Hobert was slightly stunned when he heard Forth's words, although he didn't take the initiative to contact Dorian, why did he always have the illusion of digging into the corner of the "fool"?

After thinking for a moment, Hobert said, "You can invite Dorian to come to Longtail Island as a guest, and I will talk to him at the Governor's Palace." ”

Furth nodded, "I'll send out an invitation." ”

Because Foirth had just been promoted and needed stability, Hobert chatted with her for a while and then returned to Angellou.

The next morning, Hobart woke up early and began to dress as the Duke of Rune.

Today he is going to meet with the king and the generals, and he is going to hold a grand banquet, and he is to be as decent as possible in terms of etiquette.

In the territory of the Principality of South Bailang, there were two native kings, or local nobles supported by the Rune Empire, and two generals.

But there were more than a dozen people who came to meet the duke, because in order to check and balance, the kingdom of Rune also supported some smaller nobles and warlords.

This prevents a nobleman or warlord from taking full control of a region, and is a warning to agents: I can replace you at any time.

They were all very excited about this meeting, after all, this was the duke of the most powerful country in the world, and he was a figure with great influence in that country.

Before this, only two or three of them had seen Lord Rune, and they had always longed for Rune's high-ranking nobles.

In addition, Hobert's choice of the place to set the capital also made them breathe a sigh of relief, because the San Nosse Basin was fertile, so the Kingdom of Rune did not support any nobles or warlords there, but chose to emigrate here.

The choice to make the capital in this inland region will not hurt the interests of the nobles and warlords.

Some people even think that this duke may not have any great ambitions, but such an idea can only be secretly thought about in his heart.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the audience ceremony officially began, there was music, there were officials in charge of etiquette, the only thing that did not match such a high ceremony may be the place of the audience, which was the courtyard of the former command post, and the area was not too large.

However, the earth king and the generals have already found a reason for the duke: this duke is showing his martial side! That's why you summoned us in the barracks.

The majesty and demeanor of Hobert then convinced the king and the generals, and they fell to their knees on one knee and scrambled to pay their allegiance to the new master of the land.

Hobert smiled and said, "We'll talk about allegiance later, please get up, let's talk casually for a while." ”

Because it was a colony of the Kingdom of Rune, the official language was Rune, and the local nobles and generals spoke Rune fluently.

In the ensuing small talk, they were all a little flattered, because the duke actually knew some of the information in their territory, such as the approximate size of the cultivated land, the types of mineral deposits being developed, and so on.

This is a capability that the previous Rune officers and governors did not have.

This kind of psychology is like a very unconfident person, who suddenly finds himself being noticed, and they all use the greatest enthusiasm to talk about the topic initiated by the duke.

Soon the banquet began, and everyone sat down in order of strength, and then looked at the top of the table together.

According to the etiquette of the banquet, Hobert stood up and delivered a speech: "Today we had a very friendly meeting, I can feel the enthusiasm of everyone, I believe that with our joint efforts, the Principality of South Bailang will definitely have a better development!" ”

Everyone applauded together.

Originally, they thought that if the Duke said a few words, the speech session would be over.

Up to this point, the atmosphere of this summoning was very good, and many nobles and warlords were ready to return to their own territory and praise Duke Hobert's calm temperament and open-mindedness.

But then Hobert's words were the point: "But I didn't come to the Southern Continent to chat with everyone, but with the mission of the royal family of Rune!"

"I know that there is no place to sell the newspapers of the Kingdom of Rune, so I will personally announce to you: the Duchy of South Bailang has declared war on the Vorsac Empire today!

"Starting this afternoon, the soldiers stationed in Angelou will launch an offensive to the west to attack the colonies of the Vorsak Empire!"

Everyone was stunned, they had recently known that there was a war in the Northern Continent through some of their own information, but they always felt that the war was far away from them.

Of course, they also knew that as the colonial agents of the Rune Kingdom, it was impossible to completely stay out of the war between the two great powers, but they always felt that the Rune Kingdom would raise taxes on them at most, and they didn't expect to attack the colonies of the Fusak Empire.

After all, what kind of combat effectiveness their troops are, they themselves know very well that they are no match for the colonial army of the Fusak Empire at all.

The previous Rune Colonies had attacked the colonies of the Vorsack Empire, and their troops had fought as servants, taking care of logistics and some cover tasks.

As a result, such a task was also made by them in a variety of ways, some hid supplies, some escaped from the battle, and even made the enemy wrong and fought the Rune army with the Fusak Empire.

