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Daly stared at the words on the altar for a full ten seconds. Usually, rituals involved praying to the Goddess for healing companions, crafting charms, or seeking the power of fate, the power of darkness, and so on.
No matter what they prayed for, they would recite the prayer and wait for the Goddess's response.
Generally, the Nighthawks' prayers would receive some response from the Goddess.
But that response was only the Goddess bestowing some kind of power; there had never been a response like a sentence appearing on the altar.
As the overwhelming sense of drowsiness faded, Daly came back to her senses: "Hobert, who's Hobert? Which Hobert?"
Finally, she looked at the young man with the oil painting on his back, talking to Selena in the yard.
…
Hobert called Selena over to the two large "moths": "They were two Beyonders before, but they were contaminated by a high-level power, so they became like this."
Selena had seen them earlier, but hadn't looked closely. Now, she felt somewhat shocked: "Teacher, is this the true face of the world?"
"Yes," Hobert said. "I said in the letter that I wanted to talk to you about something recently, and that's what I wanted to talk about.
"Your and Elizabeth's intuition are both relatively high, so the probability of encountering extraordinary events is higher. The Aurora Order, your previous divination teacher, wanted to develop you into their peripheral members because they valued your intuition."
Selena felt a huge sense of crisis for the first time: "Teacher, what should I do?"
"Either pretend nothing happened and try to tell yourself not to touch extraordinary events, or things that look or sound strange," Hobert scrutinized the "moths" in front of him:
"Or, become an Beyonder as soon as possible and have the ability to protect yourself.
"The Beyondr world and Beyonder power won't give you time to spend more time with your family and then become an Beyonder without any worries. Sometimes, the closer you are to your relatives, the easier it is to bring disaster to them."
Selena lowered her head with tears in her eyes and said, "I understand, Teacher. I will say goodbye to my family and then leave with you."
"Enjoy your New Year's holiday," Hobert said. "When the New Year's holiday is over, I will come and pick you up."
Selena wiped the corners of her eyes: "Thank you, Teacher!"
At this moment, Hobert saw Daly and Leonard walking over quickly, and he stepped forward: "I'll help Selena clear the corruption in her body, you guys take care of your own business!"
"Hobert Jeffrey!" Daly stared at him with certainty.
Hobert scratched his head and smiled: "You've mistaken me, my name is Gehrman Sparrow."
Daly shook her head: "The Goddess has given instructions, asking you to help eliminate the corruption in our bodies. She said you have already received the gift in advance!"
"F..." Hobert saw Daly and Leonard's faces suddenly darken, and he immediately changed his words: "Don't worry, I will help you solve the problem."
Then he thought seriously: When did I ever receive a gift from the Evernight Goddess or the Evernight Goddess Church?
Suddenly, Hobert recalled the hand he encountered before entering the manor, and the bracelet on that hand.
Now that bracelet was lying on the stone platform of the "Nation of Disorder".
Hobert went with Daly to the reception hall, while taking a breath: Could this be the Evernight Goddess's authority related to fate?
Selena's family are all devout believers of the Evernight Goddess, and Hobert didn't quite believe that there was no Evernight Goddess's manipulation in this.
For a moment, Hobert also felt that his actions this time seemed to have been arranged: What are you arranging me for? I didn't hang out with you in the "Sefirah Castle" for so many years! We're not that familiar! You want me to eliminate corruption, aren't you afraid of losing prestige in front of the 'Red Gloves'?
Hobert glanced at Daly and the others, and found that they had no doubts about the Evernight Goddess, but instead looked respectful, believing that everything was in the Evernight Goddess's control.
He smiled helplessly: Well, I still have a lot of room for improvement in the matter of "being a god."
Then Hobert guessed that the Evernight Goddess had also marked him, after all, when he just became a "Lawyer", he had prayed to the Evernight Goddess for help twice.
