Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Kingdom of Feneport, Jeffrey Territory.

After teaching Freya the words, Hobert suddenly remembered something very important. He returned to his room, set up a simple altar, and then read out the honorable name of the goddess of the night:

"Higher than the stars, goddess of the night, longer than eternity, you are the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets, the Queen of Disaster and Fear, the Lord of Sleep and Silence.

“Thy devout followers pray for thy gaze;

"I beg you to help me get rid of my bad luck!"

The surging power of tranquility came, and the sun was shining brightly outside, but the house was as quiet as late at night.

A piece of paraffin wax not far from the altar suddenly floated to the altar. It was about the thickness of a finger and as long as half a candle. The paraffin wax became soft and turned into a red liquid after a few seconds.

The liquid formed letters one by one, and finally the letters formed a sentence: Although it is bad luck, it is a reward for you, and such bad luck will happen again.

Then the power of tranquility disappeared, which made Hobert feel like "the other party is offline."

He thought about it for a while, and it seemed like this was the case. He went to the wrong "room" twice, but he achieved quite a lot of gains both times.

The first time, Gale and his subordinates were basically blocked in a conference room. The second time, although "Lieutenant Admiral Dusk" was not found, "Admiral Blood" was marked by an oil painting.

And he also got a clue that was suspected of "Lieutenant General Twilight", but this clue was given by "Admiral Blood" and had to be disinfected in the "State of Disorder" before use.

Well, just think of it as a reward. Although these two battles are quite dangerous, your gains are not small.

Hobert also thought that when he prayed to the goddess of the night in the future, he should prepare a bowl of fine sand next to the altar, so that when she wanted to communicate, she would not have to find something according to local conditions.

After cleaning up the altar, Hobert received a letter from "Vice Admiral Iceberg". Edwina first apologized for her error in judgment and encouraged Hobert not to be discouraged. She would continue to pay attention to "Vice Admiral Twilight" If there is any trace of him, inform Hobert immediately.

Hobert felt that Edwina's tone was very much like a teacher's encouragement to a student who had just encountered a setback, which made him feel a little unable to find his place.

At the end of the letter, it was about the transaction of charms. Edwina said that because Hobert wanted them in bulk, he could pay 50 gold liso a piece.

Along with the letter came a package containing neatly arranged 40 brass-colored charms.

The metal corresponding to the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is brass. Compared with gold, which is the corresponding metal of the Eternal Burning Sun, this is not a too expensive metal.

Hobert found a wooden box and advanced 2,000 gold riso and 2,000 gold pounds to Edwina.

Hobert must give these 2,000 pounds, because this is the intelligence fee for the entire "Blood Admiral" pirate group. If the "Blood Admiral" can be hunted, this money will be nothing at all.

In the next three days, Hobert assisted Dopheus in preparing for the wedding. During this period, he first completed the transaction with Emlyn's potion through "The Fool".

After the medicine was distributed to the construction site, many people avoided the bad luck of getting sicker and even losing their ability to work.

There are simply not enough medicines to treat colds and colds, and not that much medicine to treat diarrhea.

So Hobert placed another order with Emlyn, asking for 200 medicines to treat colds and 300 medicines to treat severe colds. This order was worth a total of 180 pounds, and he continued to deduct it from the 1,000 pounds.

Not long after Hobert placed the order, he completed the transaction with "Little Sun". To be precise, Little Sun paid off the debt.

For the consumption of "Hammer of Provocation" and the last Tarot meeting, "Little Sun" once again paid "Emperor" 5 kinds of main materials with a total of 17 pieces in sequence and 8 levels.

These main materials are basically the same as last time, with only one new material that has not been seen before.

Hobert wrote another letter to "Lieutenant Admiral Iceberg", asking what kind of material it was. He also asked about several extraordinary materials that had been seized from the dock island before, so that he could be aware of it.

Now Hobert only has the materials that Minato seized from the Demonic Wolf of Mist, and there are a few pieces that he is not very clear about. The rest are the main materials that he knows how to obtain.

Hobert has not had time to hunt the Demonic Wolf of Mist recently, so he can only let it run around for a few more days until he is no longer busy.

In addition, Hobert also received the bounty from Alger through "The Fool". After Alger kept 15%, he still had 7,990 pounds.

After deducting the reward to "Lieutenant General Iceberg", there is still 5,990 pounds. The bulk of the proceeds from this operation still belongs to Hobert.

During these three days, Hobert unloaded all the construction materials in the "State of Disorder" at night at the construction site where they were needed.

Also, Bishop Simpson led a team to Jeffrey's Territory. He not only brought many bishops and priests, but also two "Druid" teams.

