Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 483: The Unchanging Tarot Meeting Time
The sudden busyness after getting married made Hobert somewhat uncomfortable, but the weekly Tarot meetings made Hobert immediately feel like he had returned to his original life track.

While "Justice" Audrey was greeting everyone, Hobert looked at Forsi opposite, and he thought it would be better not to reveal to her that he was the "Emperor" for the time being.

That would be a lot of inconveniences. For example, it would be difficult to explain to Forsi why the "Emperor" was so knowledgeable?And the issue of the identity of the "creator" and the favored ones.

Moreover, some words will not be easy to say in a Tarot meeting, because before saying them, one must first consider how to explain them to Fors after the party.

However, in order to prevent the identity of the "Emperor" from being discovered by Forsi later, Hobert decided to give Forsi some psychological preparation in life.

For example, you can first slowly reveal to her your status as a "Creator" and the Blessed One, and then find an opportunity to reveal to her that you are a descendant of the Tudor family. You cannot reveal that you are a descendant of Trunsoest right away.

With these psychological preparations, if necessary, or if Forsi notices it, Hobert can say with surprise: Are you also a member of the Tarot Club?You are Miss Magician, right?At that time, I thought, how could such a quiet and lovely lady look so much like my beautiful wife at home?
Forsi on the opposite side: The "Emperor"'s eyes are a little strange. What is he smiling at?Is there something dirty on my clothes?
Hobert quickly looked away and glanced at Emlyn standing aside: This guy must have successfully advanced. He looked full of... no, he was full of pride!I can't wait to show it off right now.

Let’s go to see “Little Sun”: He has also advanced. Maybe he still can’t control his overflowing spirituality. Now just looking at him gives people a very sunny feeling.

Then it suddenly occurred to Hobert that most of the members sitting here had just attended their own weddings!
First of all, "The Fool" Klein, who was sitting at the top, not only participated, but also went to help greet the guests.

"Justice" Audrey and "Moon" Emlyn also appeared at the wedding.

During the part of sending blessings, Hobert could see that although Emlyn looked like "I didn't want to come, so and so insisted on letting me come" on the surface, it was not difficult to see from his eyes and some details. It turns out that he actually hopes to make friends.

The "Magician" girl opposite is the bride, and the "Emperor" is the groom.

There are eight members in total, five of whom were present at the wedding.

Speaking of which, this wedding is a bit like an "offline event" of the Tarot Society.

In her wild thoughts, Audrey had already said hello.

At this gathering, none of the members collected Russell's diary, so they jumped directly to the free trading session.

Hobert said: "Help me pay attention to the marrow of the six-legged spirit and the powder of the Atlan flower."

This time "Hermit" Cattleya chose to intervene in a transaction: "I know where there are Atlantean flowers. You can buy them, dry them, and grind them into powder yourself.

"According to my experience, one Atlantis flower can be ground into about 20 grams of powder. Is it enough?"

"Enough." Hobert only needs 15 grams.

"Eight hundred pounds a flower! But I can't give it to you until next week."

Hobert smiled and said: "Okay, deal!"

Cattleya added: "As for the 'marrow of six-legged monsters', I heard about it at an extraordinary party, but that was a long time ago. I can help you contact the seller, but don't hold out too much hope." .”

Hobert nodded: "Thank you."

No one else had heard of this material in their respective circles, not even "The Hanged Man" Alger, who had a wider circle, had not heard of it. This once again made him feel a sense of crisis, and he always felt that his status was not high. Save.

After finishing the transaction neatly, "Little Sun" added: "I want to purchase the magic potion formula of 'Notary', but I can only pay the relevant remuneration with extraordinary materials."

Cattleya noticed this at last week's party: where the "sun" is, could it be that extraordinary materials are used as currency?Is there such a place?No one was surprised by this, which meant that everyone knew how special the "sun" was and could accept paying with extraordinary materials.

At this time, "The World" said in a hoarse voice: "I can provide you with the 'Notary', which is what you call the 'Notary's' potion formula, but you have to wait a little longer."

When he releases the soul of the "Priest of Light" inside the "Creeping Hunger", he will be able to obtain the corresponding formula.

"Little Sun" nodded: "I can wait, but it's best not to wait too long."

He was sure that he could digest the magic potion of "Sun Priest" in three or four months. Before completely digesting the potion, it was best to know the formula of the potion and start collecting materials in advance.

"The World" nodded: "Within a month."

After reaching the deal, "The World" said again: "I need the 'remaining spirituality of the ancient resentful soul'."

