Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 488 Hobert’s Tactics
Before Hobert announced his tactics, the biggest headache for Bishop Simpson was where the enemy's ambush was.

Only by knowing where the enemy's ambush is can we formulate an effective plan and make the most correct choice.

However, Hobert's tactics directly skipped the most troublesome part for his own side and instead gave the enemy a headache.

In addition, before setting off, Hobert also told Bishop Simpson that if burning trees doesn't work, then go to the small town to smash the devil's statue and destroy the devil's symbols.

In short, just ignore the enemy's small sneak attacks. Even if you still can't lure the "devils" out, you can burn the trees, smash the stone statues, and come back by boat.

Originally, Simpson was a little unconvinced that he had to obey Hobert's command, and he was also disgusted with being in the first wave, because there was a high possibility that he would become a bait.

But after hearing Hobert's plan, Bishop Simpson realized that extraordinary battles could still be fought like this!

They have become accustomed to thinking about problems with the thinking of official extraordinary people, and the thinking of official extraordinary people is simple and crude, which is to concentrate their strength, surround and annihilate.

Moreover, Hobert also placed his wife in the first echelon, which showed that he would never give up on the people in the first echelon, so Bishop Simpson agreed to be the commander of the first echelon.

Simpson looked at the "devil" rushing towards him, and the first step of his plan had been achieved.

It's just that those "devils" stopped midway because they realized that they were not strong enough to defeat Bishop Simpson and others and put out the growing fire, so they finally chose to wait for reinforcements from a distance.

The tree in front of them is indeed very important to them, but no matter how important it is, their reason will not let them fight for a tree.

This is the "criminal", for whom calmness and sanity are guaranteed no matter what problems they face.

On Simpson's side, some members were a little impatient. Angus also said: "Bishop, should we eliminate this group of enemies before the main force of the enemy arrives?"

"No!" Simpson raised his voice and said: "This battle is different from the extraordinary battles you have encountered before. Have you forgotten what Hobert said before setting off? This is a team battle, and what matters is discipline and tactics!

"Now our tactics have achieved initial results. Whoever attacks first at this time will lose the advantage."

The members were calmed down again and seriously confronted the dozen demons.

Bishop Simpson lamented: How come Hobert’s stupid words are so convincing?I was quoting him without realizing it!
Then he comforted himself: Maybe this is the function of Hobert's Extraordinary characteristics. When he was a Sequence 9 "lawyer", Extraordinaries of this path could speak eloquently.After several sequences of accumulation, some of Hobert's unintentional words may become extremely convincing.I have to be careful when dealing with Hobert in the future and carefully examine whether it is my true thoughts or whether I was "persuaded" by Hobert.

At this time, many enemies were coming from around, which made Simpson sneer in his heart: Fortunately, he didn't listen to that idiot Angus just now, otherwise he would have been held back by the opponent's small group of enemies, and then gradually lost his advantage.

The Extraordinaries of Jeffrey's Territory include multiple pathways. Some Extraordinaries of the "Gate" pathway are not suitable for being at the front at all, but their falling spells, electric shock spells, etc. are much easier to use than curses. , very suitable for making dirty moves from behind.

If they are entangled bit by bit by the enemy's small forces, there is no way to build protection for the "Gate" path Extraordinary, and they will definitely be eliminated by the enemy first.

As more and more enemies gathered, everyone felt psychological pressure again, because the number of enemies had obviously exceeded our own, reaching about 50 people.

When Yaerlin appeared with a smirk on his face, three "apostles of desire", the dull Sandy and the handsome Weiz, were already gathered outside the town.

"The Archbishop asked us to kill these people who destroyed the sacred tree!" Yaerlin sneered and conveyed the new order while letting himself "demonize". Of course they knew that Hobert had not appeared yet, and they all felt the threat from the enemy. , this proves that Hobert still has a backup plan, but they also did not use their full strength.

Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 laughed "hehe" and turned into "demonized" states one after another.

Following Yaerlin's roar, the demons took up their charging stance and rushed towards the phalanx that Bishop Simpson had simply arranged.

Yaerlin and three other Sequence 5s rushed to the front. They planned to completely overwhelm the enemy's formation, and then the three "Apostles of Desire" teamed up to capture Simpson.

Yes, they only plan to capture Simpson, and try their best to make the enemies wearing the robes of the Church of the Mother Earth lose their combat effectiveness.

It doesn't matter if a few members of the "Druid" team die. If Simpson and others die here, there will definitely be a counterattack from the Church of the Mother Earth.

These demons are used to living a life of arrogance here. If they hide in the dark again, they are really not used to it. So their plan is to leave enough room for relaxation between them and the Church of the Earth Mother. As for All Extraordinaries from other paths will be killed!

But Hobert's wife had to stay and humiliate Hobert.

