What appears in mid-air is a huge city that "hangs" in mid-air.

The city is high on all sides and low in the middle, and the buildings extend round and round to the end of the deep pit in the ground, giving the whole a sense of an upside-down mausoleum.

The buildings inside are of all sorts of styles, but all of them are just as weird, some of them are tall pale stone pillars, the top of which is polished out of huge stone houses, some are cuboids, there are no windows, the doors are open on the roof, some are built underground, there is a tombstone at the entrance, and some are made of white bones, which looks quite messy.

And the closer you get to the pit in the middle, the better the buildings are preserved, and the closer you get to the top, the more the buildings collapse, full of the sense of decay and dilapidation brought by time.

Hobert's first reaction was that it was Calderon, the "City of the Dead", and that it was Calderon who had undergone some kind of mutation.

Then he glanced at the official Extraordinaries around him, most of them were "low-sequence" Extraordinary, except for Ted and the two Sequence 5s.

If left unchecked, even Ted could die here.

Hobert pondered for a moment, and said to them, "Don't leave behind me, I'll think of a way." ”

Then He thought about it and tried to enter the "land of disorder," from which he could fortunately enter the "land of disorder."

However, with the "true vision" of the "founder", he couldn't even see where the boundary between the underworld and the real world was, and he could only see that the underworld was eroding Port Montesson little by little, and more and more of the real world was swallowed up by the underworld.

Hobert used the "Disordered Country" to enhance his own spirituality, and he also felt that the underworld, or Calderon above, had undergone a certain mutation.

And his spirit realizes that the "Founder" can transfer Ted and them to the real world, but only give them their flesh, and the spirits will still remain here, as if killing them.

This made Hobert frown: "The power of the "Disordered Nation" can't penetrate the mutated underworld?

Then it occurred to him that in Calderón's deepest part there seemed to be a tributary of the "River of Eternal Darkness", and it was probably the "River of Eternal Darkness" that was holding back the power of the "Land of Disorder".

Hobert, who was sitting on the "Iron Throne", sighed: that is to say, purely by force, there is no way to stop the current mutation.

So he returned to the real world first, and glanced at the extraordinary people behind him, many "low-order" extraordinary people, and their lips were purple from the cold.

As soon as Hobert reached out, he "tampered" with their status to that of living corpses and wraiths, so that they would not be harmed by their surroundings for the time being.

But if they are "tampered with" for too long, they will likely actually become living corpses or ghosts in such an environment.

The official extraordinaries all let out a long sigh of relief, although their faces were pale and their expressions were dull at this time, and they looked more like a corpse, but they finally didn't have to resist the aura of the undead around them.

"Fortunately, this port is not strictly Calderón yet." Hobart smiled.

If everyone had fallen into that "City of Death" immediately, these extraordinary beings would have died in an instant.

Hobert glanced outside and saw that the buildings in Port Montesson were gradually becoming darker, as if they were losing their color.

Suddenly there were white lights in the gray buildings, and it was clear that the city was gradually being assimilated by the underworld.

"Now we are faced with such a problem." Hobert gave them a brief description of the problems they were currently experiencing, but of course no information about essentia or anything like that could be revealed to them.

Hobert wanted to get everyone to think about it together: "My idea is that there must be a reason why the spirit world suddenly came to the real world.

"Next, let's go and look for clues while I think about what the reason might be?"

For a while, everyone was eager to try, but they didn't expect that they could participate in such a high-level event and serve as the Grand Duke's staff officer.

Hobert led everyone out of the building with the teleportation array and into the street outside.

When I first entered the street, there was nothing, but soon there were phantoms in the streets, and they walked back and forth with dull eyes, as if they were imitating the inhabitants of the city.

Gradually, they became more and more solidified, rotting humans or monsters with only skeletons left.

They were no longer so sluggish, and suddenly stopped wandering, and looked at Hobart and a dozen others together.

Hobart stretched out his palm, revealing the mark that Mr. Azik had given him.

It was as if it was a proof of identity, and the undead around them saluted Hobert, much to Ted's surprise, and suddenly they had the illusion that they were the big names in the undead world.

Hobert and the others walked forward, and the undead in front also saluted, and the undead in the back got up one after another.

At this time, Ted in the back suddenly said: "Grand Duke, apart from our own search for clues and reasons, do we have any other ways to obtain information?" ”

Hobert was slightly stunned: "This is a good idea." ”

He just thought that he wouldn't ask the Pale Empress for help, but that didn't mean he couldn't get information from him!

"Wait a minute." Hobert prayed, in fact, he entered the "country of disorder" and briefed Audrey about the situation on his side to see if she had any channels to get some information?

……

Selvas, the capital of the Byron Empire.

Audrey was waiting in a side hall of the palace, with Beverly and Raymond behind her.

Just now she had already questioned the "Pale Empress": "Does the extraordinary event that happened in our country mean the official declaration of war by the Byron Empire?"

"You are also the country that signed the Peace of Beckland, and now your actions are sneak attacks! We will protest to you in the League of Nations and condemn your actions in the international community. ”

This questioning poked at the weakness of the current Byron Empire, which attaches great importance to its international image.