"I can buy it for you." Cattleya did not choose to watch this time: "600 pounds."

"Okay!" Klein immediately manipulated "The World" to agree. He had already traded the other two auxiliary materials, "The Spring Water of the Golden Spring of Sunia Island" at the gathering of Beyonders in Bayam.

The last item, "the bark of the dragon-marked tree," was not in a hurry for the time being, so he planned to wait until next time, or the next tarot meeting, to buy it.

Anyway, it will still take some time before the potion is completely digested.

The other members had no need for potions for the time being. After a brief silence, Audrey initiated another transaction: "I hope to get a magical item that can change my appearance. Please help me pay attention."

In the previous Tarot meeting, when she heard that "The World" and "The Emperor" were trading the extraordinary properties of the "Faceless Man", she felt that it was a pity that it was not a magical item.

If there was a magical item that could change her appearance, she could boldly use another face to participate in some extraordinary actions.

No one has such magical items on hand or in their respective circles, so they can only help her pay attention.

Audrey was about to initiate a new deal with the "Emperor", but before she opened her mouth, she noticed that the "Hermit" seemed to have something to say.

So Audrey chose to wait and see and let the "hermit" speak first.

Cattleya said to the "Emperor": "I hope to trade detailed information about the Tudor Empire with you!"

Hobert nodded: "As mentioned last time, 5000 pounds... Well, wait, there is a question here. Do you know about the United Empire?"

Everyone shook their heads in confusion, only Cattleya said: "I have read the relevant descriptions, but I don't know the nature of this empire or the specific time it appeared."

"In that case, this transaction will cost 6000 pounds." Hobert said: "I want to start with the United Empire. This is an easily overlooked, but very important stage."

"No problem." Cattleya then followed Audrey's crowdfunding method at the last party: "As the initiator, I will contribute 2000 pounds. Do any of you want to join the transaction?"

Audrey immediately said: "Me! 1500 pounds!"

Originally, she wanted to trade information about the Trunsoest Empire with Hobert, but information about the Tudor Empire would also work, which was exactly what she wanted to know.

The initiators "Hermit" and "Justice" have collected 3500 pounds, and others have also joined in the transaction. Alger just wiped out a small pirate group last week, and his financial situation is good.

Needless to say, Forsi's savings have reached more than 2000 pounds, and she should not need to spend any money on extraordinary materials, magic potion formulas, or magical items in the future.

The potion formula and some extraordinary materials were provided by teacher Dorian, while the magical items and extraordinary materials that Dorian could not provide were provided by Hobert.

It can be said to be a model of "laying down to win".

Emlyn, on the other hand, still did not hesitate to join in this kind of deal because of the money he saved last week.

This time, even "The World" didn't hesitate. It was also through the last gathering that Klein discovered that the "5000 pound level" transaction had a very high level of integrity and that the money was well spent.

Soon, everyone completed the crowdfunding, totaling 5500 pounds plus two extraordinary materials.

"Speaking of the Tudor Empire, we have to start with the Solomon Empire." Hobert began to tell: "We said during the last transaction that the emperor of the Tudor Empire, Alistair Tudor, was also a member of the Solomon Empire. of nobility.

"But he was bewitched by the Six Gods...ahem, influenced by the Six Gods, and became the Six Gods' internal correspondent, which directly led to the fall of the 'Black Emperor' Solomon.

"After destroying the Solomon Empire and dealing a heavy blow to the True Creator, the Six Gods supported Tudor and Trunsoest, who had each become Sequence 1, to establish a united empire to rule the entire northern continent..."

Only then did everyone realize that this was the so-called "United Empire" era.

Audrey thought about it carefully: From the history classes I heard, there was never any record of this era. This period of history should have been buried in the fog of history.

But Klein thought of a term "the era of dual rule" mentioned by Russell in his diary. Russell expressed his doubts in the diary. When Klein read this, he didn't quite understand what it meant. What does it mean? Now I finally know what it means.

Then he remembered another thing: The description of "Emperor" reminded me of the ruins discovered in Backlund. I remember that there were two thrones on the high platform there at the same time. Miss Sharon and I didn't do anything about it at the time. Understand, why is there such a structure?Wouldn't that be the throne of these two consuls?
However, Alger realized that two Sequence 1s with the same path were "twisted" together by the Six Gods and established a common empire.This kind of cooperation always feels like there is an element of coercion. Such an empire should also be full of contradictions, right?Emlyn was surprised: As a vampire, I have never heard of the "United Empire" era!Maybe I should consult the adults who study history in the Vampire Clan and make up for my mistakes, so as not to let everyone see that I don't know about it and lower the status of the knowledgeable Vampire Clan in their hearts.

