As described in the note, a shriveled or fresh corpse hangs from a large tree.

From the fresh corpses, it can be seen that the hanging person suffered inhuman torture before he died.

It is said that such emotions of pain, resentment, fear, etc., can please the higher demons.

Hobert counted briefly, and there were already more than two hundred corpses hanging on the tree, crushing the towering tree to a creaky sound.

Seeing this scene, although Hobert had some opinions about the gods, he still fully affirmed the role of the Orthodox Church.

If it weren't for the Orthodox Church, many places might be like the Teutonic Viscounts' realm, the people would be numb and stupid, and there might be countless of these trees full of corpses.

When he came to the bottom of the tree, the Knight of Cuton dismounted, bowed down reverently, and then proudly introduced to everyone that there was also such a "sacrificial tree" in his domain, but unfortunately he only had more than thirty corpses hanging on it.

For this reason, he said that he still needs to work hard to fill the 100 corpses as soon as possible.

While Hobart was talking to him, he took a hair from his clothes while he was not looking: You don't have this chance, because I'm going to kill you tonight.

As for saying that these hanging corpses are not related to Hobert, why did Hobart do this?

Because Hobert was beaten in Beckland, he held his breath and had nowhere to vent.

Finally came to the mansion of the Teutonic Viscount, the Viscount in the prime of life, greeted Herbert at the door very politely, and secretly glanced at Helen, who was dressed as a maid, and sighed in his heart that Hobert was very happy.

The banquet began in a congenial atmosphere, and it was not until Grove also came to the banquet that the atmosphere immediately became delicate.

Grove deliberately approached Hobert, as if provocatively, and dangled twice in front of her.

He sneered, "I heard that Baron Hobert wants to take all the land in the territory under the name of the lord's mansion?" ”

"That's right," Hobert, of course, won't give him a good look, "just to prevent a knight like you from running rampant in the countryside!" ”

"This is discrediting the dignity of the aristocracy! It won't end well! ”

But Hobert smiled and said, "Your son is now my manservant!" ”

"You ......" Grove drew his sword and was about to rush up to fight Hobert, but fortunately, Teutonic stopped him, and the two did not fight at the banquet.

After Grove left with an angry face, the atmosphere of the banquet became harmonious again, as if the episode had never happened.

Of course, this kind of harmonious banquet is basically talking nonsense.

Towards the end of the feast, Teutonic euphemistically expressed his hope that Hobart would take action to clean up the lake again.

After Hobert beat the crocodiles to the point of not going to Jeffrey Town, the crocodiles began to attack the town of Teutonic one after another.

Hobart snorted, neither agreeing nor refusing.

The banquet ended in such a harmonious but estranged and inefficient atmosphere and conversation.

After taking their leave, Hobert rode his horse and left unhurriedly.

It was still the Knight of Cutton who sent them to the docks.

On the dock, there were several well-dressed men waiting there, led by a man in his thirties, with black hair and unruly eyes, who seemed to be smiling badly no matter how he smiled.

Knight Knight hurriedly dismounted and prostrated himself in front of the man: "Mr. Arlin! ”

The smirkling Mr. Arrin didn't even look at Keton, but said to Hobert, "I have brought you a gift." ”

He reached out and showed the gift in his palm, a delicate wooden box with a demonic motif engraved on it.

Hobert didn't dismount: "Is the demon family courting me?" ”

"Looks like you know something about us!" Arrin sneered, "This is a gift from the great Abyss, you are the one He has chosen!"

'Rejoice!' The Abyss' will return to the earth! ”

Hobert smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm a devout disciple of Mother Earth God!" ”

After saying that, he bypassed Yarlin and the others, came to the dock, and got on the boat while watching Yarlin and the others.

Arrin caught up with him to deliver the gifts, and they stood there and looked at Hobart with a smile that made people's hearts furious.

At this time, the townspeople who looked like zombies came to the dock and bowed down and cheered at Hobert.

This made Hobert wonder if he had let some high-level demon have been overshadowed.

However, he examined his spirituality and spirit many times and found no problems.

Until the boat reached the middle of Full Moon Lake, the demons and demon believers on the docks were still watching Hobert.

Hobart was also staring at them, and suddenly, he felt his pockets tighten a little, and as he stared at the dock opposite, he reached out and pulled out a small delicate wooden box with a demon carved on it.

It was the small wooden box in Yarlin's hand.

"Holy!" Hobert almost missed, leaving the box in the cabin.

He glanced at Arrin on the docks again, and although he could no longer see Arlin's face, he could still feel his evil smile.

