Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 443 The Joint Action of the Creator and the Fool
At around ten o'clock, Hobert took Philip, Allen, and Dennis with a red forehead to the pier to meet the delegation sent by the Church of the Mother Earth.

The pier was once again full of people, and many of them saw people wearing church clothes for the first time.

It has been more than 50 years since there have been no priests preaching or bishops holding ceremonies, but most people still believe in the Mother Earth. For them, faith has become a habit.

Originally, they thought that after seeing the bishop and priest, they should be very excited, but when Hobert appeared with the butler and two servants, their excitement gradually disappeared.

Because they finally realized that the Church of the Mother Earth sent priests and bishops not because there were a large number of believers here, but because the Lord had defeated the monsters in the Full Moon Lake.

Without Sir Alex, they might never see the clergy in their lifetime.

So when Bishop Dick and his party disembarked, they found that the atmosphere on the pier was not right. Along the way, they received a warm welcome at every port.

When I came to the port of Jeffrey Town, I said they are not welcome, and so many people have been dispatched, I say they are welcome, why do their eyes and body movements not have any sense of welcome?
No one has come to spread the gospel of the Mother God for so many years. It stands to reason that they should be very excited, and even have tears in their eyes?

But they just watched quietly, rather than welcoming them, they might as well say they were watching a play.

Baron Hobert only handed over the reception to his butler after a polite greeting.

Butler Philip took them to visit the restored church and promised some donations to the church, but asked him about Full Moon Lake, but he didn't know anything about it.

This made Bishop Dick a little depressed. It was the first time he had encountered such a cold reception.

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That night, the major newspapers in Feneport City rushed to report the news of the reopening of the Taidijie River.

Because of the radiation from the railway, in the next two days on Saturday and Sunday, all major cities in the Fenepot Kingdom learned of the news.

The first thing that came to mind was the cities along the Yawei River in the west. They invited reporters and prestigious experts in the shipping industry to publish reports, emphasizing that even if the Taidijie River channel was reopened, it would be very dangerous, and there was no There are no supply ports.

In short, the channel of the Taidijie River is said to be a very dangerous route, and one of the ten ships may not necessarily reach the city of Feneport.

These debates in the newspapers hardly affected the Jeffrey Territory in the deep mountains, because there were no newspapers here at all.

The entire territory has been operating step by step for two or three days, and Hobert finally enjoyed a belated vacation.

He personally went to the kitchen to make dumplings, dipped in vinegar and garlic, and ate more than 50 in one go.

In the AD era, I ate dumplings almost every festival, and I was completely tired of eating them. Now that I can eat a bite, tears almost fall down. This is the taste of Chinese New Year!
Both Forsi and Donna thought it tasted good, much better than meat buns and pies.

Hobert packed for the whole morning, and the three of them ate everything.

After lunch, Fors returned to Backlund early because she was going to participate in the Tarot Club.

Hobert asked Donna to draw on the tax laws of the Fenepot Kingdom and the Loen Kingdom to compile more than a dozen "Tax Rules" applicable to Jeffrey's Territory.

Theoretically speaking, as a baron, Hobert has no power to formulate and promulgate laws, so he found a loophole and promulgated some detailed rules.

Donna is also very busy now. After lunch, she went back to the house and continued to read the "Tax Laws" of the two countries.

After basking in the sun in the yard for a while, Hobert also returned to his room, ready to participate in the Tarot Club.

At exactly three o'clock, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he came to the giant hall above the gray fog again.

As soon as everyone's figures appeared, Hobert realized that there were more people in his row. Just by looking at the other person's posture, Hobert guessed that it was "Moon" Emlyn White, the incumbent of the Harvest Church. Servant of God, witness of Hobart's baptism.

"Good afternoon, Mister Fool." The greeting from Audrey "Justice" can always be heard immediately: "You saved Backlund again!"

"Moon" Emlyn, who attended the party for the first time, was at a loss: Huh?What?When was I saved "again"?
"The Hanged Man" Alger received news of the Backlund Great Smog incident even though he was floating in the sea. He firmly believed that since this incident had attracted the attention of "The Fool", it definitely involved a battle between evil gods.So he was not surprised to hear Audrey say that.

Forsi is also more concerned about this matter. She has been busy writing manuscripts these days and rarely appears in Backlund, but Hugh is still in Backlund, and she seems to receive tasks every day, so it is difficult to leave for a while.

While thanking the Fool, Audrey was also observing other people.

