Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Hobert, who has initially passed the most dangerous stage of promotion, is looking at the four archangels outside across the barrier of the "Order Crystal" and the previously constructed "spiritual wall" while trying to contain his spirituality. .

It seemed that four old men came to watch while taking a bath, and Hobert was not afraid of the feeling of déjà vu.

After this promotion, his consciousness was very clear, but his body was piled on the ground like a pile of mud.

After restraining his spirituality for a while, Hobert realized that he needed to use his spirituality to "pin" his body back together.

At this time, Tamara, who looked like a wax figure, and Trunsoest, who had brass hair, were both very close to the barrier. The two of them were studying the black barrier in front of them from different directions.

William I, who looked quite majestic, and Philip I, who looked very kind, were watching quietly from two different directions in the distance.

Hobert began to concentrate on "pinching" his body and gained a new understanding of "Prince Killer".

Although his body also underwent qualitative changes after being promoted to Sequence 2 "Duke of Entropy", he still did not break away from the category of living things.

After being promoted to the "Prince of Order Killer", Hobert will be able to further perform many operations in terms of order. The natural order has basically no way to affect him.

It can also be said that He has basically broken away from the category of "living things" at this time, and most of the time is no longer subject to the constraints of the universe and nature on living things.

Then Hobert's body lost all order and turned into a puddle of mud.

The process of using spirituality to "pin" yourself back up is equivalent to being different from the creatures in nature, and you have first completed the process of "killing order".

Soon, Hobert first pinched out the internal organs, and then the head, body, and limbs gradually took shape.

He raised his hand and "tampered" with the air in front of him into crystals, forming a full-length mirror.

Hobert took the photo carefully and found that it looked exactly the same as before his promotion.

Then He sat down cross-legged and began to gather his spiritual energy seriously.

During this promotion, the spiritual energy was particularly surging, and it needed Him to summarize and restrain it little by little.

As time passed by, about two minutes later, Tamara shook her head and quickly left here.

Among the four archangels, he is the most dangerous. If Hobert basically controls his spirituality, he is very likely to take the risk of killing him.

About half a minute later, Trensoest, who also failed to find a way to open the black barrier, also left.

He also knew very well that as long as Hobert had a chance, he would definitely try to kill him.

If Hobert took action at this time, William I and Philip I, who were watching and wary of each other, would definitely give up the confrontation temporarily and take action immediately.

After another half minute or so, Hobert basically restrained his spirituality. He took a deep breath and smiled at William I and Philip I through the barrier of the "Order Crystal".

King William I forced a smile: "Congratulations on your successful promotion. I will send someone to deliver the gift later."

After saying that, He lifted his feet and left here in one step.

Philip I smiled and said: "When you have time, I will talk to you."

After saying that, He also left.

Hobert is the only one left on this uninhabited island.

He did not immediately lift the barrier formed by the "Order Crystal", but first used his spirituality to feel the abilities he gained after his promotion.

First of all, Hobert finally has an ability that can quickly defeat the enemy and "break through defense": the Sword of Order!

The advantage of the "lawyer" approach has always been surprise, "best assists", and unique defense methods.

But all the way up to the angels, they lacked the means to quickly harm targets at the same level.

Now there is such a method. He can use abstract order to form a weapon with the appearance of a long sword. Of course, it can also be in other shapes.

This weapon can ignore almost any rules. To be more specific, it can ignore the target's defense and hurt the opponent.

Even the "warrior's" armor can be pierced!

Of course, this does not mean that Hobert is invincible. The dusk giant sword in the hands of the Sequence 1 level "warrior" and the long sword with rust and blood stains on the "conqueror" are both weapons of the same level. Can withstand the "Sword of Preface".

But Hobert is already very satisfied. After all, before this, let alone the "Conqueror", even if he encountered a long sword made of the extraordinary ability of the "Weather Warlock", he would still have to use "distortion" or "tampering" or something like that. ability to circumvent.

There is no need now, I have a similar weapon.

Other abilities have been strengthened, such as "tampering", which can already tamper with mathematics in a short period of time.

Just like what Hobert did when he first obtained the extraordinary characteristics of "Prince Slayer", he changed the number of his arms from 2 to 4, so he had four arms.

