Chapter 482 The Fearful Demonic Wolf
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If Hobert had directly used the "Faceless Necklace" to divine the whereabouts of the "Demonic Wolf of Fog," it definitely wouldn't have succeeded. Moreover, the "Nation of Disorder" didn't have the "Sefirah Castle"' "divination bonus," making it nearly impossible to find that "Demonic Wolf of Fog."
But having the Demonic Wolf of Fog's spirituality was different. He could bypass the "Demonic Wolf of Fog" and use the spirituality in his hand as a medium to divine the location of another spirituality.
After silently reciting the divination statement seven times, Hobert watched his cane, and as expected, it slowly tilted in one direction.
Hobert immediately used the "Traveler's Knife" to enter the spirit world, traversing rapidly through the dim and obscure realm.
When Hobert's intuition sensed that he was not far from the "Demonic Wolf of Fog," he left the spirit world and found himself in a desolate mountainous area.
This was good, to avoid accidental injury.
It would have been somewhat troublesome if the Demonic Wolf of Fog was hiding in a city.
Hobert estimated that the "Demonic Wolf of Fog's" spirituality already had a corresponding warning. He seized the time to pray to himself, then entered the "Nation of Disorder." After hesitating for about half a second, he reached out and summoned the stomach pouch with mental residue, shaping the "Great Sage," and then threw the black, illusory sea serpent into his own star.
Then, Hobert quickly returned to the real world.
Not sitting on the high "Iron Throne," Hobert realized how shockingly large the "Great Sage" was!
It looked as tall as a building, its body coiled like a small mountain!
Without time to examine it closely, Hobert immediately supported the black serpent's body with his hand and entered the spirit world again.
Fortunately, although the "Great Sage" was large, it had no weight at all. If he really had to cooperate with such a large sea serpent, Hobert doubted whether he could use "Travel" to bring it to the spirit world.
Perhaps because he was carrying the "Great Sage," Hobert felt many restless gazes when he entered the spirit world again.
Fortunately, the subsequent journey was very short. As soon as Hobert left the spirit world, he immediately ordered the "Great Sage": "Kill that… those people!"
Hobert's original order was "Kill that Demonic Wolf of Fog," but Hobert saw a group of people desperately fleeing in the forest ahead. Their running speed far exceeded that of ordinary people. They should be the "Demonic Wolf of Fog" and its marionettes, so he simply changed the order.
At the same time, Hobert hid inside the "Great Sage" and followed the "Great Sage" in pursuit.
To guard against the cunning Demonic Wolf of Fog's escape, Hobert prayed to himself again, then came to the "Nation of Disorder" to cover his star with spirituality, so that the "Creator" could intercept at any time.
The "Great Sage" crawled extremely fast. By the time he entered the "Nation of Disorder," he had almost caught up with the group. Hobert noticed that these people were all contaminated, and it was clear that the "Uncertain Mist"'s contamination had spread again on the "Demonic Wolf of Fog."
The contamination of the old days, how could it be completely eliminated by a single transfer?
Suddenly, someone in the crowd turned around and shouted, "I am willing to pledge allegiance to you! Please…"
Before the other party could finish speaking, the "Great Sage" directly crushed them with the power of order. The other party broke away from the marionette state and turned into a dead wild boar.
Hobert smiled on the "Iron Throne." This wolf was quite flexible.
However, the Beyonder creatures of this pathway were too cunning. Hobert would rather turn it into Beyonder ingredients and valuable spiritual materials than accept such allegiance.
Looking at the running crowd, Hobert seemed to see a pile of gold pounds running away.
Immediately afterward, another person in the fleeing crowd turned around and shouted, "I can find a 'Six-Legged Imp'!"
Hobert was slightly stunned. Obviously, the "Demonic Wolf of Fog" felt the power of order from the behemoth behind it, so it shouted this.
The "complete brain of the Six-Legged Imp" was one of the main ingredients for the "Earl of the Fallen," but Hobert was only stunned for a moment, because he already had the Beyonder characteristics of the "Earl of the Fallen."
The "Great Sage" chased up and crushed this marionette again. At the same time, a series of torrential and huge lightning bolts fell, and the running crowd immediately fell to the ground, leaving only three people still fleeing.
Even if the lightning just now hit the "Demonic Wolf of Fog," it could continue to escape by swapping with a marionette.
And the "Demonic Wolf of Fog's" marionettes were obviously not as strong and all-powerful as the previous batch. Otherwise, the Demonic Wolf of Fog would not have escaped so desperately without even resisting.
At this time, one of the three people turned around and shouted, "I know the location of the Solomon First Empire's Holy Land, Yadro City!"
Sitting on the "Iron Throne," Hobert thought to himself: This guy knows quite a lot!
