Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

The sinister laughter around her made all the hairs on Selena's body stand up. She looked around with some hesitation, but could not find her parents and sister-in-law. She only saw the people around her looking at her, with their faces on their faces. All with exaggerated, unnatural smiles.

Selina felt cold all over and stumbled out of the reception hall.

Everyone in the hall seemed to be watching a show, watching Selina leave with unnatural smiles.

As soon as Selena went out, she realized that it was already night outside.

Suddenly, the reception hall became dark, and there were no lights in the entire valley.

All the buildings seemed to have turned into monsters, as if they were ready to rush over and devour Selena at any time.

The warmth from the key ring gave Selina courage. She called out to her father and mother and tried to stay away from those buildings.

At this moment, Selina finally saw two people in the snow, an adult and a child. They both wore hats, red noses, and red scarves.

"This gentleman!" Selina didn't see the unnatural smile on their faces, so she hurried forward and asked: "Have you seen my parents? What happened here? Why is everything so strange? "

"This is a very nice hot spring resort!" The gentleman replied with wide eyes: "A few days ago, a thick fog suddenly drifted from the sky. Since then, the staff and guests here have , it all becomes very strange.”

Selena asked: "A thick fog?"

The child with the same big eyes said: "Yes, there seems to be something terrible wrapped in the fog. Look, the fog is coming!"

Selena looked in the direction they pointed out. The thick fog there seemed to be alive, rolling to form a figure and landing in front of the door of the reception hall.

The figure saw Selina and quickly chased her.

Selina hurriedly ran into the forest. The child with big eyes said: "Run! Run away! When you come back here, go find Mr. Harold. He knows more about the inside story."

Selena didn't have time to ask why the two people didn't run. She got into the woods and trudged forward in the snow.

Although the trees blocked her view, she knew that the figure made of thick fog had been chasing her. She didn't dare to stop, she had to keep running, keep running!

Until her energy was exhausted and she could no longer run.

The warm key ring once again gave Selena courage. She broke off a branch, leaned against the tree, and wanted to fight with the figure!

Getting closer, the figure is getting closer.

The branches swayed, the snow on them fell, and a dark shadow came out of the gaps in the trees.

"Chris!" Selena exclaimed, "Why is it you?"

Chris didn't speak, just gave a wry smile.

Selena felt that her brother looked a little strange, so she didn't take the initiative to approach: "What's wrong with you Chris?"

Chris still didn't speak. He pointed to the snow beside him. He didn't know when an abstract symbol appeared there.

That symbol consists of zigzag vertical and horizontal lines, and several dots.

Selena asked, "What does this mean?"

Chris said nothing and pointed to the sky again.

Selina followed his finger and she saw a... fireplace?

Her vision suddenly became distorted. It was indeed a fireplace, and she was back in the reception hall!

The difference is that Selina is also sitting on the sofa in the hall. The whole hall is full of people, and they are all asleep.

Sitting next to Selena were her mother and sister-in-law, while her father sat on the sofa opposite.

Everyone was covered with blankets, waiting for the hunters to return.

Selina, who was a little confused, then remembered that the people who went hunting in the afternoon had not returned by the evening. The whole family was worried about Chris, so they all waited in the hall.

When they came to the hall, they found that many people who had not returned from hunting because their friends or family members were already waiting here.

As a result, everyone fell asleep while waiting.

It turned out to be a dream, and Selina was relieved.

But she soon discovered something was wrong. There was mud and snow on her shoes and her sister-in-law's shoes. Most of the snow had melted, and the carpet was wet.

"They're back!" Someone suddenly said!

This woke everyone up and came to the door one after another. A dozen young men and women who went hunting did come back, but... Selina always felt that something was wrong with them.

At the front was a hunter with a furry feel. His job was to take the guests of the villa hunting: "We encountered a grizzly bear!"

The hunter chuckled and said: "It's a pity that they are not real hunters, otherwise we would have tried to hunt that grizzly bear.

"We have no choice but to hide from that grizzly bear, that's why we came back so late."

Selena saw a long-haired woman in the team sharing the joy of hunting with her friends: "Oh my god, this is the first time I have encountered a grizzly bear in the wild. It felt so exciting!"

Selena remembered that she seemed to have a round face when she set out, but now she has a long face.

There is also a young man in the team whose skin has turned dark. Selena clearly remembers him as a fair-skinned young man.

But Selena was more concerned about her brother. She stared at Chris's mouth. Fortunately, Chris smiled and said, "I have to go hunting tomorrow, so it feels like a vacation."

