Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 420 Declares sovereignty over the island

Of course Hobert still remembered Lolotta's request and the huge bounty after killing "Vice Admiral Twilight".

When Hobert was still in Sequence 6, he knew that he did not have the strength to kill "Vice Admiral Twilight", so he never thought about it.

It's different now. Hobert, who has been promoted to Sequence 5, really wants to compete with a "Pirate Lieutenant General". If possible, he can directly kill the opponent and get a large bounty.

Edwina and several of her crew members re-examined Hobart.

It stands to reason that if a reward of 30000 pounds is offered, it should be a "Pirate General" level powerhouse, but why have they never heard of a pirate named "Jeffrey"?

I have never heard of any pirate with a reward of 30000 pounds.

Edwina didn't continue to dwell on this issue, she thought about it before saying: "I can help you find the trace of 'Vice Admiral Dusk', but I won't provide any more help."

Hobert nodded: "Yes."

Of course he knew that the relationship between the forces behind "Vice Admiral Iceberg" and the forces behind "Vice Admiral Twilight" wasn't good, but it couldn't be said to be bad either. It wouldn't be worthwhile for "Vice Admiral Iceberg" to have a violent conflict rashly.

At the same time, she is willing to provide some information that is unfavorable to the "Vice Admiral Twilight". Although there is no deep hatred between the "Pirate Generals", conflicts occasionally occur.

Edwina is happy to send an enemy to the other "pirate generals" to make life difficult for potential opponents.

Such an answer was similar to Hobart's idea: "But this way I can't share the spoils with you."

Edwina said "hmm", "How should I contact you?"

Hobert took out the pen in his pocket: "I will give you a way to summon my messenger."

Edwina handed over the notebook in her hand, and when Hobert finished writing, she took it back and looked at the spell and the reward for sending the letter: "Your handwriting is not bad."

Hobert covered the pen, smiled and said: "Fortunately, after all, I have practiced since childhood."

He said: "Then let's start, I found a notebook of the Duke of Seville of the Trensost Empire in a ruin on the outskirts of Backlund.

"He used to be the night emperor's bodyguard and won the night emperor's trust.

"During the time of the Four Emperors, he was appointed by the Night Emperor to set up a trap against the Underworld Emperor..."

Edwina asked: "To deal with Hades Emperor's trap?"

"Yes, but what kind of trap is it, Sevilla didn't write it down in the notebook."

"Vice General Bingshan" nodded slightly, and made a "please continue" gesture.

Hobert continued: "Later, when I was exploring a hidden island with a friend, I encountered a ghost ship at the intersection of the spirit world and the real world.

"By communicating with the ghost on the ghost ship..."

"Please wait a moment." Edwina interrupted Hobert again: "You said you communicated with the ghost on the ghost ship? Also, under what circumstances would you encounter a place where the spirit world and the real world blend together? ?”

Hobert half-truthfully said: "This is caused by the special environment of that small island, and I am not very clear about the specific situation."

If you want to explain clearly, you also need to talk about the formation process of the violent sea. Of course, it is not ruled out that "Vice Admiral Iceberg" knows this information, but if she does not know, all these information together with the information about the location of "Vice Admiral Twilight" Not equal.

In order to avoid trouble, Hobert simply used this ambiguous answer to prevaricate.

"As for communicating with ghosts, I don't think it's a puzzling thing." Hobert smiled and said, "This is similar to the process of communicating with creatures in the spirit world or creatures in the underworld."

"That's because you're lucky." Edwina said, "As far as I know, the ghosts on the ghost ship usually carry a lot of malice."

Hobert nodded seriously: "Thank you for your reminder, I will handle similar incidents carefully in the future."

He went on to say: "According to the information obtained from the ghost, Hades saw through the trap. He took the island that made the trap from the northern part of the Sea of ​​Storms to the southern part."

"And gave vicious curses to those members of the Trensost family who made the traps. Those cursed members escaped on the 'Trensost Empire' and disappeared in a huge storm."

Hobert spread his hands: "The information about the treasure of the 'Empire' may be true, and there is indeed such a big ship.

"But there is a high probability that there is no treasure on it. It is just a giant ship cursed by the Emperor of the Underworld. The purpose of building this ship is not to escape the members of the Trensost family, but to set a trap for the Emperor of the Underworld. "

Edwina was a little disappointed: "It's a pity."

For her who was chasing the treasure, such a result really made her feel sorry. You know, it is one of the six treasures in the sea.