Simpson came to the outermost edge of the team with a knife. He raised his head and roared. His body suddenly grew larger, bursting through his clothes, and turned into a giant bear over two meters tall, covered with brown fur.

His hands were different from bear paws, almost like human hands, and he could still hold the knife in his hand.

The two sides defended and attacked, and the distance quickly closed, finally reaching the range of long-range skills. Simpson stamped his feet, and the weeds on the roadside grew at an extremely fast speed, turning into dark green vines with spikes. .

These vines are like tentacles, wrapping around enemies that are charging towards them.

The "demonized" people who rushed in front summoned fireballs to burn the vines.

A group of vines were immediately burned by blue flames, but there were still a group of vines that entangled several demons and some other sequences of Beyonders.

The spikes on these vines are highly poisonous, and the entangled "devils" are only restricted in their movements, because in the "demonized" state they can create poisonous mist, and they also have a certain resistance to toxins.

The entangled "cold-blooded ones" and other extraordinary beings of lower order suddenly suffered from poisoning reactions such as fatigue and vomiting.

As the distance between the two sides gets closer, extraordinary skills begin to fly, including the "Devil's" curse and brimstone fireball, the "Interrogator's" "Spiritual Whip", the "Judge"'s "Exile", the "Biologist's" poison attack, " The "Happy Witch"'s frost attack, the astrologer's "falling spell", etc. are all dazzling.

When the "demons" approached and the two sides began to fight hand-to-hand, the battlefield fell into complete chaos.

Arlin was holding a "magma sword" like a sword and slashed at Simpson. The "cultivator" path also has excellent strength. Simpson, who is also in a transformed state, is no worse than Arlin in terms of strength. .

Others also found their opponents to fight. None of them had much experience in team fights, and Simpson had no experience in directing team fights, so in the end they had to fight one-on-one.

The first person to notice something was wrong was the dull Sandy. He realized that the opponent's Sequence 6 seemed too powerful.

Sandy's opponent was none other than Angus. Angus had used "Exile" to banish a "demon" that rushed forward into the thorny vines.

Logically speaking, he is an Extraordinary of the "Arbiter" path, but when Sandy used his "fallen" ability to sneak attack Angus, Angus turned into a shadow and avoided Sandy's attack. .

At the same time, Angus opened his mouth and let out a scream, which affected the unprepared Sandy spirit body to a certain extent.

Then Angus: "Psychic puncture!"

The Sequence 6 level "Psychic Puncture" made Sandy's face suddenly full of pain, as if someone was beating his brain.

After Angus succeeded in one blow, he immediately launched a series of offensives: "Death!"

He struck a punch that Sandy couldn't dodge, sending Sandy flying and fracturing his skull.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Angus immediately said: "Demonization is prohibited here!"

The "Prohibition" at Sequence 6 level can only be used once, and the effect cannot be accumulated. Moreover, the "Prohibition" for demigods and below, after banning a certain ability or creating some kind of order that is beneficial to oneself, does not mean that this ability cannot be used. , or this order cannot be destroyed.

Just like Angus prohibits "demonization", enemies who are being "demonized" will feel a certain burden and will be weakened to a certain extent, while Angus's power will become stronger.Because the other party violated Angus's "law".

At the "Prohibition" level of Sequence 5, the degree of weakening and enhancement will increase, and for enemies who violate the "Laws", the "Punishing Knight" strike can hurt the enemy more effectively. Faced with such an attack, the enemy can hide If you can't avoid it or avoid it, you can only resist forcefully. This is the so-called "punishment" process.

Therefore, Hobert, who has become the "Chaos Mentor", now doesn't care much about the "Judge"'s "ban", but he still has to take the "Retribution Knight"'s "ban" seriously.

This is Angus in battle, with all aspects of his strength increasing.

A skull fracture is not fatal to a "Desire Apostle". Sandy got up from the ground and summoned the "Magma Sword" again.

At the same time, another "judge" from the first team replaced Angus to launch further attacks: "Imprisonment!"

One of the most difficult things about Extraordinaries of the "Arbitrator" path and the "Lawyer" path is that many of their abilities are unavoidable.

As the "Apostle of Desire", Sandy still could not escape the "imprisonment" of the "judge", but before being "imprisoned", Sandy composed a word with a very evil tone: "Death!"

This is the ability of his "speech of dirt". While he was "imprisoned", "Judge" felt as if his heart was tightly grasped by an invisible hand, and his chest burned with a blue flame. .

The "judge" looked in pain and clutched his heart, falling to the ground. Fortunately, when the "judge" was dying, he remembered the sealed object on his body.

When he injected spirituality into the sealed object, the blue flame was soon covered with white frost, and the "Judge"'s heart resumed beating with difficulty.

This is the ability of the "living corpse" to control ice and make its body stronger and as hard as steel.