She saw surprise from the body movements of the new members and Forsi, and saw expectations from Mr. Hanged Man, but Mister World and Hobert didn't seem surprised by this.

Audrey was a little strange: Could it be that Hobert also knew something inside?
She then thanked "The World": "Mr. World, if you hadn't warned in advance, perhaps tens of thousands of people would have died in Backlund during this smog."

"Actually, I also saved myself." Klein manipulated the "world" and laughed.

Immediately afterwards, as The Fool, he responded with a smile: "I just provided a little help."

"No, it is precisely because of your beloved's reminder that the Church of the Evernight Goddess has made preparations, prevented the awakening of the 'primordial witch', and kept the pollution of the smog within a controllable range." Audrey Describing the news that surprised the other members again:

"He also destroyed the ceremony of the Aurora Order, and once again separated the 'True Creator' who tried to come down from the real world."

Emlyn almost jumped up: "Primary Witch" wants to wake up? The "True Creator" is trying to come?How is this different from the information released internally by the blood clan?Isn't it about the disaster caused by a "Desperate Witch" trying to advance?

Alger leaned on the back of the chair: Let me just say, this must involve the struggle of the gods.

Forsi was also shocked and frightened: Didn't it mean that this was a disaster caused by a prince and a witch?How come two evil gods are involved?My God, if any one of their evil gods descends, the entire Backlund will be destroyed. Fortunately, The Fool stopped all of this.

Seeing that someone knew and remembered his contribution, Klein was immediately relieved: "It's a pity that he had to leave Backlund because of this."

Audrey got up and saluted sincerely: "Please convey my thanks to him."

Klein maintained his image and didn't respond. He just nodded: "In addition, the 'Emperor' has made outstanding contributions to stopping the 'Primary Witch'!"

Everyone turned their attention to the "Emperor". Hobart didn't want to talk about it at first, but "The Fool" had to respond for this matter.

Moreover, Hobert suddenly thought that he should describe this brutal massacre to everyone, and remind Audrey to pay attention to the movements of the royal family.

So Hobert said: "After the 'Founder' got the relevant news, he noticed the actions of the Witch Church, so he sent me and two saints to stop the 'Desperate Witch' who spread the disaster."

Audrey was a little surprised, this was information she didn't know: Hobert was actually involved in this incident!Unexpectedly, the 'creator' also sent a saint!Why did the church not disclose these information?

Alger looked surprised: This is, this is a joint action between the 'Creator' and the 'Fool'!Yes, they seem to be hostile to some evil gods, but they don't know what they can get by doing this?At the last gathering, everyone just learned that the "emperor" is the favored person of the "creator". Only a day later, the two gods joined forces to carry out an operation. They... They had expected it!
As a well-informed vampire, Emlyn just heard about the "Founder" in the Southern Continent two days ago. Every vampire was very happy when they heard about the battle. It is said that in that battle, the Many believers in the 'primordial moon'.

He thought: This member of the Tarot Society codenamed "Emperor" knows some inside information about the "Founder". Could it be that he is a follower of the "Founder"? Why did the "creator" prevent the evil god from coming?
Forsi was surprised at first, and then smiled helplessly: Before, I had swornly told Hobert that the Great Smog Incident was a disaster caused by a prince and a witch.I didn't expect there to be so much information I didn't know!Fortunately Hobert knew less to think I was deceiving him.

Derrick the "Sun" also had the same conjecture as Alger, thinking that this was a joint action between the 'Creator' and the 'Fool', and he, who had nothing to do with himself, began to pay attention to this incident.

Even Klein was a little surprised: There is actually a 'saint' involved!When Hobert met me in the suburbs of Backlund, he said it so lightly, I thought he was the only one who came to Backlund by himself!

Hobert continued: "But under the influence of '0-08', two hostile saints 'coincidentally' appeared."

Klein, Audrey, and Alger recalled the ability of "0-08", and couldn't help but sweat for "Emperor".

Especially Klein, who was almost killed by a meteorite this time, once again felt the power of a level 0 sealed item.

Forsi and Emlyn didn't know the specific situation of "0-08". They only knew that on the day of the smog event, there was a battle between saints!
Audrey asked curiously: "Mr. Emperor, what is the final outcome of the battle?"

Hobert asked, "How many people died in this smog?"

"According to statistics, there are more than 3 people!" Audrey got the internal statistics, and the number published in major newspapers was 3000 people.

