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Using "True Sight," Hobert saw thin green mist in the dense forest, dispelled by the chimes of the bell. Within the mist, it seemed that countless souls filled with unwillingness and helplessness were being driven back to the underworld.
The world returned to normal, as if they had never existed.
After a few seconds of daze, Hobert returned to reality.
Seeing the magnificent scenery of the Midseashire and the dense forest from the third floor of the watchtower again, Hobert felt a sense of boredom.
He took the Sealed Artifact back to the second floor and re-lit the candle on the table: "The Evernight Goddess stands higher than the cosmos and more eternal than eternity…
"I have completed the task you entrusted to me and obtained this Sealed Artifact.
"I hope you will open the Gate of Sacrifice and accept my offering."
The altar was immediately covered by a surge of tranquil power. At the same time, Hobert also felt a portion of "hidden" power within it, which was absent when he had sought help from the Evernight Goddess earlier.
First, a Gate of Sacrifice with specks of starlight appeared in front of the altar, and the "Fleshy Crystal Stone" was immediately sucked in by a huge force.
Hobert looked at the empty altar and asked, "Respected Goddess, is there still a need to continue this war?
"So many people have died tragically, even the Outer Deities can't bear to watch."
Hobert heard that soothing female voice in his ear again: "This is a very helpless aspect of the Beyonder world. This war has reached a point where no one can stop it if they want to."
Hobert seemed to hear the helplessness in the Evernight Goddess's tone: This is the Beyonder world, even becoming a deity only allows one to protect oneself.
He took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and asked, "Why can't the God of Combat continue to seal that 'Fleshy Crystal Stone'?"
"If Badheil comes into contact with this Sealed Artifact again, he will easily be corrupted by the 'Monarch of Decay'." The Evernight Goddess replied, "During the Fourth Epoch, Badheil once hoped to use the power of this Sealed Artifact to try to find and approach the 'River of Eternal Darkness'."
Hobert asked, "Can you tell me more about this? Does this Sealed Artifact really come from the 'Monarch of Decay'? Is this Outer God looking for the 'River of Eternal Darkness'? Why did the God of Combat's plan fail later?"
"It is indeed a kind of intrusion of the 'Monarch of Decay' into the real world." The Evernight Goddess replied, "In the past few millennia, almost every Outer God has projected a small amount of power into the real world in various ways.
"I speculate that the 'Monarch of Decay' should be looking for the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' but He seems to only be interested in Badheil's Beyonder characteristics."
Hobert thought: Perhaps it is because the Beyonder characteristics of the "Warrior" pathway were torn from the "Monarch of Decay's" body?
The Evernight Goddess continued: "During the Fourth Epoch, Badheil obtained this Sealed Artifact and tried to use it to contaminate Salinger, but Salinger noticed it in advance and used the power of the underworld to seal the source of corruption on Longtail Island…"
Hobert was stunned: "Mountain God Megali!"
Previously, he had obtained information from Trunsoest that Megali was sealed by the Underworld Emperor because she carried the Underworld Emperor's corruption.
Moreover, this seal was very strict. Even in the Fifth Epoch, the angels of the Loen Royal Family failed to find Megali's whereabouts.
Hobert found Megali's Beyonder characteristics because he had Mr. Azik's mark and used this characteristic to advance.
"Yes." Seeing that Hobert was very clear about this, the Evernight Goddess did not continue to explain this matter, but continued: "After Badheil repeatedly tried to contaminate me and Salinger without success, he wanted to use this Sealed Artifact to influence the 'River of Eternal Darkness,' in order to prevent Salinger from controlling and accommodating the Sephirot.
"However, because this Sealed Artifact had too much uncontrollability, when Badheil was conducting some research and experiments, it affected the 'City of Calamity' through unknown means.
"This caused the 'City of Calamity' to become very active, almost breaking through the seal.
"It was also because of Badheil's mistake that Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn were all subjected to a certain degree of corruption from the 'City of Calamity'.
