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Klein didn't dare to look into the eyes of the black hound spirit beast, so he never knew what it looked like. Klein had always assumed that its black fur all over its body was due to the Saint's relatively dense body hair.
It wasn't until entering the cathedral that Klein discovered that the Saint's 'spirit body threads' were rigid, as if frozen by ice, and wouldn't actively float towards the top of the cathedral.
The moment he touched the other party's 'spirit body threads,' his whole body turned cold, as if the extreme cold on the 'spirit body threads' had been transmitted to his own 'spirit body threads.'
Klein thought of Hobert's previous reminder that this Saint used to be a guard of the God of Death and should have some special characteristics.
Therefore, Klein only controlled his and Hobert's 'spirit body threads' to reach the depths of the cathedral.
Zaratul was still sitting diagonally behind the stone statue, wearing a hood and with a face full of white beard: "Very good, you have demonstrated sufficient wisdom and strength."
He reached forward and grabbed a yellowish-brown parchment, a quill pen stained with ink, and a bottle of ink.
Zaratul picked up the quill pen and scribbled words and symbols on the parchment: "This is the symbol for 'opening the door,' and the 'Bizarro Sorcerer' potion formula you wanted.
"They can only last for fifteen minutes and cannot be taken outside."
Hobert asked, "What about the 'Scholar of Yore' potion formula?"
Zaratul glanced at him: "Young man, don't be too greedy."
Then he said with a smile, "Don't forget to take away my urn of ashes."
As soon as he finished speaking, his entire body suddenly shattered into countless tiny specks of light, spreading in all directions and merging into the void. Only a small urn of ashes remained on the ground.
Hobert and Klein stared blankly at the urn of ashes on the ground for a while before looking at the "door opening" symbol.
It was an upright eye composed of many mysterious patterns and hidden symbols.
Klein whispered, "A long time ago, I obtained a similar symbol from the notes of the Antigonus family."
Hobert knowingly asked, "Exactly the same as this symbol?"
"There are some differences." Klein pointed to the symbol: "The crescent moon pattern and a broken line mark have swapped positions."
Hobert glanced at the urn of ashes on the ground: "Under what circumstances did you obtain that symbol back then?"
Klein briefly described the situation at the time.
"Use the symbol you obtained!" Hobert said, "Compared to this stingy old Zaratul, I am more willing to believe that notebook."
Klein thought so too, but his idea was: Compared to the bizarre Zaratul, who obviously has other purposes, I am more willing to believe that notebook.
Klein placed the obsidian into the concave area, and the two fit together perfectly, without any excess.
The wall quickly emitted light and gradually became transparent, revealing the paving stones outside, the walls with holes, and the clouds floating in the air.
Hobert and Klein exchanged glances, and finally Hobert broke the silence and said: "Perhaps this town is a hidden area in the Hornacis Mountains."
Klein also had a similar guess, and he remembered another thing: "In one of my divinations, I learned that about a hundred years ago, a Zaratul lost control when advancing to Sequence 1 and turned into a mass of wriggling maggots huddled together."
Hobert glanced at the urn of ashes: "Let's go out first."
He smiled and said: "But what is certain is that the symbol Zaratul gave us is problematic."
Then Hobert said to the urn of ashes: "I am very clear that as long as the door is opened, your purpose will be achieved.
"We can be considered to be using each other. Don't expect us to scatter your so-called ashes into the river, but we can help you scatter your ashes in Trier when the winter wind is strong, so that you can be spread all over your hometown.
"Perhaps you can ride the wind and see the Triangle Estuary."
The so-called "Triangle Estuary" is where the two major rivers of the Intis Republic, the Ryan and the Srenzo, converge into a larger river channel, a famous scenic spot in the country.
Klein was slightly stunned, feeling that Hobert seemed much more flamboyant than before. There was no need to explain such words. If Old Man Zaratul was angered and jumped out of the ash box and stuffed them into the ash urn, that would be fun.