A long time ago, Rune's colonial army had reached a consensus: it was good for them to maintain order in the rear, and there was no need to go to war with them.

But there was still a need for a statement, and several warlords immediately expressed their willingness to put most of their army under the command of Hobert, for whom it was just a matter of losing some guns and uniforms, and then recruiting another batch.

Hobert smiled, "You misunderstood what I meant, I was hoping that you would provide some support somewhere else." ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, and instantly understood that they still wanted money and food.

A room full of people also gave very happily, for for them, the money and grain were previously given to the governor's palace, but now they were given to the Duchy of South Bailang.

Hobert seemed quite pleased with everyone's cooperation: "I'm relieved that everyone can be so positive.

"There are two other things to announce to you, the first is that I am going to set up a foreign cabinet that can participate in the decision-making discussions of the Principality, and make some suggestions to the Principality government, and the government will also consult you on some policies."

Hobert's remark is so deceptive that it makes the Outer Cabinet feel like a simplified version of the Parliament.

But the most important legislative power was not given by Hobert, and the legitimacy of this organization was entirely given by Hobart, and if he were to dissolve the Outer Cabinet, the organization would immediately become illegal.

The local nobles and warlords thought that this was the duke's political interests and binding the interests of everyone, and they were of course very willing to participate in the top structure of the principality.

So when Hobert asked who was willing to join the Outer Cabinet, everyone scrambled to say that they were willing to join.

Hobert continued with a kind smile, "I'll talk about the second thing!"

"In order to better integrate the power of the principality and strike at the Fusak Empire, all the land, natural resources and population in the principality will be owned by the government!

"You are all members of the Outer Cabinet now, and of course you must support this national policy of the Principality.

"Oh, by the way, the members of the Outer Cabinet must always be in duty in Angelou, and no one can leave the city, otherwise it will be considered treason."

Everyone was stunned, and after seven or eight seconds, a local nobleman asked, "Lord Duke, does all the land include our private estate?" ”

Hobert smiled: "According to the new policy, each person in the principality can only have one to five acres of arable land, depending on the situation, and even I am no exception.

"You count the population of your family, multiply it by 5, which is the amount of land you can own in the future, and the excess will still be nationalized."

The nobles all understood that this was also going to do something to their private property, and their faces were suddenly very ugly.

One warlord asked, "Lord Duke, how can we feed our soldiers when we have no land or population?" How can you maintain the effective rule of your realm and provide you with a steady supply of gold and food? ”

"You don't need to worry about this, I will send someone to manage all the territories of the principality." Hobert said: "After you become a member of the outer cabinet, you don't need to pay me gold and food. ”

The implication is: I can get it myself.

He continued, "Also, your family is moving to the city of Angelo to replenish the city's population. ”

Everyone's hearts are suddenly in their hearts, this is preparing to eradicate the grass!

Another warlord said, "Duke Hobert, you may not know much about the situation in our state of Paraná, and the soldiers and governors of the Kingdom of Rune also wanted to control it directly.

"However, they encountered problems such as language barriers, different customs and habits, and often clashed with the locals.

"That's how ......"

Hobert interrupted him, "I said, you don't have to worry about this. ”

As he spoke, he released a part of the demigod's coercion, which suddenly made everyone present dare not breathe.

Most of these local nobles and warlords were also extraordinary, and some were even Sequence 5, and of course they knew what the pressure that Hobert had just shown represented.

After all, before this, there was also a demigod governor in the south of East Bailang.

Hobert withdrew the pressure on everyone, smiled again and asked, "Who is in favor of the new policy of the principality?" Who is against? ”

Some of them are frightened, some have not yet accepted this fact, and some are already thinking about how to resist.

So Hobert asked again, "Are you dumb?" ”

Everyone seemed to come back to their senses and said, "Yes, I appro!" ”

"This good national policy must be approved."

“……”

Hobert nodded with satisfaction: "After lunch, let your cronies and subordinates go back and report the news, and before your family moves here, they will all live in this headquarters, and I will prepare food and lodging for you." ”

As he spoke, Hobert clapped his hands and began to serve.

The meal was very rich, with beef and mutton, seafood, and vegetables that can only be eaten in the Northern Continent, and Hobert found the lunch very delicious.

But the mood of the others was very depressed, and they ate quietly one by one, sometimes chewing the food in their mouths for a long time, and they did not taste what they were eating.

Hobert was the first to finish eating, he drank the red wine from his glass, and placed the cloth on the table: "What a pleasant lunch."

"Well, then, gentlemen, have a good meal."