"Even now, 'Conquerors' are more susceptible to 'Sephirot' corruption than other Sequence 1s."
"Ah?" Hobert was a little confused at first, but soon he seemed to find a clue: The "Warrior" and "Hunter" pathways, could they both have been torn from the "Monarch of Decay's" body?
He felt that it was not impossible. He had been a little strange before. Generally speaking, the "God of Combat" not only refers to being very good at fighting but also refers to outstanding achievements in war.
However, the feeling that the "God of Combat" Badheil gave people was only that he was very good at fighting!
Experts in warfare still had to look at Medici and the others.
As for why the "Monarch of Decay" would have two non-adjacent pathways, it is not difficult to understand. After all, although these two pathways are not adjacent, they can be interchanged.
Secondly, it can explain why a Sealed Artifact related to the "Monarch of Decay" can be used to affect the "City of Calamity."
Because this Outer God has a certain connection with the "Hunter" pathway, it is very likely that He made the "City of Calamity" active through this pathway.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is that if the "Monarch of Decay" is looking for the "River of Eternal Darkness," He is likely to become a Great Old One through the "Warrior" and other pathways.
Then, how could He accommodate the Beyonder characteristics of the "Hunter" pathway when He first became a Great Old One? Could it be that the physique of the Outer Deities is different from that of Earthlings?
Because of the lack of relevant information, Hobert did not continue to think about this question, but asked the Evernight Goddess: "Theoretically speaking, the 'City of Calamity' should have also corrupted the Primordial Demoness."
"He has been hiding in a corner of this world. Is it because he has been severely corrupted?"
"The 'City of Calamity' has limited corruption of Cheek." The Evernight Goddess explained: "Some pathways are more likely to approach Sephirot.
"Just like the 'River of Eternal Darkness' has almost no corruption for Salinger, but it is a kind of corruption for me and Badheil. We need certain means to avoid it before we can try to approach Sephirot."
Hobert nodded. He had heard Trunsoest mention this concept as well.
Then he suddenly thought: "Then, could the Primordial Demoness be hiding in a corner, secretly accommodating the 'City of Calamity'?"
"The power of the 'City of Calamity' must be helpful to Cheek." The Evernight Goddess replied: "But Cheek's state makes it difficult for Him to accommodate Sephirot."
At this time, Hobert was very grateful for the first time that the Primordial Demoness had not died in the Fourth Epoch.
The "City of Calamity" is so active, and the corruption of the "Witch" pathway is not significant. If Cheek had died and a new "Primordial Demoness" had appeared, then in the long years of more than a thousand years, He should be able to find a way to accommodate the "City of Calamity."
Then Hobert would have to continue to endure and perhaps even actively accept the Demoness Sect until he became a Great Old One before he would find an opportunity to turn against them.
Hobert had no other questions and said to the Evernight Goddess: "Thank you for your answers."
The surging tranquil power disappeared, and the Evernight Goddess returned to His Divine Kingdom.
Hobert looked around, buried all the corpses and ashes underground, and then entered the Spirit World and found Bean, who was waiting at the headquarters: "I have completed the task assigned by the Goddess and sacrificed the Sealed Artifact to the Goddess."
Bean did not expect the task to be completed so quickly and praised Hobert a few times.
After chatting for a while, Hobert said goodbye and left.
He did not return to Backlund, nor did he go to the Southern Continent, but came to the fields of Longtail Island alone.
Looking at the vibrant fields and the orderly society, Hobert's heart became very comfortable.
Suddenly, a thought popped into Hobert's mind: Fight to the Northern Continent and liberate all mankind!
Then he smiled: Wait until I become a Great Old One, otherwise I will be beaten to death by the Seven Gods!
After wandering in the fields until lunchtime, Hobert went to the Governor's Mansion to have lunch with Fors.
While eating, the two talked about the changes in Longtail Island.
Now that the Ocean University is on Longtail Island, the sudden appearance of such a higher education institution seems to have transformed Longtail Island from a desolate and backward colony to a place where culture and economy can rival the countries of the Northern Continent.
