Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Back in the study, Hobert asked Kerwin: "Has your family moved to Jeffrey Township?"

"They've all moved here, Sir."

Hobert nodded: "Go and ask Conrad."

After a while, Conrad came to the study.

Hobert ordered: "Take people to the original territories of Knight Louis and Knight Duke, do household registration, land and real estate registration, and assign village chiefs to them, or let them elect their own village chiefs."

He paused and then said: "The first cargo ship being repaired in Port Jeffrey is about to arrive. Assign three people to move a table and a few chairs and hang up the 'Port Registration and Taxation Office' in the room next to the hotel. ' sign.

"This is the registration form I got from another port, as well as the berthing charges and tax standards. The form is for reference only, and the tax will be collected according to this standard for the time being.

"The staff in this office are temporarily under your leadership. The money collected will be issued and handed over to Philip."

Conrad wrote down all these requests, said "do it immediately" and left in a hurry.

Hobert said to Corwin again: "Take a few of your family members, go to the port to maintain order, and guide the 'Nohar' to dock at the port, let the crew know where to stay and eat, and where to go." Pay taxes and all that.”

Kerwin responded and trotted all the way to the port.

As soon as he left, Philip brought Scola and Valk to the study.

It turned out that after several days of investigation, they had already made a preliminary plan. The two of them worked together to complete a "Jeffrey Land Future Plan" and presented it to Hobert.

They are all masters of drawing, and they are much more detailed than the simple map of the territory drawn by Hobert.

This drawing basically meets Hobert's requirements. Even if it is not designed in accordance with Hobert's requirements, it is because Hobert did not understand geology before and made problems with the requirements.

In this kind of place, both people gave solutions and let Hobert choose.

On the drawings, the mountainside, which is not very fertile, has been put to good use. In the future, tall and spacious resort hotels will be built, and the railway will try to avoid fertile farmland.

Valcke suggested that Jeffrey Town should expand to the north and toward the port, building squares, schools, hospitals and other facilities in the north, and building town governments, post offices, hotels, commercial streets, etc. in the direction of the port.

This plan was very scientific, and Hobert was very satisfied, so he directly asked Philip to give Scola and Valk a total reward of 300 gold riso.

At the same time, Hobert made a request: "A hotel should be built on the mountainside that is affordable to ordinary people. There should also be a hotel similar to a single apartment for young people and travelers who like to travel."

He had already thought of a name for this hotel, so it was called "Youth Hostel".

Valcke added and changed the two buildings on site, and the plans were finalized.

Then Hobert called Roy, who had just repaired the dock: "I discussed with Conrad before that the total manpower that can be used in the entire territory is about 1,500 people.

“Among them, 1,200 are young adults aged 17 to 47, and 300 are women responsible for cooking and other logistics.

“In the next week, all this manpower will be mobilized and divided into three large construction sites, namely town construction and renovation, railway construction, resort and hotel construction.

"These three construction sites need to be carried out at the same time. Talk more with the two designers and the engineers they brought to use manpower more scientifically."

Roy quickly said: "I have communicated with several engineers several times in the past few days, and I have gained a lot."

Hobert nodded with satisfaction: "I will purchase a large amount of medicine and hire several doctors. I must ensure that you seek medical treatment immediately if you are sick or injured. If you are seriously injured, you must come to me immediately. I am also proficient in medical skills."

Everyone in the room was a little strange, wondering what the lord meant.

When Hobert saw everyone's expressions, he was slightly startled before he realized that there is no immortal project in this era. In their view, since those workers accepted the job and arrived at the construction site, they must follow up at all times. Preparation for death.

Especially when building railways, there is no flexible large-scale equipment, so all materials have to be moved manually, and the places where railways pass are generally far away from cities. Railway workers who are injured have no time to be sent to the hospital for medical treatment, and the mortality rate is extremely high.

Hobert simply made it clear: "The doctor will follow the construction site and try not to kill anyone!

"In addition, workers must be paid enough, just like when we repaired the Lord's Mansion and repaired the pier. Although it is semi-mandatory to ask them to work on the construction site, don't treat them badly!"

Philip reminded: "In this case, our expenses will be very high."

After setting aside the money to buy the ship and hire the crew, Jeffrey only had less than 3,000 gold liso in his account.

The lord rewarded 326 gold liso to those who had merit in killing the enemy yesterday, and today he rewarded 300 gold liso, so Philip only had about 2,300 gold riso left.

With this little money, let alone three construction sites starting work at the same time, the wages of the workers alone cannot support them for long.

"I'll figure out how to make money." Hobert said, "Just start working!"