However, Klein didn't say anything. He felt that this might be a kind of acting, just like when he was a 'Faceless' or a 'Clown.'
While daydreaming, Klein drew the symbol he had obtained from the Antigonus family's notes.
As he put down the last stroke, the obsidian emitted pure rays of light, flowing along the complex upright eye pattern. The entire cathedral suddenly became illusory, with the top, bottom, left, right, front, and back all reversed.
Before Klein could see the scene outside clearly, Hobert had already removed the obsidian: "This symbol is also wrong?"
Klein was a little puzzled: "Also wrong?"
"Yes." Hobert explained: "Just now you didn't have time to see clearly. The situation outside is similar to the situation in this cathedral, except that there is an extra chair, and on the chair sits the wriggling maggots you just mentioned."
In fact, Hobert didn't see anything just now, but as someone who knew which symbol to use, he could only eliminate the wrong options in this way.
He couldn't just say from the beginning: Why don't you try the symbol representing the Evernight Goddess?
Klein had no doubts about what Hobert said. Today, he fully realized the difference between Sequence 5 and a demigod, believing that the scene Hobert described was something Hobert saw as a demigod, but he didn't see.
Klein frowned: "Try another symbol?"
What to change?
Seeing that the time was almost right, Hobert analyzed: "Just now we saw that this place may be the Nation of the Evernight of the Hornacis Mountains in the real world, related to Antigonus and the Mother of the Sky. This strange town is like…"
Klein followed this line of thought: "You can try the symbol representing 'The Fool'!"
Hobert nodded inwardly with a little helplessness: "Good idea."
He thought to himself: Shouldn't a normal person think of the symbol representing the 'Evernight Goddess'?
However, Hobert thought again, the Hornacis Mountains, Antigonus, and the bizarre are superimposed together, which can indeed make people Connection with the 'Seer' pathway and 'The Fool.'
Klein picked up the obsidian, erased the symbol on it, and put the obsidian back into the wall.
He took a deep breath and drew the "Fool" symbol composed of half of a "pupil-less eye" and half of a "distorted line."
But this time, the transparent door did not change in any way.
"No reaction." Klein frowned, thinking about where the problem was?
Nonsense, Hobert thought: You haven't established contact with this town, why would there be a reaction? If there really is a reaction, where would it be outside? Wouldn't it be the Sefirah Castle?
He simply said: "We can try the symbol representing the Evernight Goddess."
Then Hobert explained: "We are suspected of being sent in by the 'Mother of the Sky,' and this place is related to 'Concealment.'"
"That makes sense!"
This time, Hobert erased the symbol on the obsidian and drew the symbol on the Night Sacred Emblem.
Suddenly, the transparent door shook like water waves. The two first saw an ancient palace in the distance.
Then looking down, in front of them was a bottomless cliff and clouds floating in the air. They seemed to be on a mountaintop.
Success!
Hobert and Klein pretended to draw a "crimson moon" on their chests and praised in unison: "Praise the Lady!"
Then the two smiled at each other.
Clang~
Just as the two were about to go out, the urn of ashes behind them fell over without any wind.
Klein's gaze became solemn. The ashes in the urn had disappeared without a trace, which meant that, as Hobert had predicted, as long as the space here was opened, Zaratul's purpose would be achieved.
But now was not the time to consider this. The two and the black hound spirit beast immediately passed through the illusory door.
Their eyes first darkened, as if they saw the boundless night and the brilliant stars, and then they found themselves on a mountaintop.
Hobert grabbed Klein with one hand and the black hound spirit beast with the other. The space in front of them became illusory, and they stepped into it, really entering the spirit world!
In other words, they were out of danger!
Hobert simply used "Traveling" to reach the mountains in western Backlund. The two looked at each other, feeling that last night's experience was somewhat unreal.
Klein said, "Zaratul's purpose has been achieved."
