Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Hobert finally understood why Jessica was so confident before. Whether facing MI9 or the "Trial Team", she was not afraid of exposing her residence.

It turns out that the owner of the residence is willing and able to provide them with a certain degree of security. Hobert is not sure what Alice's status is in the royal family, but her status as a princess is there. In many cases, what she represents is The majesty of the royal family is enough to prevent people from MI9 from offending.

Jessica whispered: "You should look like someone else. Although Princess Alice promised not to care about our private affairs, there are other servants here, and it is not good for them to see her."

After all, Hobert killed a prince not long ago, and that was Alice's brother.

Hobert returned to his original appearance when he was riding in the carriage, and then followed Jessica into the yard.

As he walked inside, Hobert asked: "How is the digestion of the 'Barbarian''s potion going?"

"Digestion? Well, this word is quite appropriate." Jessica smiled: "During the legislative process of the Labor Law, I felt that the potion was well digested and the condition has been very good."

Hobert nodded. What Jessica did was equivalent to challenging Backlund's existing order, so the potion was digested to a certain extent: "After I feel that I have completely mastered the 'Barbarian' potion, Write to me, I have the recipe and main ingredients for the 'briber' potion."

Jessica agreed with a smile, opened the small door of the large warehouse in front of her, and asked Hobert to go in.

This large warehouse is divided into two parts. Once you enter the door, you can see the entire warehouse. It is much larger than Kelly's previous studio, but it is still fully decorated by her.

On one side of the warehouse entrance, there is a small room that seems to be designed to record the entry and exit of warehouse property, but it is now packed out by Jessica to receive customers.

Kelly was already waiting inside, cleaning a light red sword. Hobert noticed that there were many mysterious symbols engraved on the sword.

After learning that the strange-looking man in front of her was Hobert, Kelly smiled and said: "I can only say that we are very lucky to have built two extraordinary weapons in one go."

She raised the sword in her hand: "As long as you inject weak spirituality into it, it will become hotter and hotter. Until it becomes red, the sword body will ignite flames, and every blow will shed some sparks, It has the effect of interfering with the opponent's vision, and at the same time it can increase one's own power. In addition, there is about a 5% probability that it can help the holder find the enemy's weaknesses."

Hobert took the sword and played with it. The sword's ability was already quite good: "How long will the effect last?"

"The effects of extraordinary materials are not lost as quickly as spiritual materials." Kelly said: "But they have to be brought to me or other craftsmen for repairs every one and a half years. If repaired on time, it will take more than a dozen Year is no problem.”

As she spoke, she opened another wooden box on the table. Inside was a crimson warhammer with many occult symbols engraved on it.

Kelly continued: "The extraordinary materials you gave me are one of the main materials of the 'Provocateur'. I try to use related spiritual materials to make these weapons have corresponding pathways, not just for the 'Provocateur' 'Ability.

"With a war hammer like this, there is a certain probability that it will hit the opponent in flames. The darker the place, the higher the probability of hitting the flames. I tried it at night, and the probability can reach up to 10%.

"It also has the ability to issue a provocation with a certain probability, causing surrounding enemies to change their attack targets and attack the holder together. As long as the holder's defense capability is strong enough, this is a pretty good option in group combat. Ability, but if the holder is an extraordinary person who prefers intelligence, this skill is tantamount to suicide."

Hobert nodded: It is very suitable for use in the "Land Abandoned by God".

The first is that it is dark enough there, and the second is that the defense capabilities of Extraordinaries there are generally very high.

Hobert asked, "How much are the materials and labor costs?"

"The materials were not used much." Jessica on the side said: "But it took a lot of Kelly's time. You can pay another 200 pounds for the work."

Hobert nodded and took out the 200 pounds that were still warm: "I brought you three more of the same main ingredients this time."

Kelly was slightly taken aback: "I must remind you again, you didn't lose money for the two extraordinary weapons this time, but it doesn't mean we will have such good luck next time."