With that, Hobart got up and left, and the people at the table looked at each other, and at this time they were surprisingly unanimous: they couldn't let this arrogant duke succeed!

……

When the affairs of the Duchy of South Bairan were over, Hobert explained a few more work problems with Conrad and Donna, and returned to Beckland for the time being.

Next, he plans to raid the valley where the Tamara family is hiding, as well as several of the family's main strongholds, to see if he can find Eris there.

The reason why Althea was not ready to attack there after she had been dead for more than half a month was because before Hobart thought that this attack might lead to another extraordinary war.

After all, the strength of this extraordinary family is there, there are two angels, and at least one Sequence 3, and Hobert guesses, there should be two to five more Sequence 4s.

Although the strength is not as good as that of the Witch Sect, it must be dealt with carefully.

But inspired by the air raid on St. Millon, Hobert suddenly had a great idea.

As for whether the members of the Tamara family will flee from their habitat after realizing that Orthea has been killed? Hobert also thought about this, and he thought that it was unlikely that the family members would flee there.

After all, they have two angels, and there is currently an evil god clone, and they should be very hopeful that Hobert will take people to the valley where they are hiding, so there is a high probability that Eris will take the opportunity to pollute a large number of extraordinary people.

The Tamara family will also use home advantage to strike at the extraordinary power of the "Founder".

Moreover, they had no way of confirming whether Orthea had betrayed the family after her death.

Hobert believes that now is the best time to sneak attack.

Early in the morning, Hobert glanced out the window at the fog and used his "travel" to a wilderness north of Beckland.

Then he prayed to himself, sat on the "Iron Throne", held the "Black Emperor" card and the "Sun Scepter" in his hands, and at the same time possessed the throne personality of an angel, he was covered with golden armor, and a handsome golden cloak appeared on his back.

Hobert uses his stars to step into the real world.

Gently raising the scepter in his hand, he poured spirituality into the scepter, and two horses bathed in golden light appeared, standing meekly beside Hobert.

Behind them was the "Helios Chariot" made of gold, which was not large, with a guard plate on the front that reached the lower abdomen, and two wheels burning with golden flames.

At this moment, the whole wilderness became very bright, as if a sun had set on the earth.

Hobert jumped into the chariot and quickly climbed into the clouds, and the two horses let go of their hooves and ran.

His new idea was to drive the chariot and beat Tamara.

Even if you can't beat it, you can definitely run.

The scenery on the ground is rapidly receding, and the people along the way are a little strange, did they hallucinate just now? It's not sunrise yet, how do you feel like there's a sun rushing overhead?

Hobert circled back and forth several times in the Minsk Mountains, which made the Church of the God of War and the Church of the Goddess of the Night, who faced each other at the pass between the Minsk Mountains and the Amanda Mountains, notice something strange.

It's just that they all thought that this might be a conspiracy or some kind of trap on the other side, so they just found that the power of the sun over there was a little wrong, but they didn't send anyone to check it.

After searching for more than twenty minutes, Hobert's spirit finally found the big black tree that Orthea had spoken of.

From the air, the big black tree was only the size of a normal tree, and only the trunk was black, and the leaves were not completely black, so it was inconspicuous in the vast woods.

Fortunately, it seems to have some connection to the "Wood of Order", which allowed Hobert's spirit to discover it after getting close enough.

In his true vision, Hobert saw a thick mist in the valley not far from the tree, and his spirit told him that it was supposed to be the Tamara family's hiding place.

He realized that he should be able to use the power of the "Disordered Nation" and the "Sun Scepter" to forcibly break through the fog, so he decided to force the fog in the valley to completely dispel it in order to give the Tamara family a greater shock.

Hobert first used the image of the "Founder" to signal Lawrence, and then came to the black tree and held aloft the "Sun Scepter".

The sun that had just risen in the sky suddenly became very bright, and the dazzling sunlight was all gathered on the "Sun Scepter"!

It was the first time for Hobert to control such a surging force, and he felt a little overwhelmed.

He took a deep breath and tried to hold his mind steady and guide his goal to the bright sunlight.

From the sun in the sky, a very thick pillar of light shone out.

Woo~

When this pillar of light landed on the dense fog in front of Hobert, it even rubbed against the air, making a "whining" sound.

At this time, Hobert was also shocked by the power he had summoned, which was a pillar of light like a "wall of light", covering the entire valley.

Its high temperature makes its surroundings cloudy and mist, and it looks very unreal!

Click~

The black tree at Hobert's feet cracked in the middle and burst into flames!