Hobert was taken aback for a moment before realizing that his actions were also effective. He remembered that 7 or [-] people died in the original book!
This made his heart less heavy: "We effectively blocked the 'Witch of Despair' who was spreading the disaster. Unfortunately, when the two saints on the other side were in place, the 'Witch of Despair' started spreading the disaster again."

Alger followed this topic and said, "Without your obstruction, I think the death toll would have at least doubled!"

Audrey nodded, she thought so too.

And Klein finally understood Hobert's helplessness. If he was a demigod, there was indeed hope to prevent this disaster.

Derrick also discovered this: "Mr. Emperor, that is to say, the battle situation at that time developed to two saints plus a 'Desperate Witch', against two saints plus you?"

Audrey finally realized this: "My God, Mr. Emperor, does that mean you have to deal with a demigod?"

Hobert smiled: "That's right, I almost died in Backlund."

Everyone was silent for a few seconds. The understatement of the "Emperor" earlier made them think that the focus of the battle should be on those saints. At this moment, they finally understood the tragic extent of this battle!
Especially Alger, who had acted with Hobert, he thought he was the one who knew the strength of the "Emperor" best among all the members, but even so, the "Emperor" almost died in this battle.

This made Alger sigh: If I were to encounter a battle of this level, I might not be able to last for three seconds.

Hobert said: "I think, I should let you take a look at the tragedy of the Eastern District at that time, so that you will have the most direct understanding and experience of this disaster."

After obtaining the Fool's consent, Hobert presented what he saw at the time, the streets of the East End full of corpses.

You can see that in the tumbling fog, many parents and their children died hugging each other. At the last moment of their lives, the parents are still using their arms to help their children cover the dense fog.

They also know that such occlusion is useless, but what can they do?There is only one way to protect their most precious life.

There are also young lovers who died embracing each other. Their lives had just turned wonderful, but they fell down on the cold street.

More of them are old people, and calling them old people is a bit inappropriate, after all, they are only about 40 years old.

They may have had a happy family, a small house that can shelter from wind and rain, and a good, relatively decent job.

But because of such ridiculous and helpless reasons, they lost their good life and could only live a hungry and full life, and could only sleep on the streets.

No, sleeping on the streets is not okay, because parks and streets are not for homeless people to sleep on.

The point is that once in this situation, it seems to be in a desperate situation, and only very few people have regained their original life.

In fact, none of the members sitting here are at the bottom of this era. Even Audrey, who knows the most about this incident, only knows some statistical data.

Although Klein was directly involved in this operation, he didn't know the situation on Backlund's side.

Although Fors and Emlyn were in Backlund at the time, they were not there at the time. They only knew that many people had died.

Alger didn't have any direct feelings when he was at sea.

Even Derrick in the "Land Abandoned by God" felt heavy after seeing so many people died, especially so many ordinary people.

The members of the Tarot Society were collectively silent after seeing these pictures. For the first time, they intuitively felt the sadness of this era, and the insignificance of life under extraordinary power.

"Hurry up and improve your strength!" Hobert said: "When we become stronger, maybe we will encounter similar things again, and we will be able to prevent such a tragedy from happening."

Everyone looked at Hobert together. At this moment, everyone had a deep sense of agreement with his words.

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, this incident is finally over."

"No!" Hobert said: "The cooperation between the royal family, the Witch Church and the Aurora Society is still going on, they need a large number of slaves and innocent girls, for ordinary people, this in itself is a disaster.

"It is possible that disasters like the Great Smog in Backlund will appear again, and perhaps even greater disasters will be triggered."

"The royal family?" Audrey was a little surprised: "Isn't the royal family also victims?"

"No!" Hobert explained, "It was because the cooperation between the royal family and the Witch Church might have been leaked that the 'Witch of Despair' used the Backlund Great Smog Incident and the coming of the "True Creator" to divert everyone Sight."

It was difficult for Audrey to maintain the status of "audience" anymore, this was information she did not know.

Others were also surprised that this incident had something to do with the royal family!
Forsi simply asked: "Why does the royal family cooperate with these two cults?"

"Because of the ongoing conspiracy of the royal family, it may not be supported by the Orthodox Church." Hobert replied.

"World" suddenly said: "This reminds me of one thing!"

Then he said to "The Hanged Man", "I found the Barron you mentioned!"

Alger had previously released a mission to find the slave trader Barron during the "Exchange of Information" stage of the Tarot Society, but he hadn't found anything.