Selena breathed a long sigh of relief: She didn't become "mute", it was just a dream!

Mr. Wood said: "Do you know how worried everyone is about you?"

Chris stroked his fiancée Weena's back: "Sorry for making you worry. Well, there will be a group of people going hunting tomorrow morning. I can go with them and I will definitely be back in the afternoon."

Mr. Wood shook his head: "Okay, okay, since it's a vacation, let's have fun."

Everyone was tired and sleepy. After chatting for a while, they all returned to their respective rooms to rest.

Selena lived alone in a room. She stared at her dirty shoes in a daze for a while. She always felt that there was an important reminder in the dream just now.

So she planned to write a letter to Teacher Hobert tomorrow morning, explain to him the situation here, and ask the teacher to help her interpret her dream.

In her wild thoughts, Selena, who had been tired for the whole day, quickly fell asleep. When she woke up, the sun had already risen.

While eating breakfast, Selina talked about last night's dream. Before she finished speaking, Weena smiled and said: "I had a similar dream yesterday, but I was chasing someone who knew important information. Rather than being chased.”

Mrs. Wood joked: "It can't be that one of you is running away and the other is chasing you, right?"

The whole family laughed, but Selena glanced thoughtfully at her sister-in-law's shoes.

After breakfast, Chris went hunting again, and Weena went along with him uneasy.

Selina returned to her room and first wrote the letter, then ordered three donuts from the restaurant and summoned Teacher Hobert's messenger.

After sending the letter, Selena felt much better and went for a walk in the yard outside.

Coming out of the reception hall, she remembered her dream from last night: I remember turning around and meeting an adult and a child.

Selena smiled as she walked that way: It was just a dream.

After turning the corner, Serena stood there blankly for a long time. In front of her were two snowmen, one big and one small!

They all wear hats, have big eyes, have noses made of carrots, and have red scarves around their necks.

After a while, Selena felt cold all over: Is the snowman alive? No, no, no, that was just a dream, just a dream... was it really a dream? Why is the snowman in this position? coincide?

Selina suddenly thought of the snowman's reminder that she was going to find Mr. Harold.

"Miss, I see you are shaking. Are you feeling unwell?" asked a middle-aged man with a kind expression. He held a cigarette in his hand. He must have taken a puff just now and the smoke has not completely dissipated. go.

"I, I want to find Mr. Harold!"

The middle-aged man was slightly startled: "I am!"

Selina asked: "Mr. Harold, do you know more about the inside story?"

Harold looked surprised and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground. He took two quick steps forward and whispered to Selina: "Run while you still have sense!"

Selina was a little panicked: "Where to run?"

"Run outside the villa!"

"Run to where?"

"Have you seen that pine forest? There is a small village over the mountain. Once you reach that village, you will be safe."

…

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Territory.

Hobert received a reply from Bishop Simpson early in the morning. In the letter, Bishop Simpson said: "Your Excellency the Archbishop has not given any instructions regarding cooperation with the Gnostic Society."

That was acquiescence. Of course, the archbishop would not give any instructions. After all, he would have to "kill the donkey" in the future.

It's just that after Hobert and Bishop Simpson are bound together in the future, there will be a lot of room for maneuver in how to kill "Donkey".

After sending away the big dog and having breakfast, Hobert finished teaching Freya today's vocabulary before asking Allen to invite Helen over.

When the beautiful and elegant Helen came to the study, Hobert said straight to the point: "Tell Monica or President Jonathan that the Mother Earth Church has agreed to my cooperation plan, but they have given a condition. We need to help us kill a demigod on the other side, and the extraordinary characteristics of that demigod must be given to the Church of the Mother Earth, so that we can completely reach an agreement."

Phew~

Dennis, who was cleaning the study, lost his grip and dropped the book in his hand: The Insidious Baron!

Helen didn't care about the manservant's mistake. In her opinion, since it was cooperation, then of course each had to set their own conditions. Only if everyone was interested could cooperation be achieved.

But what Helen didn't expect was that the Mother Earth Church actually wanted to cooperate.

As far as she knows, this is the first time that the Gnostic Society has cooperated with the Zhengshen Church!

Helen knew very well that she was a sounding tube, so she agreed and immediately went to report the news to Ms. Monica.

Hobert glanced at Dennis on the side: "Did you just think: This baron is so insidious!"

Phew~

Another book fell to the ground.

Hobert looked at Dennis who was a little surprised: "Whenever I can't read your thoughts from your expression, you don't have to clean the study every day."