Then he asked, "I wonder what impact it will bring?"
Hobert thought for a moment before saying, "We have the protection of 'The Fool' and 'The Creator,' so we are not afraid of him finding us."
He paused and said, "Even if there is any impact, it won't affect us for a while."
Originally, Hobert wanted to briefly talk about this issue, but he noticed that the "Power of Order" on the black hound spirit beast was rapidly dissipating, and it might be able to escape his control at any time.
Fortunately, Klein was also eager to go back, so the two said goodbye in a hurry and left using "Traveling."
Hobert didn't go far. He came out of the spirit world again, and was preparing to sacrifice the black hound spirit beast to the "Nation of Disorder" when he found that this guy had already entered the underworld on his own.
Hobert drew his rapier and quickly chased after him.
The black hound spirit beast was like a fish in water in the underworld, and Hobert couldn't even catch up.
After chasing for two or three minutes in the underworld, just as Hobert was about to give up, the black hound spirit beast finally left the underworld.
Hobert carefully opened a gap, and seeing that there was no danger outside, he followed out.
Outside, in the clear morning sunlight, was a scene of birdsong and fragrant flowers, a wilderness of sorts, but strangely, there was a hill in front of him covered with beautiful blossoms.
These flowers were bright but not gaudy, somewhat different from ordinary flowers.
The blossoms were packed tightly together, like a carpet made of flowers.
At this moment, the black hound spirit beast stood quietly before the hill.
Hobert was all too familiar with this stance: the corpse of an ancient death god was inside the hill!
He walked closer and immediately realized that this was not a hill at all! It was a mound composed of dense vines! Only, the vines were completely obscured by flowers and green leaves.
Hobert looked around a little nervously, afraid that members of the Castiya family would rush out from the surroundings and fight him to the death.
However, his restored spirituality allowed Hobert to sense no danger whatsoever; on the contrary, the hill gave Hobert a very familiar feeling.
This emotional feeling indicated that there were extraordinary elements within the hill; Hobert guessed that the corpse of the ancient death god might truly be sealed inside.
Judging from the complete lack of guards, the sealer was very confident in their seal; ordinary Beyonders simply couldn't find this place.
Hobert was that 'unordinary' Beyonder, or rather, he knew the connection between the black hound spirit beast and the corpse of the ancient death god.
He had also considered following the black hound spirit beast to retrieve the corpse of the ancient death god, but no matter how he thought about it, he felt the risk was too great; it was highly likely that the Castiya family members, who hated him to the core, were guarding the corpse, waiting for Hobert to deliver himself to their doorstep.
Hobert glanced at the hill again; since there was no danger, he could consider regaining the corpse of the ancient death god.
But a new problem arose: how to undo this seal?
At this moment, Hobert's spirituality seemed to sense something, and he reached out and took out the 'Healing Fork'.
This mystical item looked unchanged, but Hobert sensed that it seemed somewhat different from usual!
Recalling its performance today, Hobert thought to himself: I can give it a try!
So he placed his other hand on one vine next to another, and in that instant, Hobert felt that all the aberrations accumulated within his body were being sucked away by the vines!
During the battle with the 'Frenzied Mage', Hobert had accumulated many aberrations within his body; fortunately, '1-109' had the ability of flesh and blood magic, otherwise Hobert's body would have become very ugly long ago, unlike a human.
The aberrations of the spirit body would be slower, so for Hobert, who was already a demigod and whose spirit body was strong enough, there was time to slowly deal with these aberrations with flesh and blood magic.
Immediately afterwards, a hole about three or four meters square opened up in front of Hobert and the black hound spirit beast, and the black hound spirit beast took a step forward.
Hobert observed for a moment and, seeing that the black hound spirit beast had not encountered any danger, he also entered the hole woven from vines.
Inside the thick vines, there was also a dense layer of what looked like soybeans about to ripen; not only were they all around, but there were also entire pillars of soybeans underfoot.