At the same time, professors and students are also very interested in Longtail Island. Professors often take groups of students to the fields to investigate and feel the very unique political atmosphere here.
Although this has brought many inconveniences to security management, Hobert and Fors believe that they should gradually adapt to accepting more people from outside Longtail Island. In the future, it will become more and more open and become a window to showcase the achievements of the Southern Balam Duchy.
After talking about the changes in Longtail Island, Fors, wearing a light dress, changed the subject: "The Abraham family has officially pledged allegiance to Mr. Fool."
Fors wiped his mouth with a napkin and continued: "Mr. World has completed a transaction with the Abraham family. The reward the Abraham family received is that they can be protected by Mr. Fool and avoid the curse of the Blood Moon."
Hobert nodded: "That's not surprising."
At the previous Tarot Gathering, Klein launched a transaction with Fors, expressing that he hoped to obtain the "Planeswalker" potion formula from the Abraham family.
Obviously, Klein was preparing to leave a way out for himself at that time in case he could not obtain the Beyonder characteristics of the "Miracle Invoker," he would jump to the adjacent pathway.
After a period of communication and negotiation, it seems that the two sides have finally completed the transaction recently.
The Church of the Sea God, the Abraham family, the Temperance Faction, plus City of Silver, then the main structure of the "Church of the Fool" is complete.
After dinner, Hobert chatted with Fors for a while over tea.
It was then that Hobert suddenly remembered that the charm given by the Evernight Goddess had not been used, but soon, Hobert said: Charm? What charm? Why don't I remember any charm?
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, He went to Yason City again, where he watched Conrad and the others carry out land reform.
With the implementation of the land revolution, grassroots officials in the Highland Kingdom discovered a new problem: there were too many "Abomination" Suah, and followers of "Chained God" Tolzna.
In the Highland Kingdom, the "Rose School of Thought" is the state religion, the orthodox church, and almost all citizens are believers of these gods.
This was different from the initial situation in the territory obtained by the Duchy of South Balam, where there were basically churches of the Evernight Goddess or the Church of Storms. During the colonial era of more than a hundred years, many people converted out of utilitarian considerations.
But the Highland Kingdom is different. For more than a thousand years, the people here have believed in the "Chained God", and later in the "Abomination".
This situation made the locals more xenophobic and indifferent. Even if they were given land and received many benefits, they believed that this was an arrangement of the "Chained God" and would not thank the Duchy government.
Generally, there is no other way to deal with this kind of situation except to use the orthodox church to gradually change the beliefs of most people.
However, Hobert was still not satisfied with this effect, because it would make the locals who were allocated land think that it was an arrangement of the "Chained God" and become an arrangement of the Evernight Goddess, but they still would not thank the Duchy government.
Therefore, the land reform was temporarily suspended, and the Duchy government began to discuss how to deal with this situation.
After hearing the report, Hobert said to Conrad and the others: "There is a precedent for this situation. We can refer to the way we treat the people on the west bank of Full Moon Lake to make them stop believing in evil gods."
Conrad said: "But unlike Full Moon Lake, there are too many people here, and the span is too wide. There is no way to concentrate them together to pray to the 'Creator'."
"Then pray separately," Hobert said. "Let the soldiers drive the people of each town together to listen to the 'Creator's' instructions."
Conrad and other officials were slightly stunned. Of course, they knew that this was the best way, but at the same time, they also wondered whether this would be disrespectful to the "Creator".
After all, that is a god, how could he serve the government's national policy?
But thinking that Hobert, the favored one of the "Creator", prioritizes everything for practicality, then this may also be the habit of the "Creator", and Grand Duke Hobert is just following the will of the "Creator".
After this matter was explained, Hobert falsely claimed to be thinking about the future development direction of the Duchy of South Balam in his room and rarely went out.
In fact, He did this in order to be able to quickly respond to the prayers of grassroots officials.
With the help of soldiers, regardless of whether the local residents were willing or not, they were driven to the streets of the town or a wilderness.
