Mystery: The arrival of the new Black Emperor

Then, Klein thought of another key question, so he said: "How do you know that I am the Fool?"

"Not long ago." Hobert said half-truthfully: "For an angel with a long lifespan, this time is more like...how do you say that? Oh, yes, in the blink of an eye!"

It was indeed "not so long ago", just three years ago.

Hobert's answer was very deceptive. It sounded like he meant that he discovered the secret after becoming an angel.

Klein was a little relieved, because in the Tarot meeting before, "The Fool" and "The World" had more than once had a "double act"-like dialogue.

Although Hobert learned that Klein was the "Fool", he could guess that it was Klein who was talking to him for some purpose.

But guessing it later was still different from knowing it at the time.

If Hobert had known about it at that time, Klein would have been embarrassed to death.

But if Hobert guessed it later, Klein's embarrassment would still be acceptable.

Klein then thought: "Didn't you have any doubts about the fact that The Fool can read simplified Chinese characters?"

Hobert replied vaguely: "I thought this was the mysterious world."

Klein breathed a sigh of relief and did not continue to explore this embarrassing issue. Instead, he jumped to another topic: "I have no objection to the plan you just mentioned, but there is one thing I am not sure about."

At this time, the waiter started to serve the food, and Hobert picked up his chopsticks: "Which part?"

"The 'fooling' part." Klein said: "The scope of what I can 'fool' is limited. A 'fooling' like this involving gods may take some time to complete."

He also really wants to complete Hobert's plan, because this will not only save Russell, but also basically complete the promotion ceremony.

After all, this process will "fool" fate, history, and reality, and it is much more comprehensive than the previous preparations made by Antigonus to accommodate uniqueness.

Hobert chewed the food, but was thinking about another thing: I just thought today that the "Origin Castle" is complete, so when Klein is in Sequence 1, he can use the "Origin Castle" to use some levels of true gods. authority, and I will do so only after I become the King of Angels.

Then he thought: The "fooling" ability that Klein mastered at this time is a bit like the "shadow" ability that I currently have. Compared with the real "Black Emperor", it is a low-end version of "shadow" ability.

Hobert thought for a while and then said: "Theoretically, it should be no problem. I will help you buy time when the time comes.

"Well... let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll wait until you become a god."

Anyway, there is more than one chance.

Klein nodded: "Okay, when will we go?"

"If there's nothing else, go ahead after eating."

"no problem."

The two clinked glasses again and took a few sips.

Then they started talking about new topics while eating.

Klein said: "I plan to be promoted as soon as possible."

Hobert nodded: "Amon has obtained the uniqueness of the 'Gate' pathway and a copy of Sequence 1 characteristics. Before he becomes the 'Dual Path True God', we'd better complete the promotion.

"Relatively speaking, my situation is relatively good. How is your situation?"

Hobert is currently the king of angels who accommodates Oneness, and he feels that he and Oneness "get along" quite harmoniously. Currently, he only needs to wait for the potion of "Prince Slayer" to be completely digested before he can find a good one. Time for promotion.

The digestion of the "Prince Slaughter" potion has reached the final stage, and the ceremony has been being planned.

At present, all nine mausoleums have been completed and all are related.

As for the other parts of the ceremony: having your own country, having your name associated with the title of emperor, becoming common knowledge among the people, and also needing to establish a set of strict and complex rules that are contrary to normal conditions, including architectural style .

First of all, Hobert already has his own country, which is relatively easy to achieve.

As for associating his name with the title of emperor, this is what Hobert has been doing. One of the political tasks he gives to grassroots cadres is to publicize the king's deeds.

It is now common knowledge in the Kingdom of Atlantis that Hobert is the king.

When necessary, just change the title of "King" to "Emperor", which is what George III did.

Then there is a set of strict and complicated rules that are contrary to normal conditions. The land distribution, planned economy, asset nationalization, etc. that Hobert has been carrying out are all preparations for this step.

The political system and economic system of the Kingdom of Atlantis are different from any other kingdom in the world. This is "violating the normal rules" in an abstract sense.

Not to mention the architectural style, Hobart completely gave a new architectural culture.

As long as the potion is digested, Hobert can immediately make final preparations for promotion, so he came to Klein today to talk about saving "Old Huang".

If everything goes well, the next step will be to talk to the Djinn, and basically all the preparations will be done.

"I'm in pretty good shape." Klein said, "There's no problem in being promoted immediately."

He was not bragging about this. It took Hobert a year to fully digest the potion, but he had already digested it in advance.

