Mystery: The New Dark Emperor Arrives

Chapter 644: Plan to Raid the Fusac Empire

For the next two days, Hobert stayed in the city of Angelou in the southern continent. On the one hand, he discussed with Prime Minister Condra and Minister of Personnel Donna the matter of quickly establishing effective rule in the Saint-Nosay Basin.

First, sufficient research must be conducted to determine the distribution of population, cultivated land, and mineral deposits in this plain and mountainous area, and then a systematic reception plan must be formulated.

On the other hand, Hobert discussed with the officers headed by Schier the military suppression of this basin and the issue of building a defense line.

Hobert did not intend to coexist with those local kings and generals. He wanted to establish a more effective rule rather than "rule by proxy."

He has sent people to notify all the local kings and generals in the territory, asking them to come to Angelou City to meet with Grand Duke Hobert. Then, during the audience ceremony, he announced that all their lands will be owned by the principality.

Finally, ask them who is in favor and who is against?

However, because the transportation in the southern continent is very inconvenient, some earth kings will not be able to reach Angelou for about a week, so Hobert arranged the garrison and extraordinary people here, and after building the teleportation array, he temporarily returned to Baker Rand.

Yesterday, Dophis came to report that Princess Alice invited Hobert to the palace as a guest.

Hobert knew that the other party must be talking to him about the teleportation array. The war between Loen and the Fusac Empire had been fierce at the beginning of the war on the south coast of the Sea of ​​​​Jianhai, and the first batch of Loen Kingdom's support from the western front Reinforcements will not reach the south coast of Jianhai at least tomorrow.

This was the result of the immediate deployment of troops after the war broke out. Hobert believed that the Loen military did not move so quickly. Even if it was so fast, one train could only bring a regiment to support. In a short time, Loen How many trains can be dispatched?

Following basic etiquette, Hobert first sent Dophis to the palace to report to the princess that he had returned to Backlund and asked when would be a suitable time for an audience.

The answer was: See him immediately.

Hobert smiled: bullshit "there are not enough extraordinary powers to deploy"! This is obviously a suicide mission. They plan to use the power of the "creator" to jump into this pit of fire!

All three people looked at Hobert, and Hobert thought about it for more than ten seconds before saying: "Okay, but I have two conditions."

On the wall is a huge map, using red and blue lines to outline the battle situation in the entire northern continent.

While talking about this, Emilius came in from outside, and Alice invited them to a drawing room.

Alice leaned back in her chair: "You decide the bombing range, as long as it's Saint Milon."

However, they did not talk about business right away. Instead, Georgina talked about the situation in the Southern Continent.

At this time, the Kingdom of Loen was not only at war with the Feysac Empire in the northern continent, there was also a fierce battle between the colonial armies of the two countries in the southern continent.

Alice opened her sealed item to prevent eavesdropping, and after asking everyone to take a seat, she said to Hobert: "The Fusac Empire's indiscriminate bombing of Backlund made all the people and soldiers of the Loen Kingdom feel... Angry, so we decided to plan a bombing of the Fusac Empire!"

Alice continued to say to Hobert: "But this war came too suddenly, and we don't have enough extraordinary power to dispatch, so we need you to dispatch enough extraordinary power to protect the airship for this bombing."

Hobert said: "The second condition is that Loen needs to provide some industrial technology."

But when Hobert said the second condition, Georgina and others didn't think so.

Alice said: "Don't worry, you still have some time."

Before the war, Hobert's team had already drawn up the technologies that our own forces were in urgent need of, and held several meetings to discuss them. Hobert was originally prepared to ask for these technologies from the Kingdom of Loen whenever he had the opportunity.

It is said to be a living room, but it is more like a command room. The table is covered with maps and tools for measuring maps.

Alice asked: "That aspect?"

Alice breathed a sigh of relief: "You tell me."