The frost extinguished the blue flame, and the strong body restored vitality to the heart.

In addition, the "judge" at this time is already a "living corpse" and is already hovering on the edge of death, so Sandy's "dirty words" are resolved.

Whether it is the sealed object on this "judge" or the sealed object on Angus, they can restrain the ability of the "Apostle of Desire", because Sandy did not feel much emotional fluctuations from the enemy at all, which would make The "Apostle of Desire"'s ability to control desires is extremely limited.

In essence, "resentful souls" and "living zombies" do not have much emotional fluctuations, but because they are sealed objects seized from the "Rose School", they both have negative effects such as amplification of desires. However, after After the "State of Disorder" is sealed, these negative effects will only appear after a period of use. At that time, it is necessary to quickly replace or put away the sealed object.

Sandy had already escaped from the "imprisonment" state. At this time, Angus had already stepped forward and continued to fight Sandy.Sandy did not expect that in such a crucial battle, he would be suppressed by two Sequence 6s.

As the Sequence 6 "Judge" rejoined the battle, Angus's eyes suddenly turned completely white. With him as the center, the surrounding ground suddenly turned black, and branches with fangs and eyes grew out of it. vine.

These vines are so greedy that they suck the spiritual energy of surrounding enemies, and they are like shadows, making it difficult for Sandy's fireballs to damage them.

"Slow!" Sandy used the "dirt language" again, making the vines wrapping around him slow down.

Not far away, a Sequence 7 "serial killer" was unfortunately entangled in vines, and those teeth immediately bit into his spiritual body. In the "serial killer"'s painful cry, his spirituality was being rapidly drained.

If no one saves him, his spirit body will be absorbed directly and turned into a corpse.

This is just a corner of the battlefield, and what Sandy encountered is not a special case.

Another "Desire Apostle" Weitz was also entangled by a Sequence 6 and a Sequence 7 in the "Druid" team.

The knife in Bishop Simpson's hand is a magical item from the "Hunter" path, with excellent defense-breaking ability. Ya'erlin has been injured.

This made their previous three-on-one tactics completely ineffective.

The battle at the Sequence 6 level was similar to the situation encountered by the three "Apostles of Desire". They were entangled or besieged by "mid-sequence" extraordinary people holding sealed objects.

As the first wave of the "Devil's" offensive, Yaerlin was also very surprised. Where did the enemy come from so many sealed objects?
This is the rich side of Hobert. In the previous battle in the Southern Continent, he directly obtained 13 level 2 sealed objects, and three mercenary teams also "delivered" 4 level 2 sealed objects to him.

But in order to gain popularity, Hobert auctioned one of them.

When he helped Rafter recover the extraordinary characteristics of the Pound family, he obtained 4 level 2 sealed objects.

A few days ago, Hobert also inherited a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, and Christine gave him three Level 2 Sealed Artifacts.

These sealed objects are ones that he doesn't often use, or doesn't often carry with him.

There are also some sealed objects that he doesn't use much now, such as the "teleportation stone statue". Hobert gave the stone statue and the pistol to Forsi.

All told, Hobert already had more than 20 Level 2 Sealed Artifacts at this time, so he generously assigned each "Mid-Sequence" Extraordinary in the Special Operations Department a Level 2 Sealed Artifact.He also generously lent three pieces to Simpson.

The more than a dozen pieces of Level 2 Sealed Artifact equipment have greatly improved the combat effectiveness of the official Beyonders.

Without these sealed artifacts, Yaerlin's side had three Sequence 5s and several Sequence 6s, enough to control the overall situation, but now they were trapped in a bitter battle.

In addition, the Extraordinaries of the "Abyss" path did not undergo their first qualitative change until Sequence 6 "Demon". Although the previous "criminals", "cold-blooded" and "serial killers" also had good fighting abilities, they lacked Sufficient extraordinary attack power.

Therefore, the battle at the "low-sequence" level did not improve, and Yaerlin felt that his own advantage had been completely lost.

At this time, a shrill scream caught Yaerlin's attention. At some point, a "devil" broke through the rough defense line arranged by Bishop Simpson and entered the rear of the opponent's square formation.

But he was immediately besieged and shot at close range by Fors, causing his condition to go very wrong. Helen's ice gun also penetrated the "demon"'s chest, causing his chest to be covered in frost.

It stands to reason that these attacks are not too serious injuries for a "demonized" demon, but his movements became very slow, and he was unable to avoid the cold weapon attacks of the surrounding extraordinary people.

The scream just now was when the "devil" realized that his life was coming to an end, and it was also a warning to his companions.

Yaerlin also noticed that there were seven or eight corpses lying on the ground over there. Most of these corpses were "serial killers".

What was even more surprising was that Yaerlin saw two subordinates helping the enemy attack the slow-moving "devil".