Theoretically speaking, there is no problem at all selling these two weapons for 2,000 pounds.

However, the cost is very high. "Provocateur" is a relatively "popular" extraordinary path. Four main materials of this level are worth between 1,200 and 1,500 pounds.

Adding in the labor fee of 200 pounds, according to Kelly and Jessica, the cost is 1,600 to 1,700 pounds.

But the two weapons could only be sold for 2,000 pounds in the end, which was too little profit for them.

Hobert smiled and said: "I have relevant channels and can obtain extraordinary materials at relatively favorable prices. Just go ahead and do it. Even if you don't succeed once, I will still pay you the labor fee."

Kelly smiled: "Okay, but with three identical main materials, I am sure that I can make at least one extraordinary weapon.

"Let me take a look. This seems to be the main material of 'Animal Tamer'. I have to check the information to see if it is specific.

"Haha, I'm really looking forward to what extraordinary weapons I can create."

Hobert suddenly thought of a new question: "If it fails, these main materials will be useless?"

This is a bit unreasonable. After all, it is an extraordinary material, and its extraordinary characteristics should not disappear.

"Those materials will be combined with the weapon, but they will not give the weapon any abilities." Kelly spread her hands: "Such extraordinary materials are equivalent to being scrapped. They cannot be used to prepare potions, nor can they be used in other weapons. is in the process of being produced.”

Hobert seemed to understand something: "If I guessed correctly, an extraordinary weapon can be used for more than ten years. It does not mean that its extraordinary effect is gone, but that the metal material of the weapon can only support it for more than ten years?"

Kelly nodded: "That's the truth."

"If you encounter such weapons, you can help me buy them at a low price. In my eyes, they still have residual value." Hobert said: "Also, I will also recycle weapons that have failed to be made. This is our deal. a part of."

Kelly wondered: "What do you want these things for?"

Of course, it is to be crushed by the "State of Disorder", and the extraordinary properties of extraordinary materials can be obtained and recycled.

Hobert smiled: "Of course I have my uses."

Kelly nodded and did not continue to ask questions.

After talking about the business, Jessica poured three glasses of wine, and the three of them sat on the sofa and chatted.

While chatting, Kelly talked about Hobert's messenger, saying that the messenger must be of high status.

Jessica also lamented: “And it can emit huge mental pressure. Today when she was waiting for a reply, I felt huge pressure.

"This forced me to write faster. I finished the reply in two or three minutes."

Hobert smiled and said: "According to my observation, her status is indeed not low..."

Wait, you finished writing it in two or three minutes. Why did it take you more than ten minutes to reply to me?

Okay, okay, his status is not low, he just likes to cheat the summoner's donuts.

Hobert took a sip of wine to hide his discomfort. He suddenly thought: "Is this wine aged?"

Jessica smiled and said: "Princess Alice also gave us the wine cellar here and told us that we can drink as much as we want. I took a look before and there was a lot of aged wine."

Hobert asked: "Do you have three-year-old white wine?"

"have."

"Then please get me a bottle. I just need it."

Originally, Hobert planned to go to a winery to buy a bottle later, which would save him an extra trip.

"No problem." Jessica quickly brought the wine.

Hobert was about to give money, but he thought it would be too outrageous to give money, so he changed the action of giving money to thanking him.

After chatting for more than 20 minutes, around nine o'clock, Hobert took the two wooden boxes on his back, took the wine and left.

He still did not use "Travel" in Queens. This is a gathering place for nobles. The royal family, military and church have relatively tight protection here. It is safer to leave here honestly and use "Travel" again.

Returning to his fief, Hobert first put the white wine on the desk, then opened two wooden boxes and named the two weapons "Red Sword" and "Provocation Hammer" respectively.

After playing with it for a while, Hobert closed the wooden box and asked Schier outside the door to quietly deliver the "Red Sword" to Grove.