What Alice didn't know was that Hobert had asked Todd to send people to some heavy industrial cities on the south coast of Jianhai to recruit workers. The new job sites promised that they could take their families there and that food and accommodation would be included.

Hobert created a list with 15 major items and 22 minor items.

These are the technological accumulations of the four countries in the Northern Continent over the past hundred years. At the same time, these are areas that Hobert himself is relatively unfamiliar with. At best, he can only point out a general direction for his subordinates, which requires constant trial and error and takes a huge amount of time. Cost to master these technologies.

After they reached an agreement, the next step was for the Loen Kingdom's Industrial Department to contact Hobert's subordinates and receive technical information.

It includes machine tool manufacturing, machinery manufacturing and other fields involving confidentiality, as well as ships, trains, carriage manufacturing, etc., which involve transportation.

"Wait a moment." Hobert unscrewed the pen, took a piece of white paper from the table, and handwritten a list of technical requirements.

Hobert asked, "Where are you going to bomb?"

So Hobert put on formal clothes, rode a carriage into the palace, and met Alice and Georgina in a well-arranged garden.

For the Loen Kingdom, as long as one bomb falls on Saint Milon, even if it lands in the countryside on the outskirts of Saint Milon, it is a huge victory.

The machinery of various light and heavy industry factories on Longwei Island is basically in place, all of which are orders from the Loen Kingdom. These skilled workers can start work as soon as they arrive.

After taking a deep breath, Alice began to bargain with Hobert, and finally only agreed to technical support for 10 major items and 16 minor items.

Hobert was stunned. The purpose of the royal family looking for him was different from what he had guessed.

Hobert thought about it for a while before saying: "This is just a small airship, which is only enough to bomb the industrial area of ​​​​Saint Milon."

Because the sound of gunfire could be heard in several industrial cities every day, many people were worried about whether the Feysac Empire's army would break through the defense lines of the Loen Kingdom. Therefore, it took only two days to recruit a large number of skilled soldiers. work.

In addition, there must be some technologies that are not difficult to master, but require constant trial and error, such as alloy casting, sugar refining, chemical industries, textiles, etc.

Hobert smiled and said: "As long as the principality's arsenal is built, we will be able to contain some of the enemy forces. Now the principality's power cannot even complete the country's defense."

The symbolism of this sneak attack is of greater significance than the actual losses caused to the enemy.

Regarding this negotiation, Alice has obviously given up. In the eyes of Georgina and Amyrius, such a condition is worth the death of several demigods from the "creator" forces in the subsequent raid. Besides, It was impossible for Hobert to send a large number of demigods to the battle.

Moreover, this battle can be used to arouse the hatred between the Beyonders of the "Founder" force and the Fusac Empire. This is a very cost-effective deal for the Kingdom of Loen.

"First, we are responsible for commanding this battle!" Hobert said.

Hobert asked, "How many airships are planned for the bombing?"

Todd is currently transporting them south by train and using Backlund's teleportation array to go to Longtail Island.

Alice read the list and sighed: If all these technologies are given to the South Balam Principality, and they have enough funds for construction, it will take up to ten years... No, with Hobert's execution ability, it will not take ten years at all. In 2000, the Southern Bailang Principality had almost the same level of strength as the four countries in the Northern Continent.

"Of course!" It was Amyrius who answered him: "But we have to designate the bombing target."

It was Amilius who answered him: "24 ships!"

Aemilius replied: "Of course it is St. Milon, the capital of the Feysac Empire."

It is expected that the industrial base of Longwei Island will be fully operational in October. By then, Longwei Island will not only meet its own industrial needs, but also at least one-third of the industrial needs of the South Balam Principality.

After talking about the bombing of Saint Milon, Alice asked the servant to serve a pot of tea. Everyone drank a few cups of tea and took a rest before talking about the teleportation array.

Hobert was already prepared for this: "There are two ways of cooperation. The first is to charge per teleportation array, which is 20 pounds per unit.