Hobert reached out and touched the 'wall'; there seemed to be some gaps between each soybean, but these soybeans seemed to be filled with an invisible force.
This force seemed like liquid crystal, poured into those gaps, not only blocking the touch of Hobert's outstretched hand, but also blocking spirituality.
Further inside, there was a dense layer of golden wheat; Hobert couldn't help but recall the joy of harvest when he saw this wheat.
He immediately realized that his emotions were being affected by the sealing power here; Hobert quickly restrained his spirituality and emotions, but he found that it was not very useful.
Since there was no warning of any danger, Hobert allowed the joy of harvest to fill his heart.
In the center of the mound, there was a small space, and the corpse of the ancient death god lay in a neat field of wheat.
The aura of death, sorrow, and fear emanating from Him was completely suppressed by the aura of harvest from the wheat field.
However, the pale white light emanating from His body still turned the circle of wheat around Him black and white.
The black hound spirit beast was already kneeling beside the corpse of the ancient death god, continuing to guard His god.
Hobert pondered how to carry the ancient death god out and sacrifice Him to the 'Nation of Disorder'.
Just then, the surrounding wheat suddenly swayed gently, quickly turning from golden to gray-white, and finally, whether it was the wheat stalks or the grains, they decayed and returned to the earth almost in the blink of an eye.
Not only the wheat, but also the outer layer of soybeans, and even the outermost layer of vines, completed the process of decay almost instantly.
In the end, Hobert found himself appearing in a desolate valley; the joy of harvest disappeared, quickly replaced by the fear and sorrow of death; the seal on the corpse of the ancient death god was lifted, as if waiting quietly to be captured by Hobert into the 'Nation of Disorder'.
Hobert was slightly stunned and made a show of crossing his hands, as if holding a baby: 'Praise the Lady!'
He would never believe that there was no arrangement by the Earth Mother in this.
But the problem was, he wasn't even very devout in his faith in the 'Creator', let alone a believer of the Earth Mother; why would the Earth Mother give him the corpse of the ancient death god?
Didn't the Earth Mother know that the last time, the corpse of the ancient death god was released by the 'Creator'?
This was obviously impossible.
Since she knew and still did this, Hobert could only think of two reasons.
The first was that the Earth Mother also had difficulty dealing with the corpse of the ancient death god; after all, Their authorities were almost opposed to each other; the Earth Mother symbolized new life, harvest, and growth, while the ancient death god was death and withering.
Then, would the Earth Mother regard the seal on the ancient death god as a burden?
You must know that the corpse of the ancient death god would not stay here obediently; He would change position every once in a while.
Back then, the nobles of Trentsost built such a large underground structure to make this corpse 'lose its way'; even if it changed position, it would only appear within the range of those hundreds of rooms.
So, for the Earth Mother, this seal might be a burden?
The second, of course, was the investment of the gods; of course, the Earth Mother was not investing in him, Hobert, but in the 'Creator'.
After all, the current situation had become strange and unpredictable; even the gods could not see which direction the future landscape would develop; at this time, having one more friend was always better than having one more enemy.
Hobert glanced at the corpse of the ancient death god again; no matter why, he should first collect this guy; this was a 'base-stealing' artifact!
After setting up the altar, Hobert began to pretend to pray to the 'Creator'.
Because now he only needed to silently recite the incantation in his heart to enter the 'Nation of Disorder', even if the Earth Mother was still watching, Hobert was not afraid of being seen through by Her.
The process of entering the 'Nation of Disorder', unless observed at close range, or some targeted interference was carried out, otherwise even the gods, far away in the astral world, should not be able to see anything.
Arriving in the 'Nation of Disorder', Hobert grabbed the corpse of the ancient death god and the black hound spirit beast, and after a simple seal, he immediately returned to the real world.
He leisurely destroyed the traces of the altar, and after once again pretending to thank the Earth Mother, Hobert used 'Travel' to return to Backlund, to the study of the Earl's mansion.
