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Time returned to 4:12 PM, just as the Tarot Gathering was coming to an end, inside the command center of Angers City.
For some time now, Angus had been disguising the "0-73" Death Domain as a cane he carried with him.
However, this cane mostly appeared as a black crystal, using "Order Crystal" to isolate the negative effects of the sealed artifact.
Considering that Auernia's body did not belong to her, Hobert reminded Angus to apply for the use of sealed artifact "0-73" when handing Auernia over to Angus.
Ultimately, Angus decided to use the "0-73" Death Domain to punish Auernia's spirit.
For the past half-month, Auernia had been in a special area within the realm of death, where several special wraiths attacked her spirit.
Fortunately, Auernia had gradually regained some of her status, otherwise she would have been tortured to death.
Of course, it was also because Auernia regained a certain Sequence that Angus arranged this mild punishment; he would not let Auernia truly die in the punishment without Hobert's explicit orders.
Angus, as usual, came to the dungeon built during the previous "Angers Fortress" period, where Auernia's body was imprisoned.
Currently, Auernia was the only one in the dungeon, because the current prisoners were no longer held in prisons, but were directly sent to the construction site for labor.
There was only one guard in the dungeon now, specially assigned for Auernia. Most of the time, this guard would be called to the court to help, and he would only be here in the afternoon when Angus routinely checked on Auernia's condition.
Following the guard to the first room on the left side of the dungeon, Auernia quietly lay on a wooden plank inside an iron cage, but most of her spirit was not in her body at this time.
Angus put away the "Order Crystal" covering the Death Domain. Just as he was about to open the Death Domain, he suddenly felt his hand empty, and the bone-white cane had disappeared without a trace.
At the same time, the dungeon guard revealed a strange smile: "This cane looks like it's of good quality, I can take it back and use it as a door bolt."
As he spoke, he took out a monocle from his pocket and put it on his left eye.
This was actually an Amon avatar, who had parasitized the guard's body at some point.
Angus was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, throwing a talisman at the Amon avatar.
Unfortunately, the talisman appeared in the Amon avatar's palm as soon as it was taken out. He glanced at it: "This is a talisman made with "Worms of Time"!
"The avatars on the Rorsted Archipelago were indeed killed by the "Creator"."
While he was speaking, he kept stealing Angus's thoughts, which made Angus freeze in place, his eyes and expression somewhat blank.
"I'll take this too, although it feels like receiving my own ashes." The Amon avatar smiled, put the talisman in his pocket, and used the ability to steal space to leave the dungeon.
Three seconds later, Angus recovered, and the original blank expression immediately turned into surprise. He quickly prayed to the "Creator" and reported what had happened here.
After leaving the dungeon, the Amon avatar suddenly found a pretty figure wearing a blood-colored crown in front of him.
And to his right, a young man wearing a mask stained with blood and dressed in an official Beyonder uniform.
These two were Helen, temporarily holding "0-75", and Elliot, temporarily holding "0-74".
The Amon avatar looked at the cane in his hand and immediately realized: "Hobert deliberately made this sealed artifact appear in the public's view? Even punishing Auernia was just to cover up his true purpose?"
Elliot, wearing the mask, said: "Put down the cane, you can leave here."
Although he didn't recognize the Amon avatar, his spirituality could feel that the enemy in front of him was not simple.
As the Amon avatar guessed, Hobert gave the "0-73" Death Domain to Angus and secretly ordered him to expose this sealed artifact and the purpose of using it to others in a natural way.
Then, Hobert used the excuse of needing to celebrate the New Year and socialize in Backlund to not show up in Angers for about half a month.
And he sent Helen and Elliot to ambush in Angers City with Grade 0 sealed artifacts respectively.
However, they were not ambushing Amon's avatar, but the high-level members of the "Rose School".
Even for a long-standing organization like the "Rose School", a Grade 0 sealed artifact was quite important. Hobert believed that they would definitely send people to inquire about relevant information to see if there was any possibility of retrieving it.
If they could ambush the high-level members of the "Rose School", they could also capture their spies in the Southern Balam Duchy in one fell swoop, so Hobert designed this trap.
But no one expected that the one who stepped into this trap was Amon's avatar, so Elliot made the promise to 'let him leave if he put down the cane", because this was obviously not the enemy they were ambushing.
The Amon avatar smiled: "Originally, I was indeed going to put down the cane and leave, but your request made me change my mind. I refuse!"
After saying that, he injected spirituality into the "Death Domain", preparing to use the power of the underworld to leave.
The "Crown of Abraham" worn by Helen immediately emitted a bright light: "This place..."