Under normal circumstances, Sequence 1 potions are difficult to digest, and it is normal for it to take more than ten years to digest.

Hobert was able to digest it so quickly because it happened to coincide with the founding process of the country. The original political, cognitive and economic systems on this continent were completely subverted by him, which resulted in such an effect.

"But the problem is, Amon will definitely block my promotion." Klein expressed his concerns: "Adam is definitely on Amon's side."

Hobert said "Yeah": "Fortunately, we also have some allies. The Night Goddess and the Earth Mother Goddess should be firmly on our side.

“They are enough to stop Amon, and some other opponents should appear by then, but other gods will also start to spontaneously take sides.

"I think the true gods will support you in becoming the 'Lord of Mysteries'."

At least the Lord of Storms, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom will definitely support Klein.

Klein took a deep breath: "One more thing, I feel that the divinity in my body is affecting some of my thoughts and judgments.

"If you rush to become a god, I don't know if it will lead to some uncontrollable consequences."

Hobert smiled helplessly: "I can try to use the 'Clock of Order' to help you stabilize your state, but I'm not sure how effective it will be."

After all, Klein's promotion is the main arrangement for the resurrection of "Tianzun".

Klein looked at the braised eggplant in front of him and thought for a moment before saying, "Even if you have concerns, you must be promoted as soon as possible."

Otherwise, if Amon is given enough time and his condition is stable enough, if a Sequence 1 level clone is sent to guard the ruins of the "Kingdom of Night", it will be very passive.

Hobert took a deep breath: "Before you decide to be promoted, come see me again. I'll see if I can strengthen your human side."

"Okay." Klein paused, and then said with emotion: "If there were no such nonsense as promotion, it would be such a wonderful thing for two friends to get together for a drink."

Hobert held the wine glass and looked at the square over there: "Especially in the evening, it's a great place to hang out."

"Hahaha." Klein also picked up the wine glass: "I will make arrangements in a few days."

The two clinked glasses first, and then Hobert smiled and said: "If our action is successful, let's pick up a skewer and give it to Russell."

"no problem."

After eating, drinking, and being prepared, Hobert first entered the "Land of Disorder" and contacted Bernadette, asking her to take "Pale Death" with her to seal her father's island and wait for the next order.

Then Klein also entered the "Origin Castle".

"The Creator" and "The Fool" are online.

…

Bernadette, dressed as a captain, was somewhat excited after receiving the oracle from the "Creator". Unexpectedly, not long after, the "Creator" would help her father solve the pollution problem!

So she immediately took "Pale Death" with her and headed again to the island where her father was sealed.

Because I had been here once before, I reached the edge of the island very easily this time.

Then, Bernadette felt that she was being watched by a certain being... no, multiple beings?

Just when she was considering who else to pay attention to here besides the "Creator", she received another instruction from the "Creator": to lift Russell's seal.

Bernadette agreed respectfully. In her opinion, the "creator" must be able to notice the gazes of other beings. Since the "creator" did not warn of danger, it should mean that there is no danger.

Immediately afterwards, Bernadette actually felt a little nervous, as if she was performing something she was very unskilled in front of many people.

She took a deep breath, calmed her mind, and turned it into a stream of information that quickly floated from mid-air to the mausoleum.

After confirming that the island had not undergone any changes like last time, Bernadette "entered" into the Li mausoleum.

As soon as she entered the mausoleum, Bernadette once again felt a surging "new" power rushing towards her, but that power disappeared immediately after it appeared. It should have been solved by the "creator".

On the high platform, a dark figure was sleeping.

Just because Russell is sleeping does not mean that the pollution has disappeared. The pollution in his body will still cause crimson gaps to appear on his body. However, after these gaps expand to a certain extent, the seal established with "Pale Death" It will take effect, and these crimson gaps will gradually close.

Bernadette stared at Russell on the huge iron chair for a few seconds, then seemed to suddenly come back to her senses, and then glanced in the air to make sure that those beings were still watching here.

She made a slight fist with her left hand, and took out the pale white metal mask with her other hand and put it on.

Suddenly, Bernadette lost any breath of life.

Then a layer of white light appeared around the black shadow. This layer of light seemed to suck away the breath of the entire mausoleum, leaving only deathly silence.

Under Bernadette's control, this layer of light suddenly dimmed and disappeared within a second or two.

The black figure sitting on the tall iron chair woke up, seemed to yawn, and then saw Bernadette not far away.

Bernadette immediately shouted: "Dad!"

The shadow was stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses: "Bernadette, ha, I'm so happy to see you. You are now a big shot in the mysterious world! I can all come to save your poor old father."