Of course, this "demon" was moved to the rear by Forsi using the "Teleporting Stone Statue". She had tried to cooperate with Helen and others before, killing several "serial killers" and rescuing dangerous situations many times. Surrounded companions.

After everyone was prepared, Forsi simply "moved" a "demon" over. Under the control of Archibald's spiritual thread, and under the siege of the surrounding people, this "demon" was quickly killed.

As for the two subordinates who were "helping" the enemy, they were two "serial killers" who were turned into puppets by Archibald.

Archibald was not very satisfied with these two puppets, because they only had some killing skills and the ability to hide their whereabouts, as well as the ability to make themselves cold-blooded and hide all emotions and auras for a certain period of time.

You have to go through some rituals to find some extraordinary abilities from the "high-level demons". They themselves only have the extraordinary ability of "poison fire" and seriously lack extraordinary attack capabilities.

As for the ability to interfere with divination, Archibald certainly doesn't need it.

After the first "demon" was killed, the second one soon appeared. This top-quality sealed artifact in Forsi's hand successfully changed the situation of the battle.

In fact, if Archibald uses his full strength, it will become the key to changing the situation of the battle.

But it lacked enough motivation and had no intention of participating in this battle too much.

Hobert also knew this, so he only assigned it the task of protecting Forsi.

The reason is simple. Hobert understands the concept of "stakes at stake" too well. Simpson and others have their own purposes in this battle, so they will fight with all their strength.

And Hobert has already divided up all the benefits of this battle, and has no way to give the Demonic Wolf of Mist anything more. If he only gives it cold orders to fight, it will only result in its lack of effort.

This attitude can lead to bad things at critical times.

So Hobert simply didn't count on the Demonic Wolf of Mist.

Until Forsi "moved" the third "demon" from the melee area to the rear and besieged and killed it, the "demon" side finally couldn't hold on due to the lack of advanced combat power and began to show signs of escaping!

At this time, the space behind them became illusory, and Hobert, holding a black knife, stepped out of the spiritual world.

Hobert said with an indifferent smile: "Weaken!"

Several fleeing enemies were immediately "weakened", and Hobert rushed up, almost killing melons and vegetables.

The appearance of Hobert caused the psychological defense of Yaerlin and others to completely collapse. Even a "Desire Apostle" was no match for Hobert, and now Yaerlin and others are entangled, and they can't get enough of it. Don't take action against Hobert.

This made Hobert run like a tiger into a flock of sheep, killing the enemy's "low-sequence" Extraordinaries.

The fleeing enemies returned to the battlefield. Their extraordinary abilities allowed them to remain calm, but calmness and reason could not overcome the gap caused by strength.

Hobert noticed that Angus and his companions were going to pursue Sandy where the battle was fiercest. Hobert quickly shouted: "Stay in formation! The enemy has not yet used all their strength!"

For the Extraordinaries of the first and second teams, Hobert's order was very effective. Angus and others immediately gave up the idea of ​​pursuing them and prepared to kill the "demon" who was trapped in a hard fight on the side.

As Hobert said, the enemy has not yet used their full strength!
Sandy withdrew from the battle group at Yaerlin's signal, because Yaerlin had been reminded by Archbishop Bowen that reinforcements were about to arrive.

Bowen had no plans to take action for the time being, because he sensed the threat from the enemy demigod, and he was ready to wait for the other party to take action first. He had already prepared a surprise for the enemy demigod.

Sandy's retreat was just to guide some enemies away from their crude formation, so that when reinforcements arrived, they could first eliminate these pursuing enemies.

After a while, more than 30 reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, led by two "apostles of desire", the voluptuous female demon Gloria and the indifferent Wordsworth.

Not only Simpson, but also the Devil experienced this kind of large-scale group battle for the first time.

Hobert has watched this kind of battle several times, two of which were group battles of 200 and [-] people initiated by the Balk family, and one was a sneak attack by Loen mercenaries on the Extraordinaries of the Feysac Empire in the Southern Continent. .

At that time, Hobert took the opportunity to summarize a lot of experience in group battles among Extraordinaries. "Maintaining formation" was the most useful and the most critical point among them.

As enemy reinforcements joined in, Hobert took out "1-102", which looked like a puppet's sealed artifact.

da da da~
Before Gloria and the others could rush closer, the head of the puppet in Hobert's hand began to shake rapidly, and then it raised its first hand.

A puddle in a field not far away had lost all color and reflection, turning into an opaque gray.

Behind the gray was another world, which was the most unknown and frightening side of the "mirror world". Suddenly, a hazy skull appeared in the gray.

Wordsworth, who was closer to the puddle, suddenly fell to the ground as if he had no bones.

Before the reinforcements reached the battlefield, they had already lost a Sequence 5 fighter.

(End of this chapter)