Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 447

After accumulating during this period of time, Hobart's gold pounds are now over ten thousand.

He plans to use the money to buy locomotives and carriages, because some modifications may be involved, so the carriages must be ordered in advance.

As usual, Hobert did not put the cash into the "Nation of Disorder" immediately. He once again sketched the blueprint of the territory in his mind, thinking about it, the time came to dusk.

Hobert came to the yard and stared at the Full Moon Lake under the setting sun for a while.

The golden aftermath echoed on the full moon lake, adding a sense of tranquility to the lake. People on the construction site began to go home, and at this time they showed long-lost smiles.

Hobert felt a sense of satisfaction that he had never felt before: This is my territory!

……

Tuesday morning, Loen Kingdom, Tingen Railway Station.

On the platform, Selena wiped her tears and said, "Melissa, remember to write to me."

Melissa felt inexplicably sad when she saw her friend cry. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "We are only separated temporarily. Maybe you will come to Backlund to work or study in the future."

No, I might go to Feneporte, I'm teaching myself Feneporte now, Selena thought.

woo~
When the departure time came, they said their final goodbyes. Selena watched the train gradually move away from the station, and began to accelerate, and finally disappeared from view.

Chris Wood, who has red hair and wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, came to comfort his sister: "The parting is just to reunite. Tingen City is not far from Backlund. If you miss each other, you can take a car." visit each other."

Selena said tearfully: "But, but, I am the only one left in Tingen City."

Chris patted his sister on the shoulder: "People will always experience loneliness."

Selena wiped away the last tear and smiled: "Chris, you look like a philosopher today."

Chris also laughed: "Everyone says I have the temperament of a philosopher, well, we should also get ready to go."

Over there, Mr. Wood and Mrs. Wood, as well as Chris' fiancee Wei Na waved at Selena.

Selena took a deep breath, trying to get her emotions into the state of a New Year's vacation.

Half an hour later, the train to Boclon Mountain Villa departed. Selena, who has always been lively, was staring at the scenery flying backwards out of the train window in a daze, as if she was 18 years old who had never returned.

The sociable Mr. Wood and Chris have already mingled with the passengers around them. They chatted about the world structure, the newly built steel giant ship of the Loen Kingdom, and the deadly enemy Fusac Empire across the sea.

Selena found that the train entered the mountains and would pass through a tunnel in a few minutes. She asked her father, "Dad, are we almost there?"

Mr. Wood looked at his pocket watch: "Honey, there are still ten minutes."

A passenger on the front left asked: "If you get off at the station in front, are you planning to go to Bokron Mountain Resort for vacation?"

Mr. Wood smiled and said, "Yes, I heard that the hot spring there is very good."

"That's right, and you can go hunting!" The passenger said with a smile: "I heard that there are wild boars and sika deer there, but at most one or two hares can be caught at a time."

Wood said with a smile: "Hunting is something for young people..."

Suddenly, a passenger with a very low hat brim behind him said: "Don't go to Bokron Mountain Villa, bad things have appeared there recently, if you go there, you will all turn into monsters!"

The Wood family looked at the passenger in surprise, and Selina also turned to look at him. The collar of the passenger's coat was raised high, and the brim of the hat covered his entire face.

Although she couldn't see the other person's face, Selena could feel the madness and distortion emanating from the other person, which made Selena feel uncomfortable all over.

Selena also noticed that he seemed to have only a left hand and no right hand.

Chris Wood smiled and asked, "Sir, what's going on there? Why are we turning into monsters!"

The passenger said, "Anyway, don't go."

woo~
The sound of the train whistle woke Selena up from her sleep. She saw her parents, brother, and sister-in-law all looked dazed, as if they had just woken up from sleep.

Selena immediately looked behind her, and other family members also looked there.

That seat is empty.

Chris Wood said with a smile: "You guys, don't you have a dream, a passenger advised us not to go to Bokron Mountain Villa?"

The other family members looked at Chris with surprise in their eyes.

Chris's smile faded, and the family fell silent for a few seconds.

Selena swallowed her saliva: "Or else, why don't we go? It's hard to have a vacation, and it's good to be at home."

Mr. Wood took out the ticket of Bokron Villa and smiled helplessly: "I have already bought the tickets."

This is a discounted ticket that was bought using the relationship of a bank customer, and even the discounted ticket cost a lot of money.

Mrs. Wood said: "You can't change the itinerary because of a strange dream. Let's, let's go to the villa to have a look first. If there is anything wrong, we will go home immediately!"