And the first time he prayed, the help he received was obviously a little strange. The power of the Evernight Goddess's descent seemed a little too strong, and he fell asleep before he could even lie down on the bed.
After figuring out this problem, Hobert also came to the crowd. He once again pretended to pray, praying for the help of the "Creator".
Because the corruption on the passengers was not as serious as on the marionettes, there was no need for the image of the "Creator" to appear this time. Just through the star representing Hobert himself, he could absorb the corruption of the "Uncertain Mist".
After the corruption in their bodies was absorbed, everyone felt relaxed and thanked Hobert.
Then Hobert came to the woods with moths again, and he repeated the same operation, absorbing all the corruption that the moths in the woods had absorbed.
This corruption may have been transferred once, so it was not as pure as the Mist Wolves and those marionettes. It did not form the image of "Uncertain Mist" again in the "Nation of Disorder", but silently dissolved in the "Nation of Disorder".
…
Dozens of kilometers away from Boklun Manor, a wolf, about the size of a rhinoceros, shuttling through the snow and trees suddenly stopped.
Its body was surrounded by a thick, rolling mist. Within dozens of meters, only a cloud of mist could be seen, and at most a figure of a giant wolf could be seen in the mist.
Hundreds of meters away, only a cloud of mist could be seen.
The Demonic Wolf of Fog looked in the direction of Boklun Manor: "The corruption there has disappeared!"
He shook his head thoughtfully and continued to flee.
…
Inside Boklun Manor, Hobert sat opposite Daly and Leonard.
Hobert spoke first: "I didn't expect us to meet again here. As you know, I have a bounty on my head, so I can't use my own appearance in the Loen Kingdom."
Daly smiled: "Then you can reveal your identity, are you afraid that I will arrest you to exchange for the bounty?"
"I'm doing this to avoid causing trouble for you," Hobert said shamelessly, while he looked at Daly's subordinates over there, as if to say: I don't distrust you, but I don't trust your subordinates.
In fact, he didn't intend to recognize Daly and Leonard at all, so that everyone could avoid trouble.
Leonard suddenly thought of a sentence Daly had said a long time ago: "Although the royal family said you are a traitor, the Evernight Goddess Church has never issued a similar statement."
Hobert thought about it, and it was true: "In that case, can I continue to trade with you? I had agreed with Captain Thomas that he would buy some Beyonder characteristics from me."
Especially those Beyonder characteristics that are difficult to sell, such as the "Criminal" pathway, that is, the "Abyss" pathway, and the "Seer" pathway.
Hobert only wanted to sell these Beyonder characteristics to the orthodox god churches, otherwise it would be easy to return to the hands of the Blood Sanctify Sect or the Aurora Order through multiple transactions.
Daly said: "I can report this matter, and I think there is no problem.
"It's just that the trading object will change from the Nighthawk team to the 'Red Gloves'."
Hobert: "That's great."
This was another huge gain of his trip.
He asked again: "Is the reward you mentioned earlier still valid?"
Daly smiled elegantly: "Didn't you say you didn't want the reward?"
"That was then, this is now," Hobert smiled.
He was also once a semi-official Beyonder, so of course he knew that Daly was using the reward as bait to find an opportunity to control him or investigate him.
Daly took a sip of the tea brought by the waiter and said: "You are still a formal member of the Nighthawk team, and saving the Goddess's believers is what you should do, why do you need a reward?"
Hobert sighed: Sure enough, "talking about feelings hurts money". Talking about this kind of thing with acquaintances is not as refreshing as talking to strangers.
The three chatted for a while, Hobert left a way to summon his messenger, and confirmed the time to pick up Selena, and then left here using "Travel".
The barrier set by the Demonic Wolf of Fog was a thick fog that could make people lose their way, but such a thick fog could not stop abilities like "Travel".
Hobert had been polluted before, and those pollutions would make him make the choice to continue staying near the manor.