After sacrificing the "Warhammer of Provocation" to the "Land of Disorder", Hobert returned to his room and meditated to make himself fall asleep as soon as possible. He wanted to stay in excellent condition to cope with tomorrow's promotion.

…

Before dawn, the villagers and residents of the town met to go to the lord's mansion. Under the rule of the previous group of gangsters, they had to pay taxes once a month.

If the gangster leaders were not killed by the lord, it would be time for them to pay taxes again.

So everyone has been a little uneasy recently. The lord's mansion has not sent anyone to urge them to pay taxes. They don't know how the new lord plans to collect taxes?

When everyone learned that the lord was going to announce how to tax, it immediately aroused widespread attention. Almost the whole family came out to hear how to pay taxes next year, otherwise they would definitely not have a good time this New Year.

Hobert also got up early today, Philip came to report early, and almost all residents in the entire territory came.

There were already people standing in front of the Lord's Mansion, and even the roads up and down the mountain were crowded with people.

But it wasn't noisy outside, and I couldn't even hear loud voices.

Obviously, the people respected Hobert's authority more than when doing household registration statistics, and they felt that there was no noise in front of the lord's mansion.

Hobert had a simple breakfast, then returned to his study room and placed all the extraordinary materials on the desk.

He had already prepared measuring cylinders, scales, beakers and other tools. After all the materials were ready, he began to prepare the potion.

First, there is 80 ml of three-year white wine. This is just normal wine, there is nothing much to say.

Then the sap of the crown tree is added, and the golden sap quickly blends with the wine and turns into a warm light yellow.

Then there are the black Metagross flower and the bark of the dragon-marked tree. The Metagross flower is a golden and black flower, about the size of a palm, but very light.

The bark of the dragon-marked tree is a piece of bark that seems to be mixed with black stars and golden lines. It seems that you can even see a little starlight and a faint golden light.

After the Metagross flower and dragon-marked tree bark were added to the beaker, they were quickly melted and changed like a chemical reaction. The entire liquid in the beaker seemed to be rolling.

Finally, Hobert added the extraordinary characteristics of the "Chaos Mentor" who had long since split and reunited.

Its shape is like a clenched translucent black fist. This fist intuitively gives people a sense of power and evil. The lines and light spots on it seem to follow normal rules, but are full of contradictions and seem to contain a lot of hidden powers. of madness and chaos.

Just looking at it makes you uneasy, as if you were a severely obsessive-compulsive disorder patient who sees an extremely messy room and wants to roll up your sleeves and tidy it up.

The extraordinary characteristics also melted quickly, but there was no violent reaction in the beaker. It was just that Hobert seemed to hear some mind-blowing murmurs coming from the beaker.

But if you take your eyes away from the beaker, your gibbering will disappear.

Hobert took out the glass medicine bottle that he had prepared a long time ago, and poured all the potion in the beaker into the medicine bottle.

Hobert corked the bottle and pocketed it.

Opening the study door, Forsi was already waiting outside.

Just now she went to a high place to look outside. Even Forsi, who lived in a metropolitan city, rarely saw thousands of people gathering together.

These are the people of this territory, and they are all loyal to Hobert. Thinking of this, Forsi was excited for Hobert.

Hobert stretched out his hand, and Forsi naturally took his arm.

Accompanied by the guards and respectfully supported by the servants, the two people arrived at the door of the lord's mansion.

"Sir!"

"lady!"

The cheers of greeting outside made Forsi slightly startled. She was not as shy as when she entered the Lord's Mansion on the first day, but waved to everyone in a graceful manner.

Philip had prepared a small high platform in advance, the speakers were tied to the tree, and the microphone was placed on the table of the small high platform.

Hobert and Forsi came to the high platform hand in hand, and the people behind them also saw them. The sound of "Sir" could not be heard for a while, and the scene was very lively.

Hobert smiled and waved to them. The greeting process lasted for more than a minute, and the scene gradually became calmer.

