Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

In the land abandoned by God, in the city that converted to the "fallen creator".

With his eyes closed, Derrick quietly recalled the information he got from the Tarot meeting, making sure that he had not forgotten the memory of experiencing the same period of life over and over again.

As the frequency of lightning gradually stabilized, Chief Colin, who was sitting cross-legged and leaning against the stone pillar, said: "We will set off after 50 lightning strikes."

Derrick took a deep breath and once again thought back to the plan he made during the Tarot meeting.

During this exploration, he tried to destroy the mural with the "Redemption Rose" font written on it, but nothing happened.

Derrick looked at the image of Ourolius in the mural: It was not the reason for the mural.

Chief Colin and other members of the team were all attracted by Derrick's anomaly.

Fortunately, "Little Sun" made great progress under the guidance of "The Hanged Man" Alger. He lied about seeing a little boy with yellow hair to cover up his act of destroying the mural.

Because of his reminder, when the exploration team came to the room with the altar and saw the little boy named Jack, the chief looked at his yellow hair, and everyone immediately became alert.

While the chief was considering how to respond to the little boy's cry for help, Derrick suddenly asked: "How should I save you?"

The little boy Jack showed an excited expression: "Save me, take me home!"

Colin glanced at Derrick and did not stop the conversation between them.

Derrick asked curiously and fearfully: "Where is your home?"

The little boy raised his hand weakly and said: "My home is in Port Enmat."

Derrick clenched the "Hurricane Ax" in his hand: Port Enmat? Although Mr. Emperor and Mr. Hanged Man have not mentioned it, from the word port, it seems that Jack really does not belong to us.

Thinking of this, Derrick was overjoyed and couldn't hide his excitement.

His reaction did not arouse the suspicion of Chief Colin and his companions, for they were equally excited.

Even Colin couldn't help but ask: "How did you, or you, get here?"

The little boy Jack showed a recalling expression: "My father and I first took a boat, then met up with his companions, and continued on the boat. After a very big storm, the remaining people boarded the land and followed the main road. I walked forward in the direction of my gaze until I got here.”

Follow the direction of the Lord’s gaze? Colin, Derrick and others looked at the statue on the altar almost at the same time.

Then they seemed to move in unison and looked in the opposite direction of the statue's gaze. The surrounding map that was gradually improved during the continuous exploration of Silver City appeared in everyone's mind.

The Royal Court of Giants!

In that direction are the ruins of the Giant King's Court!

At this time, Derrick keenly noticed that dark red blood was slowly seeping out of the clothes between the chest and abdomen of the little boy Jack.

"Are you hurt?" he asked cautiously.

Jack lowered his head and replied in an erratic tone: "Something bad has grown..."

As he spoke, he opened his clothes, exposing his bare chest and abdomen. There, inlaid are two eyes, a nose and a mouth.

That human face was gentle and indifferent, much like the silver-haired angel in the mural!

Derrick was a little excited: Mr. Emperor's guess is right. This little boy is the key. It is because of the ability of the "King of Angels" that we are trapped here.

"I'm so hungry..." Jack grinned from ear to ear: "So hungry..."

The power of madness and depravity was spreading around. Chief Colin originally wanted to seal Jack, but the little boy turned out to be very fragile. As soon as Colin took action, Jack fell to the ground.

Derrick felt dazed for a moment, and when he woke up again, he was back to the time when he was just about to set up the camp.

Until Chief Colin said: "Leave after 50 lightning strikes."

The seventh exploration began soon. This time Derrick did not destroy the murals. They came to the room with the altar again and found the little boy Jack.

After a conversation similar to that of the last exploration, Derrick saw the human face on Jack again. He did not make any irritating move, but lowered his voice and said to Colin: "Your Excellency, the human face on his chest is the same as the human face on Jack's chest. The angel in the mural just now looks very similar.”

Colin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Derrick with his peripheral vision.