He estimated that the money from selling the spiritual materials from the Ancient Canglong Beast would soon arrive. Regardless of whether he got it or not, he planned to exchange the gold in his hand for Gold Lisuo.

In that case, even if the territory is operating at full capacity, it will be able to cope with it for a while.

If it doesn't work out, he plans to go to sea again to hunt some pirates. Those guys are all walking gold pounds.

In addition, Hobert still has so many extraordinary characteristics in his hand, and he can also make a batch of emergencies. He is far from being at the end of his rope.

Then Roy said: "Sir, with our current freight level, we will definitely not be able to supply the construction materials on the construction site."

Hobert thought about it for a moment: "You go and discuss with the engineers and make a list of the required building materials and their approximate amounts, and I'll figure it out."

Roy: "Yes."

This simple construction meeting lasted until about ten o'clock in the morning. Hobert called Conrad and others one after another, expressing his determination to mobilize the entire territory to carry out large-scale construction, and roughly allocating tasks for the next period of time.

At the end of the meeting, everyone heard the noise coming from the Full Moon Lake.

Several people came out of the study and took a look in the yard. It turned out that the "Nohal" had docked. Almost half of the town's residents came to the dock to watch the excitement.

This was the first time for most of them to see such a large cargo ship.

Hobert smiled and said: "You see, the new era of Jeffrey Territory has begun. As the future builders and rulers of this territory, you must prepare in advance."

Philip and Conrad, two people who already had some political literacy, almost immediately understood that this was the lord's political promise.

Although others did not fully understand it, they also became excited after seeing the scene in front of them.

After Philip and others left, Hobert heard a prayer from the "Land of Disorder".

He thought that the battle far away in the southern continent had begun. When he entered the "Country of Disorder", it turned out that Lawrence reported to him that they were ready for the battle and prayed for further help from the "founder".

Hobert said to himself: I don’t usually burn incense, I just make a last resort, that’s what I’m talking about.

But he knew that this was a battle related to the survival of the Balk family, so he asked Lawrence to build an altar and rewarded him with two "Tree of Order".

…

Southern Continent, Crolier City.

The voice of the "Creator" appeared in Lawrence's mind: "The opening spell is: Order!"

Lawrence lowered his head and saw the two pieces of wood appearing on the altar: "Praise the Creator!"

Of course he could feel the surging "power of order" contained in these two seemingly ordinary pieces of wood.

At the same time, Lawrence had a better understanding of the strength of the "Creator". What seemed like such a random thing was actually a very high-end magical item.

This proves that the power of the "creator" has reached the point where he can do whatever he wants. At least he has the relevant authority to give such a high-level power to an ordinary branch.

Leaving the altar room, Lawrence handed one of the "Wood of Order" to Chester who was waiting outside: "I can feel that this is a magical item that will be of great help to our sequence. We will use it at critical times." .”

Chelsea nodded and said with some worry: "But even so, the enemy is still much stronger than us..."

Lawrence raised his hand: "When we decided to cooperate with the Fusac people, we were already preparing for this day. If the family wants to have new development, it must leave the 'non-existent town' and contact Something new.

"If we win this battle today, our family will have a bright future. If we lose, the worst we can do is go back to the 'non-existent town' to cultivate for twenty or thirty years."

He smiled and said: “Besides, we didn’t have faith before, but now we have it.

"Have faith in the Creator, He is the key to our victory."

After saying that, Lawrence left quickly. The battle was about to begin. He wanted to go outside the city and prepare to ambush the opponent's demigods.

But as soon as he left the city, he saw a middle-aged man on the roadside wearing a black clergy robe, with brown skin and sunken eyes like a mummy.

Although there were carriages and pedestrians constantly coming and going on the road, Lawrence still saw this person at a glance!

Lawrence stopped: "Zatvin!"

This is a Sequence 3 "Silent Disciple" of the "Rose School of Thought."

"Lawrence!" Zatwin's tone was a little awkward, as if he didn't know how to pronounce it because he hadn't spoken for a long time: "I brought endless despair and the most vicious curse to the Balk family!"

He said coldly: "We have long used the sealed objects to discover that you are constantly gathering people in Crolier City. The reason why we did not take the initiative to attack you is that we are waiting for you.

"This time we will wipe out all of you! From the patriarch to every member of the Balk family!"

While talking, two more people appeared behind and to one side of Lawrence.

They are Maihams, whose lips are sealed with metal nails with mysterious patterns, and Jacks, who has brown skin, wrinkles on his face, and sparse white hair.