The scene made Scheel puff out his chest and Philip's eyes well up with tears.

Hobert turned on the microphone switch under the guidance of Fors: "As I said yesterday, I called you here to announce how Jeffrey will collect taxes in the future."

As soon as the lord spoke, the people who had never seen a trumpet were still wondering why the lord's voice was so loud.

But Hobert got to the point as soon as he came up and made everyone quiet down immediately.

"I hereby announce," Hobert said with a smile: "Starting from today, Jeffrey Territory will be exempted from all agricultural taxes!"

This news shocked Grove, Albert and others. Of course they understood the significance of agricultural tax to the landed nobility. Without agricultural tax, the lord would lose more than 80% of his income. How to support the expenses of the lord's mansion?

Forsi also showed a surprised expression. She realized yesterday that Hobert would significantly reduce the taxes for the people in the territory, but she never expected that Hobert would simply waive all taxes!

However, most people are a little confused. Many people don't understand what agricultural tax is, and of course they don't know which part of the tax is exempted by the lord.

Hobert continued to explain: "You don't have to pay taxes on all the income you earn from farming, orchards, and vegetable gardens!"

The scene suddenly became quiet, and everyone couldn't believe it.

Until someone in front of the stage boldly asked: "Sir, that means that no matter what I plant or what the harvest is, I don't have to pay taxes, right?"

"Yes!"

After a few seconds of silence, someone shouted first: "Long live Sir Alex!"

Then everyone shouted together: "Long live the lord!" "Long live the lord!"

The shouts were deafening, and many people were moved to tears.

Taking advantage of the extremely heated scene, Hobert quickly handed the microphone to Fors, and then, surrounded by Schier and others, he went to a small room at the entrance of the Lord's Mansion.

When Hobert entered the door, he said to Schier: "Stay here and don't let anyone in."

"yes!"

Hobert locked the door tightly and recalled the ceremony of being promoted to "Chaos Master" again: taking the magic potion in his own territory, amidst the heartfelt gratitude of the people.

Now that both requirements have been met, while the cheers outside were still deafening, Hobert uncorked the bottle and drank the potion in one gulp.

The moment the potion entered his mouth, Hobert felt his consciousness explode. For a moment, his consciousness was in chaos, and he lost control of his consciousness and body in an instant.

Hobert's whole body became confused, and his spirit body broke through the roof and came into the air.

At this time, the sun rises, and the sunlight shines on the Full Moon Lake, making the lake look soft and warm. The sunlight shines on the vibrant vegetation, making the land look full of vitality.

What a beautiful lake, what a beautiful countryside scene, and there are so many people outside!

"Long live your lordship!"

"Long live Jeffrey!"

Hobert heard shouts one after another, and a wave of passionate emotions repeatedly washed over Hobert, who had been completely exhausted, making him have emotional fluctuations again.

Sir? Baron Hobert, I am Baron Hobert!

Yes, they are grateful to me for exempting them from agricultural taxes and cheering for me!

This beautiful place is my territory!

Suddenly, Hobert regained his consciousness, and then there were confusing murmurs in his ears, giving Hobert a splitting headache.

Hobert was about to fight against the babble through meditation, but the cheers outside gradually drowned out the babble, until only the cheers were left in Hobert's ears.

He breathed a sigh of relief and regained control of himself.

Perhaps it was because the potion was digested well, or perhaps because the ritual was very effective, but the process of being promoted to "Chaos Tutor" was smoother than Hobert expected.

He lowered his head and clenched his fists, feeling that his strength had increased and his body was stronger. Although he did not dare to compare with the "Guardian", it was still similar to the "Dawn Knight"'s physique.

At the same time, he feels that his speed has also been significantly improved, and he has various fighting skills. Even if he has not learned fighting, he will be a fighting master in battle.

For blessings in fighting, the "Judge" path starts from the "Arbiter" level, and by the time you reach the "Sheriff" level, you are already a fighting master.

