Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 415 Report to the King

Hobert quickly smiled and comforted him: "Okay, okay, don't be so angry with the guests. The main ingredients of the potion are with me. You can be promoted whenever you want."

Only then did Forsi feel a little more comfortable: No matter how powerful you are, you are still a guest, and I am the hostess of Full Moon Lake!Uh, mistress of the east shore of Full Moon Lake.

Seeing that the ice layer was big enough, Hobert injected spirituality into the "Ocean Pendant", controlled the water flow, and let the ice layer float towards the center of Full Moon Lake.

Hobert dived into the water and followed closely behind.

The fish-headed crocodile under the water was killed by Hobert so that he dared not show up again, and there was only one giant beast, so it was no longer a threat in the water.

Arriving at about the center of Full Moon Lake, Hobert used his "low-flying" ability to lean over on the ice and start writing the sealing circle.

This is the benefit of "knowledge itself". All the mystical symbols of the magic circle are in Hobert's memory, and he can write them with his hand when needed.

Only half of the blood sent by Bishop Simpson has been used, and the magic circle has been written.

In order to prevent the ice from melting, Hobert hurriedly inserted the folded "Wood of Order" in the center of the circle.

The magic symbol on the magic circle suddenly emitted a faint light, as if it was alive, it pierced through the ice layer and turned into a black glass cover with inscriptions.

A thin black mist spread around this "glass cover", isolating the surrounding lake water, and the symbols entering the water did not touch the lake water, let alone be diluted by the lake water.

Hobert dived into the water again, guiding the "glass cover" to gradually fall onto the "bubble" structure seen before.

The "gem" in the bubble still emits brilliant colors under the light of Hobert's walking stick.

Until the magic circle like the "glass cover" was completely covered on the "bubble", Hobert injected spirituality into the "wood of order" in the center of the magic circle, and the magic circle seemed to become more elastic, and it stretched slowly by itself. The entire "bubble" is completely covered.

Then the "Wood of Order" under the water suddenly grew three small buds, the buds grew rapidly, and the leaves quickly spread out.

As a circle of faint black light swayed, the light of the gems in the "bubble" was completely blocked by a thin layer of black mist.

The "trees" in the underwater forest not far away immediately shook, and the creatures inside seemed to sense the change in the environment, and there was a commotion.

Hobert tried to approach the sealing circle, but when he was five or six meters away from the circle, he seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier and could no longer approach it.

This is the protective function of the magic circle itself. Only by using the "Order Crystal" as the medium and the power of the "Nation of Disorder" can the operation of the sealing magic circle be terminated.

Otherwise, they will have to be forcibly destroyed, but these underwater creatures currently do not have such abilities.

Hobert waited for a while, and saw that although the creatures in the underwater forest were commotions, they did not take the initiative to destroy the magic circle, so he surfaced.

During the process of surfacing, Hobert could feel that the influence of the underwater pollution source is only at the bottom of the lake. If he hadn't dived down, he wouldn't be affected by the pollution source.

Returning to the shore, Fors who was waiting here smiled and said, "Successful!"

As a Extraordinary, she felt spiritually that some changes had taken place in Full Moon Lake.

Hobert smiled and said, "Successful. From now on, this waterway will become unimpeded again."

Helen on the side asked, "Is this how the pollution sources in the lake are sealed?"

This is too simple, right?She remembered that the top executives of the "Society of Gnosis" had come to study the sources of pollution in Full Moon Lake, and the final result was that it could not be sealed.

"As long as you find the right method, things will be easy." Hobert smiled and said to Helen, "Thank you for your help today, I won't disturb you for a walk."

He stretched out his arm, and Fors stepped forward to hold it, and the two left talking and laughing.

Helen rolled her eyes, watching the two loving people walk away, she gradually realized that this is a big deal!The problem of the Full Moon Lake is resolved, and perhaps the extraordinary power of the Church of the Mother Earth and the royal family will return to this area.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this matter was more important than connecting with the informant in the West Bank, so she simply gave up this connection and hurried to report to Ms. Monica.

After more than 20 minutes, a small boat docked, and a young man quietly came to the river beach. He was shivering from the cold winter wind, and his lips were purple. But when he thought of Miss Helen's eyes and smile, he immediately felt that he It's all worth it.

But he searched in the surrounding reed marshes, wondering, where did Miss Helen go?
After waiting for over an hour, Helen still didn't show up.

Just as the young man was about to search for other places in the reed marsh, an exaggerated giant sword composed of red magma and blue flame pierced the young man's back.

The young man looked at the tip of the sword protruding from his chest in disbelief. He wanted to shout, but his throat had been burned to ashes, and he could only fall to the ground in pain.

The giant sword that pierced the young man's body turned into a blue fireball, igniting the young man's body, burning even the bones.