Now that the corruption has basically been eliminated, at most there are a few Demonic Wolf of Fog's marionettes still wandering in the deep mountains, which no longer affects Hobert's use of "Travel".
As for how Daly and the others would leave, Hobert believed that in the absence of corruption, the "Red Gloves" should have a way to cross the barrier set by the Demonic Wolf of Fog.
Returning to his territory, Hobert first ate a late lunch, then returned to his room and sacrificed all the Beyonder characteristics and extraordinary materials he had just obtained to the "Nation of Disorder".
Hobert sat on the iron throne and first checked the ten Beyonder characteristics, one of which was actually a demigod-level Beyonder characteristic of the "Warrior" pathway!
That is to say, there was a "Demon Hunter" among the Demonic Wolf of Fog's marionettes!
Hobert realized that the Demonic Wolf of Fog at its peak was actually very powerful, and even demigods were not its opponents.
The "Demon Hunter" marionette should be at the forefront in the Demonic Wolf of Fog's battle with the enemy to make up for the Demonic Wolf of Fog's shortcomings in melee combat and defense.
The other Beyonder characteristics were mostly Sequence 5. In terms of attack, there were "Light Priest", "Ocean Songster" and "Reaper".
In terms of playing tricks in the back, there were "Wraith" and "Dream Stealer", in terms of recovery, there was "Druid", and in terms of escape, there was "Traveler".
There were also a "Spirit guide" and a "Rose Bishop", which were more versatile than the equipment that Hobert had painstakingly managed.
This should be that the Demonic Wolf of Fog spent a long time accumulating so many marionettes that could cooperate with each other.
Not to mention demigods, even a Sequence 3 facing the attack of ten marionettes may not be the Demonic Wolf of Fog's opponent.
The four creatures also had their own uses, one of which should be one of the main materials needed by the "Sheriff".
Because it was in the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert's spirituality could give a clear judgment.
Hobert couldn't judge the other main materials at present, but they were also main materials at the Sequence 5 level.
Hobert looked at the dazzling array of spoils in front of him, and felt as if the Demonic Wolf of Fog's accumulation of decades, or even hundreds of years, had been harvested by him all at once.
If all of this was really arranged by the Evernight Goddess, it wouldn't hurt to arrange it a few more times.
The last trophy was the hallucination-inducing wings that Hobert had taken back casually.
He studied it briefly, and it was indeed as the Demonic Wolf of Fog said, it was a bit like a "naturally formed" magic circle, and Hobert hadn't figured out its specific use yet.
Hobert once again manifested a stone platform, put all the spoils on the stone platform, and then seriously considered the problem of the Evernight Goddess.
The only explanation he could think of was: "Uncertain Mist" and other ancient corruption are quite troublesome to solve for the current Evernight Goddess. The Evernight Goddess may have known for a long time that I am the "Creator", after all, if she marks me, she can often "spy". Or the Evernight Goddess simply knows that I am the "Creator's" blessed one, so she arranged me in this matter to help solve the corruption of the "Uncertain Mist".
As for the Evernight Goddess's "spying" problem, Hobert didn't think much about it, after all, he often "spied" before, and the Evernight Goddess wasn't embarrassed, what was there for him, a young man, to be embarrassed about?
And according to Hobert's spying experience, after he is promoted to demigod, he can use the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to briefly avoid being "spied".
After becoming an angel, unless he invites the Evernight Goddess to watch, even if the Evernight Goddess wants to watch, she can only see some blurred pictures.
Hobert smiled: It's like wanting to peek at me taking a bath.
And about the fact that "Hobert is the 'Creator'" being known by the Evernight Goddess, Hobert didn't think there was a big problem, after all, he had always shown enough goodwill to the Evernight Goddess Church.
The most important thing is that his pathway doesn't conflict with the Evernight Goddess's pathway. Unless it involves god-level transactions, he shouldn't be suppressed by the Evernight Goddess.