The "Black Emperor" path was only "completed" at the "Chaos Mentor" level at once.

Hobert touched the "fighting ring" on his hand. This magical item that he has worn for the longest time can finally be "retired".

Then Hobert let his spirituality spread and felt the new abilities he had gained.

The first is "Chaos", which is the signature ability of "Chaos Tutor". It can plunge the targeted target into chaos, making it difficult for attacks to land on you, and making it easier for the enemy to make wrong choices.

At the same time, a certain amount of chaos can occur in an area of ​​about five meters. For example, the temperature in this area suddenly rises, the road surface in this area suddenly becomes uneven, etc. Such states can be superimposed.

In addition, the ability to "distort" has been greatly improved. In addition to the enhanced ability to distort the target's language, actions, and intentions, it can also distort the concepts of itself and the target, making both parties bear half of the damage, curses, diseases, etc.

Hobert unconsciously touched his "Healing Fork". The "Distortion" and "Healing Technique" at the fifth level of sequence were a perfect match!

"Corrosion" has also been strengthened, which can corrode the minds of people within twenty meters, and Hobert can already control whether the enemy becomes greedy or dark. No matter what, it is easier for the opponent to make irrational actions. choose.

Abilities such as "weakening" are the most powerful. You don't have to use "bribery" to use the four skills "weakening", "charm", "arrogance" and "connection".

In particular, "Arrogance" and "Relationship", two skills that were somewhat useless before, have become abilities that are easy to surprise.

"Arrogance" can make the target become proud, arrogant, mentally reduced, and make misjudgments.

"Association" can quickly connect the two parties and make the target's hostility disappear temporarily.

"Charm" now has two modes. The first mode makes it difficult for the enemy to have the desire to attack, and even loses the desire to fight for a short time.

The second mode is more like "charm" + "distortion", which allows the enemy's attacks to fall on the companions, and they will quickly develop a good impression of themselves, thinking that their companions have betrayed themselves, and thus become their helpers in a short period of time.

If this ability is used properly, it will be quite explosive in team battles!

Finally, there are the changes in Hobert's temperament brought about by the potion, as well as the spiritual changes.

He can act like an ordinary person, or he can make himself extremely majestic, making the creatures around him lower themselves unconsciously and want to surrender.

The spiritual change is that the spiritual "reserve" has become huge. Now when Hobert uses "Holy Light" or "Gate to the Underworld", he won't have too much burden.

Hobert took a deep breath. Sequence 5 was indeed a level stronger than Sequence 6.

At this time, the atmosphere outside was still very lively. Hobert adjusted his condition, went to the "Land of Disorder" to re-seal the figure in the pool, and then came out of the room.

Sil immediately felt that the lord was different when he followed.

The back seemed to become taller and more majestic than before.

Hobert returned to the small raised platform outside and took the microphone from Forsi's hand.

Forsi has been overwhelmed by everyone's questions. She doesn't know whether raising livestock and poultry is included in the agricultural tax, and she doesn't know whether she needs to pay tax if the vegetables she grows are used for trade.

Hobert returned to the high platform and answered everyone's questions one by one.

…

Kingdom of Feneport, northern city Tubria.

Lieutenant Colonel Baird is packing his bags in a panic!

Dong Dong Dong~

There was a knock on the door.

Baird loaded the pistol: "Who?"

"Me!" It was Ethel's voice.

Baird looked surprised at first, then despaired, and finally tried to calm down, put the gun back into its holster and opened the door.

Ethel stood at the door and looked into the room with a smile: "You seem to be packing your luggage?"

"My dear, I was just going to find you!" Baird said happily: "You don't know, after hearing the news about the place where you were attacked, I couldn't stay for a moment and wanted to rush over to protect you immediately. ! Goddess Mother, may you return safely."

Ethel smiled slightly: "Thank you for your concern."

As she spoke, she suddenly kicked Baird out: "Take him away!"