In the darkness of the reeds, there is a voice that seems to ask itself: "It's strange, how did the person who connected me find me?"

……

Early Thursday morning, Feneporte City, Cathedral of Life.

Simpson came to his office as usual, and as soon as he entered the door, he found the letter on the table.

Bishop Simpson guessed that it should be a letter from Hobart. Recently, he only communicated with Hobart through a messenger from the spirit world.

To be honest, Simpson didn’t have much hope for Hobert’s plan to seal Full Moon Lake. He checked the relevant files and found that the church had indeed dispatched an angel to solve the problem of Full Moon Lake. That angel did After many attempts, all ended in failure.

As Hobert mentioned in his letter, Bishop Simpson thought it was difficult to seal the magic circle. The power of the magic circle was too weak. If there was no high-level sealed item to continuously provide power for the magic circle, the power of the magic circle would be fundamental. Pollution sources cannot be sealed.

And if there is an advanced sealed item, who would waste it on sealing a pollution source?

Bishop Simpson opened the letter as he pondered.

Inside the envelope were two pages of letter paper and a simple line drawing.

After reading a few lines, Simpson stood up unconsciously: "He succeeded!"

Continuing to look down, Simpson became more surprised the more he looked, and he hurried to find the archbishop with the letter.

When he got to the door, he tried his best to take a deep breath, carefully folded the letter, and calmed down his emotions.

As soon as he opened the door, he became the smiling, knowledgeable, patient, and calm bishop again.

When he came to the archbishop's office, Simpson properly expressed his surprise: "Your Excellency, Hobert succeeded! He said in the letter that we can send someone to Full Moon Lake to check the seal.

"At the same time, he also said that since he arrived in the territory, he has been repairing the church we abandoned before, and now the church can be used again.

"He is willing to provide some food, poultry, and necessary daily necessities for the bishops we send."

Archbishop Gabriel was also somewhat disbelieving. He took a look at the letter in Simpson's hand: "Send someone to contact Hobert immediately! And investigate the specific sealing process!"

It would be a great credit if South Colson could be brought under church control.

At the level of archbishop, there is not much credit that can interest them. Spreading the glory of the mother goddess to an unfamiliar area is within the scope of their interest.

Simpson showed the painting in the envelope to the archbishop: "This is a giant beast that Hobert hunted and killed in the lake. It looks like an ancient blue dragon?"

Gabriel glanced at it and nodded: "It's the ancient blue dragon beast, the church thought it was extinct!"

He looked at Simpson: "Be sure to let Hobert sell us the liver crystal of the ancient blue dragon beast, don't begrudge the gold lisuo."

The liver crystal of the ancient blue dragon beast can replace one of the main ingredients of Sequence 4 "Ancient Alchemist".

To be precise, in ancient times, the liver crystallization of the ancient blue dragon beast was one of the main materials of the "ancient alchemist". Later, because the ancient blue dragon beast was almost extinct, other materials were used instead.

Simpson said: "Hobbert said in the letter that he was only willing to sell the crystals to the bishop who lived in Jeffrey."

Gabriel smiled and said: "This is a very good opportunity, you can go to South Colson to practice, as long as you re-establish the parish there, you can definitely apply for another 'Ancient Alchemist' main material. "

Bishop Simpson was moved, how could he not be moved?If you want to be promoted to a demigod in the church, you also need great credit.

Most people wait their entire lives for such an opportunity.

But Simpson's rationality finally defeated his desire for credit: "Your Excellency, according to the information we have received, there are more than one cultist demigods in South Colson. It would be best to send a demigod?"

"Are there any extra demigods in the church?"

Simpson smiled bitterly: "No."

At the level of demigods, they are the quasi-high-level members of the church. They usually wear several hats, and they can't get rid of them at all.

"You can continue to establish a good cooperative relationship with Hobert." Gabriel said with a smile: "As far as Hobert's performance is concerned, the Jeffrey family from Ruen definitely has a family as their support.

"We can use their strength, and they must also need our strength, and we can make some compromises and concessions when necessary."

The Archbishop said: "Of course, this is for the future, you put down your work and immediately organize a priest and bishop who have not taken the potion to form an investigation team.

"After the investigation team confirms that there is no pollution, you can go there yourself."

……

Geoffrey leads.

Wayne, who drove a small steamboat back from Bugas with a full load, almost didn't know Full Moon Lake.

Especially the corpse of the ancient blue dragon beast, which almost made Wayne turn his head and run away in fright.

Fortunately, he finally chose to trust the new lord and his nephew Sil, so he bit the bullet and continued driving to the pier.

Under Roy's organization, dozens of people were cutting reeds, and there seemed to be a lot of people at the big pier.