The reason is simple: lack of motivation.
If he maintains the status quo, Hobert is still a member of the Nighthawk team, and the "Creator" is also the Evernight Goddess's secret ally.
But if he changes this strategy, Hobert will have a very hard time. If she can kill him, everything will be fine. If she doesn't kill him, the Evernight Goddess will lose a potential ally and gain an enemy.
In terms of cost, maintaining the status quo is the most beneficial for the Evernight Goddess.
After having a certain conclusion on this matter, Hobert recalled the two pictures when the projection of the "Uncertain Mist" disappeared.
The first picture brought a lot of impact to Hobert. This was the first time he had come into contact with the body of the "Uncertain Mist", and it was also the first time Hobert had felt the power of the "Uncertain Mist".
Before, Hobert had always felt that the "Uncertain Mist" was not a pillar among the outer gods, and its power should be ranked behind the "Mother Tree of Desire", and the key was that it had always had no sense of existence, so it shouldn't be very strong.
Today, Hobert had a thorough change of this self-righteous feeling. That was after all an ancient being, an ancient being with part of the "Sephirot"!
Even without the support of any Sequence 1 characteristic, He is still a very powerful existence. At least below the level of True Gods, no one can hope to harm Him.
Hobert also thought about how, after he prepared to become King of Angels, he planned to find trouble with the 'Unshadowed Crucifix,' which would have been purely to deliver Beyonder characteristics!
Then Hobert recalled the second scene, that bird-filled and fragrant valley, which Hobert had seen in a spiritual connection long ago.
That was the settlement of the Tamara family!
And among the three people at the very front of the sacrificial ritual, it is very likely that one of them is Tamara herself.
Back then, among the five great families of the Tudor Dynasty, besides the Abraham family, the Amon family, and the Antigonus family, which had the level of 'King of Angels,' the other two families were the Jacob family and the Tamara family.
To be a great noble family of the empire at that time, one had to be at least a Sequence 2 Angel. The Tamara family initially controlled the 'Justiciar' pathway, and later, through marriage with the Abraham family, they gained control of some of the 'Door' pathway's potions and Beyonder characteristics.
Hobert had previously speculated that the ancestor of the Tamara family should have been a Sequence 2 'Balancer' of the 'Justiciar' pathway, because all three Sequence 1 characteristics were with the 'Night Emperor' at that time.
However, after the 'Blood Emperor' Tudor fell, there was no definite information proving that Tamara had also fallen. Hobert suspected that Tamara herself should have survived to this day.
Having reached the level of an Angel, as long as they didn't die in the 'War of the Four Emperors' back then, in the Fifth Epoch, unless they died of old age, almost no one could kill them in the North and South Continents without the presence of True Gods.
Later, after the 'Night Emperor' fell, Augustus and Castiya, who betrayed their 'old boss,' each obtained a Sequence 1 'Hand of Order'.
A similar history had been staged before, where Tudor and Trunsoest obtained the Sequence 1 characteristic by betraying their 'old boss,' Solomon.
The Uniqueness of the 'Justiciar' pathway is now with Castiya, but according to Adam, it seems that the Church of the God of Combat gave it to him not long ago.
There is also a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic of the 'Justiciar' pathway, which is likely in the hands of a certain orthodox god's church, after all, it was the six gods who joined forces to kill the 'Night Emperor' back then.
The Church of the God of Combat should have also obtained the 'Brass Book' at that time.
Tamara should not have the courage and ability to take a Sequence 1 characteristic under the gaze of the six gods, unless there is some unknown transaction involved.
So Hobert guessed that if Tamara is still alive now, she should still be a Sequence 2 'Balancer.'
As for where that Sequence 1 characteristic is specifically, Hobert also has some guesses. From the perspective of dividing the spoils, the Church of the God of Combat already has the Uniqueness and should not have another Sequence 1.