Selena was also persuaded, because she also wanted to go to the hot spring and watch the snow scene.

Ten minutes later, the train arrived at the station, and the Wood family boarded a carriage that went directly to Bokron Mountain Villa.

There are springs gushing out everywhere here, and the temperature of the spring water can reach more than ten degrees. In winter, they make the whole valley foggy, adding a bit of dreamy color.

The ice waterfall and rime along the way made the family couldn't help pointing and admiring, and the episode on the train was forgotten by everyone.

After sitting in the carriage for more than half an hour, the family arrived at Bokron Villa.

There are many hot springs here, and the mist generated seems to envelop the villa.

Entering the reception hall of the villa, everything looks normal here, there are many guests smoking and talking and laughing in the hall, the manager warmly welcomes them: "Hello, welcome to Bokron Villa!"

Selena felt that the manager was a bit strange, to be precise, was his expression a bit strange and stiff?Or is it contrived?
neither.

After pondering for a long time, Selena realized that it was like the expression of a puppet in a puppet show, a little exaggerated and a little unnatural.

The manager seemed to have noticed Selena and smiled at her like a puppet.

Selena was about to pull her father's clothes when a bearded man came in from outside. He was holding a hunting fork and was wearing clothes made of simply treated wild animal skins. He looked furry: "Yes Is any gentleman going hunting? If you are lucky, you may catch sika deer or wild boar."

Chris said enthusiastically: "Father, I want to go and see."

"Go, kid." Mr. Wood said with a smile: "Enjoy the New Year's holiday, and I will settle the three beautiful ladies."

Watching Chris leave, Selena realized that she had forgotten what she was worrying about just now.

She opened her mouth, as if she had forgotten something very important, but she couldn't think of anything after racking her brains.

"Let's go, Selena." Mrs. Wood smiled, "I can't wait to enjoy the hot spring."

……

Fenepot Kingdom, Geoffrey Territory.

Baron Hobert finally received Bishop Dick, but what made Bishop Dick a little dissatisfied was that Hobert sat at the head, while the clergy could only stand, as if they had come to report work.

Hobert certainly saw the dissatisfaction of Dick and the others, he smiled and said: "Everyone, I am a baron conferred by the king, not conferred by the Church of the Mother Earth, so we do not have a superior-subordinate relationship.

"Because I am a devout believer of the Mother Goddess and a friend of Bishop Simpson, I greet you out of courtesy.

"But that's all. What are you expecting? Am I going to humbly report to you about Jeffrey's situation?"

These words made Dick and the others dumbfounded.

Hobert continued: "I can send a boat to let you go to the center of Full Moon Lake to see if there is no pollution. I believe you have monitoring means.

"Okay, Alan, help me see off these distinguished guests."

It wasn't until Dick and the others came out of the main hall that they realized that they were almost kicked out just now. Is this the custom of Lord Jeffrey treating distinguished guests?

A few people came to Full Moon Lake a little angrily, and boarded the wooden boat that Hobert provided them. Indeed, no pollution was detected in the center of Full Moon Lake.

After getting this result, they got on the boat and left immediately, as if they didn't want to stay here for a minute.

Hobert watched their ship leave from the lord's mansion, even Philip who was on the side asked worriedly: "My lord, will we offend these bishops and priests?"

Hobert smiled and said: "I just want to let the people of the Church of the Mother Earth see my attitude: Although I hope the church sends people, I didn't invite you to come. It's after I solved the problem that you will be ashamed." It's a fart."

The Mother Earth Church will never stop sending people because of their attitude towards the delegation. On the contrary, they will re-examine how to deal with the relationship with the local nobles.

Hobert didn't get too entangled in this issue. Today, he was still busy taking the soldiers to the Dock Island for "training" to see if there were any pirates fighting there.

At the same time, let the lumberjacks and craftsmen take a look at the timber there. Hobert plans to build a lumber mill on the island, because the construction of the territory requires a lot of wood. If you can build your own lumber yard, you can save a lot of money. sum of money.

On Jeffrey's side, it is only necessary to build a barn for drying wood.

Because Hobert and the "Jeffrey Army" appeared so strangely last time, those little pirate groups didn't dare to come again, and the 'Black Whale' and 'Skeleton' pirate groups knew that their strength was too different from Hobert's. Many, chose to leave cautiously.

So now there are only some little pirates on the dock island who are not very well informed or are willing to take risks. Hobert led people to rush to kill them, but unfortunately he didn't catch any pirates with a bounty, and the capture was far worse than last time. Caught more fish last time.