"One is to sell you blueprints and a way to pray for power. It contains 8 teleportation arrays and is a 1+2+5 cooperation mode.

"That is, when our people set up the first teleportation array, you can watch from the sidelines, and our people teach your people how to set up the two teleportation arrays.

"The remaining five teleportation arrays are arranged by themselves, and our people only provide certain supervision and guidance.

"For such a cooperation, if you want exclusive cooperation rights, the price is 460 million pounds! If you don't require exclusive rights, the price is 360 million pounds.

"If you don't have a suitable target for praying for power in the later stage, you can pray to the 'creator' for power. We will discuss how to settle each prayer specifically at that time."

Alice and the other three people feel that the second method of cooperation is very novel, and they are more inclined to the second method, but that is the second stage of cooperation.

Amyrius said: "We hope to start the first method of cooperation and build 6 teleportation arrays between the west and the south coast of Jianhai."

Hobert nodded: "Although we have not yet met the demand for the teleportation array, we can help you build it first, next week..."

Emilius took a deep breath and interrupted Hobert: "Can it be built in two days?"

The Loen military has no time to learn the technology of the teleportation array now. They really need a way to complete the support to the south coast of Jianhai as soon as possible.

At this time, the war on the southern coast of the Sea was unprecedentedly fierce. At the same time, the Fusac Empire's attack from the gap between the Minsk Mountains and the Amanda Mountains in the east was also very fierce.

They must have been conducting reconnaissance for a long time, and they occupied a large number of positions as soon as they came up, causing a large number of casualties to the Loen Army.

The soldiers on the Western Front must quickly complete their eastward transfer, and Backlund's supplies must be transported to the front line quickly.

So Amyrius didn't care about negotiation skills and directly put forward the most urgent needs.

Hobert pretended to be stunned for a moment, and then pretended to think for a while before saying: "I will arrange it for you personally, and you will definitely use it within two days."

In fact, currently only Hobert and Fors have mastered the drawings of the teleportation arrays. Hobert must have arranged these teleportation arrays, but when he said this, everyone felt comfortable listening to it.

Moreover, he expected that when the Loen military came up, they would not have time to study the drawings of the teleportation array. The two modes of cooperation he mentioned were actually successive modes of cooperation.

In other words, he has to earn both amounts of money.

Alice and others didn't know the inside story. When they heard that Hobert was going to the teleportation array in person, they thought that they really didn't have enough manpower. Hobert was really a good friend, so they chose him as a Sequence 3-level Beyonder, the dignified "creator" "As the leader of an extraordinary force, I have to do this kind of work.

So when Amyrius paid the huge sum of 120 million pounds on behalf of the Ministry of Defense, there was almost no hesitation.

As for the total cost of these six teleportation arrays, it is only more than 6 pounds. Because Hobert recently asked Dophes to buy eight gem mines in the southern continent, the cost of making teleportation arrays has dropped significantly.

What Hobert didn't expect was that diamond mines are not even as expensive as silver mines, because the raw gemstones in the southern continent cannot be sold at a high price. They have to be cut and inlaid in the northern continent, and then they become expensive after being hyped by merchants. Very valuable.

But most of the money is made by companies that process and sell it. In the southern continent, a rough stone worth a few hundred pounds can be bought for tens of thousands of pounds after being cut and inlaid in the northern continent!

Those small diamonds and gemstones worth thousands or hundreds of pounds in Backlund, their rough stones are sold by car. Operating diamond mines is often very risky. Because of the hype of merchants, in people's minds, it is almost as valuable as gold, so many adventurers will try to rob diamond mines.

But the problem is that diamond mines are not as profitable as gold mines, and rough diamonds are often unsaleable. However, maintaining the security of the mine is a huge expense for investors.

So Hobert spent just over 200,000 pounds to buy eight mines, and hired a dedicated cutting team in Backlund to immediately achieve gem freedom.