These two people are also "Silent Disciples", among whom Maihamus is also a student of "The Sin" Si'a.

Lawrence felt that every pedestrian on the road, every carriage, every leaf on the roadside, every blade of grass, and even every stone and grain of sand on the ground were full of malice towards him.

He smiled slightly, took out a red crown from the bag on his waist, like a blood-stained crown, and put it on his head unhurriedly: "Fortunately, we have also made some preparations!"

Mahamus's sealed lips suddenly opened. Almost at the same time, Jacks also opened his mouth, and the two of them cursed silently at Lawrence.

But Lawrence's figure suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a towering tree. He "distorted" the position and concept between himself and the big tree.

So the curse target of the two "Silent Disciples" changed from Lawrence to this big tree.

The silent "curse" of the two "Silent Disciples" caused the big tree to split in the middle, and three branches grew out, one of which was a flesh-colored branch. The branches were covered with eyes without eyelids, and each eye Full of malice.

On a green branch, garlic, pepper, half a hen, a human hand and other messy things grew.

There is also a black branch covered with long black hair, which flutters in the wind as if it is alive.

"Ah~"

There were constant screams on the road, and all creatures, including pedestrians and horses, within twenty meters of the tree, turned into grotesque or sarcoma-covered monsters due to these two powerful curses.

Further away, most of the ordinary people who saw this cursed tree went crazy. Those who did not go crazy also suffered a serious mental impact.

Lawrence dodged and immediately said: "Curse is prohibited here!"

The crown on his head is a sealed object from a "Balancer", a legacy of the Trunsoest family, which allows Lawrence to temporarily possess the status and abilities of a "Balancer".

But it can only be used for five minutes. For more than five minutes, the holder may gradually be "ordered". The extraordinary characteristics in his body are still there, but he can no longer use the extraordinary ability. Or the holder falls into fantasy, imagining that he is a certain king, and living in his own fantasy world, and his mental body can never return to the real world.

Maihams and others were surprised to find that this "forbidden" status was very high, and they could not violate this "law".

Zatwin, who had not issued a "curse" just now, immediately became illusory after discovering the change in the concepts of Lawrence and the tree.

But when he got close to Lawrence, he found that he could not enter Lawrence's body and complete the possession.

This is another sealed item of Lawrence at work, which can effectively prevent being possessed by evil spirits and resentful spirits.

This is the foundation of the Trunsoest family. Today, more than a thousand years after the death of the Night Emperor, Lawrence, as the patriarch, can still arm himself with a level 0 and a level 1 sealed artifact.

Moreover, these two sealed objects were equivalent to disintegrating the "curse" and "possession" that the "Silent Disciple" was best at right away.

The other two demigod elders of the Balk family also carried a level 1 sealed object each. This was the greatest confidence that Lawrence dared to initiate this battle.

Mahamus opened his mouth again and let out a scream that seemed to pierce the eardrums. This was not a curse, but a simple attack on the spirit body.

Zatwin, who was closest to Lawrence, held a spear made of ice and stabbed Lawrence.

Jakes ran towards the rear of Lawrence at extremely fast speeds, preparing to completely surround Lawrence.

Lawrence ignored the attack on his spirit body and the ice spear that was close at hand, and once again issued the order: "The battle here must be fair and just."

When you reach the level of a divine "balancer", you can not only "forbid" but also issue some "laws" that are beneficial to you!

Zatwin's ice spear pierced Lawrence's chest, and the screaming attack followed, causing Lawrence's spirit body to suffer huge damage.

But when the next three people attacked again, as long as Zatwin launched an attack, Mchams and Jacks had no desire to attack. As long as Maihams launches an attack, the other two will have no desire to attack.

Truly fair and just!

What? Lawrence still has a level 0 sealed object on his head? He is now the "enforcer"! It is the "judge" who determines whether this battle is fair and just, and is not restricted by "laws".

At this time, Lawrence was avoiding Zatwin's attack and said: "Twisted!"

He distorted the concept of himself and Zatwin, and transferred most of the damage he suffered to Zatwin.

Zatwin felt the severe injury he suffered. He held his chest with one hand and took out a small scarecrow that had been tied up in advance with the other hand. Most of the damage that Lawrence had just transferred to him was transferred to the scarecrow.

A few hundred meters away, a fleeing pedestrian was suddenly sealed by a layer of ice. The vegetation around him immediately withered, and at the same time, his spirit body was blown away.

Although these injuries have been transferred twice, and both times transferred "most", they are still fatal to ordinary people, even "low-sequence" extraordinary people and most "mid-sequence" extraordinary people. of.