Her next words were stolen, and only the beginning of the sealed artifact's "prohibition" was spoken.
Almost at the same time, the Amon avatar's shadow suddenly stood up to snatch the cane from the Amon avatar's hand.
The Amon avatar pointed the hand that was not holding the staff towards the top of his head. The bright light he had stolen from a certain time period appeared above his head, making the area of his shadow very small, making it difficult to snatch the cane.
Then, Amon stole the "imprisonment" used by Helen again, and then grabbed towards Elliot, causing the mask on Elliot's face to shake.
After all, this was just a clone, and not every theft of a Grade 0 sealed artifact could be successful.
In order to steal the "Death Domain" in one go, the Amon avatar sacrificed the probability of success for his own 'theft" in the next period of time.
At this time, Elliot said in a very sacred voice: "Put down the cane and leave!"
These were the Amon avatar's words just now, but only a part of that sentence. At this time, it was "intercepted" by Elliot using the "Fallen Mask", making the Amon avatar feel as if he had heard an irresistible order, and released the cane.
But in the next instant, the Amon avatar grasped the cane again, because he had 'deceived" himself, making himself hear the "holy words": Take the cane and leave.
The Amon avatar immediately stole the boundary between the real world and the spirit world in front of him, immediately entered the spirit world and left from here, but he suddenly found that the hand holding the "Death Domain" was very stiff, and he couldn't lift the bone-white cane.
It turned out that Helen had just 'deprived' the Amon avatar of the right to use the "Death Domain", which made him unable to take the cane away, and even unable to lift it.
The Amon avatar simply let go of his hand, and then kicked the "Death Domain" into the spirit world with one foot.
Although he was 'deprived' of the right to use the cane, it didn't say he couldn't kick the cane!
Just as the Amon avatar was about to disappear into the spirit world, the "Death Domain" miraculously returned to the real world.
The Amon avatar glanced at the sky for a long time. Without any hesitation, he immediately drilled into the spirit world, and stole the traces of himself in the real world to avoid being "associated" with it.
It turned out that the great image of the "Creator" had appeared in the sky.
After Hobert finished attending the Tarot Gathering and returned to the real world, just as he was about to sacrifice the "Worm of Star" to Mr. Fool, he heard Angus's prayer. The "Death Domain" was stolen by an unknown angel?
So Hobert immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder", used Angus's star, and saw the fierce battle on the edge of Angers City from afar.
Hobert was first very fortunate that this trap was set up according to the opponent of the angel level, otherwise it would definitely be succeeded by the Amon avatar.
Just as the Amon avatar kicked the "Death Domain" into the spirit world, Hobert noticed that another Amon avatar was rushing from the spirit world to meet him.
So the "Creator" immediately took action and 'distorted" the "Death Domain" back to the real world.
Just as he was preparing to deal with the Amon avatar further, that clone had taken advantage of the "Creator" regaining the "Death Domain" to enter the spirit world and leave.
Hobert still put on the Uniqueness, and 'distorted" his body far away in Backlund to outside Angers City, and then immediately returned to the real world, using the method of 'twisting" space to come to the battlefield just now.
After confirming that Angus and the other three were not injured, Hobert first gave them generous merits as rewards, and then recovered the three Grade 0 sealed artifacts.
After being disturbed by the Amon avatar, this trap had been exposed and there was no need to continue to set it up.
Then Hobert inquired in detail about the words and deeds of the Amon avatar. After receiving the answers from Angus and the other three, Hobert came to the dungeon and released Auernia's spirit in the "Death Domain".
At this time, Auernia's face instantly turned pale and her lips turned purple, like a dead person.
After she recovered for a few seconds, Hobert smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have been released after serving your sentence."
Auernia opened her mouth, but she couldn't say a word at this time.
After Hobert explained a few words to Angus and others, he took Auernia into the spirit world and returned to Backlund.
Arriving at the Duke's mansion, Hobert first handed the stiff Auernia to the butler, and asked the butler to arrange for several maids to take care of her.
Then Hobert hurried back to the study and sacrificed the "Worm of Star" to Mr. Fool.
After Mr. Fool took away the sacrifice, Hobert cleaned up the altar and began to think about the theft of "0-73" by the Amon avatar that had just happened.
To be targeted by Amon's avatar, or simply be remembered by Amon, and take action to steal, must be a very important thing!
If only one Amon avatar appeared, it was possible that he found an opportunity, so he stole it casually, but there were other Amon avatars to meet him, which shows that this was a 'deliberate theft".
Why did the Amon avatar steal this Grade 0 sealed artifact? Why steal this sealed artifact at this time?