However, it is currently not possible to tamper from "1" or other numbers to "0", that is to say, from something to nothing, or from nothing to something. At least this can only be done after uniqueness is accommodated.

Not only mathematics, but also the laws of physics can be manipulated. For example, before, if Hobert wanted to trap the enemy with ice, he would need to "tamper with" the freezing point, "distort" the temperature, etc. to achieve his goal.

Now there is no need to go to such trouble. You can directly "distort" the temperature of a large area to minus 100 degrees. You don't need to use constant accumulation to reach that temperature directly.

It can also "twist" solids into liquids or gases. In short, effects that previously required continuous accumulation can now be achieved in an instant.

This is a change to the laws of nature. After becoming the "Prince of Order", Hobert can also perform more operations on the abstract human social order.

For example, "taking advantage" of the Loen royal family's long-standing status in the hearts of the people, to make all the people of Loen think that Hobert is their king within a certain period of time.

Or let the people turn their backs on their king within a certain period of time.

In the end, Hobert even discovered that he could actually operate on the laws of extraordinary characteristics to a certain extent.

For example, the opponent's extraordinary ability is thrown into "chaos". The target clearly wants to attack the enemy, but he raises his hand and throws a flower at the enemy.

This made Hobert sigh: Surprise is the true nature of a "lawyer".

Immediately afterwards, Hobert realized that part of his "Prince Slayer" potion had been digested in advance.

Using his spiritual perception, Hobert suddenly understood: This was the benefit he got from killing George III before.

After all, Hobert was still the Duke of Loen Kingdom at that time, and he killed the king as a Duke. This was in line with the nature of the "Black Emperor" path.

Along this line of thinking, Hobert began to think about how to digest most of the remaining potions as quickly as possible. In this period of transition of the era, only by accommodating the uniqueness can Hobert feel at ease.

He first thought that if the South Balam Principality became independent, it would be able to digest a large part of the potion!

But this point requires strategic considerations. After all, he can only influence the world situation at present, but he cannot deviate from the world's pattern.

Especially in the development of the South Balam Principality, we must pay attention to strategy.

However, there are other ways to digest the potion. For example, Hobert can promote Eastern architectural styles and Eastern ideologies.

He did not implement these policies in the South Balam Principality before because he realized that these things could not only prepare for promotion to the "Black Emperor", but also digest the magic potion of "Prince Slaughter"!

In addition, Hobert realized that with his current ability, he could already play the role of "Prince Slayer" by "tampering" and "distorting" the natural state or climate!

In this regard, Hobert plans to make a try first.

At this time, He had completely restrained his spirituality. After removing the barrier formed by the "Order Crystal", Hobert quickly came to the seaside by using the method of "distorting" space.

Then He put a hand into the water and said, "Ice Age!"

Woo~

A cold wind suddenly blew across the sea, and the seawater as far as the eye could see immediately turned into white ice!

The previous sea breeze became bitingly cold, and because the temperature dropped instantly, a layer of white mist formed on the ice.

On the sea in the distance, many cargo ships and passenger ships were frozen on the sea. They thought they were dreaming. The sea was blue, the sky was bright, and the sun was shining brightly. Why did the sea suddenly freeze?

At the same time, many seabirds on the sea swooped down to hunt as usual, but they hit the ice hard!

Hobert pulled out his palm from the ice, and sure enough he felt that his spirituality became more active and his state became more stable.

He caused the tropical seas to freeze. This was "killing order"!

Then He stood on the beach and observed the power and duration of His power.

The low temperature on the ice lasted for two or three minutes before the warm tropical wind blew again. However, even in the tropics, it takes a lot of time to melt such a large area of ​​​​ice.

In other words, the emergence of large areas of ice is an "order-killing" process, but returning the consequences of this process to normal order completely follows the laws of nature.

In order to understand his abilities, Hobert never left, standing on the beach and watching the ice melt little by little.

By the next day, the ice on the sea thinned and the ship was able to break through the ice and continue moving forward.

But then these ships encountered bad weather. This was not because Hobert was experimenting with his extraordinary abilities, but because of the impact on the local climate caused by the melting of a large amount of ice.

It was not until the third day that the ice on the sea completely melted, but the impact on the local climate may not be completely restored for a week or even ten days.