After talking about the teleportation array, today's meeting came to an end. Hobert returned to the Earl's Mansion and immediately used "travel" to go to Byam's Tony Manor.

Patriarch Osmond immediately came out to greet him. After arriving in the living room, Hobert went straight to the topic without even drinking tea: "Let the family members who plan to be promoted to 'War Bishop' be prepared. Currently, I have an excellent one here. Promotion opportunities."

Osmond's eyes lit up: "Yes, I will ask His Highness Raymond to select the members to be promoted later."

Then he asked: "Do we still have to make any preparations?"

"Two more demigods and eight sequence 2s will be dispatched to assist in this battle. I will come to pick them up tomorrow morning." Hobert paused and said seriously: "There may be some casualties."

"I understand." Osmond said: "With this promotion path, it is inevitable that some casualties will occur."

Hobert nodded, stood up and said, "Send hello to His Highness Raymond for me. The war has begun, and I still have some things to be busy with. Let's talk again when we have the chance."

Osmond hurriedly said: "Mr. 'God's Favorite', I have a small matter that I hope you can help me with."

"Please say."

"Can we expand the Tony family's team? Let more Beyonders serve the 'Creator'?" Osmond said sincerely.

After the Tony family's Extraordinary team entered service, Osmond and other senior family officials learned that the Balk family had been completely absorbed by the "Creator" and that a total of more than a hundred Extraordinaries in their family were currently serving the "Creator" .

The Tudor family also has a total of more than 60 Beyonders serving the "founder", and it is said that Angus, who followed Hobert in the early days, has been promoted to demigod with the help of Hobert.

The Tony family suddenly felt that their power was very marginalized among the "creator" forces, and that they were on the same level as the "temperance faction" who were not very involved. How could this work?

That's why Osmond made such a request.

Hobert smiled helplessly: "Okay, when this raid is over, add ten spots to your team and let Pixar choose the people."

Pix is ​​the leader of the Tony family's extraordinary troops.

For Hobert, there are currently more than 260 Extraordinaries under his command, not counting the "assassins" of the Witch Research Society and the "apprentices" of the Traveler Research Society.

These extraordinary people are enough for him to cope with the current situation. His plan is to wait until the South Balam Principality is ready to begin large-scale expansion, and then find an opportunity to completely incorporate the Tudor family and the Tony family.

Hobert left quickly as Osmond thanked him.

The other thing Hobert mentioned was that Intelligence Officer Hugh had made an appointment to submit an investigation report on the third batch of members of the Aurora Society today.

In the study room of the Earl's Mansion, Hobert got the materials compiled by Hugh.

Because many members have been assassinated, the four members of the third batch have changed their residences.

Fortunately, the intelligence network established by Xio had begun to take shape, and they found their new residence.

According to the surveillance by Xio's subordinates, two members of the Aurora Society were also identified in addition to the information given by Hobert.

Hobert smiled and said, "I didn't expect that these lunatics would be able to keep their composure this time."

Hugh reported: "I actually felt that someone was following me when I was investigating, but I kept pretending not to know."

Hobert nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "Assassinate these targets tonight."

He looked at Xiu and said, "This time we are going to take a risk. When we assassinate the first target, you go alone.

"I'll give you a talisman. As long as you inject spirituality into the talisman, I will be able to sense it and rush over to support you within three seconds."

Since the other party has not removed the members of the Aurora Society that Xio was investigating, it means that the top leaders of the Aurora Society still want to observe Xio again, and wonder if there is a demigod ambush behind Xio?

So when Xio carried out the assassination operation for the third time, they found that Xio was the only one who was likely to take action decisively.

If they didn't want to conflict with Xio, they would simply transfer those members instead of continuing to monitor them.

Xio took the charm handed over by Hobert: "Okay."

Of course she knew she was going to be a bait this time, but with the help of the "1-107" Law Mage Gloves, she was confident that she could survive the demigod's attack for three seconds.