"Druid" is not only the name of the Sequence 5 of the "Cultivator" path, but also the title of the official Beyonder of the Earth Mother Church.

In ancient times, this name represented the messenger of the forest and the warrior who defended all life. It was very appropriate to the theme of the official extraordinary person of the Church of the Mother Goddess of the Earth.

These two druid teams are elite, including 2 Sequence 6 and 4 Sequence 7, as well as several "low Sequence" Beyonders.

But Hobert has been very busy recently and really can't spare his time to fight the devil, so he can only put this matter aside for the time being.

In the blink of an eye, Saturday came, and Forsi could finally breathe a sigh of relief. She had finally finished writing her new book, and it must be said that this was the fastest book she had written.

Without Hobert's supervision, she didn't know that she could have completed a novel within a month.

Arriving at Hobert's study, Forsi hurriedly handed the manuscript to Hobert, because he still had to contact the publisher, proofread it many times, type it, and there were many processes waiting for him.

Hobert briefly read the manuscript and said to Freya on the side: "I have something to discuss with Miss Fors. Please close the door for me."

Freya nodded and closed the door on her way out.

Forsi sat opposite Hobert, drinking tea leisurely: "What are you dissatisfied with the plot?"

"No, I want to talk to you about another thing." Hobert took out a red invitation from the drawer. This invitation was very exquisitely made. The outer layer was silk, and the inside was a cardboard case. When opened, it was Contents of the invitation: "This is the wedding invitation I selected."

Kristine had already sent out the invitations from Feneport City. The invitations designed by Hobert were to invite some of his friends and subordinates and subjects in the territory to attend the wedding.

In the Kingdom of Feneport, red invitations are not popular. Because most of them are believers of the Mother Earth, green, which symbolizes vitality, or yellow, which symbolizes harvest, and even white, which symbolizes holiness, are often used by many people.

When the designer of the invitation handed Hobert a white sample, Hobert almost fell on the other person's face.

Forsi felt a little uneasy: "Please, invitation?"

She has always been avoiding the wedding: "Hobert, I don't think it needs to be too grand. After all, after all..."

After all, we are just a contract couple.

"This is exactly what I want to talk to you about." Hobert smiled: "I think we should all make choices based on our true inner thoughts, are you right?"

Forsi didn't quite understand what Hobert meant.

Hobert took a deep breath to hide his slight nervousness: "Miss Fors, I want to say that through this period of getting along with you, I have developed a good impression of you, and I really want to officially become your boyfriend. Fiancé is not just a so-called contractual relationship."

Forsi looked surprised: Is this Hobert's confession? I just sent a book manuscript, how come I received a confession? what to do? Now how to do?

Forsi was a little nervous for a while, a little shy for a while. Her pretty face was slightly flushed, and a few strands of hair hung down, making her shy and cute.

"I hope we can all follow our inner feelings." Hobert continued to guide: "You are not disgusted with me, are you?"

Forsi straightened his back, stood up and sat down, picked up the cup and put it down again, and finally nodded slightly.

Hobert stood up with a smile and came to Forsi's back. His hand just fell on Forsi's shoulder: "Then just listen to me. I will pay you the remaining 'contract couple' fee in a while, and then We end this contract.

"Next, please continue to live in the Lord's Mansion and help your boyfriend, Baron Hobert, deal with the nobles and wealthy businessmen who are always trying to get married.

"And our wedding is an important part of achieving this goal. As long as I get married, those barons and wealthy businessmen will completely give up.

"As for our wedding, it not only needs to be a big one, it needs to be a big one, and all our relatives and friends must come to attend!"

As he spoke, Hobert leaned down and put his face on Forsi's shoulder, very close to Forsi, while his hands hung naturally on her chest.

Forsi was a little uncomfortable with such an intimate move at first, but she didn't avoid or push Hobert away, because in fact there were already many intimate moves between them.

Listening to Hobert's voice in his ear, the little discomfort gradually disappeared.

Forsi grabbed Hobert's groping hand: "But, but, this is still too fast. We just confirmed our relationship today and will get married in half a month. I, I always feel that I can't accept it."

Hobert smiled and said: "So, you agreed to my confession just now?"

Forsi looked at Hobert with a mixture of anger and a smile, but said nothing.

it is more than words.

Hobert saw this delicate, shiny, and healthy-skinned face right in front of him, and he stepped forward to give it a kiss.

Forsi hid: "I, I'm not ready yet."

"Do you still need to prepare for this? Are you ready now?"

"Forget it, you're ready."

Pa da~

Hobert was so hopeless that he almost drooled out of his mouth.