Although Bernadette's eyes were slightly red, she cautiously did not get closer: "Dad, have you forgotten? We just met more than a month ago."

Russell sat there motionless for three or four seconds before suddenly slapping the armrest: "I remember, your Uncle Hobert promised to come and save me!"

…

At this time, Hobert in the "State of Disorder" was about to send the extraordinary characteristics of the "Emperor of Knowledge" to the real world. After hearing the words "Uncle Hobert", he almost missed and let the extraordinary characteristics fall in front of him. in the pool.

Klein in "Origin Castle" was trying hard to hold back his laughter.

"Ahem." Hobert cleared his throat and continued to send the extraordinary characteristics to Russell's mausoleum.

…

When Bernadette heard this, she also smiled awkwardly.

At this time, a sudden force sent her from the high platform to the door of the mausoleum.

Bernadette saw a small illusory ball of light appear on the high platform, and her spirituality realized that it was the extraordinary characteristic of the "Emperor of Knowledge".

She didn't know the specific plan to "rescue Russell", but when she saw the ball of light, she suddenly felt that the hope of a successful rescue seemed quite high.

After all, even such advanced extraordinary characteristics are used.

At this time, the crimson gaps on Russell's body began to crack again, and streaks of moonlight radiated out.

He tightly grasped the armrests of the iron chair, fighting against the gaps.

At the same time, a middle-aged man with chestnut hair and two delicate mustaches appeared next to the extraordinary characteristics of the "Knowledge Emperor". It was Russell who was in the "Knowledge Emperor" period.

It's just that his eyes are blank and his expression is dull. He is a historical projection.

This historical projection took the extraordinary characteristics of the "Emperor of Knowledge" and swallowed it in one gulp. Suddenly, his eyes seemed to light up, and his expression seemed to have some subtle changes.

At this time, the moonlight in Russell's body, who was sitting on the Iron Throne, became brighter and brighter, shining on this historical projection, intending to pollute this historical projection.

Boom~

Suddenly a melodious and profound bell sounded in the mausoleum, echoing continuously in the tomb, making everything in the tomb become very peaceful.

The moonlight projected from Russell's body suddenly became dim, and the crimson gaps on his body gradually closed at this moment.

For the real world, the pollution of outer gods is the existence that destroys order.

After Bernadette was intoxicated by the sound of the bells for a second or two, she looked up and saw the majestic figure of the "Creator" appearing on the top of the mausoleum. He was striking a very simple and huge bronze bell.

Boom~

As the second bell rang, the crimson gap on Russell's body was completely closed.

He slumped on the chair and breathed heavily, but there was no time for him to rest now. The image of the mysterious and lofty Fool suddenly appeared on the top of the tomb.

Dangdangdang~

He tapped the armrest of the seat three times with his hand, and surging power poured into the real world, establishing a subtle connection between Russell's black shadow and the historical projection.

Because the extraordinary characteristics in the historical projection fit very well with Russell himself, the "grafting" process was easily completed.

Then came the most critical step. The entire space on the high platform suddenly became illusory, and the black shadow's facial features appeared, and then he showed chestnut hair and two delicate mustaches.

Soon, Russell, who was sitting on the iron chair, appeared in gorgeous Intis-style aristocratic clothing. His appearance and clothing were no different from the historical projection.

Klein is "fooling" history, "fooling" reality, and "fooling" truth and falsehood. The concepts between the real Russell and the historical projection are gradually becoming blurred.

The more Klein "fooled", the more difficult it became. At this time, Hobert used his "amplification" ability at the right time. Klein suddenly felt that his power had been strengthened and he had subsequent power.

Russell's figure on the iron chair gradually became illusory, but Russell's historical projection gradually gained brilliance in his eyes.

After seven or eight seconds of "fooling", Russell on the iron chair completely disappeared, leaving only a slightly trembling crimson moon.

This red moon is no different from the moon in the night sky except that it is a bit small and vibrates irregularly.

Appearing in a mausoleum at this time, people suddenly have a very magical feeling.

At the same time, Russell's movements and eyes across from the iron chair became very agile. He raised his hand and felt his own state: "Haha, I haven't been this relaxed for a long time."

From this moment on, the true and false are "fooled", and Russell's projection becomes the real Russell.

History and reality have been "fooled", and Russell has not taken the "Black Emperor" potion, but is still at the level of the "Knowledge Emperor".

Russell turned to look at Bernadette under the high platform, grinning.