He pondered for a moment before ordering the "Great Sage" to stop chasing. He used his star to project power into the real world, saying: "Come over here, I have something to ask you!"
At this time, in the real world, the image of the "Creator" appeared again. It was a solid figure like a giant. He seemed to be sitting on a throne in a jungle of swords, exuding a holy light, as if he could end all chaos, or bring about complete disorder.
He exuded an aura of majesty, causing people to unconsciously lower their heads and want to submit. His majesty could be felt in a large area around him, and within the range covered by his majesty, his words seemed to be an unquestionable command.
The Demonic Wolf of Fog may have been trying to show his sincerity. The two people running in front stopped together and quickly returned. The three of them knelt on the ground together, with the person in the middle saying, "Great God, please accept my allegiance. I am willing to serve you wholeheartedly."
The "Creator" Hobert didn't seem interested in this: "You said just now that you know the location of Yadro City?"
The Demonic Wolf of Fog kneeling on the ground breathed a sigh of relief. He had guessed right. This was indeed a god of the "Black Emperor" or "Justiciar" pathway, who was not interested in the Beyonder characteristics of the demigod level at all. The location of ancient ruins like Holy Land Yadro City could attract his attention.
"Yes," the Demonic Wolf of Fog said, "I accidentally discovered it while chasing a 'Earl of the Fallen' and hoping to turn him into a marionette.
"But there seemed to be a barrier there, isolating the city from the outside world. I spent a lot of effort to enter the city.
"The city was filled with terrifying power, inhabited by all kinds of monsters with Beyonder abilities.
"I found a few people living there. They were actually descendants of the Trunsoest!
"Through communicating with them, I learned that they were guarding the Night Emperor's ultimate secret, which was said to be able to obtain power greater than that of the gods!
"So I found the place where they said the ultimate secret was kept. At that time, I still had a few marionettes with good attack power. After eliminating a few guards, I searched for a long time, but only found a bottle containing white mist.
'my intuition told me that the mist was unusual, so I took it away.
"Who knew that the bottle contained a very high level of contamination. Only then did I realize that I might have been deceived. The 'Earl of the Fallen' saw that he was no match for me, so he used this contamination to replace their so-called ultimate secret.
"As a result, I took away this swapped so-called 'ultimate secret' and suffered serious contamination."
Hearing this description, Hobert nodded. The Demonic Wolf of Fog was relatively clever, telling his experience all at once, without deliberately blurring anything.
Then he thought: That so-called "ultimate secret" may not have been swapped, but was itself this bottle of white mist contaminated with "Uncertain Mist." Could it be that this bottle of white mist was obtained in the Trunsoest era and contaminated by "Uncertain Mist," which is why it was killed by the Six Gods?
At this time, the Demonic Wolf of Fog said again: "As long as you help me eliminate the contamination on my body, I am willing to take you to Yadro City."
Suddenly, he felt a huge force coming. It turned out that the huge tail of the illusory serpent was whipping towards him. The Demonic Wolf of Fog's eyes were full of fear. He didn't have time to dodge and was hit by the tail, flying out.
The last two marionettes also broke away from the Demonic Wolf of Fog's control and turned into the corpses of wild beasts.
Although the Demonic Wolf of Fog had the strength of "half of Sequence 3," his pathway's body was relatively weak. Of course, his physique was much better than that of an ordinary wolf, but when he encountered a monster of power like the "Great Sage," he was no match at all.
This sweep and fall caused the Demonic Wolf of Fog to return to the appearance of a wolf and spit out two mouthfuls of blood.
It was a white giant wolf the size of a rhino. It had different mystical patterns on its two front legs and chest. These patterns were composed of gray fluff, and it had them at birth.
Only the majestic voice in the air asked: "Are you negotiating with me?"
The Demonic Wolf of Fog glanced at the giant serpent that had instantly become docile and quickly struggled to lie on the ground: "Great existence, please forgive my rashness. I am willing to take you to Holy Land Yadro City."
Under the enormous pressure, the Demonic Wolf of Fog lived like a year, and could only let the god in front of him slaughter him.
He didn't know whether it was a few seconds or a few minutes before he heard the voice in the air say: 'my believer will examine your loyalty."
Hobert reached out on the Iron Throne and sucked away most of the contamination on the Demonic Wolf of Fog's body: "Pray to me once every three days."
Immediately afterward, the enormous pressure disappeared. The Demonic Wolf of Fog understood that he meant that he should pray to him once every three days, and he would help him reduce the contamination.
As for whether he would completely eliminate the contamination for him, it would depend on his performance.
However, the Demonic Wolf of Fog was stunned: I don't even know what god he is? How should I pray to him?
At this moment, a young man wearing a Feynapotter-style cloak crawled out of the belly of the giant black serpent.
The other party bowed slightly to the giant black serpent: "Please go back!"