If its authenticity has not been verified, then this treasure has always existed for them, but now that they have learned the truth from Hobert, this treasure has disappeared from their "treasure hunting target".

"I don't think so." Hobert smiled. "That ship itself is a huge treasure, but it's hard to find it, and even if it's found, it's hard to use it."

"Vice General Bingshan" smiled slightly: "You are right."

"Your erudition is convincing, and I have gained a lot from talking with you," Hobert said with a smile: "I hope there will be opportunities to continue discussing issues in the future."

Edwina also said: "Your adventures are fascinating, and I hope to have the opportunity to hear your adventure stories in the future."

"No problem." Hobert smiled and said: "Then, everyone, I will take my leave first. When you have news of 'Vice Admiral Dusk', remember to write to me."

Orpheus and the others wished that Hobert would leave quickly, and they enthusiastically sent him away.

After Hobert walked away, a sailor said: "Captain, this guy is bragging, how could he be offered a reward of 30000 pounds! It's even higher than your bounty."

The pirate group of "Vice Admiral Iceberg" has always been keen to find all kinds of treasures in the sea, so although Edwina's strength has reached the level of "Vice Admiral", the reward for her is not high.

Edwina glanced at the sailor: "If you were wearing such thick clothes in this weather, wouldn't you feel hot?"

"Yes! So he's either a madman or a fool."

"How many times have I said, don't judge a person so arbitrarily." Edwina criticized like a strict teacher: "You have to observe carefully, the more weird the behavior is, the more carefully you observe.

"Didn't you realize that he didn't sweat a single drop?"

Orpheus had noticed this a long time ago and knew what it meant, but at this time he was very cooperative: "That is to say, his bounty is really 30000 pounds?"

Edwina: "With the mystical items on him, it's almost the same."

……

When he got to a place where no one was around, Hobert used "travel" to leave, and after several transfers, Hobert returned to his study.

Sitting on a chair and drinking tea, he sighed: Unexpectedly, that small island was the place where the "Trensost Empire" was built.

It is believed that "Vice Admiral Iceberg" will give up the search for this treasure after learning the details of the "Imperium".

He planned to search the ruins again when he had time to see if he could find any clues about the "Empire".

For others, the cursed ship may be difficult to find, and difficult to use when found.

And Hobert is a descendant of Trunsost, as long as he finds the "Empire", he will have the opportunity to explore. Maybe that ship can accept the descendants of Trensost?
Hobert reviewed the clues of the entire "Empire", and made a similar judgment as before: this ship is in a corner of the Mad Sea, and the most likely place is the spirit world and reality. Where worlds meet.

Occasionally it also returns to the real world, so sightings of the ship are constant.

As for the current situation of the ship, Hobert estimated that it should be full of the smell of death and withering.

The curse of the Underworld Emperor should still be spreading on that ship until now, and it is not known whether the undead members of the Trensost family members will still be on that ship?

Sounds scary, but it would be a nice "passive" if one could find a way to exploit it.

As for the nameless island, Hobert suddenly had some new ideas.

……

On Saturday morning, in the middle of West Balam, on the outskirts of Crolier City.

Dozens of elite members of the family gathered secretly to wait for the task assignment made by the elders.

The operation of the Balk family in Crowlier City was not in vain. So far, the "Rose School of Thought" still has not discovered the extraordinary strength of the Balk family.

Of course, it is also possible that the members of the "Rose School of Thought" in the city are just bait, and the "Rose School of Thought" is waiting for the Balk family to gather strength, and then wipe them out in one fell swoop.

In short, this battle is full of uncertainties.

Elliott was assigned to the ambush team, responsible for ambushing enemy reinforcements.

When everyone was leaving, everyone looked at the door together, and there appeared a man wearing a black crystal mask, a Loen-style windbreaker, and a black crystal scepter pinned to his waist.

Many people immediately put on a fighting posture. If there were not too many family members participating in this operation, they had to get together to emphasize discipline and reiterate their confidence in winning.

Otherwise, they would never get together on the eve of the raid, which would give the enemy a chance to gather and annihilate them.

Chester, the demigod elder who was in charge of assigning tasks, asked, "Who are you looking for?"

He didn't feel any malice in the other party.

Hobert was ready to meet Elliott's companions, but he didn't expect that he would come by such a coincidence, just in time for their meeting.

He said coldly: "Elliott."

Chester winked at Elliott, signaling him to go over, and then signaled the others to leave quickly with his eyes.

Elliott stepped forward and said, "I don't seem to know you!"

Hobert's tone was no longer so cold: "The 'Founder' knows that there will be a fierce battle tomorrow, so let me give you two things."

