Chapter 417: An Appointment with Lieutenant General Iceberg
That door was of course demolished by Hobert, and since it was ransacked, this "Traveler's Gate" certainly cannot be let go.
Previously, Hobert had learned from Christine how to arrange the "Traveler's Knife", which could be used immediately if needed.
And this door can change its own shape, not necessarily just the shape of a stone door, but also an ordinary wooden door.
Then Hobert set his eyes on the corpse of the ancient god of death in front of the "Iron Throne", even in the "country of disorder", the corpse of the god of death in the shape of a huge divine bird still exudes the smell of death.
When the light was a meter or two away from Him, it turned pale, as if all the colors had withered.
Outside the main hall, Hobert prepared a separate room for him, and his spirit told him that if the power of the "State of Disorder" was infused into the corpse of the ancient god of death, although he would not be resurrected, something terrible would surely happen.
Hobert decided not to die.
As for the black dog spirit beast, Hobart couldn't do anything with it at the moment.
However, like the "Bull Demon King", he can inject the power of the "Country of Disorder" into the body of the black dog spirit beast, so that it can temporarily be under the command of Hobert.
It can use the extraordinary power of the "Reaper" pathway sequence level 3, as well as the abilities of "Chaos", "Order", "Distortion", and "Forbidden".
In normal times, however, Hobart could not command it.
It senses the location of the corpse of the ancient Reaper, and will spontaneously search for it, and if it encounters an insurmountable obstacle, it will face in the direction of the corpse of the Grim Reaper, and stop there motionless.
Hobert sighed, feeling like he had met a stubborn and affectionate child, so he expanded the room containing the corpse of the ancient god of death and moved the black dog spirit beast into it.
Then, Hobert felt a sense of relief in his heart, and the treasures of Beckland, which he knew well, had finally been looted by him.
Like Amon's mausoleum, although he knows it, he is not familiar with it, the key is that he doesn't want to have anything to do with Amon yet, so he has never planned to plunder it.
When he left Beckland before, Hobert still had some regrets, and he didn't know when Merrich's extraordinary properties would be buried. He remembered that the church had just blown up the ruin.
It is also unknown to whom the body of the Grim Reaper will end up in whose hands? Now that it's all in the hands of him Hobert, I'm relieved.
Looking at the ruins of Raft again, he finally recovered from the extreme fear just now, and Hobert sent him back to the surface with a "teleportation stone statue".
Then he said to him, "You can leave Beckland." ”
Then Hobert reclaimed his spirituality and returned to the real world.
Sitting behind his desk, Hobert asked Allen outside to order the kitchen to make doughnuts, and he spread out the letter and wrote to Azik.
The content of the letter was roughly as follows: "When I was exploring the room where the corpse of the Ancient Reaper was stored with my family members again, we found a way to seal the Black Dog Spirit Animal and took away the corpse of the Ancient Reaper.
"If Mr. Azik still wants to see the corpse of the ancient god of death, you can write to me in advance, and I will take you to see it."
While waiting for the doughnut, the messenger suddenly appeared in the study.
She brought Jessica's package, which contained two handfuls of what Kelly saw as failures, weapons that didn't work when the extraordinary material was combined with the weapon.
In the opinion of the "craftsman", both weapons were failures.
There is also a letter from Jessica, as well as a letter from Selena that has been forwarded.
Hobert was slightly stunned, he originally wanted to take the initiative to write a letter to Selena.
"Please wait, I'll reply." Hobert said to the messenger.
Courier: "Three donuts in ten minutes!" ”
You still have the face to say!
Hobert put his pocket watch on the table: "Now start the timer!" ”
He first sent Jessica a letter back and wrote a few sentences stating that he had received the package from her.
Then there is a reply to Selena, in which Selena says that after thinking about it for so long, she finally decided to become an extraordinary person in the future, and asked Hobert to give her this opportunity. However, she hopes to spend the next year with her family, and hopes to look for Hobart after graduation.
Hobert's reply to her was simple, telling her that he would talk to her after the New Year, and telling her how he summoned the messenger and how he was paid for each letter.
Hobert quickly sealed the two letters and stamped them with fire paint: "It's less than ten minutes, so count it as ten minutes." ”
The Messenger: "Don't you check again?" ”
"No need, I'm confident." Hobart smiled.
At this time, the doughnuts also happened to be baked, and Hobert sent a total of three letters this time, and the messenger waited a few more minutes, paying her a total of twelve donuts.
Luckily, the kitchen made a dozen at a time, and in addition to paying the messenger, Hobert ate two.