Regarding the previous question, Hobert thought of the bronze gate he saw in the "Death Domain" before. When he first entered the "Death Domain", he noticed that there seemed to be very terrible things behind the bronze gate.
Later, after the end of the civil war, he entered the "Death Domain" again to explore. His spirituality warned him again that the things behind the door were terrible, so based on the principle of "it is better to do less than more", he did not try to open the bronze gate.
After the theft of the Amon avatar, Hobert believed that he should actively explore behind the bronze gate to understand Amon's purpose.
The second question is also very important. Why didn't the Amon avatar try to steal this sealed artifact when it was in Klein's hands?
But when it was seized by the "Creator", it was theoretically more difficult to steal, but he had to risk coming to steal it.
You must know that, as now, if their actions fail and the main body cannot rush over quickly, it will expose the fact that this sealed artifact is very simple.
The "Creator" did not pay attention to this sealed artifact before, but now he will definitely pay attention to it!
Then Amon's avatar will have no chance to steal the "Death Domain" in the future, and will expose the secrets in the "Death Domain".
However, this may also be a trap. Amon knows very well how terrible the things behind the bronze gate are, so he used this theft to attract the attention of the "Creator".
When the "Creator" opens the bronze gate, the things behind the door attack the "Creator", causing the "Creator" to be injured, or even killed.
Hobert pondered for a while, and felt that it was possible that Amon or Amon's avatar had recently obtained important information, and learned that something he needed was in "0-73", and had been following the clues to Angers City.
When he learned that the "Death Domain" was in Angus's hands, Amon's avatar felt that this was an opportunity, so he carried out the theft.
Hobert's trap was very deceptive. Angus, a demigod, holding a Grade 0 sealed artifact for a long time after the end of the war, sounds very incredible.
But after in-depth investigation, you will find the big melon of the "Blood Moon Queen's" resurrection!
It seems very reasonable to use a Grade 0 sealed artifact to deal with the "Blood Moon Queen".
If there is still doubt, you will notice that the punishment for the "Blood Moon Queen" is real, which seems very strange.
But if you check carefully, you will find that the "Blood Moon Queen" was resurrected in a member of the Balk family, which seems reasonable, after all, the Balk family is an important part of the "Creator's" power, and you always have to give them an explanation.
In short, there must be some preset information interfering with the investigators, and in the end they will gradually ignore the possibility that this is a trap.
Hobert believed that Amon's avatar should also be confused by this trap. Even if there is a Sequence in this pathway that is a "Cryptologist", he may not be able to see through all the clues preset by Hobert.
Otherwise, Angus would have been exposing the fact that he held the "Death Domain" more than ten days ago. If Amon's avatar had noticed that this was a trap, he would have tried to destroy it more than ten days ago.
Or, if today's theft is Amon's conspiracy, why did Amon's avatar wait more than ten days before taking action?
Thinking of this, Hobert shook his head, feeling that his train of thought was wrong!
Regardless of whether this was Amon's conspiracy or not, "0-73" held significant secrets.
That was the key!
Amon's avatar wanted to steal "0-73" because this sealed artifact had secrets.
Or Amon's avatar hoped to use "0-73" to kill the "Creator," which further indicated that this sealed artifact had considerable secrets.
After all, the "Creator" possessed the position of an King of Angels and was protected by the "Nation of Disorder"; even Amon's main body might not be certain of killing the "Creator."
Since Amon's avatar hoped that "0-73" could harm the "Creator," it was enough to show the power of this sealed artifact.
In this matter, the secrets on the sealed artifact were the key!
So Hobert changed his approach: no matter what, he had to explore the secrets of this sealed artifact!
However, the exploration process had to be very careful, using the "Creator" hiding in the "Nation of Disorder" to explore, rather than 'small account" Hobert.
Just as he was thinking this, there was a knock on the door.
Hobert came back to his senses: "Who is it?"
"Duke, it's me." It was the butler, Mr. Corris.
Dophis was currently accelerating the digestion of his potion, because he had to die and be resurrected three times in a row, during which he would lose most of his memory, so he would not be able to serve as butler for a while.
So before he went to digest his potion, he found a competent butler for Hobert in advance.
Corris paused slightly and then said: "A Mr. Emlyn is here to see you. He says he is your friend and has urgent business with you."
"Accompanying him is an old man who looks indifferent. Mr. Emlyn calls him Lord Nibbs."
Hobert smiled slightly: "Understood, please have them wait in the large reception room. I'll be there shortly."
He glanced at the clock. It was almost past five in the afternoon, more than an hour after the Tarot Gathering had ended.
In other words, after receiving the news, the Sanguine did not immediately send someone, but discussed it, and then Nibbs came.