He paused and said, whether to Freya or Dennis: "Politics is to make peace with mud. You can make peace with water and soil, but it is still mud. You can only add some sand, grass and other debris. The more they become harmonious, the harder they become, and finally they become a whole.

"If you don't have this ability, slime will always be just slime."

After waiting for seven or eight seconds, he said to Dennis, who was deep in thought: "Go, bring me my tea!"

After Dennis left, Alan came in at the door and whispered: "Sir, if he leaks your..."

Hobert waved his hand: "This kid doesn't seem to have much money, but he is very smart and will not joke with the lives of his family."

Allen nodded and said nothing more.

Hobert said to Schier outside: "You should pay more attention to the military affairs. Just come here and stay for about an hour every day. You don't have to stay here every day!

"Also, bring Grove's eldest son and second son to the army. They are two stupid big men with rough hands and feet. They can crush the watering can just by watering the flowers."

Sil smiled: "Yes."

"The name of the magic potion you took is 'Hunter'!" Hobert said: "From now on, you will be given three days off per week, and you will learn how to be a real hunter from the hunters in the territory."

Siel was slightly startled: "Yes."

Although he didn't understand the Lord's purpose, he knew that there would be nothing wrong in following the Lord's orders.

Hobert returned to his room and was about to use "Travel" to ask Upton how the progress of purchasing materials was. He felt something and used his spiritual vision to see that the space in the room had become illusory.

The messenger came out of the spirit world, and a letter popped out of the coffin and landed in Hobert's hands.

Hobert was slightly stunned when he opened the letter. There was not a single sentence in the letter that could be read. If he felt something, he turned the letter over.

Looking upside down, these letters actually formed a ferocious wolf face.

Seeing that the messenger had not left, Hobert asked, "Who sent the letter?"

"That little girl who likes occultism." The messenger said: "The donuts she paid for were overnight donuts."

Hobert smiled and said, "I will make up three more for you next time I send a letter."

He read the letter again: "Selena's prank?"

Do you still want to graduate from me?

"She is tainted," the messenger said.

"Polluted? Has she provoked people from the Aurora Society again?"

"No, worse pollution than that."

Since he has become Selina's mentor, of course he cannot ignore it, so Hobert asked again: "Did she send this letter from home?"

"Boclon House, East Chester County."

Hobert asked again: "Do you know what the source of the pollution is?"

Messenger: "I got very contradictory information. I felt familiar and strange at the same time. What is certain is that it smells like a soothsayer."

smell? Hobert thought of the big dog who delivered the letter in the morning, and he smiled and said, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, three donuts!"

Hobert smiled and shook his head: "No problem!"

"Also, be careful with this oil painting, it is different from before!"

Hobert was stunned for a moment and thanked him again.

Messenger: "You're welcome, three donuts. I owe you nine donuts in total."

After the messenger left, Hobert came to his senses: "Did you take the initiative to start 'selling'? And it seems a bit forceful, right?"

Hobert shook his head helplessly, but then he thought, it was only nine donuts, he could still afford it.

He did not go to save people immediately, but crossed his arms and thought about a plan to save people, then changed into Loen-style clothes, and considered bringing magical items and sealed objects.

This time he covered the oil painting on the wall with a thick cloth on his back. First of all, it was a very good shield. Secondly, he wanted to try to pull Fabuti along and take the risk together.

The most important thing is, Hobert wants to see what changes have happened to this oil painting?

Since the messenger reminded him, the oil painting must have undergone some changes, but Hobert did not dare to take it to the "Land of Disorder" again, and could only pay attention to the changes in the oil painting during the battle.

If it's very dangerous, just throw away the painting: Brother Fabuti, I don't want to just throw away the painting, but the battle is too fierce, and I can only do this to save my life.

Hobert smiled and changed his appearance first, used "travel" to come to Backlund, and found a travel agency to inquire about the situation of Bokelon Villa.

After getting detailed information about the villa, Hobert sighed: The villa deep in the mountains; the mountains covered with ice and snow! It’s so reminiscent of “The Shining”! In other words, this is a standard environment for ghost stories to happen!

While thinking wildly, Hobert came to a deserted corner and used "travel" to reach East Chester County.

He stood on a high mountain and looked at the Boklon Villa surrounded by fog in the distance. He could see guests coming in and out of the Villa.

This lively scene was not what Hobert imagined, it was just Selina, or just Selina and her friends and family.

Hobert crossed his arms and thought for a while, then took out the letter Selina had just written, preparing to use it as a medium to use the "Faceless Man Necklace" to navigate and find Selina.