Helen on the side said: "I really can't see that you actually have demons inside, and you actually let these demons give gifts as soon as they see you." ”

The most nervous person just now was actually Helen, who had had some conflicts between the "Gnostic Society" and the people of the demon family before, and she just thought that those people on the dock were coming for her.

Hobert smiled, "Since you like it so much, this gift is for you." ”

"I don't want it."

"Here you go, you're welcome!"

Helen showed a good-looking chuckle and snorted twice shyly and cutely: "Don't try to lie to me, this gift must not be a good thing!" Otherwise, you won't give it to me. ”

"Since you don't want it, then I'll throw it away!" With that, Hobert threw the locket into the lake and watched it sink into the water.

Helen also noticed the unusual nature of this gift, and she asked with some concern, "Would you like to ask Ms. Monica to help?" ”

"No, you don't." Hobert smiled: "I'm not afraid of the 'abyss' coming!" ”

"Lying." Helen grinned and said, "You're already starting to get scared." ”

Then she asked, "What is the abyss?" ”

"I'll tell you when you become the captain of the Jeffrey Leader and give me a lot of credit." Hobert said thoughtfully as he looked at the lake.

He wondered why the demon said, "The abyss chose him?"

In addition to being a real place, symbolizing the root of all evil and the place of the Fallen, the Abyss is also the name given to the "demon" pathway sequence 0.

Hobart didn't know if the demon was talking about the abyss, or the character "The Abyss".

No matter what he expressed, Hobert felt strange that he had never been in contact with the "demon" or the "abyss" path before, how could the "abyss" give him a gift!

That oil painting!

It occurred to Hobert that, according to the records in the "Notes of Colin Antagonus", the oil painting was obtained from the Southern Continent, which is said to have been obtained by a demon family.

Thinking of this, Hobert said to everyone: "I remembered an important matter, I want to go back first!" ”

Without a few people agreeing, Hobart had disappeared from the wooden boat.

After a second or two, the space in Hobert's bedroom suddenly became unreal, and Hobert stepped out of the illusion and glanced at the oil painting hanging on the wall.

It's still the same landscape painting, and nothing has changed.

Hobert sat in his chair and continued to think about what was going on?

Suddenly, he had an idea, glanced at the table next to him, and at some point, a small wooden box appeared in the center of the table next to him, with a demon pattern engraved on it.

Hobert was not as surprised as last time, he carefully examined the wooden box, and then entered the "Land of Disorder" in the same way that he prayed to himself, and examined the small wooden box with his real vision.

It looked like an ordinary small wooden box, and it didn't reveal any evil aura.

Back in the real world, Hobert simply opened the small wooden box, since the small wooden box followed him, then instead of turning a blind eye, it is better to take the initiative to investigate.

Inside the small wooden box was a quaint ring carved with a demon's head, probably because of its age, the white gold ring had turned a little black.

Hobart did not touch the ring, and he re-entered the "Land of Disorder" to observe the ring with "true vision".

Under the "True Vision", the demon on the ring seems to come to life, although it only has an avatar, but its expression is sometimes hideous, sometimes angry, and sometimes roaring.

Hobert did not dare to bring the ring to the "country of disorder", he was afraid that it was a ruse of the "abyss", a ruse to seize the "country of disorder".

Although the probability of the "Abyss" knowing that he is the master of the "Disordered Country" is very small, what if the other party knows through what means?

"Demons" and "devils", in addition to being the face of evil, are also known for their cunning.

Hobert hadn't dealt with demons before, so of course he had to be careful.

Back in the real world, Hobert didn't even mean to touch the ring, he covered the box and put it in a locked drawer, and locked the drawer.

He knew that ordinary locks would definitely not lock this box, or this ring, but this way he could feel a little more at ease.

As for why did the "Abyss" give Hobert this ring? He's going to look into it tonight.

Because of the protection of the "Disordered Country", Hobert is not afraid of the "Abyss", and the current "Abyss" may still be the "Demon King" Fabuti of the Second Age.

Speaking of the eight ancient gods, except for this "Demon King", they have all fallen, although the "Blood Ancestor" and the "Fantasy Dragon" are dead and not stiff, but they have fallen after all.

Only Fabuti did not have clear information that he had fallen, but Hobert remembered that in the Fifth Age, he was still operating as the "dark side of the universe".

This should be an ancient god who cherishes his life and understands the essence of "Gou", and Hobert thinks he shouldn't mess around.

With a long sigh, Hobart pulled a note out of his pocket.