Bernadette, whose vision had been obscured by tears, suddenly noticed that a red moonlight seemed to flash in her father's eyes.

This made her a little surprised and a little worried.

The contamination on Russell's body has not been completely eliminated. At least, it will have to wait until Hobert or Klein become an old man before the contamination can be completely eliminated for him.

But it was too late to ask at this time, because the red moon on the iron chair was shaking more and more violently, and obviously the bell could suppress it for more than ten seconds.

After Russell was stunned, he immediately transformed into a torrent of knowledge and appeared next to Bernadette.

He knew very well that it was difficult for him to solve such a problem.

At this time, the "Creator" jumped down from the air, holding a golden and orange scepter in his right hand, and a black long sword appeared in his left hand.

The "Creator" strode forward, and the scepter in his hand transformed into a dusk-colored shield. When he came to the iron chair, he stabbed the crimson moon on the seat with his black long sword.

Bang~

The moon exploded like a balloon, and the moon's brilliance poured out around it.

The shield in the hand of the "creator" suddenly grew larger, emitting dazzling sunlight. The brilliance of the moonlight was blocked by the sunlight and the shield, and failed to affect Russell and Bernadette behind the "creator".

But the bricks illuminated by the moonlight suddenly grew legs and hands, jumped down from the wall, and attacked Hobert without knowing their own strength.

Even the huge stone pillar illuminated by the moonlight suddenly moved, emitting a blood-red light, and lifted itself up to smash the shield in the "creator's" hand.

Opposite the "Creator", the iron chair suddenly deformed and showed an attacking posture, like a giant steel beast rushing towards Hobert. Because of its size, it was terrifying.

But in the next second, all the stone pillars, bricks, and chairs were motionless, like puppets whose strings were suddenly cut off.

At this moment, they all became the marionettes of The Fool.

Then, the water column rotated to support the dome again, and the bricks stacked themselves up one by one, becoming a wall again.

In the darkness, a flash of red quickly jumped along the illusory "spiritual line" to the top of the mausoleum, to the mysterious and distant "Fool".

"The Fool" immediately disconnected, and the blood-red pollution was also disconnected.

The shield in the hand of the "founder" once again transformed into the shape of a scepter, emitting a dazzling light. The temperature in the mausoleum immediately increased. The bricks, stone pillars and iron chairs that had just been illuminated by the moonlight all ignited golden color. of flame.

These things became alive again, but were quickly burned to ashes by golden flames.

There is a small ball of crimson moonlight in their "belly". Under the strong light, they lose their place to "house", and are eventually scattered by the light and turned into nothing.

Within the barrier, any power from outside gods is no match when the "Creator" and the "Fool" join forces.

Just be wary of the pollution from the outer gods. These pollution levels are very high and completely incompatible with the power they display.

Just like the moonlight in the mausoleum, although it seems to have disappeared, the pollution is still there, but it is weaker.

Because the "Black Emperor" in this mausoleum has "disappeared", it has no mystical role. In addition, most of the walls and stone pillars have been burned, and most of the high platform has been burned.

The mausoleum began to collapse.

Russell raised his hand and said, "Thank you both very much."

Then she turned around and motioned for Bernadette to leave immediately, but just when Bernadette was about to transform into a torrent of information, she found her father turning around and arriving at the gate of the mausoleum.

Bernadette seemed to understand something and was not in a hurry to leave. She followed her father quietly.

Russell stretched out a hand and pushed the door open.

Hula~

Because the interior of the mausoleum was burning and was in a state of severe oxygen deficiency, air rushed in from the crack in the door, making a whistling sound like a strong wind.

Russell pushed open a huge crack in the door and stepped out. Looking at the tall trees in front of him and the mutated or extraordinary creatures in the jungle, he laughed heartily.

At this time, five figures ran out of the jungle. They were the old Edwards and Benjamin, the young Green, and the middle-aged William and Perley.

The five knights immediately knelt down on one knee and said "Your Majesty".

Seeing them, Russell was a little excited at first, but after seeing their state clearly, he understood what was going on: "You... you are all loyal and brave knights! Reliable partners!"

He smiled helplessly and said: "However, after experiencing some things, I suddenly understood that human power is limited after all, and some things always make people feel powerless!

"You guys wait here and help me rule this island! I'll take you out when I'm ready outside."

He took a deep breath: "You must protect this place, and you must protect yourself. This is our secret base!"

The five knights immediately said "yes."

Russell raised his hands: "Your emperor is back! The old era is over, and a new era is coming!"

Boom, the mountain behind Russell collapsed, as if announcing his rebirth.