The people who were leaving suddenly stopped and turned to look at Elliott and the "man in the windbreaker".

They have long heard the story between Elliott and the "Founder", and today is the first time they have encountered other people about the "Founder" outside of the story.

Chester immediately realized that the "Founder"'s followers had a loose organization, which was the power of the "Founder" in the real world.

Hearing what Hobert said, Elliot felt that the "man in the windbreaker" in front of him looked familiar. Judging from his body, he looked like someone who sold himself the extraordinary characteristic of "Baron of Corruption": "You are the 'creator' Another follower of my family?"

"I handle some mundane affairs for the great 'Creator'." Hobert threw a black crystal mask to Elliott. On the forehead of the mask, there was a mystical symbol representing the "Creator".

He said: "This is the sign of the favored one. This mask has the ability to resist divination. Infused with spirituality, it can form a shield that lasts for a second or two, which can effectively block the attacks of extraordinary abilities! Most importantly, wear it After it, it won't be easy to get out of control!"

The eyes of the people around them shone brightly, and even Chester was a little moved. The people of the Balk family simply hated and feared losing control!
Elliott thanked with some excitement: "Thank you..."

Hobert raised his hand, "Thanks to the great 'creator'!"

He continued: "As long as you wear this mask, you will officially accept the status of the favored one. I will occasionally issue tasks to you, and I will give you some rewards after completion, such as the main material of the potion of 'Chaos Mentor', or Master material for other levels of the sequence."

Elliott bowed: "Praise the 'Founder'."

Hobert gave him two more stones: "The 'Out of Control Stone' can make enemies within 30 meters extremely easy to lose control, and the spell is 'Out of Control'.

"Pay attention to recycling after the battle. In the future, you can use the used 'Running Stone' and come to me to exchange for the unused 'Running Stone'. If you lose it, please report to me as soon as possible."

The eyes of the people around became hot again, this is a good thing to deal with the 'Rose School of thought'!Many members of the "Indulgence School" are already emotionally unstable, and a little stimulation may cause them to lose control.

Even if they are not completely out of control, they still have to be distracted to fight against the loss of control, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

Elliott once again praised the "creator".

Hobart wrote down his messenger's summoning method and the reward for sending the letter on a piece of paper in advance: "If you have any questions, write to me. For small things like purchasing Extraordinary characteristics, you don't have to bother the 'creator'."

"Yes." Elliott took the note respectfully.

Hobert waved his hand, turned around and was about to leave.

Chester immediately chased after him with a smile on his face: "My lord envoy..."

"Call me 'God's Blessed One'!"

"Oh, the 'God's Favored One'." Chester said kindly: "May I ask if the great 'Founder' has any instructions for the Balk family?"

Hobert couldn't hear it, he was asking euphemistically: Didn't the "creator" give the Balk family any magical items?

He said: "Your patriarch just asked the 'creator' to block the angels of the 'Rose School of thought', and did not ask for other help."

The surrounding family members didn't know until now that the patriarch had prayed for the help of the "creator".

Chester opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, so he could only watch Hobert leave.

He glanced at Elliott, who was wearing a mask for a while, and playing with the "Runaway Stone" for a while, and he could only lament that he was too defensive against the "creator" before, which led to the lack of confidence in this raid.

If you have long devoutly believed in the "Founder" and prayed to this great existence to mobilize his loved ones to help in the battle, then the probability of success in this battle will increase a lot!
This idea is very good, but Chester never imagined that even if all the favored "men" of the "Founder" were invited, it would not have a great impact on the battle situation.

……

Fenepot Kingdom, Geoffrey Territory.

Hobart returned to his study, reverting to his baronial attire.

Then he used the "Necklace of the Faceless Man" to navigate himself, and found Sil again.

At this time, the "Hippo" had docked at the port of Bugas City. Schill and the others had just stayed in the hotel, and Albert was also in Schill's room. He was going to make some repairs and take the afternoon train to Fenepo The small town of Canter in the south of Techeng.

The two of them were a little surprised and a little excited when they saw the Sir who suddenly appeared again.

Hobert said: "Tell your subordinates that you are going out for a trip. I will take you to the Sea of ​​Madness."

The two of them were taken aback for a moment, they didn't expect to make a "far door" suddenly!
After saying hello to his subordinates outside, Hobert supported the shoulders of the two and returned to the Lord's Mansion with "Travel".

He also ordered: "You have two hours, go gather some helpers, bring some food and water, and follow me to kill the pirates."