This made Hobert sigh: Fortunately, the gods are currently in the star realm. If they had been in the real world, there would be miracles in this world every day.

Returning to Angelou's palace, Hobert first went to the "Land of Disorder" to see the changes in himself in the "Land of Disorder".

As soon as he sat on the "Iron Throne", the "Bell of Order" in the Bell Hall suddenly rang on its own. Hobert immediately felt that he could further use the power of the "Bell of Order".

If you encounter the phantom formed under the influence of the "Decaying King" at this time, there is no need to use the "Spiritual Barrier", maybe just hit the "Bell of Order" a few times to dispel it directly!

At the same time, he realized that when Klein was promoted to the Fool in the future, if he rang the bell on the side, he could help Klein stabilize his condition to a great extent.

And if he had tolerated his uniqueness before ringing the bell at that time, Klein should be in good shape to face Amon's next attack after his promotion.

But with this promotion, Hobert did not gain new abilities again.

This is also expected. After all, when he was promoted to the "Duke of Entropy", Hobert had completely controlled the power of the "State of Disorder".

In other words, before accommodating this source of essence, the "blessing" given to Hobert by the "State of Disorder" reached its limit in Sequence 2.

After this promotion, Hobert's ability to control the "Cell of Order" has only increased.

Hobert is already very satisfied with this. After all, the effect brought by the "Clock of Order" is not comparable to any other ability.

Returning to the real world, Hobert took a deep breath and was about to send someone to invite Medici when the palace butler knocked on the door and said, "Grand Duke, is it easy to come in?"

Since Hobert asked everyone not to disturb him three days ago, the guards outside have not let anyone in.

The housekeeper, who had just come to work not long ago, was afraid that something might happen to the Grand Duke in his room, so he reported the matter to Forsi and Audrey.

Forsi opened a "door" on the wall, and after confirming that Hobert had left for something, he asked everyone not to disturb the Grand Duke.

But yesterday, King Loen's special envoy came and wanted to report this matter to the Grand Duke as soon as possible.

When the butler yelled like that, he was actually asking if Archduke Hobert was back.

Hobert said coldly: "Come in."

The guard then opened the door and let the butler in.

The butler was about to report on the king's envoy, but he was suddenly stunned. This profession requires the ability to observe people's emotions. He felt that the Duke in front of him seemed different from three days ago, but he couldn't explain exactly what was different.

However, the butler quickly came to his senses and reported what happened to the king's envoy.

Hobert asked the butler to invite the special envoy to meet in the office.

The butler was slightly startled: "Grand Duke, this does not seem to be in line with etiquette. As the king's envoy, you should..."

According to etiquette, Hobert should lead all the important officials of Angelou to greet the envoy in the hall where foreign guests are received.

Even if the envoy has stayed in Angelou for one night, there still has to be a welcoming ceremony.

Hobert frowned and said impatiently: "I ask you to go and invite me!"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

The king's special envoy is still Alice, who has outstanding temperament. Alice has no objection to Hobert's behavior that does not follow normal etiquette.

After all, where is Hobert's political status, and where is the strength of the South Balam Principality.

When she walked in with a smile, she was also slightly stunned.

Hobert's expression was cold, giving people a very strange feeling.

Alice quickly adjusted herself and acted businesslike.

She came here for two things. The first was to give Hobert part of the property and rights of the East Balam Company on behalf of the king.

Without exception, those industries are located in the southern Salto region of the South Balam Principality. In fact, this is equivalent to giving this colony to Hobert.

The Loen agent in the Sarto region is a nobleman of the Balam Empire. Currently, the rights and interests of the East Balam Company are given to the South Balam Principality, which means that it is a colony of the South Balam Principality.

After acquiring the colony, the territory of the Principality reached the southernmost tip of the Southern Continent.

If the colony that is also located at the southern end and belongs to the Republic of Intis is snatched away, the entire southern part of the Southern Continent will belong to the Principality of South Balam.

The second thing Alice did when she came here was to give Hobert the title of "Prince".

Currently there are only two princes in Loen, both of whom are high-level Beyonders in the royal family of Loen.

At this time, Luen gave Hobert the title of "Prince", which felt a bit "untitled".