But Hobert was afraid that he liked to eat donuts, and the news that he could eat a dozen at a time spread like this, and the key was that this was the second time he had "eaten" more than ten donuts today.
After all this, Hobert had nothing to do, he walked around the town of Jeffrey, and used his "travel" to see the "Nohar" that was going upstream.
The appearance of this ship made people along the way stop and watch.
It had not been more than 50 years since such a large ship had passed by in this channel, and children ran and frolicked along the banks, while more people stopped their work and watched the boat go upstream along the river until the shadow of the boat became smaller and smaller.
There is no danger for the time being.
Hobert returned to his study, still with nothing to do.
So Hobart thought, should I go to explore the way first?
He had never been to the Southern Continent before, what if it was difficult to cross the Raging Sea from the Spirit Realm?
Then he thought of the island that had just been discovered in the sea, where it was said to contain the remains of the Quaternary period and many extraordinary creatures.
Some of the newly discovered islands are almost always home to some extraordinary creatures, but they are quickly hunted down by the pirates who arrive at them.
Hobert was not interested in the extraordinary creatures, but in the remains of the Quaternary period.
Since he knew the exact location from Alger, he could reach the island by "navigating" with the "Faceling Necklace".
The more Hobert thought about it, the more excited he became, so he changed into a Rune-style dress, and used "travel" to come to Connath City on the south coast of the North Continent like he had done last time.
Then it passed through Baiam, the capital of the Rorsted Islands, and finally came to the nameless island.
This is already the southwestern part of the Tempest Sea, and it is very close to the southern continent.
Hobert is found on an uninhabited sandy beach, in the northern continent, it is winter, but in the southern continent it is summer.
The power of nature is still amazing even in this extraordinary world.
At the same time, Hobart found himself overdressed, and it was appropriate to wear summer or spring clothes here, while Hobert's trench coat had a thick sweater and leather vest underneath.
However, he didn't plan to find a place where no one was around and give up a few clothes, for the "Chaos Mentor" would not make him feel uncomfortable anymore, he could not sweat, not a drop of sweat, and he would not feel hot.
The beach was located relatively low, and Hobert used his "low-flying" ability to fly up, and his eyes looked through the dense woods to see a small mountain range that existed on the island.
Hobart returned to the surface and waited a while to use his ability to travel, this time to reach one of the highest peaks on the island.
From here, you can see the entire island.
The island is divided by a small north-south mountain range, and on the east side there is a plain full of dense forest. The west side is narrower, but there is a good place for a port.
There is a ruin there, and the remains of the Quaternary period should be there.
Hobart also saw several ships, and several camps, which were supposed to be pirate ships, and the camps set up by the pirates.
So far, no official power has declared sovereignty over this island, so naturally there will be no navy and official extraordinaries here.
Hobert used "travel" again, to the west shore of the island, not far from the ruins.
On foot to the ruins, Hobart also encounters two pirates traveling together.
When they saw Hobert, they watched from afar for a while, and one of the pirates said, "Hey! That fool in thick clothes! ”
Hobert ignored them, but they caught up with one of the pirates: "This is the territory of the 'Skeleton' pirates, have you passed by here to pay your taxes?" ”
Hobert glanced at them: "What's your captain's bounty!" ”
Another pirate puffed up: "Up to £1,500!" What do you think? Scared! ”
"Get out of here, Lao Tzu's bounty is 30,000 pounds!"
The two pirates laughed: "Sure enough, it's a fool, and I don't know how to brag about it!" Which pirate general are you? ”
Another pirate simply pulled out his gun: "Pay the tax first!" You're not bad in this trench coat either......"
Hobert stuck his cane on the beach, broke the opponent's gun with his left hand, and twisted the opponent's arm with his right hand, giving the opponent's arm an extra "joint".
Amid the pirate's screams, he looked to the side and kicked off the other pirate's calf: "Both, are you satisfied with the taxes I paid?" Would you like to come a little more? ”
The two pirates endured the severe pain and hurriedly begged for mercy from Hobert.
Hobart smiled, picked up his cane, and continued on to the ruins.
When he came to the vicinity of this ruin, Hobert realized how huge the buildings used to be here, and the buildings here were built on the mountain, at least a thousand meters long, three or four hundred meters wide, even now, this is a very huge building.
Judging by the collapsed walls, it should be quite high.
Hobert even doubted that the behemoth had used extraordinary strength to build it, otherwise the steel and iron frame structure would have been able to support such a structure, and there was not much metal in the ruins.