If someone else said that, Schill and Albert must have thought it was a joke, but when Sir Alex said that, they didn't have any doubts.

About two hours later, Schill and Albert each gathered a dozen people and came to wait in front of the Sir's yard.

Forsi was still not here during the day, otherwise she would have come out to ask.

Hobert carried three rolled up flags and pushed out the gate of the courtyard. Many people thought they were dazzled, as if they saw a dense forest from the gate.

Hobert glanced at the loose formation, and felt in his heart: A group of modern armed forces must be trained as soon as possible.

After the lord appeared, everyone immediately fell silent and stared at their lord.

"Your experience today must be kept secret!" Hobert handed the flag to Schill: "I will cut off the tongue of anyone who tells it!"

Everyone coaxed: "Yes!" "My lord, don't worry!" "It must be kept secret!"

Hobert waved his hand: "Come on, follow me to kill the pirates. If you kill one, you will be rewarded with 5 gold lisos, and you will have a chance to share the spoils! If you cooperate to kill a pirate, you can share the 5 gold lisuos together."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and before they could ask any questions, they saw the lord push open the gate of the courtyard.

Now they could see clearly that Sir Alex's yard was indeed a dense forest.

"Follow the Sir!" Schill walked in front, and Albert was behind.

The courtyard gate is very wide, and it is no problem for three people to enter side by side.

This is the "Traveler's Gate" that Hobert has just established. On the other side of the gate is Winter, which is Baron Hobert's lord's mansion.Beyond the gate is summer, an unnamed island in the sea.

Many people haven't figured it out yet, wondering why there are so many trees in the yard where Sir Alex lived?When I was waiting outside the yard just now, I didn't see any trees?

Some people have already understood why Sir Alex kept them secret. This is like an experience in a fairy tale. They just passed through a door and came to another place.

"Cross-dressing!" Hobert said as he took off his winter clothes, and finally put on the outermost coat: "Wear long-sleeved trousers, the mosquitoes here are fierce."

Everyone took off their thick clothes by the door.

"The pirate's camp is on the beach, follow me and rush in!" Hobert drew out his knife and led everyone to the beach.

The people behind picked up all kinds of weapons and followed closely behind.

In the camp on the beach, there was a skull flag with no head. At this time, there were not many people in the camp, and most of them went into the forest to look for extraordinary creatures.

The people in the camp noticed Hobert and the others, and immediately took out their guns to take aim. At this time, the highest commander in the pirate camp was a boatswain, and he shouted: "If you go any further, I will shoot."

Everyone flinched when they saw the real muzzle of the gun. Fortunately, the lord was there, so there was no rout.

Hobert said to Schill, "Plant the flag!"

Scheer planted the flag with the moon and a lion on the beach, and Hobert said in a solemn tone: "I declare my sovereignty over the island in the name of Baron Hobert, appointed by King Fernando II. From this moment on, Since then, the island has been part of Jeffrey's territory.

"The 'Skeleton' pirate group ignored the sovereignty of Geoffrey and brazenly established a camp here. Now, I, Baron Hobert, declare war on the 'Skeleton' pirate group! Go!"

While talking, he used "corrosion" on the pirates!
A dozen or so pirates were about to rely on the camp to shoot at the enemy. Suddenly, serious internal strife broke out among them, and they began to kill each other. Before the crowd rushed into the camp, they had already been routed.

When Xier and others rushed into the camp, they probably recovered from the "corrosion" state, but their guns were useless at this time.

Under Hobert's instruction, Schill and Albert besieged the bosun, and the others, either two or three, or three or four, besieged an ordinary pirate.

However, some people were blinded after rushing into the camp. They didn't know what to do at all, they just ran around with weapons.

The battle lasted for two to three minutes and ended. Only two of Hobert's subordinates were injured, but none of the enemies were spared and all of them were killed.

The next step was to pack up the loot and board the ship. More than 30 people took everything that could be taken away.

The members of the "Skeleton" pirate group came back to see: the home is gone!
The camp was in a mess, even the tents, the fish and rum that they had just caught in the morning had been snatched away by some wicked person.

At this time, the "Jeffrey Army" who had already sent back the spoils rushed into another pirate group's camp under the leadership of Hobert.

Same as last time, Hobert declared sovereignty: "...Now I, Baron Hobert, declare war on the 'Black Whale' pirate group! Go!"

"You are mistaken! We are the 'Black Seagull' pirate group!"

Hobert: "Then declare war on 'Black Seagull', go!"

　Thank you [Kang Jiale] for your reward.

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(End of this chapter)