Hobert gave her another sealed object: "This sealed object has the ability to 'travel' and 'flash'. If I can't take care of you after the battle starts, quickly find a way to leave the battlefield."

He warned seriously: "Don't try to do anything to help!"

Xiu Ye said seriously: "I know."

Of course she knew that even if she had a Level 1 Sealed Artifact, a battle at the demigod level would not be something she could participate in as a Sequence 6 person.

Hobert added: "Because tonight's operation is very risky, you can get a reward regardless of whether it succeeds or not.

"Either the potion formula of the 'Punishing Knight', or this sealed object with the 'travel' ability, well, but you can only get half of the right to use this sealed object, and the other half of the right to use requires additional merit. Change."

Xio said immediately without thinking, "I hope to get the magic potion formula."

If she had not joined the "creator" force, she would definitely choose the latter.

But it was different now. She found that acting in the extraordinary court made the "judge" digest the potion very quickly.

Judging from the current rate, the magic potion will definitely be completely digested around the New Year.

Hobert nodded: "Okay."

After discussing the details of the plan, Hobert left Hugh to have dinner, and the two of them started preparing separately.

On Hobert's side, he directly transferred the newly promoted Angus to Backlund to let him experience the demigod battle.

At the same time, Hobert asked Dophis to join the battle, and the battle must be ended as soon as possible.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the three demigods were playing "Battle of Evil" in Hobert's study while waiting for Hugh's signal.

Angus was somewhat excited about this operation. He had met Dophis before and knew that the butler was a demigod who was still helping Hobert handle some affairs and was someone whom Hobert trusted very much.

The "God's Favorite" allowed him to participate in this battle, which also showed his trust in him.

This gave Angus a sense of déjà vu, as if he had become a high-ranking member of the "Creator" extraordinary force.

In fact, even if he didn't gain Hobert's full trust, with his demigod level, he was already at the top.

……

In the East District of Backlund, Xio got off the carriage early and ran towards the target's residence just like the two previous assassinations.

Just when she was about to launch an attack, she felt something spiritual and suddenly glanced at the shadows on the street, but there was nothing there.

Xio took a deep breath, adjusted his posture, and quickly launched a surprise attack. The battle ended in just ten seconds. He carried the body back to the carriage and arrived at the second target's residence.

This time she still felt like there was a pair of eyes looking at her in the darkness.

In fact, she also knew in her heart that someone must be watching her, so she adjusted her mentality again and carried out the assassination operation.

Just like last time, she stormed into her target's room and dispatched him with one blow.

But soon Xio felt that something was wrong. The spirituality of this path was very high. In every previous assassination mission, the other party had noticed it, but this time the target showed no reaction at all.

At this moment, Xio saw the target on the bed turn into a black shadow and rush towards Xio.

Xio was startled and quickly jumped out of the window. While jumping out, she injected her spirituality into the charm given to her by Hobert.

As soon as she felt the heat of the spell, Xio suddenly felt that her body became stiff and her thinking became unclear. When she came back to her senses, she found that the streets around her had become like lifelike toys, and at the same time, four people appeared around her. Build tall walls.

thump~

There was a muffled sound above her head, and the top was also covered by walls, and the section of street in front of her was surrounded by these walls.

Xio found that every movement he made became slower and slower, gradually moving like clockwork.

After her mind was running for more than half a minute, a worrying thought appeared: "Oops...I'm...trapped...I don't know...Halbert...has...received...I... ...signal.”

Xio was indeed trapped, and he was trapped by a level 0 sealed object.

When Hobert and the other three arrived, they happened to see a man with brown hair wearing a mysterious black robe, closing a silver-black jewelry box.

Hobert immediately recalled that this was the "box of old."

Then there is not much danger if you rest within 24 hours.

The man wearing a black robe and holding a jewelry box is none other than Saint Botis of the Aurora Society.

Without Hobert's order, the three men immediately attacked Botis.

(End of this chapter)