The mountain-like black serpent spat out its tongue, as if responding to Hobert, and then disappeared into the air.
At this time, the Demonic Wolf of Fog had determined through divination that the young man in front of him was the young man carrying the oil painting that he had encountered at the Boklun Manor before.
He sighed in his heart that his adventure was worthwhile.
What Hobert didn't know was that their current location was in a mountainous area not far from the Boklun Manor.
Not long after the Demonic Wolf of Fog escaped from there, he realized that the contamination on his body was still there, and he had no way to completely remove the contamination on his own.
He naturally thought of the power that had eliminated the contamination of Boklun Manor. After thinking about it for two whole days, the Demonic Wolf of Fog's condition was getting worse and worse, forcing him to make a choice.
The Demonic Wolf of Fog first repeatedly divined the power that could eliminate the contamination, but did not obtain any useful enlightenment. He had to change the direction of divination and divined where his hope of removing the contamination lay.
Because it involved himself, he easily received the revelation: The hope of removing the contamination lies near Boklun Manor.
So the Demonic Wolf of Fog returned here to wait for the so-called hope.
Just when his condition was so bad that he was about to lose control, his intuition sensed a huge danger. When he saw the giant black serpent, he realized that there was also a huge opportunity for him in the face of the giant danger!
After that, there was the scene where he fled while explaining his value.
The Demonic Wolf of Fog, whose mood was indescribable as happy or confused, smiled at Hobert and said, "You are the god's believer, right?"
Hobert said: "You can call me Favored of the Lord."
"Yes, Favored of the Lord," the Demonic Wolf of Fog said, 'my name is Archibald."
Hobert was slightly stunned: Another animal with a name.
He said: "Tell me about your abilities."
Archibald changed back into a gentle middle-aged man again: "I am born with the ability to create and control marionettes by controlling spiritual threads.
There are also divination and anti-divination, as well as the ability to change my appearance and size. I can also use damage transfer, manipulate flames, and other abilities.
These abilities are probably equivalent to Sequence 3 'Scholar of Yore' of human Beyonders."
Hobert asked: "Do you have any abilities related to historical voids?"
Archibald shook his head: "I seem to be able to sense the existence of historical voids, but I can't enter them, nor can I borrow power from the past."
Hobert nodded. This should be the lack of Beyonder characteristics, so he doesn't have these abilities.
So Hobert said: "The great "Creator" has issued a divine decree, asking me to examine your character and loyalty.
For the next period of time, you will stay by my side as my servant. I will let you create marionettes, and you can only create marionettes. Without my order, you cannot have new marionettes, nor can you attack anyone around you."
Archibald nodded again quickly: "Yes."
The power shown by the "Creator" and the giant black serpent just now made him dare not disobey the young man in front of him who seemed to only be Sequence 5.
Hobert asked: "Are you still carrying the bottle containing the mist that you obtained from Holy Land Yadro City?"
"After realizing that it was contamination, I immediately threw it away," Archibald said a little embarrassedly: "I went back to look for it. The bottle should be a magical item. It is no longer in the place where I discarded it.
And maybe the things in the bottle are too high-level. I have tried it, and I can no longer divine its location."
Hobert said "Oh" and did not continue to talk about this topic. He simply explained a few words and took Archibald back to his territory.
He planned to observe Archibald for a period of time before letting him take himself to find Holy Land Yadro City to see if there was any relevant information about the "Trunsoest Empire."
As for those descendants of Trunsoest in the city of Saint Yadaro, Hobert believed they were likely the group that the messenger had mentioned earlier, who had fled north.
If they still possessed the bottles containing the 'Uncertain Mist' contamination, Hobert strongly suspected that they had become followers of the 'Uncertain Mist'.
Therefore, Hobert planned to make ample preparations before exploring the city, hoping to save them if possible, but if not, to turn them into Beyonder characteristics.
After Dennis arranged Archibald's accommodation, Hobert returned to his room.
Because Archibald still carried contamination and sought help from the 'Creator,' from himself, Hobert was certain that with its intelligence, it wouldn't cause trouble in his territory.
Fors was wearing pajamas, leaning lazily against the bed reading a magazine.
After Hobert entered, she put down the magazine and asked, "Successful hunt?"
"Sort of, I guess." Hobert thought as he took off his cloak: The prey became a servant, does that count as success?
"As long as you're not hurt." Fors said, without even a hint of getting up or moving.
Hobert pinched Fors's cheek: "Little lazybones, shouldn't you be taking my cloak and coat and offering me a cup of hot tea at this moment?"
Fors said seriously, "But I don't feel like I have any strength at all, not even enough to lift my hand. Do you think I'm sick?"
"Based on your description and usual symptoms, I know what's wrong."
Fors was a little nervous: "What is it?"