After sitting in the chair for a few minutes, without feeling any gaze, nor any warning of danger, he built a 'spiritual wall' and once again sacrificed all the spoils of this action to himself.
For a long time recently, Hobert had not been building a 'spiritual wall' when entering the 'Nation of Disorder', because he had the protection of the ritual power when he was sacrificing or bestowing to himself.
Hobert encountered two strange things in this operation, which made him much more cautious; providing an extra layer of protection with the 'spiritual wall' could also effectively avoid being spied on.
Arriving in the 'Nation of Disorder', Hobert first carefully examined his spirit body, and nothing went wrong.
Then, in the basement of St. Samuel Cathedral, why did that sealed artifact made with the 'Mother of the Sky', or rather, the Evernight Goddess, point at him?
Hobert leaned on the back of the Iron Throne and smiled helplessly.
Even if this Evernight Goddess had some scheme, he had no way of knowing, after all, She possessed the authority of 'Concealment'; things She didn't want others to know, even the gods could hardly detect.
However, thinking that he had no past grudges and no recent enmities with the Evernight Goddess, and still had some friendship, Hobert decided to put this matter out of his mind for the time being.
Of course, this decision also had a very helpless component.
Then, Hobert took the 'Healing Fork' that had been sacrificed together in his hand, because the negative effects of this mystical item were very weak, and Hobert didn't need to use the power of the 'Nation of Disorder' to reseal it.
Even when it was not needed, it was only temporarily placed in the 'Nation of Disorder', and he had never seriously observed it.
Now, Hobert used the authority of the 'Nation of Disorder' to carefully examine this mystical item.
It was still the same as before, and seemed to be no different from before.
Hobert withdrew his gaze and stroked his chin, thinking.
In the past, he had not noticed anything different about this mystical item; today's early morning action, the avoidance of those monsters with corn and mushroom shapes, and the opening of the seal that was very likely of the Earth Mother, made Hobert realize that this sealed artifact was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
After thinking for a while, Hobert guessed that there was likely a mark similar to the one Mr. Azik gave him in this mystical item.
This mark could not give Hobert the relevant abilities, but when it came to the relevant fields represented by the mark, it could exert some unexpected effects!
Hobert nodded, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible.
As for whose mark it was, Hobert believed it should be that of the Earth Mother.
Logically speaking, given his mother April's condition and her experiences, the mark was more likely to be that of the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity'.
However, being able to open the Earth Mother's seal basically ruled out the possibility of the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity'.
After all, the seal was on Earth, within the barrier. The 'Mother Goddess of Depravity's' power was limited and could not bypass the Earth Mother to open the seal She had set.
Moreover, if it were the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity's' mark, Hobert felt that when he was in front of the hill made of vines and flowers just now, he was more likely to have been directly killed by the Earth Mother.
Then the question arose, how did his mother April, who seemed to have some connection with the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity', obtain the Earth Mother's mark?
Thinking of this, Hobert recalled a memory. It was when he followed Christian in 'treason' that the royal family sent a female demigod to control Christian, who was only Sequence 5 in the intelligence.
Through Christian's words, Hobert knew that the female demigod deeply loved his biological father, Rex.
Later, the female demigod, because she did not get the one she loved, resolutely resisted the Earth Mother Church's missionary activities in Backlund, which was a bit intriguing.
Considering that his mother April was a Beyonder of the 'Planter' pathway, and she herself had said that she only sought help from an evil god after Rex's death.
When she discovered that she was being eroded by the evil god, in order to avoid Hobert being harmed, she had to leave her son.
Connecting these clues, Hobert came to a guess: Before establishing contact with the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity', his mother April was likely a Beyonder of the Earth Mother Church!
Because she was affected by the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity', she had to leave the church.
This guess made the logic of these things smooth, but the fact that April could obtain the Earth Mother's mark still seemed a bit abrupt.
