert, who had changed his appearance: "Friend, who introduced you?"
Hobert frowned: "Are you new here? I used to attend Mr. A's gatherings at 177 Empress Borough, and no one ever asked who introduced me."
In fact, he only attended once.
Mr. X only initiated a few gatherings after replacing Mr. A, and indeed many previous participants only came to participate in this gathering again these two times.
Seeing that Hobert said the address of the previous gathering initiated by Mr. A was correct, the waiter let him pass.
Hobert unhurriedly passed him, and when he passed through the not-so-long corridor, his spirituality felt three gazes sweeping over him one after another.
Mr. X had just taken over the Backlund Beyonder gathering, and he was very cautious at this time.
Through the short corridor, he came to a fairly spacious living room, and those gazes and examinations all disappeared.
Hobert's Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts were all in a sealed state, and even the examination of an angel might not be able to see the clues. Of course, no one noticed his abnormality.
And although Hobert didn't wear a mask, he was using the "Order Crystal" of the staff head to perform anti-divination operations, so as not to let the highly spiritual "Traveler" detect the danger.
He came relatively early, glanced at the rows of chairs, and finally sat down in a place close to the main seat.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, the time for the gathering arrived.
Hobert glanced at the gathering, there were only thirty people, only about half of the number of the previous Mr. A's gathering, and many wild Beyonders should still be watching.
There is no need to worry that Xio did not attend this gathering and will be suspected by the Aurora Order.
At this time, Mr. X came to the door with a golden mask and walked unhurriedly to the main seat.
He was wearing a black classical robe, wearing a magician's hat, and did not exude much momentum, but the members who participated in the gathering unconsciously lowered their heads.
Mr. X faced everyone, sat in the main seat, and said in a low voice: "Let's begin."
"Okay!" Hobert's figure suddenly became illusory, and then appeared in front of Mr. X.
He didn't use "Distortion", but used the "Blink" of the "Traveler's Knife".
Hobert's right hand suddenly inserted into Mr. X's chest, and took out a still beating heart.
Mr. X's body was just a little illusory, and he didn't have time to enter the spirit world. He looked incredulously at the hooded man in front of him, holding his still beating heart in his hand.
His figure, which had begun to become illusory, also became solid again, and quickly lost his vitality.
Under the golden mask, the incredible expression gradually turned into fear, and froze on this corpse's face.
At this time, the members who came to participate in the gathering suddenly realized that the host of this gathering had been killed, screamed and ran out, and the living room became a mess.
Hobert threw the heart in his hand casually, took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on his hands, and said: "The Beyonders of this pathway are really weak!"
"Travelers" are indeed notoriously difficult to catch, but once their ability to escape is restricted, or they simply don't have time to use it, it also means that they will be in great danger.
Hobert was fast enough, so he didn't even use the ability of "Disorder" or "Distortion", and directly went up and killed the opponent.
At this time, the surrounding shadows seemed to become viscous, and the shadows began to flow towards Hobert. They were unable to determine Hobert's strength, but they couldn't just leave like this, so they tried to attack.
After Hobert wiped the blood stains on his hands, he threw Mr. X's body into the leather bag with spatial magic: "Corruption!"
"Ah~"
Three screams immediately came from those shadows. The dim shadows suddenly jumped up, and three strange-shaped human figures like black paper appeared. They seemed to be enduring great pain.
Then these three shadows stopped struggling and fell straight to the ground, and the "black paper" revealed the faces of three people.
They had always been influenced by the "True Creator" at ordinary times. At this time, Hobert's "Corruption" was like suffering a high-level ability attack of this pathway at close range, and they actually died tragically!
Hobert unhurriedly put their corpses into the leather bag. He could feel that there were still some gazes peeping at him in the surrounding shadows, but Hobert was not very interested in these Sequence 7 or lower members.
At this time, those members who participated in the gathering were still blocked in that narrow corridor. Hobert simply pushed down a wall and left the living room unhurriedly.
There were basically no street lights on the streets of the East Borough. Hobert walked step by step in the dim alley.
At this time, the darkness on the street suddenly became viscous, and illusory figures appeared one by one, staring at Hobert unkindly.
In Hobert's impression, the Aurora Order seemed to have a demigod in Backlund. He didn't have any nonsense. While his fist was covered with a layer of orange-red light, he suddenly rushed over to "Slaughter!"
The viscous shadows didn't expect the other party to launch a fierce attack without even trying. They quickly dispersed like a tide.