This was quietly stuffed to Grove as soon as he entered the dining room and wandered around twice in front of Hobart when he was in the Teutonic Viscount's mansion.

Hobart opened the note and looked at it, and the content on it was Grove's previous plan for the Teutonic Viscount: the first was to ask for the king's assistance with the help of Hobart's instability; The second is to use Hobert's power to fight the demons in the Teutonic Viscounty's domain, which have long been out of control.

After reading it, Hobert burned the note with a spiritual flame: "This is a good strategist!" ”

This note is both a report to Hobert and a solicitation of credit.

Hobert pondered for a moment, these two strategies were equivalent to the "white wolf with empty gloves" to the Teutonic Viscount, and it did not cost much, but it was likely to get huge benefits.

For Hobert, he can go to the other side of Full Moon Lake to fight demons at will in the future, and he no longer has to worry about Viscount Teuton's territorial consciousness.

As for the king's aid, Hobert pursed his lips and smiled, of course, the more aid the better.

Hobert then went to the study and wrote a letter to Bishop Simpson, talking about what had happened to him in the Teutonic Viscounty, and asking Simpson for more information about the South Coulson Demon Family.

It was a long time before they returned.

Faced with their worried gazes, Hobart told them, "It's okay, go and get busy with you!" ”

Schill and Corwin couldn't help, and Hobert didn't feel comfortable asking Helen to help, so he simply lied that the problem was solved.

A few people were about to leave, but Hobert called out to Colwin again: "You come with me to the main hall." ”

When Hill and Helen saw that the lord was about to start dealing with government affairs again, they were completely relieved.

Arriving at the main hall, Hobert said, "I have an errand for you. ”

Colwin said with some excitement, "Please speak." ”

Generally, the lord assigns an errand to the performance of reuse.

"Take a trip to the city of Bugas or the port of Grana and hire a group of carpenters and decorators." "After a while," says Hobert, "there will be a need for a large number of decorators and carpenters in the territory, and if they don't want to come, give them a little more salary." ”

Colwin nodded, "Yes!" ”

"Go to Philip and get 500 gold, take a boat from Schille, and set off this afternoon."

Hobert had asked Schill to rent a boat in the city of Bugas to lead the way for Monlisa's party, which had been docked in port.

"Yes!" Colwin shouted again in good spirits, and turned to leave.

"That's right." Hobart stopped him: "Go and call Grove's son." ”

As soon as Colwin left, Alan came to report, "Sir, Wayne is back. ”

Hobart hurriedly called him in, and Wayne happily met with Hobart and reported on the general experience of buying a boat.

The ship was a good seller, but it took a few days to recruit the crew.

They are all brand new steamships, according to Hobert's requirements, a cargo ship with a displacement of about 800 tons, and four passenger ships that can carry 32 passengers.

Hobert was very satisfied with Wayne's errand, and after listening to the report of the accompanying financial staff, he canonized Wayne as a "shipping knight" on the spot!

Wayne was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut, and he had forgotten all the fatigue of this time.

Hobert said: "Rest for one night, you have to work hard again, go to the port of Grana to buy a batch of decoration materials, and I'll ask Roy to send you the list later."

"As for the passenger ships, one goes with Corwin, and the other three go to the port of Grana, one to the city of Bugas, and one to the city of Fenerport.

"With or without passengers, stay in the port for a day and a night and then go back."

Wayne was puzzled: "But, but we don't have the relevant procedures. ”

"There are no formalities! After a while, someone will send us the formalities. Hobert smiled: "If you can get into an argument with the port staff and attract people to see the excitement, I will also give the captain a bounty!"

"By the way, every ship has to put up a conspicuous banner: Welcome to South Coulson, Jeffrey Town!"

Wayne didn't understand what the lord was doing, and was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted under Schill's repeated hints: "Yes!" ”

Let Wayne go to rest first, and after a while, Corwin brought three people, because the lord didn't say which son he called, so Colwin brought all three of Grove's sons.

After sending Colwin away, Hobert looked at the three men, Grove's eldest son was named Archie, with big shoulders and a round waist, and a long beard like a rude warrior.

The second son's name is Edgar, and he is also very tall, but he has not grown a beard yet.

The third son, Dennis, was still a teenager, skinny, and not as tall as his two older brothers.

But only Dennis glared at Hobart with angry eyes and dared to look at her, while Archie and Edgar groveled and showed enough obedience.

"I need two servants lately, Archie and Edgar leave me as servants, and as for Dennis......"

"Hobert Jeffrey! You're an insult to the knight......" Dennis was only halfway through his shout before he was quickly covered by Edgar.