After a few seconds of silence, he whispered: "Your reminder reminds me of something. I have seen records about the 'King of Angels' in the classics..."

Derrick almost nodded and said yes and yes.

This is in line with the information provided by Mr. Emperor. The information provided by Mr. Emperor is indeed so accurate and reliable!

Colin saw the abnormality in Derrick's eyes and continued without pausing: "...It is said that when the 'Lord who created everything, the omniscient and omnipotent God' looked at the world, He was surrounded by many angels.

“Among them, there are eight leaders of all angels, the kings of angels who are closest to the works of God.

"Unfortunately, in the long history, the records in the classics are somewhat brief, and only the two angel kings have relatively detailed records.

"One of the angel kings is called the Angel of Destiny, 'Tail-Eater' Ouroleus."

This time Derrick had to put his hand on his chin to suppress the urge to nod: No matter it was the path, nickname or name, it was exactly the same as Mr. Emperor said!

He tried to be a little surprised: "Tail Eater?"

Colin looked at the little boy Jack: "This means that we may have stepped into a river that is connected end to end and cannot be left.

"Fortunately, this should be just some power left by the Angel of Destiny, and He is not hiding here."

As he spoke, Colin took out a small dark red metal tube, unscrewed the cap, and drank the liquid inside.

His light blue eyes quickly faded, and they stood upright, reflecting the figure of the little boy Jack.

Colin first inserted the long sword in his hand into the ground, then pulled out another straight sword with his backhand and coated it with golden grease like the sun.

The little boy Jack noticed Colin's movements, and his expression immediately changed, as if a thick shadow enveloped him.

Before Jack could open his mouth, Colin pulled out the long sword stuck on the ground. The two swords glowed gold and silver respectively.

These two rays of light impacted the shadow on the little boy Jack. After a shrill scream, the two rays of gold and silver disappeared. The human face between the chest and abdomen of the little boy Jack disappeared, leaving only the wriggling internal organs. of holes.

A few meters in front of Jack, Colin's two swords stabbed into a torn human face. The organs on the face twitched a few times, and then there was no movement.

For a moment, Derrick felt that there was an invisible, wall-like barrier around him that broke silently.

He was overjoyed, knowing that he and others were finally free from the repetitive life.

At this moment, Derrick sincerely thanked Mr. Emperor and Mr. Fool for reminding him and giving him a solution to the problem. Otherwise, he might have to repeat it dozens of times or hundreds of times before he could discover the clues.

Moreover, people always make the same choice over and over again. If they cannot detect the problem the first time, and without corresponding memory and experience, they may not be able to detect anything abnormal the hundredth or thousandth time.

Thinking of this, Derrick once again realized how terrifying the power of the "King of Angels" was! How weird!

…

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Territory.

Hobert accepted the reward of 1,020 pounds from Alger. He put the money aside and looked at the roof in a daze for a while: "Backlund has a huge smog!"

After the room was quiet for a while, Hobert suddenly stood up and came to the "Land of Disorder".

This time he went behind the "Iron Throne", where there was a stone coffin. With a wave of his hand, the "Power of Order" covering the coffin disappeared.

With another wave of his hand, the stone lid of the coffin opened.

Lying flat inside was a spiritual body that sometimes condensed and sometimes faded slightly.

If you ignore the process of him becoming fainter from time to time, this spirit body is no different from a normal person.

His eyes were closed, he had a straight nose bridge, and his hairline was slightly high. He was the spirit body of Dunn Smith that Hobert had spent a lot of effort to protect.

Hobert said: "Sorry, Captain Smith, I've been busy recently and haven't had time to find someone to help you shape a new body. I guess you will have to lie here for a while.

"Get a good rest, after all, your potion made you unable to sleep well before."

As he spoke, Hobert showed a slight wry smile: "Since I came to this world, there are too many things that I am not willing to accept. I want to change some things, and I have been working hard for this.