It's like a person who is used to having low self-esteem and suddenly notices that someone is paying attention to him, then he must be very concerned about his image.

Of course, the "Pale Empress" did not pay any attention to such a question, but the ministers present were very concerned.

The "Pale Empress" is similar to Hobert, only in charge of the general direction of strategy, and has long been concerned about this kind of daily management affairs, which are basically the worries of the ministers.

So Prime Minister Santos said that they did not know the specific situation, and asked Audrey to wait in the side hall for a while, and he promised to give Audrey a satisfactory answer.

Audrey was thinking about how to lead this matter to this negotiation in the side hall and let herself occupy the moral high ground, when a majestic figure sitting in the sword bush suddenly appeared in front of her.

The image in front of him then changed to Hobert's figure, who briefly described the problems he was currently experiencing, and asked Audrey to find out as much information as she could.

Audrey pondered for a moment, and after having a plan, she asked the waiters outside to invite Prime Minister Santos here.

Four or five minutes later, Santos came to the side hall: "We believe that this incident has nothing to do with us, and we can provide the corresponding evidence to the League of Nations."

"But if you need our help, of course we, as neighbors, will lend a hand, but the question is what kind of reward you can give."

Audrey shook her head with a look of disappointment: "This is the sense of responsibility as a big country? ”

Santos smiled, "We have already issued a statement to cut off all ties with the 'Underworld Sect', let alone take responsibility for our actions.

"This is well documented, and I can bring the relevant documents."

Audrey seemed to understand something: "Doesn't the 'Underworld faction' support your empress?" ”

"Their bunch of lunatics even live in the underworld!" Santos spread his hands and explained, "It's been a long time since I've seen anyone from the 'Underworld Sect'. ”

Audrey observed Santos's expression and body movements, and used her ability to follow the topic: "Okay, I was successfully convinced, because I also guessed that this could be the behavior of the 'Underworld Sect'.

"But I need to report this to the Duchy government, but I believe that you can't do it, and you still have to provide some evidence."

"What evidence is needed for this?" Santos didn't realize that he was providing information to Audrey: "The purpose of the 'Underworld Faction' is to merge the underworld with the realization world, and they think that in this way, the extraordinary person of the 'Death' path can become the master of this world."

"So they've been working on the 'City of the Dead.'"

Audrey showed her curiosity at the right time: "I was curious about the results of their research. ”

"I'm curious, too." Santos said under Audrey's untraceable guidance, "I've heard that they have been trying to become residents of the 'City of the Dead' while keeping their sanity.

"I've also heard that they've found some very powerful power in the 'City of the Dead', but I don't know exactly what that power is."

Audrey nodded, and then moved on to another question: "In order to give the Duchy government enough reference, please tell us how you would help us if we asked for your help?"

"You should know that they also have to estimate your help and make a decision."

"Of course." Santos turned his head and motioned his guard to close the door with his eyes before whispering, "This matter is not very difficult for us to solve, because our angels can freely walk on the periphery of Calderón City in a short time.

"If there is a change there, they can also use their own abilities to help find out the people of the 'Underworld Sect' and get more information, so that they can know how to stop the erosion of the underworld on the real world."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully, "I'll report back to you." ”

"I hope you can discuss the remuneration by the way." Santos smiled, "We are not greedy, we just want to get your part of the territory of Star Heights." ”

"I think our reward will be, to ask you for compensation." Audrey's face suddenly changed: "You and the 'Underworld Sect' are both extraordinary powers of the Spirit Order.

"For the time being, I won't make any statement about your distancing from the 'Underworld Sect', but I don't know exactly what the attitude of the Night Goddess Church is.

"I need to remind you that the god of war has fallen.

"If I were you, I wouldn't be so rude to the Duchy of South Bailang, which has a close relationship with the Church of the Night Goddess."

Santos opened his mouth, not only lamenting how could this envoy change his face? Or is it because Audrey's words once again poked the hearts of Santos and other ministers, to be precise, the worry of the "Pale Empress".

Previously, the Church of the Night Goddess had allowed so many Extraordinaries from the adjacent paths to operate in the Southern Continent because their main enemy was the Church of the God of War.

The reason why the Byron Empire worked so hard to integrate into the international social system of the Northern Continent after the war was to find an opportunity to restrain the Church of the Night Goddess with the help of other churches.

This is their core strategy in recent times, and I didn't expect it to be said by Audrey like this.

"Alright, please leave now, I'll get back to you later." Audrey sends away the somewhat surprised Santos and tells Hobert what she has learned through the "Extraordinary Communication System".

……

Port Monteson.

After Hobert heard Audrey's information, he probably understood the ins and outs of this matter.

He glanced up at Calderon City above him, as long as she was a demigod-level extraordinary, she could move on the edge of the city, so theoretically the "Pale Empress" should be able to penetrate deeper into the city.

But if he goes to the depths, he is more susceptible to the erosion of the "river of eternal darkness."

Once the cause was known, it would be easy to do, and Hobert didn't even need to borrow the seal from Bernadette, he only needed to use the "0-73" Death Realm, and he could walk there unimpeded.