"Late-stage lazyitis, incurable!"
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The next morning, Hobert, Donna, and the rarely early Fors saw Christian and the others off.
They watched the steamboat leave the lake entrance before Hobert, and the other two, rode back in the carriage.
On the way back, Hobert had Dennis invite Bishop Simpson, Helen, and Angus.
Now that the wedding was over, it was time to get down to business.
Archibald had clearly lived in the human world, and understood the profession of a servant very well, almost immediately entering servant mode, bowing slightly and following respectfully behind the carriage.
It would also open doors for Hobert, pull out chairs, etc., showing even more professionalism than Dennis.
Hobert and the four others met in the side hall to discuss launching an attack on the demons across the lake.
They would prepare for a day and then launch a full-scale attack tomorrow morning.
Of course, it would be a full-scale attack because a sneak attack would be pointless. The demons would probably notice their intention to sneak attack as soon as it arose.
It was better to just launch a full-scale attack.
And Hobert and the four others believed that even if those demons noticed their malice, they wouldn't run away.
Because they had a demigod and five Sequence 5s, making them stronger than Hobert and his group in terms of strength.
They would only prepare for battle in advance, waiting for Hobert and the others to come to their doorstep.
Therefore, Hobert formally sent a letter of challenge, roughly meaning that the demons should get out of the South Colson area, or tomorrow he would lead people to the other side and kill them all!
Hobert sent someone to deliver this letter of challenge to Viscount Teuton, asking Viscount Teuton to pass it on to the demons.
The meaning of the letter of challenge was actually to notify Viscount Teuton that they were about to take action, and to tell Viscount Teuton not to get in the way.
It would be best if he could provoke those demons and make them take the initiative to attack, but the other side were all high-IQ 'criminals,' and Hobert estimated it would be difficult to provoke them.
Bishop Simpson and the others returned to their respective preparations. This cooperation had long been confirmed, and they had each been looking forward to this battle for their own purposes.
After the pre-war mobilization, Hobert spoke with Seel in the main hall: "What have you learned from regularly working as a hunter during this period?"
"I understand the use of some of my abilities." Dressed in a military uniform, looking neat and tidy, Seel stood smiling in front of Hobert, "I also understand why you asked me to be a hunter, Sir."
"When I fully devoted myself to hunting and achieved certain results, I felt signs of the potion dissolving in my body."
"That feeling is very comfortable, and my abilities have become stronger."
"Until a few days ago, I realized that although hunters have a good physique and pre-arranged traps, they can't be careless and can't underestimate any prey."
"Especially those fierce prey, one might accidentally become its prey."
"Also, hunters must be patient and know when to stop."
"After understanding these issues, I suddenly realized that I am a real 'Hunter.' This feeling is wonderful, but also very real."
Hobert allowed his majesty to permeate the main hall, causing his aura to soar suddenly, putting a strain on Seel's spirit body and mind.
Observing Seel's reaction, Hobert nodded in satisfaction. Seel had spent more than a month digesting the 'Hunter' potion.
Retracting his suffocating majesty, Hobert said, "Go back and calm down. Come back at five in the afternoon, and I will give you the next sequence's potion."
"But you must be clear that, based on the merits you have accumulated, you theoretically shouldn't receive the Sequence 8 potion yet."
"This is because you have digested the potion in your body, and I don't want you to waste time, so I'm giving you the next sequence's potion in advance."
"In two or three days, I will take you to suppress bandits. Fight hard at that time, and that will be considered repayment for the current reward."
Seel gave a military salute: "Yes, sir!"
"You have another task." Hobert said, "Pay attention to the performance of the soldiers in battle. After the battle, recommend three to five soldiers who are brave in combat or quick-witted, and who are sufficiently loyal to the Lord's Manor."
"After you become Sequence 8, there must be several Sequence 9s in the guard."
"You will be the captain of the guard at that time, and those Sequence 9s will be the backbone of the guard."
Seel said seriously, "Don't worry, you know what kind of people those brats are. I will definitely recommend the people you need."
Hobert nodded in satisfaction. After Seel left, Hobert had Dennis call Corwin over: "Go around the territory and help me take a look at the spring plowing situation."
"By the way, when everyone is resting, issue a notice: After the spring plowing is over, find ten people who want to be doctors to come to the Lord's Manor."
"After I assess them, I will arrange for three people to go to the big city to study medicine. In the future, after the hospital is built, they will be stationed there."
The so-called "opportunity to study in a big city" was actually an opportunity to take the 'Apothecary' potion.
Hobert was busy handling official business all morning.
After lunch, Hobert first went to Backlund to buy auxiliary materials for Seel.
When he returned, Fors was indeed not in the bedroom.
Hobert waited patiently until three o'clock. His vision was obscured by the gray fog, and this week's Tarot Gathering began.
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