The Church of the Eternal Night, the Church of Storms, and the Church of the Earth Mother are also unlikely to possess that Sequence 1. The former two churches support the founding of Loen, and the latter supports the founding of Feynapotter.
In the 'War of the Violated Oath,' in which the countries of the Northern Continent almost beat each other's brains out more than six hundred years ago, I believe that if these three churches had the Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 1, they would have given them to the secular forces they supported in order to achieve greater results and more believers.
Then the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun are more likely to possess that Sequence 1, and the probability of the Eternal Blazing Sun is greater than that of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Because the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom also supported the Kingdom of Feynapotter in the early Fifth Epoch. Although they later broke up with the Church of the Earth Mother, they had at least supported it.
From the perspective of gaming and dividing the spoils, the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun has a greater probability of obtaining that Sequence 1.
Hobert reviewed that period of history and could probably feel that after the six gods joined forces to kill the 'Night Emperor,' they were roughly divided into three to four camps.
Since the Evernight Goddess and the Lord of Storms joined forces to seal 'Mr. Door' in the 'War of the Four Emperors,' it can be seen that their relationship was relatively close at that time, and they were in one camp.
Therefore, the God of Combat, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom must be hostile to this camp. In the early Fifth Epoch, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Earth Mother were basically in the same camp, and they jointly supported the founding of Feynapotter.
The God of Combat and the Eternal Blazing Sun do not seem to have a very close cooperative relationship and can be regarded as 'non-aligned' or two different camps.
Then, from the perspective of the gods' game, the God of Combat, the Eternal Blazing Sun, and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom would not allow the Evernight Goddess and the Lord of Storms camp to hold another Sequence 1 of the 'Justiciar' pathway.
Similarly, the Lord of Storms and the Eternal Blazing Sun would not allow the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Earth Mother camp to hold another Sequence 1.
The best result would be for each of the four camps to have one, so the Eternal Blazing Sun has the greatest probability of obtaining the last Sequence 1.
Returning to the Fourth Epoch, after Abraham was jointly sealed by the Evernight Goddess and the Lord of Storms, many forces of the Abraham family should have defected to the Tamara family, after all, they are relatives who often intermarry.
Therefore, after the 'War of the Four Emperors' ended, the strength of the Tamara family should have increased, and it may even have directly added a 'Traveler.'
Or, in the long years of more than a thousand years, it is not impossible for the Tamara family to cultivate an Angel of the 'Door' pathway themselves.
These two forces should be the mainstay of the Tamara family today.
In addition, based on the law of mutual exchange of adjacent pathways, the Tamara family also controls certain Beyonder characteristics of the 'Black Emperor' pathway.
This pathway started the latest, and the highest-sequence holder may only be a demigod or a Sequence 3 Saint, and it is unlikely to be a Sequence 2 Angel.
Hobert guessed that these three pathways are not very united, which is why in the second scene, the three chief priests in front of the altar looked at each other with seeming agreement but were not sincere.
The reason is also obvious: the Angel of the 'Door' pathway can basically be equated with the corruption of the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity.'
And the Tamara family seems to have an unclear relationship with the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity.' Eighty or ninety percent of the time, Tamara herself got something with the imprint of the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity' from her 'old boss,' and since then, she has established a 'connection' with the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity.'
Thinking about it now, the Tamara family is very much like an outer god's 'forward base.' Hobert is even considering whether to report it to the Evernight Goddess.
Then the three people in the second scene that Hobert obtained are likely to be the highest-level forces of the Tamara family: a Sequence 2 'Balancer,' a Sequence 2 'Planeswalker,' and at most a Sequence 3 'Frenzied Mage.'
Among the Angel families that have failed to become rulers of the North and South Continents, this kind of strength should be relatively high.
After sorting out the gains and intelligence from this operation, Hobert returned to the real world. Not long after, he received a notification from The Fool that 'Little Sun' had paid the 'Emperor' the arrears and rewards.
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