The residents of the city were driven to the square, and then local officials prayed to the "Creator".
So the "Creator" had to rush around to respond to the prayers of the officials.
The reactions of the people everywhere were similar. First of all, they were surprised by the great pressure shown by the "Creator", and they all trembled and knelt down or prostrated themselves on the ground.
The "Creator" would tell them in a solemn voice: "The 'Abomination' killed the 'Chained God'. For this reason, 'Abomination' Suah sacrificed the lives of more than 300,000 residents of Yason City. He is a complete evil god.
"I drove away the 'Abomination' and rescued you from such an evil god, becoming your new ruler.
"My messengers will distribute land to you, crack down on the bad habit of sacrificing living people to evil gods, and let you live a richer life.
"From today onwards, all the gods of the "Rose School of Thought" will be evil gods, and anyone who believes in evil gods will be punished!"
Under normal circumstances, this short speech that directly hits the hearts of the people will make them completely surrender, and most people will no longer continue to believe in evil gods.
But there must be some devout believers who will still secretly believe in it. At that time, people will have to be arrested. The Highland Kingdom suddenly lost hundreds of thousands of people, and there was a shortage of labor. Of course, the Duchy government would not let go of this kind of labor camp criminal who came to their door.
The Duchy government was very efficient. In just five days, the people in the entire occupied area met the "Creator" and learned who their new ruler was.
The prayers to the "Creator" suddenly increased, and Hobert could clearly feel that the power of these beliefs was transmitted to him through the "Iron Throne". They were both the "Creator's" anchors and Hobert's anchors.
After this action ended, a vigorous land reform was launched in the entire occupied area. After the people were allocated their own land, they knew very clearly that the rule of the Highland Kingdom was over.
In Yason City, Hobert once again felt signs of the digestion of the potion. With the end of the land revolution, the potion of "Duke of Entropy" was also completely digested.
At present, the Beyonder characteristics of "Prince of Abolition" are also available, and it is just a matter of completely eliminating the Highland Kingdom to complete the ritual.
After entering April, the battle situation went very smoothly. Medici had led the Beyonder forces to attack Colon City twice. The first time they failed to capture it, but the second time they captured it and looted the hub city.
Then He withdrew on the grounds that the occupied area south of Yason City needed more Beyonders.
After two attacks, the Beyonders of the Highland Kingdom nobles were basically dead. The "Rose School of Thought" no longer had any extraordinary power to dispatch. Medici planned to completely capture Colon City during the third attack.
At the same time, the remaining territory of the Highland Kingdom was quickly occupied by advancing with both Beyonder forces and conventional forces.
In the past month or so, two batches of reinforcements entered the Highland Kingdom, most of whom were regular troops and "low-sequence" Beyonders.
The soldiers recruited in the Duchy of South Balam last year, after more than three months of training, 30,000 of them were sent to the Highland Kingdom to prepare for the final war against the Highland Kingdom.
In fact, the main purpose is to let the soldiers experience actual combat. The power of the Highland Kingdom nobles has basically disintegrated, and this war is destined to not be very intense.
At the same time, taking advantage of this period, Hobert once again optimized the structure of the Duchy government's functional departments.
The first is to re-determine the responsibilities of each department, the second is to formulate a fairer personnel advancement system, and the third is to formulate a more scientific financial system.
In addition, some cumbersome processes are reduced, and the phenomenon of one department going left and another department going right in a common project is avoided as much as possible.
In addition to the government's functional departments, Hobert also introduced many regulations for official Beyonders.
The first is that the official Beyonders are divided into two, one part is stationed in various places to solve the extraordinary events encountered in ordinary times.
One part is still an extraordinary force, ready to respond to the call for extraordinary wars at any time.
Like the four Beyonder forces that Hobert gave serial numbers to, they are Beyonder forces that are ready to carry out extraordinary wars at any time.