Such a mark was not like a little red flower in kindergarten, given out as if it didn't cost anything. The Earth Mother had so many devout believers, but no one had ever heard of anyone getting the Mother's mark. Why did She give this mark to April?
Hobert realized that there might be a game between the Earth Mother and the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity' in this.
Or was the Earth Mother always using his mother April to monitor the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity'?
Hobert pinched his forehead: But, a new question arises, why did this mark fall into my hands?
This made him think of what April had said before, that test she wasn't too sure about. Could it be because, if that mark was always carried with her, it would be easily discovered by the 'Mother Goddess of Depravity' when accepting that test?
That made sense.
Hobert sighed, a little worried about his mother April's situation, and a little regretful that he didn't ask what the test she was going to experience was specifically.
But immediately afterwards, Hobert found that this was also something he couldn't intervene in.
In the end, he could only sigh: I should advance as soon as possible and work hard to improve my strength!
So, Hobert looked at the 'Frenzied Mage' Beyonder characteristic.
It looked like a palm-sized metallic liver, constantly emitting black mist, and constantly wriggling. In the process of wriggling, it happened to outline a human face on the surface.
This human face was constantly making expressions such as anger, smiling, and confusion.
In the outside world, if it were not in a sealed state, it could constantly 'distort' the emotions of surrounding creatures, causing the emotions of surrounding creatures to change constantly with the expressions of the human face.
It should be said that this Beyonder characteristic itself was a relatively powerful Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.
Hobert sighed: I have the Beyonder characteristic, the ritual is also ready, now I'm just waiting for the potion to be completely digested.
After taking a look at the 'Demoness of Despair' Beyonder characteristic, Hobert finally focused his attention on the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact worn by the 'Frenzied Mage'.
Obviously, that was a 'Apothecary', that is, a Sealed Artifact of the 'Moon' pathway, and also the first Grade 0 Sealed Artifact Hobert obtained.
Hobert used the authority of the 'Nation of Disorder' to learn the ability of this Sealed Artifact: 'Can create monsters with black venom, they generally have the appearance of ordinary plants, but they are very aggressive. As long as they are stained with black venom, the holder can cause the target's spirituality to become unbalanced and the body to undergo obvious mutations, and it is easy to induce loss of control. After the target appears mutated or out of control, a new life can be born from the target's body. This new life will completely lose control of the target's spirituality and die in painful struggle.'
Hobert opened his mouth, this Sealed Artifact was actually very powerful!
Then he smiled helplessly: It's a pity it encountered the Black Hound Spirit Beast.
Even if it was powerful, this was only an Angel-level Sealed Artifact, and the blessing to the Black Hound Spirit Beast came from the Ancient Death, completely not on the same level!
So this Sealed Artifact's ability was difficult to shake the essence of the Black Hound Spirit Beast. If it were another Sequence 3, they would have painfully died after 'giving birth'.
This Sealed Artifact also had other abilities, those abilities were similar to Hobert's guesses: 'When the holder is injured, the bracelet can automatically absorb the life force of surrounding living beings to supply the holder. Even if the holder suffers a fatal injury, it can quickly reshape a complete body for the holder. But the holder cannot continuously receive the life force provided by the bracelet for more than three minutes, otherwise the holder will gradually be assimilated by the creature providing the life force.'
The other abilities were more ordinary: 'It will speed up the holder's running speed, fast enough to run out of afterimages; under the moonlight, strength and spirituality can always maintain the most abundant state, even if strength and spirituality are overdrawn, they can be quickly replenished.'
Hobert nodded, overall this was a very good Sealed Artifact.
But the negative effects were also not small: 'It likes to listen to people's conversations. If it doesn't hear the sound of speaking for more than 1 hour, it will gradually evolve all creatures within an eight-kilometer radius. If it doesn't hear the sound of speaking for 3 consecutive hours, it can create a new batch of plants and animals.'