……

Lawrence's Gnosis Council and Balk family arrived, and they were tasked with cleaning up the battlefield and rounding up the escaped Tamara family.

But as soon as they used the corresponding seals, or arrived with the assistance of Jonathan and others, they were completely shocked by the scene in front of them.

That huge pillar of light shocked their hearts extremely, and even some members of the lower sequences had the urge to kneel down and praise the sun.

When the huge pillar of light disappeared, they immediately discovered the source of this surging power: the "Founder" standing on a chariot that glowed with golden light!

Although this is different from the usual image of the "founder", they immediately recognize that it is the "founder"!

Lawrence and others have drawn corresponding symbols on their chests, praising the power of the "founder"!

After Jonathan and the others were shocked, they looked at each other and sighed that the Gnosis Council had found a strong backer!

Then Jonathan sighed, regretting very much that when he negotiated terms with Hobart, he did not completely turn to the "founder".

As a result, they are currently only sheltered by the "founders", occasionally participating in less important actions.

In fact, they are also eager to participate in the development of the Duchy of South Bailang, which means that they will have the opportunity to become the official and extraordinary administrators of the Duchy.

It's not just that Helen is an extraordinary team of extraordinary, but you can participate in the extraordinary decision-making of the principality!

Jonathan sighed, for now he could only put his hope on Vena, who had been sacrificed to the "Founder", in the hope that she would impress the "Creator" so that this powerful being would be willing to fully co-opt the Gnosis Council.

Otherwise, they will have to follow the route of the two Ladies of Hobert, and get more members to join the Witch Research Society and the Traveler Research Society.

While Jonathan was thinking wildly, the heavenly "Founder" drove forward and began to launch a new offensive.

……

Hobert, who was on the "Helios Chariot", took a few deep breaths and felt that his spirituality was greatly consumed.

For the first time since becoming a demigod, he felt that spirituality seemed a little insufficient.

Immediately after that, Hobart realized that even if the "Sun Scepter" only had a little unique essence, it could not be controlled by extraordinary beings below the angels.

Fortunately, he still has the "Black Emperor" card in his hand, if it weren't for this "blasphemy card" to improve his personality, that huge pillar of light just now would probably break free from his control.

Calming his nerves, Hobart drove his chariot forward.

The black tree had been dried and burned, the fog in the valley had been completely dispelled, and not only that, but the pillar of light had dried many plants, and many people who had not had time to hide had also been dried by the sun, and the extraordinary properties had fallen right next to them.

Although the entire valley seemed lifeless, Hobert knew very well that there were many extraordinary people hiding in the valley.

After all, the fog consumed most of the power of the pillar of light, and in the end, there was only a little "afterglow" shining here.

The scene here is similar to the psychic results that Hobert had seen from members of the Tamara family in his early days, and the valley is dotted with many villas with Quaternary architecture, and there is a magnificent temple halfway up the mountain.

The only difference is that the picture that Hobert saw before was full of birds and flowers, but now the flowers and trees have become dead grass and dead trees, and the birds flying in the sky have also become bird meat that has fallen to the ground and been roasted.

Hobart drove unhurriedly to the temple, and the extraordinary people in the temple also realized the danger, and they injected spirituality into the magic circle in the temple, and a thick mist was released from the windows and doorways of the temple, and went straight to Hobert.

Hobert smiled slightly, strengthening his connection to the "State of Disorder", absorbing the fog directly around the chariot.

The mist shrouded in the light of the chariot, setting off Hobert divinely.

The extraordinary beings in the temple were stunned, it was said that these fogs were so powerful that even the gods did not dare to face them.

How could this being in the air not only not be afraid, but also easily grasp the control of these fogs?

In fact, Tamara once told him not to use these fogs if the "Founder" attacked, because it would not be useful at all.

Hobert attacked here today in the "Helios Chariot" and blinded them all, not associating Him with the "Founder" at all.

In mid-air, Hobert raised the scepter alof, forming dozens of huge balls of pure light around him and falling to the ground.

Four of the balls of light exploded on the temple, releasing a dazzling light that seemed to remove all the dirt and haze inside, and the body of the extraordinary inside was ignited and ran out of the temple screaming.

Many even melted directly under bright light, leaving only a pile of dust.

The ground not far from the temple suddenly cracked, and out rushed out a man in his thirties, with a sallow, somewhat sickly look, it was none other than Pedi Tamara.

He was the only angel in the valley at this time, and he had to temporarily resist this presence in the air for a while, creating a chance for the surviving family members to escape.

(End of chapter)