And like Barnett's unit, Lawrence's unit, Solomon family's unit, etc., except for Sequence 5 and demigod-level forces, they must be ready to respond to the call to participate in the war at any time, other Beyonders have clear stations.
Several Beyonder families are easy to solve, and the Demoness Council also strongly supports it. After all, they all hope to become official Beyonders.
Hobert only needs to discuss this matter with Sharron and others of the "Temperance School", because if the "Temperance School" is also willing to support this policy, it means that their organization will be dismembered by Hobert.
Many "low-sequence" members of the "Temperance School" not only have to be stationed in the old land of the Highland Kingdom, but also have to go to Longtail Island and Rockville City. In short, they are basically broken up.
It is not only them who are broken up, but other Beyonder organizations are also broken up by Hobert using these new rules.
The members of the official extraordinary team stationed in various places may be members of the Tudor family or the Tony family, but the captain may come from the Balk family.
Regarding this point, Hobert explained very clearly: This is to better Exploit the cooperation between the various pathways.
After all, the orthodox church will also cultivate some Beyonders of non-adjacent pathways.
If they are to be emulated, Hobert's request is not excessive at all.
It's just that theBeyonder forces of the Duchy of South Balam is a bit special. Relatively speaking, the Beyonder forces all belong to one organization and are relatively xenophobic.
Hobert did not encounter too much resistance from the top echelons of the "Temperance School", where he was most worried. They only required that members of the "Temperance School" be able to reside in the Duchy of South Balam without joining the official Beyonders.
Hobert agreed to their request, so the more than 70 "Temperance School" members who participated in the war were divided into two, and many people were sent to various places to be stationed.
This is another major reshuffle of Beyonder forces Most of the "low-sequence" Beyonders have become official Beyonders in various places.
The Beyonders of the "Creator" force are very large, and even if the territory is doubled, they can still defend it.
Although the number of "Gale Army" and other four Beyonder forces, as well as Sharron's unit, has decreased, they are all elites.
The only one that has not been touched is the Sanguine who came to help, after all, that is Lilith's Beyonder force.
After standardizing the responsibilities of the official Beyonders, Hobert also promulgated the rules for the use of sealed items.
After several wars, Hobert has accumulated a large number of Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts, and even more than twenty Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts.
Especially after entering Yason City, several Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts were seized, such as the bones of the "Chained God" and the conch left by the "Conch Monster". They all have the level of Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts.
There is no use for these things piled up in the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert simply distributed most of the sealed items.
Level 2 and Level 3 Sealed Artifacts were basically distributed to the official Beyonder strongholds.
Some Beyonder stronghold captains were Sequence 7, yet they had three or four Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts. Even the official Beyonders of the various churches in the Northern Continent weren't this wealthy.
Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts and some Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts with strong offensive capabilities were basically distributed among the Beyonder troops.
The "Gale Army" and the other three armies each received three Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts, and Sharron's unit also received two.
The ownership of these Sealed Artifacts belonged to the Duchy of Southern Balam; they only had the right to use them temporarily.
This distribution of Sealed Artifacts surprised all the Beyonders of the Duchy. They hadn't expected the "Creator's" forces to have such a deep accumulation.
Unlike the orthodox churches, the churches' Sealed Artifacts were accumulated from one Beyonder case after another. Many official Beyonders already had many Sealed Artifacts in their team's possession when they joined the Beyonder forces of the orthodox churches.
The official Beyonders of the Duchy of Southern Balam were different. First, the Beyonder forces joined, and then the official Beyonder organization was formally established.
At the beginning of this organization's establishment, they suddenly received so many Sealed Artifacts all at once, which naturally made them feel surprised.
However, at the same time, the ownership of Sealed Artifacts obtained in subsequent work also belonged to the Duchy of Southern Balam, and the Beyonders only had temporary usage rights.
There was only one exception: if a certain Beyonder individual was very compatible with a certain Sealed Artifact, then the Beyonder individual could use that Sealed Artifact for life.
Hobert looked at the greatly emptied hall and suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, as if a huge sum of money had been spent on something he deeply admired.