In the evening, Hobert held another banquet in the yard, eating grilled fish and stewed fish with everyone, and rewarded them like last time.

This time, after deducting the distribution of loot and the bounty distributed to everyone, there were only about two hundred pounds and some living supplies left.

Those things that can only be used at sea, such as clear water, vegetables, sextant, etc., were simply not shipped back.

The biggest achievement this time may be that several loggers found a more suitable logging camp, and the craftsmen also believed that the timber for the construction of the territory could be provided by the dock island.

The money saved minus the cost of drying and processing the wood, and minus the salary generated by logging, Hobert calculated that he could save more than 3 gold lisuo.

Using a large amount of wood for later decoration and building furniture can save more money. This money does not belong to "construction funds", so it is not easy to calculate at present.

For Hobert, money saved was money earned.

While the atmosphere in the courtyard was enjoying itself, a guest came to the door of the Lord's Mansion.

It was a middle-aged man, wearing a bishop's uniform, and looked very easy-going.

Hobert saw him at a glance: "Bishop Simpson, I didn't expect you to come so soon. Come and taste these sea fish. It's hard to eat such fresh sea fish in Feneport."

Bishop Simpson sat next to Hobert with a smile, and took the grilled fish and wine glass that were handed to him kindly: "After I let Dick have accurate information, he 'reported' to me as soon as possible.

"Then, with the help of His Excellency the Archbishop, I arrived at your territory as quickly as possible.

"I have already visited Full Moon Lake and confirmed what you said in your letter."

Bishop Simpson didn't speak very clearly because there were still many ordinary people around.

Sure enough, Simpson didn't say a word about Dick's cold reception to them.

Hobert took a sip of his wine and said with a smile: "I welcome the bishop of the Mother Earth Church to resume preaching in this territory.

"But as you can see, I'm going to build this place into a resort, and I'm going to try to implement some new policies. I'm afraid it will delay your preaching."

The implication is: I still have a lot of things to do, don't affect me.

Bishop Simpson smiled and said, "Your Excellency the Archbishop has instructed me to maintain a good cooperative relationship with you after I come to Jeffrey."

The implication is: we have enough sincerity to cooperate.

Hobert smiled slightly, and said to Alan and Dennis: "Prepare a small stove in the side hall, and take a pot of fish alone, and prepare a small oven, and take a few skewers of grilled fish."

The two immediately went to work.

Hobert said to Schill again: "Let everyone have a good drink tonight. If there is no wine, move to the warehouse. I have something to talk to Bishop Simpson."

Seeing that the lord was leaving, everyone stood up almost at the same time to watch the lord leave.

Hobert waved to everyone, and after entering the side hall, the courtyard became lively again.

Simpson saw all this in his eyes, and said to himself: In less than two months, Hobert has completely established himself in an unfamiliar territory, and he has also cultivated a group of soldiers who are very loyal to him.

Holding his wine glass and skewers, he followed closely behind Hobart: Utravsky was right about him, he was a man with profound thoughts, a man with abilities far greater than his current status.Even if Hobart is given a country, he can quickly establish rule.Before that, he just lacked a platform, an opportunity.

Arriving at the side hall, the pot of stewed fish was already gurgling and rolling again.

There was also a small dining table, with chopsticks, dishes, etc. on one side, the tableware Hobert was used to, and on the other side were knives, forks and dinner plates.

The oven for grilling fish will have to wait for a while.

After Hobert and Simpson took their seats, Simpson smiled and said, "I heard from Utravsky that you were baptized at his place?"

"Yes." Hobert smiled and said, "Utravsky and I are good friends."

He could feel that Bishop Simpson was trying to use the power of the Mother Earth Church to regain the initiative in the conversation.

But Hobert didn't give Simpson this chance. He said: "Last night, I raided the demon forces in the Viscount Teutonic's territory, and got accurate information. The Blood Worship Cult has a demigod and five sequences in South Colson." 5!

"I plan to give you the extraordinary characteristics of that demigod, and give you the credit for annihilating those demons. I think, with one of the Sequence 4 main materials, you should be able to get promoted to demigod from the church. chance?"

Simpson was stunned for a full two or three seconds: "You, are you sure to kill the demigod of the opponent? As far as I know, demons have the ability to predict danger, and it is difficult to kill them!"

"Of course I'm sure." Hobert took a shallow sip of his wine: "But the premise is that you agree to my plan to build the extraordinary power of Jeffrey's leader."

"You said."