Cattleya simply sighed: "So that's it."

Many clues that seemed contradictory before suddenly merged together.

Forsi listened carefully and almost brought his own material notebook to record these little-known histories!
Only "Little Sun" didn't have much emotion and just listened to it as a story.

Seeing everyone looking thoughtful, Hobert paused thoughtfully for a few seconds before continuing: "According to some documents I have read, Tudor and Trunsoest had a relatively harmonious relationship during the Solomon Empire. .

"But after each established their own empire, they quickly broke up. I think they had irreconcilable conflicts from the 'United Empire' era.

"There are probably two reasons. The first is the issue of power. Since it is a dual administration, it is not clear who is the head of state? Which one is the consul?
"Then there will inevitably be power constraints, which is what Liushen wants to see the most. It's just that Tudor and Trunsoest are two careerists! How can they be willing to share power with others?

"The second reason is naturally that both of them are 'high-sequence' Beyonders on the same path. If they want to become gods, then they will be the strongest competitors!
"The reason why I put this reason in the second place is because since they each accepted the arrangement of the United Empire, it means that in the early days of the United Empire, their rationality made them choose to compromise with the Six Gods.

"At this time, some of the effects of extraordinary characteristics have not yet occupied all their sanity."

Everyone listened attentively as the "Emperor" told these hidden histories like legends.

Hobert continued: "The honeymoon period of the 'United Empire' should only be a short one. There is evidence that there are some Tudor relics around Backlund..."

Those are the tombs.

Audrey immediately asked: "Backlund?"

"Yes." Hobert replied: "The capital of the 'United Empire' is now Backlund."

He continued: "Those relics can prove that Tudor has been preparing for promotion to the 'Black Emperor' during the 'United Empire' period.

"And if he wants to become the 'Black Emperor', he must kill Trunsoest and take away the sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics."

This sentence contained a lot of information for Klein, Alger, and Cattleya.

Alger had speculated about the process of becoming a god countless times before. Ever since he learned about the uniqueness, he once thought that he could become a god by accommodating the uniqueness.But now listening to the emperor’s opinion, it seems that becoming a god requires plural Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics?
Cattleya has long had a similar conjecture: becoming a god is also a process of accumulating extraordinary characteristics?

The person who gained the most from this was Klein: I had seen from Russell’s diary before that he had conjectures about the extraordinary characteristics required to become a god, the history of the "United Empire", combined with the current royal family of Loen and Castil. Sub-royal family, indicating that the number of extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 1 is very small.After the true god appears in a pathway, all the Sequence 1 extraordinary characteristics may be there, and the number of Sequence 2 will also become extremely limited.

Due to their lack of knowledge, other members understood the meaning of "Emperor", but failed to think of the rules behind it.

"I don't know what impression everyone has of Tudor. Anyway, my impression is that he is cunning, cunning and cautious." Hobert said: "As far as I know, the Seven Gods still don't know the specific locations of those ruins.

"And these ruins were built during the 'United Empire' period. At that time, not only were the Six Gods supporters of Tudor, Trunsoest was also his partner.

"If we had given him some more time, he might have been the second 'Black Emperor'.

"Perhaps Solomon, who fell before, felt a huge threat and decided to resurrect early. Of course, this is just my guess. The generally accepted reason is that Solomon's resurrection gave Tudor and Trunsoest a huge opportunity. The pressure forced them to take risks and make their own arrangements.

"The causal relationship between the two is almost reversed. It's just that the generally accepted reasons are difficult to explain the ruins left by Tudor. After all, they couldn't be built in a year or two. It's also difficult to explain why Solomon built that terrible place. Time to resurrect.”

Hobert was deliberately vague here, but everyone understood what he meant.

Only Klein was a little strange: No, when there are two Sequence 1s in a path, can the true god of this path be resurrected?Is the resurrected true God?Or is there something wrong with my guess?
Others have no relevant concepts and think that True God is True God and Sequence 1 is Sequence 1. The two have no influence.

This makes sense. Tudor and Trunsoest had betrayed Solomon, so of course they were afraid of Solomon's revenge after his resurrection.

Seeing that no one was asking questions at this place, Hobert quickly continued: "The above is the relevant information of the 'United Empire'. We are mainly talking about Tudor's arrangements in response to Solomon's resurrection.

"Because the true god of the adjacent path has been occupied by Trunsoest, he can only take the risk and jump to the non-adjacent path to become a god!"