Then, he turned his gaze to the Beyonder characteristics. There were still a large number of Beyonder characteristics stored in the hall. It was meaningless for these things to be stored here, and they had to be "spent" as soon as possible.
Hobert had already sent many Sequence 9 Beyonder characteristics directly to the official Beyonder squads. From now on, the captains had the authority to give out Sequence 9 potions.
In addition, the Marauder Research Society and the Traveler Research Society now apply for a batch of Beyonder characteristics every month. At this time, these two research societies have cultivated a large number of Sequence 7 Beyonders.
Medici had recently made a suggestion to Hobert to form a Beyonder troop with the "Hunter" pathway and another Beyonder troop with the "Prisoner" pathway as its main members.
Hobert immediately agreed and asked Sheer and Archibald to execute it because he had a large number of Beyonder characteristics of these two pathways in his hands.
…
Time came to mid-April. Medici began to organize the third attack on the remaining forces of the Highland Kingdom. Soon, good news came from the front lines. They quickly defeated the last bit of Beyonder power of the enemy in Koren.
Then, the pursuit began. Regardless of the number or sequence, the official Beyonder troops of Southern Balam had an absolute advantage, so after an hour of pursuit, the entire enemy army was wiped out.
At the same time, two Southern Balam armies, mainly composed of regular troops, attacked and seized territory from the other two directions, quickly disintegrating the Highland Kingdom's previously retreated forces.
The Highland Kingdom, which had fought with the Balam Empire for more than a thousand years in the Southern Continent, was thus destroyed.
Moreover, under Medici's strategic strikes, the Highland Kingdom had almost exhausted all of its Beyonder power. At this time, the "Rose School of Thought" no longer had demigod-level power, leaving only the "Abomination" Suah and some "low-sequence" Beyonders who had not been transferred back from strongholds outside the kingdom to participate in the war. They shouldn't think about infiltrating the Duchy of Southern Balam within three to five years.
Even in this final battle, Suah didn't make a move.
As for the nobles of the Highland Kingdom, only some "low-sequence" Beyonders remained.
Because there was not enough power to protect their wealth, many nobles were killed and robbed by adventurers and Beyonders of the Balam Empire waiting around as soon as they left the Highland Kingdom.
When launching the final war, the Balam Empire, preparing to take advantage of the situation, also sent a batch of Beyonders and an army to seize the fruits of victory.
Medici didn't confront them head-on but sent enough troops to block their two retreats.
Because the troops sent were sufficient and the speed was fast enough, the higher-ups of the Balam Empire were shocked and immediately sent diplomatic personnel to negotiate.
After a simple negotiation, the Balam Empire army quickly retreated in disgrace.
…
The countries of the Northern Continent were collectively surprised again when they heard that the Highland Kingdom had been destroyed so quickly.
This was a country that had not been destroyed in the hundred years of the colonial era; it was gone just like that!
When the Duchy of Southern Balam suddenly stopped its advance, the countries of the Northern Continent thought that Southern Balam was running out of steam. Even the staff of the strategic departments of various countries believed that the Highland Kingdom's faith was special and that there was still a possibility of a counterattack.
However, the Duchy of Southern Balam disappointed them again, ending this war of annihilation at an extremely fast speed.
The reactions of various countries were different. The Feynapotter Kingdom was already planning to send an ambassador to the Duchy of Southern Balam.
The Feysac Empire and the Intis Republic became nervous again. The speed at which the war ended was much faster than they had expected. They were all afraid that the Duchy of Southern Balam would free up its hands at this time and avenge the previous hatred in Rockville.
At this time, the war in the Northern Continent had reached its most intense stage, and they no longer had any power to deploy to the Southern Continent.
The Loen Kingdom, which had been criticizing the Duchy of Southern Balam in the newspapers, no longer had any critical remarks but instead began to praise this victory.
Because after the Duchy of Southern Balam occupied the Highland Kingdom, it had a way to attack the hinterland of Eastern Bayam.