There was also a wall in front that had not completely collapsed, and Hobert could see from a distance that there were several people in front of that wall.
A young lady was standing in front of the wall writing and drawing, and several men were staring coldly around, as if to sentry the lady.
They also spotted Hobert, several pairs of eyes staring coldly at him.
Far away, Hobert shouted: "I am a scholar who is very interested in Quaternary relics, I have no ill intentions, I just want to go to those walls to see if there are any clues!" ”
Several of the men were defensive, but the lady seemed to whisper something, and one of them said, "Come here." ”
Hobart passed unhurriedly, and when he came near, he found a beautiful lady with a face shaped like a goose egg, a high nose, thin lips, and a pair of light blue eyes that seemed to be clear spring water.
Even though she had brown hair, a sword at her waist, and a beige Western-style coat, Hobert still thought of the image of Lin Daiyu in her impression. It's just that the face shape is very similar to the eyes, but there is no such pitiful and weak appearance, and the eyebrows give people a heroic and charming feeling.
And the men, led by a blond-haired man, stared at Hobart intensely.
"Good afternoon, ma'am! Good afternoon, several! Hobart greeted politely.
The lady bowed slightly, in response, but the other men ignored him.
Hobert didn't continue talking, but looked at the wall in front of him, which was still relatively intact.
The wall was clean, but this was also what made Hobert feel strange, he reached out and poked the wall, more than a thousand years have passed, and after so many years of wind and rain, there are not many traces of decay on this wall!
Walking forward, Hobart saw a pattern of pale color on the high place, and he finally made out after looking at it for a while, it was a huge badge carved on the wall, and it was a crown!
"Trenthorst!" Hobart blurted out.
The black crown is the coat of arms of the House of Trenthorst.
The lady on the side asked, "Do you know the coat of arms of the Trenthorst family?" ”
I know too well, Hobert smiled, "I happened to see it in books, but why is the coat of arms of the Trenthorst family here?" ”
The territory of the Trenthorst Empire is in the northern continent, and this sea area is already very close to the southern continent, could it be that the power of the Chinese New Year's Eve Emperor has approached the southern continent?
"That's something I want to figure out." The lady asked, "Do you have any ideas?" ”
Hobert pondered for a moment: "Could this be the secret base built by the Trenthorst Empire back then to prepare for a sneak attack on the Southern Continent?" ”
"It seems that you know a lot about the history of the Quaternary!" The lady held out a hand and introduced herself, "Adewina." ”
Hobert politely shook the other party's soft hand: "Jeffrey." ”
Hobert's appearance had changed before he set off, so that he was not afraid that anyone would recognize him, but no one on the sea would know about him, a traitor to the kingdom of Rune, and even if they did, they would not take it seriously.
After all, there are too many vicious criminals on this sea, and Hobert's little thing is not worth mentioning.
After introducing himself, Hobert saw the expectant looks of the men around him, he realized that he seemed to have missed something just now, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally grasped the point: "Lieutenant General Iceberg!" ”
The men just wanted to see Hobart's surprised expression.
Adevina smiled, "Yes. You can let go of my hand. ”
"Oh, I'm sorry, I was so surprised." Hobert smiled awkwardly, he didn't expect that "Lieutenant General Iceberg" was not as cold as he had in his impression.
"I'm hoping that someone will talk about it." Edwina said, "As you just said, it doesn't make sense that the remains of the Trenthorst family are here. ”
Hobart looked at the men next to him: "Can't they discuss it with you?"
But Hobart was greeted by angry eyes from several people.
Hobert said in his heart: Okay, okay, I see, you also want to, but you hate the lack of knowledge. If you look at your faces, you belong to the category of people who dropped out of school early.
"Willing to help." Hobart politely said, "I'm hoping for a collision of ideas." ”
Adevina immediately asked, "Did you go to grammar school?" ”
Otherwise, the adjectives used would not be so precise.
"I used to go to Beckland University, but unfortunately I didn't graduate."
"That's great." Edwina said, "My subordinates have found another clue, come here. ”
She led Hobart to a corner where there was a drawing of a structure with a sharp object and a few words in the Old Forsak language next to it.
Hobert stumbled first: "Length, sample box, alignment? ”
Hobert didn't know the meaning of the words other than length, and looked at the simple structural drawing: "It's a bit like the fire door structure on a big ship!" ”
He had just learned about the prices of some large cargo ships in Fenerport City two days ago, and the salesperson had explained in detail the advantages of their cargo ships, one of which was that their company's cargo ships have advanced fire doors.