Forsi hid in Hobert's arms, enjoying the sweetness of this moment. She had described so many love scenes before that she was almost numb, but now she felt that love really is such a sweet feeling. .

The two hugged each other for a while, and then Hobert continued the topic: "Let's hold this wedding properly. We can get married first and fall in love later."

"But, but, if we find that we are not suitable for each other in the future, won't we have to divorce?"

"There will be no divorce." Hobert, who was prepared for it, smiled and said, "We can continue to be a 'contract couple.'"

Forsi also smiled. In other words, no matter what, he would spend the rest of his life with the man in front of him?

However, the proposal of "get married first, fall in love later" was very novel and made Forsi a little excited.

Then they began to discuss who to invite to the wedding.

"Xio must be invited, and I also want to ask her to be my bridesmaid." Forsi said: "I really want to invite Teacher Dorian, but I don't know if he is willing to come and participate?"

Hobert said: "You can send him an invitation, briefly introduce me in the letter, and see if you want to come and see him."

Forsi added: "I originally wanted to invite my friends from the medical school and some writer friends, but they are all ordinary people and there is no way to bring them to Feneport, so I have to forget it.

"And I have already lost contact with my relatives, so I won't disturb them. However, I can send an invitation to my father, but it's just one invitation, because our wedding has already been held when we arrive in the Southern Continent. it's over.

"Well, the point is, I don't want him to show up at my wedding either."

Forsi took a long breath, feeling that this matter was too heavy.

Hobert said: "Then why not invite the members of the Justice League to attend the wedding."

Forsi nodded: "Alright."

After discussing this matter, they discussed new books and meeting with publishers.

Hobert had asked Dophis to contact the publishing house in advance. The two of them went back to their rooms, changed into more formal clothes, and then used "travel" to come to Spring Publishing House in Feneport City.

This publishing house ranks among the top three in the entire Northern Continent, and most of the best-selling novels in the Kingdom of Feneport are also published by this publishing house.

Because Dophis had greeted him in advance, the two of them waited for a while before meeting the editor-in-chief, Mr. Gordon.

This is a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses. His office is somewhat messy, but his desk is still neat.

He flipped through the manuscript for more than an hour before saying: "Miss Fors, your writing style is still very good, but this kind of biography book is not very popular now, so please be mentally prepared."

Before Forsi said anything, Hobert asked first: "If I sign a contract with your publisher, how many copies will your publisher plan to print?"

"Three thousand copies." Mr. Gordon smiled and said: "Without Mr. Dophis's instructions, we would only be willing to publish a thousand copies at most, because the town of Jeffrey that appears in this book is really not famous.

"Mr. Hobert, to be honest, if it was two months ago we would have printed more, but now, people's attention to you has dropped sharply."

Hobert didn’t offer any explanation, but simply asked: “If we were to self-publish, how much would we have to pay for a book?”

Mr. Gordon was stunned for a moment before saying, "It depends on what kind of material you use."

"Above average."

"A copy costs about 1 silver cord."

Hobert simply said: "Then we will publish it at our own expense."

Of course Gordon would not refuse: "How many copies do you want to publish?"

"Sixty thousand copies!"

"Six..." Gordon thought he heard wrongly: "Mr. Hobert, didn't I just explain it in detail enough?"

Forsi also tugged at the corner of Hobert's clothes, indicating that Hobert had printed too much.

However, Hobert winked at Forsi, indicating that he knew what he was thinking: "I'll pay for it, you print the book, don't ask any other questions, okay?"

Gordon opened his mouth several times before saying: "Of course."

After Fors left to sign the contract, Hobert "went to the bank" and quickly withdrew 6,000 gold riso in cash.

Before noon, the contract had been signed. Hobert paid an extra 500 gold riso and asked Mr. Gordon to print the book before the 28th and send it to bookstores across the country.

In this cooperation, Hobert is the financial sponsor, and his demands will of course be met as much as possible.

After leaving the publishing house, Forsi said: "This is my first time coming to a publishing house to spend money."

Hobert smiled and said: "This is not called spending money, this is called investment, or publicity."

He took a deep breath: "Since we are here in Feneport City, let's go shopping and do some shopping."

All the money I earned before was spent on the construction of the territory, so I should spend it on other places, otherwise I will almost lose the motivation to make money.

In Feneport City, there is nothing more than eating and buying clothes.

Although Hobert is also a noble, he has no aristocratic consciousness at all, and Forsi doesn't like luxury goods very much, so the two of them basically buy things in the department stores that are the favorite of the middle class.

After shopping for a long time, he only spent 16 gold liso. This made Hobert feel that he was really floating now. This is equivalent to twelve or thirteen pounds in cash. Now he spent it without any psychological pressure at all.