Nibbs was a Marquis of the Sanguine and the person in charge of Backlund, making him the most suitable candidate for the initial negotiations.
Hobert deliberately waited for more than ten minutes before arriving at the large reception room on the first floor.
"Mr. Nibbs." As soon as Hobert entered, he smiled and said, "Your complexion is better than before."
Nibbs, with his full head of white hair, squeezed out a little smile: "So is yours."
The two shook hands, and Hobert patted Emlyn on the shoulder as a greeting. Then they sat on either side of the coffee table.
After chatting casually for a few words, and after the servants served tea and left, Nibbs got straight to the point: "I heard from Emlyn about the two deals you initiated.
"The second deal has seriously damaged our alliance. We demand that you immediately stop harming the "Blood Moon Queen" and return Her Majesty to us immediately."
"Don't make the problem so serious." Hobert smiled and said, "My handling is precisely out of consideration for the alliance.
"Currently, the "Blood Moon Queen" is restoring her position, but we all know that even if she restores her position, without the support of Beyonder characteristics, she will only have the power of Sequence 4 at most.
"So, are the high-level Sanguine willing to accept a Sequence 4 leader?
"I'm just suppressing the "Blood Moon Queen's" spirit to avoid embarrassing you."
Although Nibbs' expression was still a bit cold, his tone had improved a lot: "We Sanguine are not as boring as humans."
Emlyn, who was sitting on the side, immediately felt that his expression was at risk of getting out of control, because the reason they didn't come to the Duke's mansion immediately after receiving the news was that the high-level Sanguine were discussing what position to give Her Majesty if that was really the Queen?
But everyone's opinions had not been unified, so they decided to take the person back first and then ask the Ancestor what to do.
Hearing Nibbs' answer, Hobert leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs: "Then, what are the Sanguine willing to exchange for your Queen?"
Nibbs stared at Hobert: "The Sanguine will not hold this against you."
Hobert shook his head: "The Sanguine's handling of this is unacceptable."
"Don't destroy our alliance."
"You are the ones destroying it!" Hobert said seriously: "When you allowed your "Blood Moon Queen" to be resurrected in the body of a "Creator" believer, didn't you think about our alliance?
"Why didn't you let her be resurrected in a Sanguine's body? Resurrecting her in someone who has nothing to do with either side would not cause dissatisfaction with the Sanguine within us!"
Emlyn frowned. This was something he hadn't thought of before. It seemed that the Sanguine were the first to destroy the alliance between the two sides.
Nibbs was slightly stunned: "We didn't let Her Majesty be resurrected there."
"If it wasn't you, could it be us?" Hobert said impatiently: "Brother, I always thought you didn't want the "Blood Moon Queen" to be resurrected.
"But because of some reasons, the "Blood Moon Queen's" resurrection was a foregone conclusion, so you kicked this problem to me.
"So I used the methods of judgment and punishment to help you clean up the "Blood Moon Queen". Now that she has no temper, you are ready to return her to you.
"How could you deny it?"
Emlyn opened his mouth, feeling that Hobert's logic was very reasonable: I didn't expect that there was such a high-level plan hidden inside!
Nibbs, who had lived for hundreds of years, suddenly felt that his brain was not working: "No, it's not that complicated... No, the "Blood Moon Queen's" resurrection has nothing to do with us."
"It has nothing to do with the Sanguine? Could it have something to do with me?" Hobert looked increasingly unhappy.
Nibbs was speechless. Yes, the "Blood Moon Queen's" resurrection had nothing to do with the Sanguine, so could it have something to do with the "Creator's" follower?
He suddenly felt that he should first ask the Ancestor to see if the "Queen's" resurrection was the Ancestor's arrangement?
If it was really the Ancestor's arrangement, even if the Sanguine didn't know, they would have to grit their teeth and accept it.
Thinking of this, Nibbs asked: "What conditions do you need to release our "Queen"?"
Hobert pretended to ponder for a while before saying: "The Sanguine owe us a huge favor this time. From angels to ordinary Sanguine, they must fight for us once without compensation! To repay this favor."
Nibbs" words of refusal were already on his lips, but in the end, he didn't say anything too absolute, but said: "Let's discuss it."
Then he said: "In the meantime, please immediately stop punishing the "Queen"."
Hobert smiled and nodded: "I understand. I'll tell the "Blood Moon Queen" that she was released on parole at the Sanguine's repeated requests."
Nibbs was about to nod, but then he felt that Hobert's words seemed a little strange.
After seeing off the Sanguine's negotiating representatives, Hobert took out "0-73" from the "Nation of Disorder." He decided to study this sealed artifact tonight.
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