Hobert thought, given it enough time, wouldn't it create a civilization?
There were also negative effects: 'Every approximately 6 hours, it will summon a monster from the Spirit World. Some of these monsters are benevolent, but most have a strong malice towards the holder. These Spirit World creatures are at least Sequence 4 level, and at most Angel level; every approximately 12 hours, it will absorb the life force within an eight-kilometer radius, or make all creatures within eight kilometers pregnant, males will also become pregnant.'
Not only that, the bracelet also needed to recognize its owner: 'Continuously feeding it with blood for a month, most of its negative effects will not harm the holder. Otherwise, just holding the bracelet, it can turn into an ugly monster in just three seconds. Afterwards, it must be continuously fed with blood, even stopping for a day will make the previous feeding efforts futile.'
Hobert couldn't help but frown. He now seriously suspected that the 'Frenzied Mage' was so vicissitudinous because he was tormented by this bracelet?
After all, he had to say a few words to the bracelet every hour, just thinking about it made it difficult to get a good night's sleep.
Immediately afterwards, Hobert was strange again, how did the 'Frenzied Mage' seal this Sealed Artifact?
The first and fourth negative effects were easy to say, demigods originally needed less sleep, they could completely endure this Sealed Artifact.
How should the second and third negative effects be avoided?
Especially the second negative effect, although the probability was not high, but if it summoned an Angel-level Spirit World creature, even if the 'Frenzied Mage' had this bracelet in hand, he might not be able to solve this level of Spirit World creature within 6 hours, and might even find it difficult to win in such a battle.
So the 'Frenzied Mage' should have done some sealing, otherwise he would definitely not dare to wear it often on his hand.
Soon, Hobert thought of a way: distort this bracelet's concept of time!
If facing an enemy who was a Sequence 2 Angel, the only thing a Sequence 3 'Frenzied Mage' could do was run away quickly.
But for an Angel-level Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, the 'Frenzied Mage' could completely make an effective seal.
For example, if he was alone in a quiet environment for more than half an hour, he could 'distort' its concept of time, making it think that only a little over half a minute had passed just now.
Theoretically speaking, the intermittent negative effects of Sealed Artifacts were not subject to subjective influence. When the time came, it would release the negative effects on its own.
But in the eyes of Beyonders of the 'Lawyer' pathway, any rules had loopholes.
Since the interval time of the Sealed Artifact's negative effects had a certain pattern, instead of always having an effect, then there must be a timing mechanism in it, right?
Whether the Sealed Artifact was timing itself, or a mysterious force in the sense of mysticism was timing, if there was no timing mechanism, then the negative effects would not be intermittent in a regular manner.
After reaching the demigod, you could 'distort' some abstract or conceptual things. Hobert was confident that he could 'distort' this bracelet's concept of time, but it might take several or a dozen 'distortions' to succeed once.
This was a Sealed Artifact, not a Beyonder. As long as it succeeded once, the Sealed Artifact without its own consciousness would find it difficult to change such a result.
The 'Exploit' ability possessed by the 'Earl of the Fallen' level also had a similar effect, but only one 'Exploit' could be done in a short time for the same Sealed Artifact, which was not as convenient as 'distortion'.
The more Hobert thought about it, the more he felt that this should be the case, but he would have to wait a month to try whether it was effective. Within a month, Hobert had to feed this Sealed Artifact with his own blood first.
This point was difficult to circumvent with "Distortion." For Hobert, mere circumvention wasn't enough. He tried using the "Power of Order" to seal it, but as he expected, he needed to advance to Sequence 2 to be able to seal the negative effects of a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.
Moreover, this was only for sealing the negative effects of Angel-level Sealed Artifacts. Even Archangel-level, or Sequence 1-level, Sealed Artifacts were difficult to seal effectively.
Sealing and circumvention had similar effects, but the process was different. Circumvention was like "deceiving" the Sealed Artifact, while sealing genuinely weakened the negative effects.