Adevina nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that you are quite knowledgeable, that's right, this is the design of the fire door, and the few words next to it are all professional terms used in shipbuilding."
"If I'm not mistaken, Trenthorst built a huge ship here, and during the shipbuilding there were two engineers in this corner who discussed the design of the fire door.
As they discussed, they couldn't help but draw a few strokes and make a brief note in the Guphosak language.
Hobert looked at the surrounding ruins with some incredulity: "That is, this was once a huge shipyard. ”
"I have that guess too." Adevina said with her hands behind her back: "According to the size of this dock, the length of this ship should be close to 2,000 meters, and the width of the ship should be 300 meters!" The height is also tens of meters! Enough for the population of a small city! ”
"The Trenthorst Empire!" Hobart felt a bang in his head, and many clues were linked.
Adewina's eyes flashed: "That's right, the treasures of the Trenthorst Empire really exist!" ”
Hobert had already thought of something else: "Do you have any extraordinaries in the 'Sailor' Path?" ”
"Lieutenant General Iceberg" was stunned: "Yes!" ”
"I happen to know some secret information about the Trenthorst Empire," said Hobert, "but I must first do some research, and ask my friends from the 'sailor' to dive out of the harbor and look out along the ocean floor to see if I can find anything strange." ”
At the captain's behest, the two "sailors" took off their hats and jumped into the sea.
Hobert sat on a stone and waited quietly.
Edwina asked, "You don't seem to be a 'local'. ”
Hobert smiled, "It seems that there are no locals on this island." ”
Of course, he knew that ordinary pirates couldn't tell much information from their clothes, but the "Iceberg Lieutenant General", the former "polymath", should have understood a lot of things.
Hobert changed the subject: "The material of these walls seems to be very special. ”
"It is said to have been a means of construction that existed in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods." Adevina spoke eloquently and said without reservation: "It is lost now."
"I've found some clues from the book, in addition to mixing some spiritual materials with materials, there should also be some magic circles when building, and I pray to the gods for strength while building.
"With the blessings of the gods, the building can be bigger than we imagined, and it can stand for hundreds or thousands of years."
Hobert bowed slightly, this method of construction is not suitable now, and he prays to the gods for strength or blessings, and he may not recover until a long time later, and the construction may drag on for a long time.
The third age was different from the fourth age, when the gods were still in his kingdom, and there were so many angels, some of whom were the objects of prayer.
After waiting for more than half an hour, the two sailors came out of the sea one after another.
After going ashore, one of the sailors began to report on the underwater situation: "The water in the dock is very deep, we explored along the bottom of the sea, walked out about a few kilometers, and came across a cliff!" ”
Another sailor reported: "The cliff is peculiar, the rock below is sunken in, and it seems that the base to the island is getting thinner.
"We searched around the cliff, and there were similar structures all around, and it was like, as if, above it was a giant cake, and there was only a goblet underneath."
"That's right!" Hobert clapped his hands: "This island was originally on the coast of the Northern Continent, and was moved here by the Emperor of the Underworld from the Northern Continent. ”
The subordinates of the "Lieutenant General Iceberg" were all stunned, and then, they all showed obvious disbelief.
Hobert said to Edwina: "I have learned some more detailed information about the 'Trenthorst Empire' during my two expeditions, and you promised me two conditions, and I will tell you all this information. ”
The second officer, Olpheus, who had blonde hair next to him, said: "Captain, you can't promise him, this is obviously a trap." ”
The other sailors also said, "This kid is not a good man at first glance." ”
"Behold, he must be a madman on such a hot day, and he is dressed so thickly."
“……”
Edvina waved her hand at her subordinates: "Tell me about your conditions, and then I will decide whether to agree or not." ”
Olpheus and the others were frustrated, and they knew that the captain could not resist the temptation of "historical secrecy".
"The first condition is that from the goodwill of the 'Lieutenant General of the Iceberg' and the forces behind it, we may have deeper cooperation in the future."
Adevina nodded, "No problem." ”
Hobert added: "The second condition is to help me find the traces of the 'Lieutenant General of Dusk', and after finding him, we can launch a hunt together, or you can simply provide information."
"As long as your information is accurate enough and you can use your ship as my 'forward base', and I hunt the 'Vice Admiral of Dusk', I will give you a certain amount of loot."
Adevina asked, "How strong are you?" ”
Hobert was slightly stunned, and said unashamedly: "A reward of 30,000 pounds!" ”
(End of chapter)