"But, but I'm still too weak! That's what happened in Tingen City. After I got involved, not only could I not save you, but the matter also became more complicated.

"I'm too weak, too weak."

Hobert sat down weakly leaning on the coffin: "This matter is too complicated. Although I have angel-level assistants, I don't dare to use them. If Adam is pushed into a hurry, I will be a disservice.

"This does not include the angels of the Augustus family and the power of the church. My appearance will only make things more complicated."

He let out a long breath, as if he had made up his mind: "No matter what, I'm still in a mess myself!"

Hobert stood up, closed the stone cover again, and rewrapped the sarcophagus with the "Power of Order".

He sat on the "Iron Throne" and smiled: "What's troubling me? A small Sequence 5, why do you need to worry so much? As long as Klein doesn't ask me for help, I'll just pretend that this didn't happen. Pass!"

Shaking his head, Hobert looked at the pool in front of him. There were many stars swelling, and Hobert spread his spirituality over them.

The owners of these new stars are all members of the Balke family, and there is nothing substantive about it. It is their daily prayer.

Hobert found Upton's star and told him that the "God's Favored One" would go back to meet him at nine thirty tomorrow.

Then he reached out and summoned the two "failures" sent to him by Jessica. Using the power of the "State of Disorder", he easily shattered the weapons and gathered the extraordinary properties inside.

The Extraordinary Properties of Extraordinary Materials are obviously smaller than the Extraordinary Properties of a certain sequence, only as big as a finger. However, the Extraordinary Effects are still there, but without the appearance of Extraordinary Materials, I wonder if Kelly will have any effects when using them. Influence?

Then Hobert thought of another thing. He picked up the "Black Emperor Card" placed on the handle of the "Iron Throne" and looked towards the back.

"Sequence 3: Crazy Mage

"Main materials: The complete brain of the six-bearded strange beast, a complete phantom multi-eyed butterfly.

"Supplementary materials: 12 ml of white-striped spider venom, scale crystals of Li fish, 8 ml of brain fluid of six-bearded strange beast, 50 ml of red wine stored for eight years.

"Ritual: Achieving amazing achievements in a certain field allows people to connect the abstract concept of that field with the actual name of the person being promoted. The more people can connect the two, the greater the probability of successful promotion."

Hobert sighed. The ceremony to be promoted to Sequence 4 is just to seize a certain amount of power and wealth. As long as it is planned in advance, it is not too difficult.

But the Sequence 3 rituals are completely more difficult. They are already developing in a direction where the promoted person is connected with certain conceptual things. They need to be planned in advance, and they have to find areas where "amazing achievements" can be made.

If you want to associate a certain field with a name, Hobert has many examples in mind, such as e-commerce and Jack Ma, electronic communications and Ma Huateng, mobile phones and Ren Zhengfei or Lei Jun, etc.

To achieve this, the times, environment, culture, policies, personal efforts and other conditions are indispensable!

After thinking about it for a while, Hobert finally came up with a good idea: cross the river by touching Emperor Russell!

More than a hundred years have passed, but when it comes to consuls and emperors, the first thing everyone thinks of is Russell!

Relatively speaking, the royal family of the Fusac Empire seems to have no sense of existence at all.

This is enough to show that Russell has taken the profession of emperor to the extreme!

Of course, Hobert also knows that the environment and conditions of the time of Emperor Russell are no longer available. It is impossible to make everyone known by "being the emperor" in Sequence 4.

However, you can refer to the history of Russell's fortune and use the advanced ideas of the AD era to achieve amazing achievements in a certain field.

Hobert nodded slowly. This is a good idea. If you have time, you can think about it carefully.

He picked up the "Black Emperor Card" again and continued reading.

"Sequence 2: Duke of Entropy

"Main material: The complete brain of the Black Scaled Imperial Crystal Gold Beast, or a copy of the extraordinary properties of the 'Duke of Entropy'.