When people saw Wayne coming back, they told him to go to the shore as soon as possible. Now the big pier needs the cement and steel bars on his boat!
Wayne chatted with some reed-cutters for a while before he found out that the monster in the lake had been killed by the lord so much that he dared not go ashore, and it turned out that the corpse of the giant beast on the river beach was hunted and killed by the lord!
Finally, there is another big news: the lord exempted all subjects from agricultural tax.

Whether it is Wayne who runs a boat or a businessman who runs a shop in a small town, his family has land. Their main business has always been farming, and running a boat and opening a shop can only be regarded as sideline jobs.

Wayne called the workers to help unload the goods, but he was already very surprised. He had only left for a few days. Is this still the old Jeffrey Town?

He asked the assistants assigned by the Lord's Mansion to watch over the unloading of the workers, while he and the clerks sent by the Lord's Mansion went to the Lord's Mansion to report back.

At this time, Hobert had just received a letter from Bishop Simpson, and he immediately called Allen: "Go find some helpers and take the eyes, blood, brain, tongue, teeth, skin, and forelimbs of the corpse of the giant beast by the lake. Collect more than a dozen scales, bones, and meat from the two hind limbs on the abdomen. If there is anything unclear, ask Roy."

Hobert had only collected the internal organs and part of the blood of the ancient blue dragon before, but he didn't expect that there were so many rare spiritual materials on it.

Bishop Simpson said in the letter that the blood of the ancient blue dragon beast will not clot, and it can continue to collect by squeezing its muscles.

As soon as Allen left, Schill reported that Wayne was back.

Hobert received Wayne and Clifford, a clerk sent by the Lord's Mansion, in the main hall. Clifford first reported the financial income and expenditure.

They first sold the dried fruit provided by the lord's mansion, and then bought a large amount of building materials after adding 22 gold lisuo to the income.

Hobert inquired about the unit price of several kinds of dried fruits, and then asked about the unit price of building materials, and found that the price of building materials was much higher than he expected.

But soon he realized that he came from a country known as an "infrastructure maniac". Not all countries can do this, and there are limitations of the times.

Then Wayne briefly reported on the process of leaving the ship: the city of Bugas and the small ports along the way are still the same.

"Great changes are about to take place in Jeffrey Town!" Hobert smiled and said, "In this regard, as the initiators of the great changes, we must seize the opportunity."

He paused and continued: "Now that the waterway is reopened, your boat is no longer enough to support the consumption of Jeffrey Town. When there are more projects in the territory in the future, more building materials will be needed.

"I talked to Schiller, and you know how to steer not only small steamboats, but also large ones.

"I will give you the official position of 'Ship Knight', you go to buy a large cargo steamship and three small and medium passenger ships.

"As soon as the ship is bought, the freight and passenger flights led by Jeffrey to Bugas City will be opened immediately!"

Wayne didn't expect that he could become a knight in this life: thanks to his nephew!No, it is the wisest choice in my life to make my nephew a servant of the lord.Look at the look of this kid holding the sword on his waist.

Hobert said to Clifford again: "As Wayne's deputy, you are still in charge of the ship's finances, and you will pay Philip the account on time."

He added: "Don't stop the small steamship, and set off immediately to purchase more building materials."

Wayne took the order, ready to go home, and then set sail again.

At this moment, he doesn't feel hard at all, the position of "Ship Knight" has given him great motivation, and now he only thinks about where to buy a ship and do a good job for the lord.

Thinking that after these ships were bought back, they would all follow their own command, and the fatigue of more than a week disappeared without a trace.

After meeting Wayne and the others, Hobert returned to his study and gave Philip all the 4600 gold lisuo he had on him. The money must not be enough to buy a boat.

He came to Feneport City again, and first inquired about the approximate price of cargo ships and passenger ships used for river transportation. At this time, ordinary cargo ships or cruise ships on the ocean were worth about 24000 gold lisuo.

At present, the largest cruise ship in the world, the "Umbria", is serving in Ruen. It is said that the cruise ship cost 78000 pounds, which is 93600 gold lisso.

The reason for spending so much money is that many structures of this cruise ship are experimental in nature. At this time, most of the structure of the cruise ship is still wood, while the main body of the "Umbria" is made of steel.

The "Etruria" after the "Umbria" has the same performance and structure as the former, but the cost has been reduced to 56000 pounds, which is equivalent to nearly one-third cheaper.

The boats on the inland river were much cheaper because there was no need to consider the strong winds and waves at sea. About 4000 gold lisols could buy Hobart's favorite freight steamer.

With a displacement of up to 800 tons ('Gundam' in this era), it is a monster on the river.

And the passenger steamships that Hobart needs cost about 1500 gold lisuo each.

The reason why it is so expensive is mainly spent on decoration and supporting facilities.

That is to say, to buy a ship will cost at least 8500 gold lisuo, and to hire sailors and captains, at least 10000 gold lisuo must be prepared.