Next came the time to name the Sealed Artifact. Hobert had two naming methods before him: one was to directly give it a name, and the other was to use a number.
Hobert hated naming things the most, so he ultimately chose to use a number. Besides, using a number sounded more high-end.
He remembered that the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact the "Fool" had given him started from 60. To avoid duplication, Hobert decided to start from 70.
Thus, the code name for this bracelet was born: 0-70
Hobert conjured a new stone platform next to the Iron Throne and placed "0-70" on it, specifically for storing Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts.
After dealing with the spoils, Hobert began to review the battle that had occurred in Foggy Town.
Looking back now, Hobert still felt a bit scared. The combination of "Frenzied Mage" and "0-70" was quite formidable.
Even though most of "0-70's" attacks had little effect on the Black Hound Spirit Beast, the battle was still very intense. Hobert used two "Deprivation Charms" and one "Deception Charm" to give the Black Hound Spirit Beast an advantage.
If it weren't for that "Fate Siphon," the battle would have lasted a long time, perhaps until the next Red Moon arrived, at which point the direction of the battle would have become completely uncontrollable.
In the end, Hobert couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, during the Great Smog incident, the Black Hound Spirit Beast was used to deal with the 'Frenzied Mage.' If it had been 'Bull Devil Monarch,' I wouldn't have been able to get out of Foggy Town."
After reflecting on this battle, Hobert left the "Nation of Disorder." He yawned and stretched vigorously.
Back in the bedroom, Fors hadn't gotten out of bed yet.
She sat up in bed, "You're back? I didn't expect you to be gone all night. Did you encounter any danger?"
Hobert was stunned, "I encountered danger. Weren't you worried about me?"
"I was worried! I was so worried that I woke up at six o'clock!"
Hobert walked towards the bed while taking off his clothes, "Six o'clock… No, I have to punish you with a nap."
… …
Around 10 o'clock, Longtail Island.
Angus led his team to handle a Beyonder event. The team drove the carriage back to the Governor's Mansion.
Angus remained silent on the way back. Today's Beyonder event made him very certain that the Mountain God Church was beginning to test the current new rulers.
This matter must be reported to the lord as soon as possible to prepare for a Beyonder battle to strike at the arrogance of the Mountain God Church.
Angus was very confident in this Beyonder battle. He was currently Sequence 5, with 4 Sequence 6 subordinates, and several Sequence 7 and "low-sequence" subordinates.
There were 26 Beyonders deployed on Longtail Island who obeyed Angus's orders!
They could also use 5 Grade 2 Sealed Artifacts, and several Level 3 Sealed Artifacts. Angus himself could even obtain the right to use Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts by praying to the "Creator."
Moreover, they could also get support from three churches and the military.
Therefore, Angus was not afraid of the Mountain God Church and regarded them as walking merits.
Just as he got out of the carriage, a member of the Special Operations Department rushed out in a panic and said, "Captain Angus, someone is looking for you."
Angus frowned, "What's with the panic?"
That team member: "The Patriarch is here!"
Angus opened his mouth wide, and was also a little flustered for a moment: Is the Patriarch here to question me? After all, I brought a large number of family members to Jeffrey City to settle down, but we didn't say we wanted to sever ties with the family!
Angus strode into the door. His experience as captain during this period had been of great help to him. After walking a dozen steps, he had calmed down a lot and said to the three members around him:
"You go to the Lord's Mansion, you go to Backlund, and find the Lord as soon as possible. You go find Mr. Archibald and explain the situation here in detail to him."
Angus's calmness also quickly calmed down his three subordinates, and they immediately went their separate ways.
On the Backlund side, Hobert had just finished a "nap" with Fors not long ago when he received news from Longtail Island.
He slapped his forehead. He had just fought a Sequence 3 at dawn, and now another Sequence 3 was coming?
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