"Supplementary materials: 10 ml of the blood of the black-scaled imperial crystal gold beast, 10 ml of the bile of the green-blooded imperial crystal gold beast, and 60 ml of white wine that has been stored for 9 years.

"Ritual: Cause a chaos involving all classes in the world's largest city, and use the unique, unprecedented new order proposed by the initiates to quell the chaos. This chaos brings confusion and helplessness to people. , drank the magic potion in people’s unwillingness to accept the new order.”

Hobert put down the "Black Emperor Card". When he had just received this card of blasphemy, he had taken a look at the ceremony for promotion to Sequence 3 and Sequence 2.

At that time, maybe it was because my level was not very high and I felt that I was still far away from this step, so I didn’t think much of it.

Now when I look carefully at the promotion ceremonies of these two sequences, I only have one thought in my mind: Is it still too late to change paths?

This was clearly a script prepared for Russell, but Russell was directly promoted to "Black Emperor". He didn't use any of these rituals that he could accomplish without much preparation!

Hobert smiled silently: I have so many things to worry about, who do you think I am because of the Backlund smog?

right?

…

Southern Continent, Crolier City.

Elliot could feel that Governor Jonas and General Anthony were obviously much more enthusiastic about the members of the Balk family.

Governor Jonas warmly invited members of the Balk family who were injured in the battle to come to his manor to recuperate.

Those members who were originally in fear of their lives are now alive and kicking after being treated by the "creator", while the slightly injured members who have not been treated by the "creator" have to find a place to recuperate.

General Anthony gave up one of his luxurious villas for Lawrence and other elders to live.

In the huge villa, only a few elders and Elliot, the beloved of the "creator" lived.

But there are no less than a hundred servants in the villa.

On Tuesday morning, Elliot got up early and ordered the servants to prepare snacks and tea. He was ready to entertain the "favored ones".

Even the patriarch, Lawrence, could only wait outside the living room to be received by the "God's Favored One".

Elliot often glanced at the pocket watch on the table, watching the minutes pass.

Finally, at 7:58, the space in the corner of the living room suddenly became illusory, and the "God's Favorite" wearing a mask and carrying a wooden box in his hand came out.

Elliot also quickly put on his mask, stood up and said, "God's Favored One!"

Hobert nodded: "Sit."

He sat down consciously and placed the wooden box on the table to his left.

Elliot then sat down: "God's Favored One, thank you for providing the 'Stone of Loss of Control', which allowed us to still take the initiative on the battlefield even though we were obviously at a numerical disadvantage."

Hobert smiled and said: "These are all the guidance of the 'creator'."

"Praise the Creator!"

Hobert had no choice but to follow: "Praise the creator!"

Elliot asked: "Beloved of God, what gesture should you use to praise the Creator?"

The mask hid Hobert's awkward smile: "The Creator" and the "God's Favored One" haven't considered this yet!

But without gestures, it looks like fraud.

Hobert had no choice but to borrow it from the memory in his mind. He saw Hobert stand up, hammering his heart with one hand and his back with the other: "Praise the creator!"

Elliot followed and did it again. He felt that the first half of this movement was somewhat similar to the gestures of the Church of Storm, but more powerful. He even felt that he had become more energetic during these two hammer blows!

Hobert smiled and said: "The slogan of praise can be: Give me my heart!

"Express your willingness to be a 'creator' and to sacrifice your life for lofty ideals and goals!"

Elliot's head tingled with excitement: This represents the most sincere allegiance to the "creator"! There are also lofty ideals and goals! This is the power of faith!

After more than ten seconds, Elliot gradually calmed down from his self-excitement, and the two of them sat down again.

Hobert said: "I have considered what you said in your letter. Please invite Lawrence in."

After Lawrence came in, he couldn't help but say a few more polite words.