This investment may not be able to earn back in the next few years, but Hobert still thinks that he should spend it as he should. For a place like Jeffrey's that depends on shipping for food, he must have a few ships in his hand.

Hobert exchanged all the 7140 pounds in his hand for gold lisols. After deducting the handling fee, he got a total of 8559.2 gold lisols.

The construction of the next railway and other projects will cost more money. Hobert is going to sell the gold in his hand when he is short of money again. The gold is about 7200 gold lisuo, even if the purity is not up According to the bank's request, it is no problem to sell it for 6500 gold lisos.

It was only then that Hobert discovered that he was so rich that he could basically complete the initial investment of a territory by himself.

After exchanging the currency, Hobert came to Earl Christine's mansion again.

He planned to leave 1000 gold lisuo to Dopheus and asked him to hire some reporters.

But Dolphus didn't want it: "The 1000 pounds you left before have not been spent, I exchanged 1200 gold lisos, and it only cost 800 gold lisos to hire the design team.

"400 gold lisuo is enough to hire reporters from some major newspapers."

Hobert smiled helplessly: "Actually, that's my reward for you."

After all, he is Christine's butler, not his own.

Dopheus said seriously: "I get paid by the Earl's Mansion every week."

"Okay." Hobert took back the 1000 gold lisuo, and he planned to help Dopheus inquire about the clues of the "Skeleton Lord" when he had time.

According to the information he received before, there is a "skeleton lord" who should be somewhere in South Colson.

Dolphus continued: "Mrs. Mon Lisa just arrived in Feynaport City a few days ago. Yesterday she hired a boat and took Donna to Jeffrey to pick it up."

Hobert was taken aback: "Then I'll send someone to pick it up as soon as I get back. South Colson is in a mess right now."

"You don't have to worry about their safety." Dopheus said, "Your father sent someone to protect them."

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."

But he still intends to send Sil to meet him.

After saying goodbye to Dopheus, Hobert used "travel" to return to his study, first called Schiller, and asked him to take a few people to the city of Bugas to rent a small steamboat, and then in the city of Bugas Waiting for the ship from Earl Christine's House at the port.

Hobert said bluntly: "Mrs. Monlisa on board is my mother, and Miss Donna is my sister. You must be respectful and polite! Also, go to Bugas City to buy some new clothes, and dress neatly."

Schill was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect the lord's father to be an earl!
After watching Seale leave, Hobert asked the servant outside to call Albert Louis Knight.

And the person sent yesterday to beg for Grove also came back, but of course they returned without success.

Albert already knew about Grove's defection, which was completely beyond his expectations, so he was terrified all the way to the main hall today.

Hobert smiled and asked: "Grove defected, you have a chance to choose, do you want to be a 'Judicial Knight' or a 'Tax Knight'?"

Albert didn't seem to be unhappy when he heard the lord's tone, he hurriedly said: "Judicial Knight!"

Agricultural taxes are all exempted, and the "tax knight" is obviously a trap!

Hobert took out a piece of parchment and a copy of the "Feneport Constitution": "I have summarized twelve easy-to-understand laws and regulations from this constitution. The specific content is on paper. After a while, you will Take people from village to village to explain these twelve laws to the villagers.

"At the same time, you have to find the corresponding detailed rules from the Constitution, so that you can have a basis for judging the case."

At this time, Albert, who was in his forties, felt that he still had to study at this age.

Hobert continued: "But now I want to entrust you with another errand. In the afternoon, you will go with Wayne's ship and bring a few entourages to Feneport City to report to His Majesty the news that the shipping has been reopened." .

"Hold it, this is an official document."

Such a big thing happened in Nankelsen, as a baron canonized by Fernando II, of course he had to report to the king.

The key point is that after receiving the report, Fernando II will definitely have some policies to resume shipping on the Taidijie River, and Jeffrey Land will also benefit from it.

Of course, you can't pin all your hopes on Fernando II, after all, it involves the interests of another channel.

Albert took the document with both hands, and was at a loss for a moment: Why did the lord send me for such a revealing matter?
Hobert said again: "Remember, after you arrive in Feneporte City, let the butler of Baron Geoffrey's residence take you to meet Earl Christine.

"That's my father, you just explain to him why you are here, and then follow his orders."

Albert's hand holding the document trembled slightly: You didn't say it earlier!If I knew that you were the earl's son, I would greet you and pledge my allegiance to you as soon as you came to the territory!

On the surface, he said calmly and respectfully: "Yes."

After watching Albert leave, Hobert gave the pattern he had drawn earlier to the servant and asked him to find someone to make a flag.

Hobert was going to do it himself to solicit business for the newly dredged Teddij River.

　Thank you [Ice Black Tea 28] for your reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)