But Hobert appeared in front of the shadow like a Blink, and stomped it on the ground. The violent blow rippled like a circle in the shadow, and at the same time stepped out a big pit on the ground.
A black shadow rolled to the side, rolling silently on the ground.
The "Black Knight" let his shadow bear this blow of "Slaughter". The shadow was seriously injured, but the "Black Knight" was unscathed.
"Connection!" Hobert, who had experience fighting the "Black Knight" once, let the shadow on the ground Connection with its master.
This allowed the shadow's injuries to be transmitted to the body to a certain extent, and a muffled groan came from the approximate end of the dim alley.
"Disorder!" Threw this ability in that direction, because "Disorder" can occur within a certain range, so it doesn't matter even if it doesn't hit the opponent.
Taking this opportunity, Hobert "distorted" the distance while rushing over, and injected spirituality into "1-109": "Fire Crow Technique!"
Two flames stretched out from his back, turning into dozens of fire crows and smashed towards the opponent. The darkness at the end of the alley immediately became viscous, and stood up like a semi-solid liquid to block most of the fire crows' attacks.
The fire crows exploded, blowing bricks and tiles at the end of the alley and the land was sunken.
Many people were still in their sleep and were "hit" onto the street by the shock wave of the explosion.
Hobert took this opportunity to rush to the opponent, stabbing with a thin sword, and the semi-solid "dark liquid" was pierced: "Weaken!"
The "Black Knight" dodged the rapier somewhat clumsily and was weakened.
At this moment, a figure surrounded by bright, illusory symbols appeared between the two. This figure gradually emanated a twilight hue, and its appearance became clearer. It had only a giant vertical pupil on its face and wielded a two-handed greatsword.
Hobert's subsequent thrust failed to pierce this giant figure. At the same time, he felt his strength rapidly draining away, and even his mind grew weary, as if he loathed all combat and only wished to peacefully await the arrival of death.
"Bestow!" Hobert struggled against the weariness of his mind, "bestowing" the negative state on his body to the "Black Knight" behind the giant figure.
A wisp of twilight color appeared on the "Black Knight," but this wisp quickly "flowed" to the ground, disappearing into the shadows. He gave all these negative states to the surrounding shadows, causing half the alley to briefly emit a twilight glow.
Simultaneously, the tall figure with the giant pupil dissipated, and the figure surrounded by bright, illusory symbols reappeared.
Hobert realized that this was the "Mystic" herded by the "Black Knight." What he had just "reproduced" might have been a scene like "God of Combat's Charge" or "Giant King's Advent."
Hobert raised his other hand and injected spirituality into "1-107": "Banish!"
The figure floating with illusory symbols immediately felt a tremendous force, as if it were about to be blown into another world.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Hobert thrust his sword at the "Black Knight." While recalling the "Mysticologist" the "Black Knight" conjured a blue magma greatsword in his hand, blocking Hobert's strike.
At the same time, goat horns grew from the "Black Knight's" head, and his skin became dark and sinister, as if he were clad in a layer of armor. This was the "Demonification" state.
The "Black Knight" instantly switched to the soul of a "Desire Apostle." Hobert casually slashed, creating a "Underworld Gate," and the surrounding rain was swept into the Underworld along with the cold wind.
Hobert's mastery of Underworld power grew more proficient. While using the power of the Underworld to put pressure on the herded souls as much as possible, he extended his rapier: "Magnify!"
He magnified the "Language of the Dead" that the rapier had been emitting. From the start of the battle, the "Black Knight" had been under attack by the "Language of the Dead," and now these attacks finally manifested. The "Black Knight" felt his muscles stiffening, as if his body were becoming increasingly foreign.
However, the "Black Knight's" flesh magic came into play at this moment. His heart instantly doubled in size, providing surging power to his blood and accelerating its flow. The feeling of muscle stiffness gradually disappeared.
Hobert thrust again, and a hand reached out from the "Black Knight's" chest, gripping the rapier.
The "Black Knight" himself quickly returned to normal from the "Demonification" state. An arm extended from the hand on his chest that was grasping the rapier, and then a seemingly illusory, exquisite "puppet" emerged. Its eyes were blank and lifeless.
Hobert was slightly stunned, not expecting this "Black Knight" to have herded two demigod-level souls.
The highly spiritual "puppet" could use its spirituality to cover the rapier, blocking Hobert's attack.
"Pity!" Hobert's lips turned down: "You can only herd one soul at a time."
Although the switch was seamless, the coordination of various abilities was difficult to deal with only below the demigod level. In demigod combat, a single spiritual body's attack could not produce unexpected results.