Alger asked back with some disbelief: "Barron involved in many slave cases on the colonial island?"

"Yes, brown-red skin, Southern Continental race, Backlund accent, and the third tooth on the left is a denture." "World" replied hoarsely.

"It's him!" Alger recalled for two seconds and asked again: "Where is he? What is his current identity?"

"The World" replied: "Baron was in Backlund, and someone saw him meeting with an MI[-] officer loyal to the royal family. I don't know who it is, because the other party is wearing a mask."

The words of "World" are equivalent to providing evidence for what "Emperor" just said, that the royal family is indeed in contact with some slave traders.

Besides, except for Emlyn who just joined the club, the other members all thought of the Capin incident. In that incident, there were also shadows of members of the royal family.

Audrey asked Hobert: "Mr. Emperor, what conspiracy is the royal family planning?"

Although she doesn't like members of the royal family who disrespect women, but before that, she always felt that the royal family should be on the side of "justice".

But some recent news has seriously shaken her mind.

Hobert didn't hide: "George III is delusional!"

Even Klein after the gray fog was stunned: Become a god?I can guess that there must be a bigger conspiracy behind the Great Smog incident in Backlund, but I never thought that it would have something to do with becoming a god!
Alger was surprised at first, and then a little excited: That's it! Neither the "Founder" nor the "Fool" wanted George III to become a god, so they repeatedly sabotaged their actions!It must be so!Ha ha!The other members must not have thought of that yet.

Audrey's surprise today almost exceeded the surprise she felt in the past week: becoming a god?The king wants to become a god?This, how is this possible!

Fors: Did I hear correctly?The smog incident was actually related to the matter of becoming a god. Fortunately, Hobert didn't know much about the inside story, otherwise my previous explanation would be too embarrassing.

At this time, she suddenly thought: Hobert said that a friend asked him to help save people. Did he learn more information from his friend?
Derrick was rather excited: before, we were discussing the gods in history, or the gods who ascended to the gods before this, and today we talked about people who are becoming gods for the first time.

Emlyn smiled and leaned back in his chair: Nonsense, in the long records of our blood race, the last event of becoming a god seems to be traced back to more than 1000 years ago!There has been no record of becoming a god since the Fifth Epoch! The "emperor" must be talking nonsense, but, why do other members believe it?Is this a bunch of idiots?It must be so, they were deceived by the lies of the "emperor", and only I saw through everything.

So Emlyn was about to expose this lie, and he asked with a somewhat haughty smile: "Mr. Emperor, right? Why are you so sure? I mean about George III becoming a god?"

Hobert glanced at him: "Because I'm an Extraordinary in the 'Lawyer' pathway."

This answer completely exceeded Emlyn's expectations. Originally, he wanted to tell everyone how difficult it was to become a god: "Well, what does this have to do with your path?"

Hobert smiled and asked, "Want to know the answer?"

Emlyn replied honestly: "Yes!"

"2000 pounds!"

"Cough cough cough...I'll think about it."

Klein understood many problems based on the words of the "Emperor": No wonder Hobert is so aware of the conspiracy behind the scenes. It turns out that the "Founder" and George III are on the same path or adjacent paths.Adjacent pathways are more likely, Hobart is a Beyonder of the "Lawyer" pathway, and the Augustus family is a Beyonder of the "Arbitrator" pathway.George III wants to become a god, as a god of the adjacent path, the "creator" will definitely pay more attention to this matter, and as the favored person of the "creator", he must know more.

Klein currently doesn't know that George III is going to become the "Dark Emperor", so he has such a guess.

Alger, Audrey, and Derrick, members who know the laws related to Extraordinary characteristics, also have similar conjectures.

Forsi and Emlyn were at a loss, and couldn't figure out what was going on.

Audrey asked again: "Mr. Emperor, why do you need a large number of slaves and innocent girls to make... George III become a god?"

"I don't know the specifics." Hobert intends to stop at the point, and if he makes the question too clear, he will also reveal some key information about himself.

And it was about the "creator", if he knew too much detail, he would seem to have little respect for the "creator".

Klein, who knew the formula of the Sequence 5 potion, guessed: Will this involve a ceremony?The ritual of becoming a god?
Others have not been exposed to the rituals required for promotion, so there is no related speculation.

After the topic was over, Klein pointed at Emlyn and smiled, "This is a new member, Mr. Moon!"

Audrey was taken aback: Why would a man choose the "Moon" brand?

(End of this chapter)