On the way back, Forsi also lamented: “In the extraordinary world, spending hundreds of pounds at once doesn’t make any difference, but in daily life, spending just a few pounds feels like spending a huge sum of money. "

Hobert smiled and said: "So, the real world and the extraordinary world are basically two worlds!"

After returning to the territory, the two of them were busy with their own affairs. Hobert continued to prepare for the wedding and entertain the distinguished guests, while Fors returned to Backlund and once again entered the circus to play the role of "Master of Magic".

But now Forsi has a sense of involvement in the wedding and will also participate in the preparations.

The two people's inadvertent actions made them more intimate than before.

On Sunday morning, Hobert received the first batch of invitations. He eagerly wrote one and took it to his room.

Then, he entered the "Land of Disorder" and spread his spirituality to the stars of Aesir.

…

Fenerport City.

Wearing a waist-style palace dress that showed off her good figure, Ethel was participating in a very boring activity. She smiled and seemed to be very interested in the activity.

Suddenly, her eyes were filled with black sacred light, and Athel saw the solid figure sitting on the throne with a sharp sword.

Ethel almost said: Creator!

Just listen to the "creator" say in a solemn voice: "At eight o'clock tonight, one of my favored ones will come to find you."

Hobert didn't explain much and immediately broke off contact.

Ethel was slightly startled, seeing that there was nothing unusual about the people around her: I was the only one who could see the figure of the "creator" just now!

Then she returned to her smile, regaining her graceful and elegant yet somewhat powerful temperament.

This temperament is unique among the Feneport royal family, because although she is a female member of the royal family, she has actually been on the battlefield, not just as simple as going to the northern war zone to spend time.

She quietly asked her adjutant: "Do you have any plans for the evening?"

It was also unique to have an adjutant by his side, because Ethel really couldn't stand the dilly-dallying style of those housekeepers.

The adjutant said: "Count Ralph is holding a banquet tonight..."

Ethel raised her hand and interrupted: "Push it away for me, just say that I suddenly have something urgent to deal with."

"yes!"

Ethel attaches great importance to the favored ones of the "creator". She specially came to a manor on the outskirts of Feneport. This place is not as guarded as the palace, and it is not protected by level 0 sealed objects.

The key is that the people here are absolutely loyal to Ethel, even if they accidentally capture the Beloved, it doesn't matter.

The information given by the "creator" was too vague, and Ethel could only try to make this meeting as accident-free as possible.

At 7:58, Ethel, who was waiting alone in the spacious living room, found that the space in front of her had become illusory.

It’s “travel”! Ethel immediately made a judgment, and with some caution saw a man wearing a black crystal mask and a noble cloak coming out of the spirit world.

The two people looked at each other, but for Al, it was almost impossible to read any information from Hobert.

For Hobert, the Ethel in front of him looked similar to the one he saw in the "Land of Disorder". He was about twenty-four or five years old, with a good face and some freckles on his face.

After meeting her, her heroic temperament became more and more obvious, and there was also an undoubted temperament in her body, which still gave Hobert the feeling of "a netizen rushing to show up".

Hobert broke the silence first: "Hello, Princess Ethel!"

Ethel was not surprised at all that the other party knew her identity: "Hello, Blessed One!"

Hobert smiled and said, "I came to you to ask for your help."

"The 'Creator' asked you to come?"

As if he was suddenly given a shot of blood, Hobert hit his heart with one hand and his back with the other, raising both arms at an angle of about 45 degrees: "Praise the founder!"

Ethel was stunned for a moment before she realized that this should be a gesture of praise to the "creator".

Then Hobert said seriously: "Of course the great 'creator' will not care about such trivial matters. The benevolent 'creator' only guided me in the direction of solving the problem."

How to use the trumpet and the tuba to sing the double act, Hobert basically learned it from Klein.

Hobert's performance made Ethel put away her arrogance and became serious without realizing it: "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Yes, you are invited to my wedding." Hobert handed over the invitation that had been prepared for a long time.

After Hobert's repeated weighing in recent days, this invitation does not pose much danger. After the battle in the southern continent, the "founder" is no longer unknown. Besides, Ethel has seen the strength of the "creator".

Hobert believes that even in Ethel, it doesn't matter if he reveals his identity as the "creator"'s favored one. Before he is sufficiently sure, Ethel will not harm himself, and will only do some investigation at most. . And Hobert can beat Ethel at any time in the "Land of Disorder", so he doesn't have to worry too much about her leaking the secret.

This request completely exceeded Ethel's expectations: "Attend the wedding?"

She opened the invitation and saw Hobert's name. After a brief surprise, she immediately realized that Hobert would use his identity to expand the influence of the wedding.