This information once again surprised all members. Audrey was the first to ask: "Mr. Emperor, as an Extraordinary, I mean that the process of being promoted to a true god can also jump to a non-adjacent path?"

"Why are those ancient gods in the Second Age so crazy?" Hobert asked back: "Isn't it because they don't have a very intuitive concept of sequences and pathways!
"Maybe a lot of craziness is accumulated due to jumping between non-adjacent paths?
"Of course, the eight ancient gods are very lucky, or they already have a rough idea of ​​the extraordinary path. In short, their 'jump' is not too outrageous.

"With everyone's knowledge, you should also understand that jumping to non-adjacent paths will result in going crazy or dying directly. The higher probability is to become a monster and completely lose yourself."

"The Hanged Man" asked: "When you reach the level of a true god, and you are promoted through non-adjacent paths... I mean, what was the condition of the Blood Emperor at that time?"

"Becoming very crazy and murderous, but still retaining some sanity." Hobert replied.

Because of the "Mysterious Queen", Cattleya knew a little bit about the answer to this question, but she didn't expect that the Blood Emperor had actually performed such an operation.

She was more concerned: "Is it possible to recover from such madness?"

Hobert glanced at Cattleya: "As far as I know, the true gods of some paths can use some of the characteristics of their own path to 'wash away' madness.

"But most approaches don't allow that."

Audrey asked again: "Which path did the Blood Emperor jump to? Which path did he become the true god of?"

"Red Priest! It is also known as the 'Hunter' path." Hobert replied.

Everyone immediately thought of the royal family of the Fusac Empire and the Intis royal family that was overthrown by Emperor Russell.

Klein controlled the "world" and asked in a hoarse voice: "This reminds me of the 'Red Angel'. Is there any connection between them?"

Except for Cattleya, everyone recalled the content related to the "King of Angels".

"That's exactly what I'm going to say next." Hobert smiled: "At the end of the 'United Empire', the 'Red Angel' Medici designed a trap for Sauron and Einhorn.

"I think these two names should be familiar to you. Yes, Sauron is the ancestor of the Sauron family of the overthrown Intis royal family, and Einhorn is the current Einhorn family of the royal family of Feysac Empire. 's ancestors.

"The Medici need their extraordinary characteristics to be promoted. When the Medici succeeded, Tudor, together with Adam and Amon, killed the Medici, and then robbed them of their uniqueness and extraordinary characteristics. They were promoted to become True God!”

Everyone, without exception, showed shocked expressions. They had never imagined that there would be such a shocking murder in the Fourth Age!

Klein behind the gray fog: The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole is behind?This is the first time I heard that even the chance to become a god can be snatched away!
If Hobert knew what Klein was thinking at this time, he would definitely say: "In the future, you will also encounter people who specialize in stealing other people's gods."

After being surprised, Alger was extremely excited: Such an operation can still be done, can I... Haha, what am I thinking?Before joining the Tarot Club, my goal was to become a Sequence 5 and then break away from the church to establish my own power.Later I imagined becoming a demigod and an angel, but now I am planning to become a god?It's such a blasphemous and overestimating thought...but it's nice to just think about it.

Cattleya sighed: If it hadn't been for the "Emperor"'s narration, I probably wouldn't have known this secret in my life.Who would have thought that this is how the Blood Emperor became the "Emperor"?

After a brief moment of surprise, Audrey returned to her "audience" state: This is the true face of the world, full of madness and plunder.

Forsi felt: This is very much like a great change in the palace!What we see and hear are just the results of great changes, and this process is actually full of killing and moral decay.

"Little Sun": The northern and southern continents are really in chaos.

Emlyn: No, I have to catch up on my history class after the party. I don’t know anything about such important information?

Hobert waited for a few seconds before continuing: "Not long after, Solomon was indeed resurrected, with Tudor becoming the Blood Emperor, and Trunsoest becoming the Night Emperor.

"Coupled with the Pluto Emperor of the Southern Continent, the 'Era of Four Emperors' has arrived.

"After a period of confrontation, and after a certain amount of accumulation and deliberation, the 'War of the Four Emperors' finally broke out.

"This battle seems to have lasted for a while. At the beginning of the battle, Mr. Men, the most powerful man in the Tudor Empire, was exiled, and Zarathu, the nobleman of the Solomon Empire, was killed by Antigonus and others.

"It seems to be a sign that the first to fall is the resurrected Black Emperor Solomon, and the second to fall is the Blood Emperor Tudor!"

(End of this chapter)