Even if the Loen royal family had opinions on Hobert, they would not complain in the newspapers.
…
After destroying the Highland Kingdom, the territory of the Duchy of Southern Balam increased by nearly double, almost as large as the Feynapotter Kingdom.
At this time, the countries of the Northern Continent felt the pressure from the Southern Continent for the first time.
If the Duchy of Southern Balam continued to help the Loen Kingdom, then this war might continue for some time.
And if the Duchy of Southern Balam turned to the Intis-led Allied Forces, then the Allied Forces would definitely be able to reach the capital of the Loen Kingdom within two months, at least ending the war several months in advance.
Fortunately, the Duchy of Southern Balam has not yet expressed its position and seems to be still watching.
Therefore, the four countries of the Northern Continent sent envoys one after another, giving money and people. After learning that Hobert preferred advanced technology, they began to send various technologies.
The large-scale ship and airship technology that had not been obtained from the Loen Kingdom before was now easily obtained from other countries.
Hobert didn't refuse anything that was sent. He originally planned to digest the new territory first, wait for the Beyonder troops to rest and accumulate strength before making any further plans.
The needs of the countries coincided with his strategy, so Hobert would naturally not refuse the benefits they sent.
In late April, the Duchy of Southern Balam in the Southern Hemisphere was beginning to enter winter. At this time, the capital, Angel, had been built.
Currently, the main completed parts are the Duke's Palace, the office space for various departments, the commercial street, and many residential buildings.
This city can already accommodate tens of thousands of people, but there are not so many residents now, and most of the residential buildings are still empty.
More residential buildings will be built after the city's population increases.
Not only are the residential buildings empty, but the Duke's Palace is also empty.
The main structure of the Duke's Palace is divided into three parts: Fors lives in the left part, and Audrey lives in the right part.
The middle is where Hobert works, as well as several halls, some for internal meetings, some for handling Beyonder work, and some for receiving foreign guests.
This time, Hobert didn't think about saving money. Everything was built in a big way. Now it's the Duke's Palace, and in the near future, it will be the Royal Palace, the Imperial Palace!
For the Duke's Palace, this scale is definitely a bit large, but for the Imperial Palace, this scale is not large at all.
Hobert sat in the huge office, which was connected to the lounge and study. The area was so large that Hobert wanted to use the "Distorted" space to reach his destination.
This suddenly reminded him of the scene when he first arrived in Jeffery Territory the year before.
On the first night of arriving there, Hobert spent the night in an old house with weeds growing on the roof.
Thinking about those days, it was quite similar to the passion of starting a business.
After thinking wildly for a while, Hobert glanced at the clock. It was almost three in the afternoon.
He leisurely came to the lounge, drew the curtains, and lay down on the spacious solid wood bed.
Today was another day for holding the Tarot Gathering. At three o'clock, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he appeared beside the bronze long table.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool!" Audrey "Justice's" greeting sounded as usual.
As "Hanged Man," "Emperor," and "Sun" greeted one by one, Audrey suddenly noticed that Mr. Moon seemed a little uneasy during the process.
So, when greeting "Moon," she carefully observed: "Moon" looked at Hobert strangely, with some unease and some humility? Why humility? "Moon" has always been very proud.
Audrey and Fors were not present during the angel battle in Yason City. At that time, no angel present dared to actively spread the matter, so they didn't know the truth about Lilith and Hobert recognizing each other as mother and son.
After the greeting session ended, "Fool" Klein said in a heavy voice: "You can begin."
Derrick "Sun" said first: "Thank you for everyone's help. I have successfully advanced to 'Unshadowed'!"
In the previous two weeks of the Tarot Gathering, everyone helped him improve the form of the ritual, and Derrick finally succeeded in advancing a few days ago.
He then continued, "Elder Lovia also completed her advancement not long ago, and we are preparing to explore the Giant King's Court again."
Klein, manipulating "The World," said in a hoarse voice, "Tell your chief that I will provide some assistance in this exploration."