After praising the "founder" and thanking the "God-favored one" again, Lawrence, who was sitting on Hobert's side, said: "God-favored one, I invite you here this time to talk about the future development direction of the Balk family. .”

Hobert was still a little uncomfortable with such a conversation with a religious atmosphere. He took a deep breath and had to adapt even if he was not used to it. As a "god's favored one", if he showed any slackness towards the "creator", the consequences would be very serious.

Just listen to Lawrence continue: "We are going to purchase some manors and land to enrich the family's industry. If there is an opportunity to purchase mineral deposits, that would be great.

"Next step, we plan to let more family members go outside the town to experience, gradually occupy more Beyonder positions in General Anthony's territory, and jointly control General Anthony's territory with the Fusac people.

“In the future, we also plan to expand our power to the surrounding areas, such as General Adrian’s territory in the south and the Arenas Autonomous Region in the northwest.

"In short, we will have more resources, wealth and population. If the 'God's Favorite' has such needs, we are willing to dedicate these resources and wealth to you."

Hobert said: "If there is a need for the cause of 'The Creator', I will come to you.

"But I have some immature suggestions regarding the future development direction of the Balk family."

"Please speak!" Of course Lawrence knew that the so-called "immature suggestions" were instructions from the "God's Favored One"!

"The industrial age has arrived!" Hobert said: "It is better to invest all your wealth in resource-based industries than simply invest in manufacturing.

“The plundering model of the countries in the Northern Continent is to import low-priced raw materials and resources from the Southern Continent, process them into industrial products, and then sell them to the Southern Continent. This causes all the wealth of the Southern Continent and the Rhoside Islands to flow to the Northern Continent.

“In a seemingly consensual transaction, resource plunder and industrial plunder were achieved.

"Industrial products in the Southern Continent are still scarce, and their prices are several times higher than those in the Northern Continent."

These words opened the eyes of Lawrence and Elliot. After all, they had been living in the Southern Continent for so many years. Although Lawrence had the ambition to revitalize the family, his vision and concepts had been derailed by the world.

Hobert said: “In today’s world, and for a long time to come, if you want to strengthen yourself, you must go through the beatings of the industrial age!

“It is difficult for other Extraordinary families, and even established Extraordinary organizations such as the ‘Rose School’ and ‘Spiritual Religion’, to accumulate wealth through industrial products.

"But it is relatively easy for the Balk family, because the 'founder' has many favored ones in the northern continent. They can help you buy some machines that are prohibited from export by the northern countries, and then send them to you by offering sacrifices to the 'creator'. Coming from the Southern Continent.

“You can start from the textile industry or the smelting industry, and accumulate the management models and technologies of the industrial era bit by bit.

"At that time, the Balk family's industry will be useful to the 'founder', and the 'founder' will also pay more attention to the Southern Continent."

Lawrence clapped his hands: "Thank you for the path guided by God's Favored One. Whether it is textiles or smelted metals, they are very popular in the Southern Continent."

Hobert nodded: "While we are building a factory on one side, we can select a group of outstanding young people from the family to study in the Northern Continent."

Lawrence hurriedly said: "Can I ask the 'God's Favored One' to help arrange the study arrangements?"

"That's no problem, but they need to learn Loen or Feneport in advance." Hobert said, "Or I'll see if I can get permanent spells in these two languages ​​through channels."

Lawrence said: "I will ask Elliot to write to you again for specific matters."

He added: "Dear God's Favored One, you should know the situation of the Balke family, so we would like to purchase as many extraordinary characteristics as possible from you."

"I brought it." Hobert opened the lid of the wooden box on the table. There was a dazzling array of items inside, all of which were extraordinary characteristics of various sequences from "Lawyer" to Demigod.

Lawrence and Elliot were both shocked. They thought they could buy at most a dozen copies of Beyonder Characters, but they didn't expect that it would be like wholesale.

Thanks to [Captain of the Hyperion] for the reward.

Thanks to [Hangxiangshou] for the reward.