"My family is very supportive of my development in Jeffrey Territory, so they sent me a Sequence 6 and a few helpers." Hobert said: "And I, before this, have already done a job with the Gnosis Society. Contact, they also basically agreed to my attack plan against demons, and will send a Sequence 6 and several helpers..."

Simpson frowned and said, "Cooperate with the Gnosis Society, you will be killed by them!"

"Listen to me." Hobert smiled and said, "Nankelsen is full of extraordinary powers of evil, if only you and I are alone, we will have to pay a huge price to complete the elimination.

"We can use the Gnosis Society to consume the power of the Blood Worship Cult and the Aurora Society!"

Simpson also took a sip of wine: "Are they so stupid? Are you using them like this?"

"Of course they're not stupid." Hobert smiled and said, "I promise them that as long as this battle is over, I can keep them a legal official Extraordinary team.

"Of course, the price they need to pay is: to send out a demigod to help kill the demigod of the Blood Worship Cult, and the extraordinary characteristics of the Sequence 4 'devil' will be given to you as your credit."

Of course, the Gnosis Society did not make such a promise, but Hobert was sure that they would fulfill such a promise, and if they couldn't do it, he would let the "Bull Demon King" step in.

But Hobert didn't really want "The Bull Demon King" to appear in South Colson, which would easily remind some people of "The Founder".

Bishop Simpson was moved, of course he would, it was an opportunity to become a demigod!
Taking this step means that he has undergone a qualitative change and has become the legendary half-human half-god.

Originally, Bishop Simpson felt that he had no chance in this life, who ever wanted to turn around and come here!When Bishop Gabriel talked about this issue with him before, he still felt that he was suspected of making a big deal, but he didn't expect that this in-depth discussion with Hobert had already come up with a specific plan!
Hobert continued from the side: "Without the help of the Gnosis Society, our two Sequence 5s can't kill each other's demigod at all, and we don't have much chance of winning the battle with these demons.

"I don't know the church's promotion criteria, but according to my assumption, killing ten Sequence 5s shouldn't necessarily catch up with killing one demigod, right?"

Hobert's conjecture was in line with the actual situation. Bishop Simpson pondered for a while before saying, "I have to report this matter to the Archbishop, but he may not agree."

This has basically been agreed, but there are still some concerns.

Hobert smiled and said: "Anyway, the church can't send enough power for the time being to wipe out the evil Extraordinary forces here, you can say that you are cooperating with some 'non-governmental Extraordinary organizations' to deal with the Blood Worship Cult and the Aurora Society.

"You don't need the archbishop to agree, you just need him to acquiesce."

Hobert would never say something like "Since the archbishop asked you to cooperate with me, this is my plan", which is equivalent to an excuse for Bishop Simpson to blame himself in the future.

Simpson didn't hear the promise he hoped for, so he said with some concerns: "What if after we cooperate, the gnosis society will wantonly create a tragedy in South Colson?"

"If such a tragedy happened in my territory." Hobert sneered, "I will make the Gnosis Society pay the price."

Regarding this point, Hobert dared to make a promise. Not only did he make a promise, he would actually do it when something like this happened.

After thinking for a long time, Bishop Simpson smiled and said, "I will report to the Archbishop."

But it does not include transactions with demigods of the Blood Cult.

Hobert picked up the wine glass, and the two clinked glasses: "Happy cooperation!"

Hobert's plan was that as long as Bishop Simpson became a demigod with his help, the two would be an inseparable community of interests. When it came time to talk about the Gnosis Society, the positions of the two parties would be different.

Although Dennis on the side didn't quite understand what the two of them were planning, he had already evaluated Hobert in his heart: a sinister baron.

After seeing off Simpson, Hobert asked Dennis to wash his feet.

After the footwashing water was delivered, Hobert asked, "Do you know why I asked you to do this?"

To humiliate me of course!But when the words came to his lips, Dennis still didn't dare to say them.

Hobert looked at the angry expression on Dennis's face: "When you figure this out, you don't have to bring me footwashing water."

Dennis was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "I can figure this out tomorrow!"

Hobert smiled, probably this kid won't be able to sleep tonight.

……

Kingdom of Loen, East Chester County, Bokron Mountain Villa.

Selena looked at the guests who were smoking cigarettes or cigars in the hall, chatting with each other, and the fog that was blown by the wind outside.

There seems to be something wrong!
"Beautiful lady, welcome to Bokron Villa."

Selena saw the lobby manager with an exaggerated and unnatural smile: "You...you..."

"Hey hey hey hey~"

There were sinister laughter all around.

(End of this chapter)