He was very interested in the situation inside the Giant King's Court.
Derrick said happily, "Thank you, Mr. World. After the gathering, I will tell the chief this good news."
Hobert pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "If you are willing to give me the characteristics of the two 'Silver Knights' guarding the gate, I can also provide some help."
He wanted to see what the first 'Blasphemy Slate' looked like.
"Really? Mr. Emperor?" For Derrick, that would be wonderful. Being able to invite an angel to help would ensure the success of this exploration!
Seeing that Mr. Emperor didn't seem to be joking, he immediately said, "Okay, Mr. Emperor. After the gathering, I will immediately ask the chief for instructions."
Hobert nodded, then turned to ask "The World," "Where do you plan to place City of Silver?"
Klein was slightly taken aback before saying, "Rorsted Archipelago."
"Why not place it in the Duchy of Southern Balam?" Hobert said with a smile. "I can build a city for them in the scenic Lanagua Port. There is also a very nice place surrounded by three mountains where a grand cathedral can be built."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Derrick had already begun to yearn for life away from the "Forsaken Land of the Gods."
The other members realized that after this city was built, it would definitely become another "cooperative project" between "The Creator" and "The Fool."
Klein did not immediately give a response to this.
Hobert then continued, "The Duchy will also accept Beyonders who believe in Mr. Fool, making them official Beyonders."
"In other words, if the people of City of Silver are willing, I can also help them solve employment problems."
"Listen to me on work matters, and listen to you on matters of faith. This is not contradictory."
Only then did Klein have "The World" nod, "Yes, this is not contradictory."
It's like having a group of people with two uses.
After discussing this matter, Hobert said to "The World," "I have already begun building churches for the Church of the Fool in the Highlands County, which is the former territory of the Highlands Kingdom. Please send a group of church members to reside there."
"The great 'Creator' has already announced to the people there that He has incorporated the Highlands Kingdom into His rule. Currently, the Church of the Earth Mother is very interested in that place."
"So, I built churches for the Church of the Earth Mother and the Church of the Fool in a 1:1 ratio."
In fact, the Church of the Evernight Goddess was also very interested in this, but because they were busy fighting a war, as well as some unspeakable reasons, the Church of the Evernight Goddess did not plan to send missionaries there for the time being.
Hearing this, "The Hanged Man" Alger realized that in the future Duchy of Southern Balam, the Church of the Fool would definitely have a unique position.
"The Hermit" Cattleya still found it a bit unbelievable: she never expected that the Church of the Fool, which she had never heard of before, would suddenly have the same status as the orthodox churches in the Duchy of Southern Balam.
"The World" seemed to think for a moment before saying, "Okay, I will send people there quickly."
He had just thought about which people to send, after all, through more than a year of development, "The Fool" also had some usable power.
The other members also felt that their hearts seemed a little unbelievable. The communication between the "Emperor" and "The World" was already something that could affect a country!
So, in the next few seconds, the entire hall fell silent.
With the advancement of "Little Sun," most of the Tarot Club members had already reached the level of demigods.
Only "The Magician" Fors and "The Star" Leonard were not yet demigods, but they were both already Sequence 5, and would soon be able to advance.
Fors was because she had basically digested her potion. Even the auxiliary Ingredients for her advancement's Beyonder characteristics and Beyonder ritual had already been prepared for her.
Leonard was because of the war, which gave him the opportunity to become a demigod.
If it were in peacetime, the mortality rate of demigods would be very low, and Leonard's peak in this life might be Sequence 5.
But the wartime was different. A large number of Sequence 5s had already taken this opportunity to advance to demigods.
With Leonard's qualifications and merits, he would also get such an opportunity in the near future.
It was because everyone's level was high that they rarely initiated transactions, so the current transaction and communication links had been mixed together.
After a few seconds of silence, Cattleya asked Hobert, "I heard that the commander of the Duchy of Southern Balam who destroyed the Highlands Kingdom is called Medici? Is he from the Medici family?"
Hobert replied, "No, he is Medici!"
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