However, Hobert knew that this was actually the "gift" of promotion mentioned by William I before.

Hobert accepted the properties and privileges of the East Balam Company, but did not accept the title of "Prince".

He said seriously: "If I become a prince, the nobles of Backlund will definitely object. I'd better be a grand duke."

In fact, he considered that if he was named "Prince", when the South Balam Principality becomes independent in the future, the potion's digestion effect may not be so good.

Although Alice felt that Hobert's reason was far-fetched, she did not persist because the other party's tone was unquestionable.

That night, Hobert held a grand banquet to entertain the king's envoys, but Alice could not feel any enthusiasm.

Audrey, who attended the party, immediately understood after seeing Hobert's expression that he had completed his promotion.

Audrey quickly asked the maid Anne to inform Forsi about the matter.

They had discussed before that, from when Hobert was promoted to before the wedding, they would take turns staying with Hobert to prevent him from doing anything extraordinary.

During the formal talks between the Principality of South Balam and the King's Special Envoy the next day, Alice made a request for the Principality of South Balam to support the western front of Loon. Not surprisingly, Hobert used his current extraordinary power to support both Highland County and Cologne. The county declined.

Alice also proposed to visit the industrial area of ​​the South Balam Principality, but was rejected by Hobert on the grounds that "the snow is too heavy and transportation is inconvenient."

After seeing off the king's envoy, Hobert immediately asked Medici to come to his office.

Medici, who had a young face with the characteristics of the Southern Continent, quickly followed the waiter in. He glanced at Hobert and said: "Both of your wives are so beautiful, but I didn't expect that your condition is so bad."

He thought it was because Hobert was in poor condition, so divinity took over.

"You don't need to worry about it." Hobert frowned and said, "I came to you today for other matters."

Medici smiled and said: "Help me be promoted to an angel again?"

"Yes." Hobert said: "This is a reward for your previous wars."

He paused and then said: "But I have a request, you must join the force of the 'Creator'.

"I know that with your qualifications, no one is qualified to lead you, so I specifically applied to the 'creator'. You have the same status as me, but our authority is different.

"I have no other requirements, I only ask that you act in accordance with my strategic intentions!"

Medici joked: "Do you think I am a fool? This is the status given to me by the 'creator', right? How come you applied for it?"

His smile was just right, making His words and deeds look very worthy of beating!

"You..." Hobert took a deep breath and said, "You have to pay attention to the timing and target of 'provocation'!"

Medici said: "You should also pay attention to who you are talking to, and whether they have the basic moral values ​​of respecting the elderly and caring for the young."

Hobert was immediately angry and laughed: "Okay, kid, I will be 'child-friendly'."

"In terms of seniority, Lilith has helped you a lot." Medici had been wandering outside the Angel Battlefield at that time, so he already knew that Hobert was Lilith's child: "But I am still very curious, Lilith Why would Si give birth at this time?

"But this should be her nature, after all, her specialty is giving birth!"

If Medici had used "him" instead of "she", Hobert would not have argued with Medici, but Medici obviously knew exactly how to poke Hobert's trachea, causing him to immediately release the angel. The pressure: "You..."

"Okay, okay," Medici said quickly when he saw that Hobert was serious about coming, "Let's talk about business."

Hobert also understood Medici's intention. He took a deep breath, put away the angelic pressure, and felt that his humanity had recovered a lot.

That's right, Medici's deliberate provocation just now was an attempt to help Hobert regain his humanity.

While having dinner that day, Audrey was surprised to find: "Hobert, you...you seem to have overcome the divine shock after your promotion?"

"I definitely feel a lot better," Hobert lamented.

Forsi on the other side asked: "How did you do it?"

Hobert smiled bitterly: "If you have a very irritating colleague, you can easily do this."

…

Backlund is now in chaos. A large number of people are unemployed and have lost their source of income. The number of homeless people and street girls on the streets has increased several times compared to usual!

The large amount of grain previously sold by the "Duke Grain Store" in Backlund was purchased by the military in a manner similar to "forced purchase".

The defeat on the Western Front was faster than expected, and Roen did not have time to transport too much food.

The loss of this large granary, coupled with the fleets of the Fusac Empire and the Intis Republic taking turns harassing Pulitzer Port, caused the military to become scarce in supplies.