But the necklace hung there motionless. Hobert: Divination failed? No, the messenger said that there is a smell of "divination" here, so there may be anti-divination forces nearby.

He checked the magical items and sealed objects on his body again, and then used "Travel" again to arrive not far from the villa.

Just a few steps forward, Hobert saw a hand on the road, to be precise, it was a hand holding a cane. The hand was cut off from the forearm and wore a black gemstone bracelet on the wrist. , it was suspended in mid-air, holding the cane tightly.

Seeing that there was nothing "aggressive" about this hand, Hobert prepared to avoid it and continue walking forward.

Unexpectedly, this hand pulled out the cane stuck on the ground, and stopped in front of Hobert as if jumping on one leg.

Hobert, who already had a lot of adventure experience, asked calmly: "Do you need my help? My medical skills are very good and I can sew up amputated limbs."

Or maybe sew you back onto the body.

The hand stamped the cane on the ground, then released it and waved towards Hobert.

Hobert asked, "Don't you need my help?"

He waved his hand again and pointed in the direction of the villa.

Hobert understood: "You don't want me to go to the Villa?"

His hand grasped the cane again, as if to say: This is what it means.

"Thank you for the reminder." Hobert said: "I also know that there is danger there, but my student is in the villa, and I must save her."

The hand seemed to be stunned for two or three seconds, and suddenly the bracelet on its wrist seemed to have come to life, exiting from the direction of the severed wrist and flying towards Hobert.

As soon as Hobert caught the bracelet, the hand and cane fell to the ground.

Hobert was stunned for a moment as he held the bracelet. It was a sealed object. He bowed slightly towards that hand: "Thank you for your blessing and gift."

He buried the hand that was holding the cane in the woods on the roadside to prevent it from being crushed by the passing carriage.

While burying it, Hobert noticed that it was a right hand.

To be on the safe side, Hobert used "travel" to return to the mountain opposite the villa. He simply arranged the altar and offered the bracelet to the "Land of Disorder" for inspection.

Using the status of the "State of Disorder", I learned about the ability of this sealed object: "It can quietly put the opponent into sleep, enter the enemy's dream, create some monsters in the dream to attack the opponent, and the opponent in the dream To be injured is to be truly injured, and to die in a dream is to be truly dead.”

The negative effect is: "The holder is prone to sleepwalking. When sleepwalking, he will completely turn into another person and do some things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. If you die wearing this necklace, it will destroy part of the holder's spirituality. And the will is sealed in the body, turning the holder into a living zombie with intelligence, but the holder will also miss the opportunity to enter the underworld, and will eventually become an evil spirit after the body rots."

Hobert thought about it for a moment. The holder of the necklace must have suffered an irresistible attack, and one of his hands was cut off.

The negative effect of the necklace retains part of the holder's will, giving the hand a certain amount of wisdom to block guests who want to enter Boklon Villa.

Following this line of guessing, Hobert felt that this should be a sealed artifact of the Church of the Night Goddess. Its owner might be a member of the Nighthawks team who had sacrificed his life or escaped with a broken arm.

Looking at the necklace in his hand, Hobert decided to investigate the situation in the villa if he had the chance, and then report it to the Church of the Goddess of the Night.

Back in the real world, Hobert once again used "travel" to get to the vicinity of the villa. This time he encountered no obstruction and entered the reception hall while looking at the tourists playing in the snow.

The manager greeted us warmly: "Welcome to Boklon Villa, may I help you in any way?"

"You look so ugly when you smile. Stop laughing is the best help! Well, just smile, it's even more ugly when you look expressionless." Hobert said and took out the letter that the Church of the Goddess of the Night had previously issued. Police ID: "According to eyewitnesses, a fraudster has slipped into the guests of the villa. I want to investigate the tourists here and ask the staff of the villa to cooperate."

The manager asked with an unnatural smile: "What is the name of that prisoner?"

"He had many false identities, five different identities that I have."

"What are the physical characteristics of the prisoner?"

"He is proficient in the art of disguise. It is said that he once disguised himself as a woman and deceived a pirate general. I even have reason to doubt whether you are him?"

"Sorry." The manager said helplessly, "In this case, we may not be able to help at all."

"I don't need your help, you just need to assist me in my investigation." Hobert smiled: "I have been chasing him for several months, and I can identify him after a series of investigations!"

The manager nodded: "You can also tell me the pseudonyms the prisoner used. Maybe he registered under one of them?"

Hobert nodded: "As far as I know, the last pseudonym he used was Gehrman Sparrow."

An adventurer had a big sneeze at sea!