Seeing that Lawrence could not be dealt with for a while, Mahams winked at Zatwin and Jacks and asked them to entangle Lawrence.

His expression became solemn, he took out a jar of scarlet blood, and prepared to pray to the angels of the "Rose School".

"It's best not to do this." A leisurely voice came from the city wall: "For the damage you caused to Crolier City today, the Feysac Empire will definitely take revenge."

The speaker was the demigod sent by the Feysac Empire, "Iron-Blooded Knight" Jonas.

The metal nails on Maihams's lips were opened again, and he asked in less fluent Fusac language: "Is the Fusac Empire ready to help the Balk family?"

Jonas spread his hands: "If you go to fight in the jungle where there are no people there, I have no objection."

Of course, Emperor Fusac would not be involved in this conflict. Even if the Balk family was a collaborator, they would not be willing to provide too obvious help.

The battlefield suddenly became solemn. Although Maihams and the others did not want to have a high-level conflict with the Fusac Empire, was Lawrence willing to leave here?

At this time, there was a commotion in Crolier City. The battle that was to take place in the afternoon started early, and the "Rose School" raided members of the Balke family everywhere.

Although this was completely contrary to the Balk family's plan, they also had an emergency plan to immediately gather their strength and flee out of the city.

The main force of the Balk family is ambushing there at the moment.

As more than a dozen members of the Balk family left the city, Lawrence put away the crown on his head and used the "distorted" distance method to leave here and go to the predetermined battlefield.

Mahamus sealed his lips again and followed closely with Jax and Zawent.

Arriving at the scheduled battlefield, Lawrence put his hands under his chin and prayed with the most pious attitude in his life.

Jacks and Zavent stared closely at Lawrence and did not launch a new attack, while Mahames knelt down on one knee and began the summoning ceremony.

Both sides were doing their own things, and it seemed that they had become harmonious for a while.

Mahamus sprinkled half a jar of scarlet blood on the ground: "I, in the name of my teacher Si'a, summon:

“King of Curses;

“The most evil monster ever;

“The spreader of resentment and despair;

"The embodiment of endless madness."

The scarlet blood on the ground suddenly projected a clear brilliance, and the angels of the "Rose School" thousands of miles away felt the call of Maihams in the name of the leader "The Sin".

He immediately entered the spiritual world and easily found the location of the scarlet blood.

The light became brighter and brighter, outlining a shadow full of evil and madness.

This is the summoning of a "Silent Disciple", so the ritual is very simple. If it is summoned by a "low-sequence" Extraordinary, in addition to needing the approval of the summoned in advance, a very complicated ritual is also required.

There were smiles on the faces of Mahams and the other three people, and they all looked at Lawrence. However, what surprised them was that a surging force also appeared around Lawrence.

At the same time that the angel of the "Rose School" appeared, a huge eyeball appeared in front of Lawrence. There were also small eyes on the whites of this eyeball.

This eyeball clearly exudes the aura of mutation, but its whole body has a sacred brilliance intertwined with brightness and darkness.

Abnormal yet normal, evil yet divine!

Maihams and others were a little surprised that the other party also summoned an angel-level monster? Saint?

In short, as soon as the eyeball appeared, they all felt a surge of distortion power that they had never experienced before. The eyeball seemed to have the relevant authority of "distortion", and it itself was also in an extremely "distorted" state.

This is the "Hundred-Eyed Demon" that Hobert "created" by infusing the black eyeballs with the meaning of the incarnation of the "Wildness of Knowledge" that he got from Old Neil's ceremony into the power of the "State of Disorder".

He has the status of an angel and can last for seven minutes, but because he possesses a certain degree of divinity, he is not under Hobert's control.

As soon as the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" appeared, he immediately "reappeared" two extremely twisted and powerful figures in mid-air. The two figures were tearing each other apart and fighting each other.

Mahams and the other three people immediately felt the huge impact, and their spirits and bodies had been irreversibly damaged and mutated.

Fortunately, the angel Barranca of the "Rose School" stood in front of them in time: "Get out of here!"

Then Barranca opened his mouth slightly. Although he didn't say anything, he seemed to utter the most vicious curse in the world. The "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" was hit by the curse and turned into an ordinary glass ball, a phantom in mid-air. Disappearing.

In the "Land of Disorder", Hobert, who was sitting on the "Iron Throne", twitched his lips. Unexpectedly, the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord" "reproduced" the battle between "God" and "Tianzun" as soon as he came up!

It is estimated that the angels of the "Rose School" also suffered a lot of harm from this.