In order to raise enough military rations, the Loen military had no choice but to "purchase" grain in this way.

At this time, there is still about a month until the new season of food is harvested in the Rhoside Islands. In the southern continent, the Loen colonial army has lost all the territory in the Pas Valley, another world-class granary.

This left the "Duke Grain Store" without much grain to sell, so the price of grain rose three times a day, and the middle class who had not yet lost their jobs could hardly afford bread.

So robbery and theft became the norm in Backlund. In addition to finding ways to get bread, people also had to be able to deliver bread to their families.

At this time, on the streets of Backlund, there were often dramas in which one of the parties was seriously injured just for a piece of bread.

The police don't bother to bother, and pedestrians have become accustomed to it.

Under such circumstances, Hobert and Audrey's wedding was held as scheduled.

During this war, the lives of the nobles have not been greatly affected. They have already stored enough food for two or three years. They also have many manors that can continuously produce food, and the military will not To "purchase" the food in their hands.

Therefore, the nobles basically pretended to turn a blind eye to the current chaos in Backlund.

A few nobles advocated donating part of the food to ordinary people to prevent them from taking desperate risks, but there was no way to fundamentally solve the current problem.

In Hobert's view, the best way now is to use work-for-relief to find something for these people to do.

Hobert even asked his agent in the House of Representatives, Lord Bradley, to propose such a bill in Parliament. The bill was passed, but the government did not implement it.

Because now all government departments are serving the war and there is no time to implement these bills.

They plan to use guns to disperse the crowd when things get out of control in the future.

I believe that after being dispersed a few times, no one will dare to cause trouble again.

Hobert stopped worrying and focused on getting married.

Although it was under the haze of war and the wedding was held in a hurry for the nobles, the wedding was also very grand.

The wedding was held at St. Samuel's Church of the Church of the Night Goddess. The decoration of the venue began two days in advance. The carpets, candlesticks, and decorations were almost all changed.

Because of the political status of Earls Hobert, Christine and Hall, almost all the nobles of Loen and senior military officers will come to attend this wedding.

On the day of the wedding, at about seven o'clock in the morning, as soon as the door of the church hall opened, nobles in costumes came one after another.

There were too many nobles coming to attend the wedding today, and the first batch of nobles to come were basically not the ones qualified to sit.

They can only be arranged to stand behind the seat or near the window.

Gradually, more and more nobles and officers came to the church, and Hobert's butler Coris and others were very busy.

It wasn't until after eight o'clock that the important guests came to the church. They either held important positions or were some count or duke.

In short, as soon as they came in, some of the guests who had sat down in advance had to stand up to greet them.

Around nine o'clock, Georgina, Alice and other royal family members arrived.

Immediately afterwards, Hobert, wearing a black formal suit, came in from the back door and came to the altar at the front of the church.

At this time, the Queen Mother, the King, and the Queen arrived one after another, and everyone stood up to greet them. Hobert, who was on the altar, also expressed his gratitude to the King and three other people for attending his wedding.

At this time, the entire church was already full. The last time the Loen nobles gathered in such a large gathering was at the ceremony where Christine was canonized as a Duke.

The orchestra started to play music, and when Hobert heard the music mixed with everyone's messy chatter, he suddenly felt that getting married was really troublesome!

The sound of horses was heard outside again. The bride Audrey, who was wearing a white wedding dress, gracefully stretched out a hand from the carriage. Earl Hall, who got off the carriage first, took his daughter's hand and helped her out of the carriage.

Audrey's golden hair was covered by a white veil, and her peerless face was looming under the thin wedding dress, adding a layer of mystery to her beauty.

The moment he saw Audrey walking towards him on the carpet, Hobert took a deep breath: If it's troublesome, just troublesome.

Behind Audrey were the flower girl also wearing a white dress, the ring bearer wearing a black tuxedo, and then several bridesmaids also wearing white dresses.

Earl Hall took Audrey to the altar and solemnly handed Audrey's hand into Hobert's.

The earl's eyes turned slightly red and he said, "My most cherished daughter will be handed over to you from now on."

Hobert took Audrey's hand: "Don't worry, I will live up to our feelings."

At this moment, He suddenly felt that his humanity once again suppressed his divinity.