Archie hurriedly confessed: "Sir, children can't speak, don't be surprised. ”

Dennis broke free of Edgar's hand: "You are afraid of him, but I am not afraid of ......"

Hobert smiled and said, "Since you are so kind, stay and be my valet!" ”

So the news quickly spread throughout the town, and the defected Grove angered the lord who went to the banquet, so the lord made all of Grove's sons his own valets as soon as he returned.

Naturally, the Grove on the other side scolded again, and the Teutonic Viscount scolded with Grove and trusted Grove more and more.

But in order to prevent Grove from being blackmailed by Hobart with his son, Viscount Teutonic gave Grove five beautiful women, and looked forward to the fact that Grove, who was almost fifty years old, would give birth to a child in Teuton who could inherit his current family business.

At ten o'clock in the evening, Hobart received a reply from Bishop Simpson, in which the bishop stated: "As far as we know, the forces of the Blood-worshipping Cult are entrenched in five adjacent territories, including Viscount Teuton, Baron Eugene, and Baron Felix.

"Mainly members of the Norse family, it is said that there is a demigod in charge, but it is not clear in which realm.

"There are also some members of the Andraard family, and the exact distribution of the two family members is not clear, but there are at least three Sequence 5."

Hobert asked the kitchen to bring raw meat and entertain the big spiritual dog who was already flowing in the spirit realm, while pondering the strength of the other party.

If it was in sequence 6, Hobert still felt that he couldn't be provoked, but after being promoted, there were a few more level 1 seals, and Hobert's courage was also fat, and he felt that he could go to the other side to kill it.

After nightfall, Hobert changed into a compact and neat suit, brought the magical items and seals he carried with him, and entered the spirit world under the "navigation" of the "Faceling Necklace".

Hobert was looking for the Knight of Cuton who had led him the way today, and it only took a second or two for Hobert to come out of the spirit world and see Ketton worshipping a statue of a demon.

Keton was startled when he saw Hobert: "Sir......"

Hobart deliberately did not change his appearance and did not wear a mask, and he needed to distinguish between Baron Hobart and the "Divine Servant".

It is both himself and others to distinguish.

As if realizing something, Keton jumped to the weapon rack to get his sword, and Hobart stepped forward and slashed Keton's throat with a single sword.

With a spurt of blood, Hobart kicked down the statue of the demon and sat on a chair next to him, watching as Ketton died of pain as he tried to clutch his neck.

Then Hobert began channeling with the "Psychic Cup": "What you know about the dwelling and strength of the members of the Blood Cult. ”

“……”

After meditating seven times, Hobert saw the dwellings of the members of the Blood Cult.

Their dwellings were well confirmed, either with writing written in blood on the walls or human heads piled up in front of the door.

As for their strength, Keton's perception is vague, only that some people can use curses, some people like to kill, and some people can become huge and become "demonized" monsters.

Hobert pondered for a moment, the one that could turn into a "demonized" monster should be a Sequence 6.

Then he found that among these people, there was no Yarlin who appeared on the docks today.

However, Hobert did not continue to ask, because it was too late, and when he began to channel, it is estimated that these demons sensed that someone was threatening them.

If you don't hurry up, you may not be able to catch a demon.

Just after the "journey" cooled down, Hobart stepped into the spirit world again, and came to the residence of Sequence 6 named Atwood.

The door of this "demon" is full of human heads, some of which are still "fresh", and some of which are only skeletons.

Seeing that the other party's door was open, Hobert quickly jumped onto the roof, and sure enough, he saw a figure fleeing quickly not far away.

He may have sensed that the danger was already very close to him, and he was "demonized" as he fled.

Hobert immediately chased after him with "flash" and "low flying": "Chaos! ”

Although the "demon" also has a strong defense against attacks in the spiritual realm, Hobart is one sequence above him, so Hobert's "chaos" makes the demonic Atwood make a stupid choice.

He kicked open the door of a nearby house, ready to add a few of his own "favorites"!

Hobert has caught up: "Holy Light! ”

Knowing that he was dealing with a demon, Hobert put on the "Light Priest Ring".

A huge pillar of light fell, engulfing Atwood completely.

After the bright light, Atwood fell to the ground screaming, the horns of his head, ears, nose, shoulders, and legs all melted to varying degrees, making him look like a wax man who was beginning to melt.

The attack of the "Divine Light" really has a bonus to the demon!

Hobert was about to swing his knife and cut off the head of the "demon", but he suddenly stopped because he realized that he was already surrounded.

(End of chapter)