Even continuous skills were somewhat weak.
As Hobert spoke, a puppet-like figure was solidifying from illusion in his pupils.
This was the possession of the "Puppet" level. Hobert simply reversed the rapier and stabbed it into his own chest.
The "puppet," whose eyes had been lifeless, immediately showed a painful expression and screamed, leaving Hobert's body.
Hobert pulled out the rapier: "Bestow!"
He once again "bestowed" most of the injuries to the "Black Knight."
This was the battle of demigods. Combos that were very effective below the demigod level could be broken in strange ways in demigod battles.
The "Black Knight's" usual combo was "Puppet" possession. He commanded his shadow to attack the target.
Then, the second step was to use the "Mysticologist" to create an offensive "reproduction," while controlling the target with his shadow.
There was a third step and a fourth step after that.
However, in the battle with Hobert, his shadow was severely injured by Hobert from the start. He did not dare to manipulate the shadow now, fearing that the shadow's injuries would affect him.
The "Black Knight's" combo became a joke.
The "Underworld Gate" was always there. The "Black Knight" clearly felt that his herded souls were being affected by some force, as if it were vying for control of these souls.
He realized that he had no chance of winning in this battle.
So, after having the "Puppet" block Hobert's offensive again, he prepared to immediately hide in the darkness and escape.
Hobert had been waiting for this opportunity. He knew that with his current abilities and the use of sealed artifacts, he was confident in defeating most Sequence 4s of various pathways head-on.
Even if he could not defeat the "Black Knight" in a short time, Hobert was sure that the "Black Knight" would run away at the first opportunity. After all, the Aurora Order was a hidden organization, and even if it had cooperation with the royal family, it was not something that could be seen in the light.
The commotion just now was so great that the Church's demigods could arrive in as little as two minutes. He definitely did not dare to fight a protracted battle.
"Connection!" Hobert had already used the battle to put the "Black Knight" in a state of "weakness" and "bestowal," so the three skills, including "Connection," were guaranteed to succeed.
The "Black Knight's" escape came to an abrupt stop. He looked at his shadow. Although he had run away, he had not taken his shadow with him!
Hobert punched him out of the shadows.
The "Black Knight" suddenly realized that even if he ignored the shadow, it would return to his side after a while.
But Hobert's second punch had already arrived. The "Black Knight" immediately turned into an exquisite puppet, using the extremely strong physique of the "Puppet" to receive this punch, but was beaten back repeatedly.
Then Hobert kicked out. The "Black Knight" realized that even the physically strong "Puppet" seemed unable to block this kick.
The "Black Knight" finally realized that something was wrong.
Of course, something was wrong, because Hobert was now using the "Fatal Attack" from "1-109," each strike heavier than the last. An average demigod would only last until the fourth strike.
But the "Black Knight" had no time to dodge and could only block with his arms.
Crack, an arm was kicked off.
However, the "Black Knight" immediately used his flesh to return the protruding broken bone to its original position.
The "Black Knight" was about to switch to the soul of the "Mysticologist" to block Hobert's next strike. With his previous experience, he did not dare to run away now.
But the rapier in Hobert's hand suddenly lengthened, piercing the "Black Knight's" chest.
The "Black Knight" was stunned: "It can, lengthen!"
Hobert's actions from "Connection" to "Fatal Attack" were actually just preparing for the rapier's attack. He needed such a moment, a moment that could unexpectedly wound the "Black Knight."
Letting the rapier become the main attacking weapon was entirely because it could destroy the "Black Knight's" spiritual body, which could effectively prevent him from using his tenacious flesh magic.
The rapier suddenly widened, tearing open half of the "Black Knight's" chest.
The "Black Knight" immediately retreated, using flesh magic to heal the wound, but he found that the wound could not heal!
The wound was like a huge vortex, and his life force and spirituality were rapidly draining from it.
"Arrogance!" Hobert used this ability almost like a judgment. At the same time, the sword in his hand turned into a two-handed greatsword.
The "Black Knight" seemed to think that he could continue to fight Hobert, but he was stepped on the chest by Hobert and his head was chopped off with a sword.
The "Black Knight" did not even have the chance to use flesh magic to escape, because his spiritual body had become fragmented, which made him realize that he could not manipulate the damaged flesh.
He could only feel his life rapidly draining away in fear and soon reached its end.
Whoosh~
A gust of strong wind blew from the direction of Holy Wind Cathedral. Hobert glanced at it, quickly collected the "Black Knight's" body, did not forget to seal the "Underworld Gate," and left the scene using "Travel."
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