Even if he didn't use the "Realm of Death" and was protected by the power of the "Land of Disorder", he could even go all the way to the very center of the "City of the Dead".

But it didn't make sense for Him to go there, and He suddenly thought of a better way.

Hobart smiled and said to Ted and the others: "'There is strength in numbers', Ted's reminder just now allowed me to obtain another key piece of information, now, I will find you a safe place first, and then I will explore it alone." ”

Ted was a little embarrassed to be praised, and the others were happy for Ted when they saw that he was not so useless.

As he spoke, the "City of the Dead" was close to the core, and many heavy coffins suddenly floated out, and when they reached the position between Calderón and Monteson Port, there were some "creak" sounds from those coffins, like machines that had not been maintained for a long time.

The lid of the coffin slowly opened, and from inside flew out an immortal bird with some miserable white illusory feathers.

The undead in Port Montesson have also changed, and the undead wandering the streets have gradually changed from ordinary humans to giants with a big vertical pupil on their faces, looking a little simple, how tall and handsome they are, and some arrogant blood clans, and tall elves who don't look very easy to mess with.

The wandering monsters have also changed from the usual extraordinary monsters to tall demon wolves, demons with horns and wings, and werewolves with crazy colors in their eyes.

The monsters stopped saluting when they saw the specially marked Hobert, and occasionally looked at the group, wondering why they were so small.

The "City of the Dead" seems to be getting worse and worse.

At this moment, an immortal bird suddenly landed on the building on this side of Port Monteson, and many illusory bricks and tiles were scratched and fell to the ground.

The undead bird with its miserable white illusory feathers spread its beak and spat out a mouthful of white flames, and the undead creatures around it dodged!

The white flames spread out in front of Hobert and the others, forming a wall of fire that was not very high.

Ted and the others are always ready to protect themselves when the Grand Duke deals with this immortal bird.

Hobert raised his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be nervous, archangel-level "tampering" was not so easy to see, and at this time, in the eyes of undead creatures, they were no different from normal undead.

The immortal bird turned its head to look at Hobert, and asked hoarsely in a very old language that Hobart could understand, "Whose subordinates are you?" ”

This is the "language of the dead", which can be understood by any creature with a soul.

Hobert had an idea: "Salinger, the 'god of the dead'. ”

The immortal bird was slightly stunned: "That feathered snake is also dead?" ”

Hobert said solemnly: "Yes. ”

The immortal bird didn't say anything anymore, raised its wings slightly, and the miserable white wall of fire in front of Hobert and the others disappeared: "Paying attention to everything around me, I have a bad premonition." ”

When Hobart saw that the other party was leaving, he hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, why were we ...... Awakened? ”

He didn't know if he was right, but it was as if the "City of the Dead" had awakened some ancient souls.

The immortal bird took off and said, "Because our ancestors are about to be resurrected, rejoice!" His kingdom will return! ”

Hobert's eyes froze: the ancient Grim Reaper is going to be resurrected! What the hell are the guys doing here?

Without further ado, Hobert immediately took Ted and the others into the city hall on the side.

At this time, there was a miserable white ghost fire inside the spacious town hall, which illuminated the surroundings extraordinarily.

There are a few illusory shadows hiding in the corners, as if they want to make a home here.

Hobert took out a "Crystal of Order" and handed it to Ted, and told him how to use the barrier formed by the "Power of Order".

"There may be some changes in your state in a moment, don't panic, that's the chain reaction caused by my search for members of the 'Underworld Sect'." Hobert advised, "Wait here, don't go anywhere." No matter what happens, don't open the barrier either! ”

Although this will consume a lot of spirituality, Ted, as a "fallen earl", should be able to last for more than half an hour.

Ted summoned the barrier, and everyone watched Hobart leave, and soon they all glowed with rainbow-like colors, which looked unusual in a world dominated by miserable white.

Because of Hobert's advice, everyone did not panic, and joked that they seemed to have become much more sacred.

Originally, everyone just thought that they were just waiting here, but soon an innocent little girl ran in from outside and opened her arms towards them: "Dad, hug." ”

"Rena!" An official extraordinaire rushed over in disbelief: "Is it really you?" ”

"That's not your daughter!" Ted hurriedly used his ability to "distort" space to twist the official extraordinary person back behind him: "Everyone, pay attention! Without the protection of the Grand Duke! The mutated underworld will notice us! But, no matter what, don't leave this barrier. ”

The official extraordinaire was suddenly drained of strength, sat on the ground, and cried bitterly while saying, "Dad misses you so much." ”

Ted took a deep breath: "This is the ...... of death"

"Kid, you're a demigod now?" From the outside, a woman in her forties, dressed in classical attire, resembled Ted with a few resemblances between her eyebrows.

Ted's breathing was also short, but eventually, he stabilized himself before he tried to calm himself and said, "Mother, you ...... You haven't aged at all, just as I did when I buried you. ”

The lady asked kindly, "You seem to have matured a lot, you must have experienced a lot of difficulties over the years." ”

"Yes." Ted suddenly smiled with tears in his eyes, "Ida is thirteen years old this year, and he said a few days ago that he dreamed of his grandmother. ”

The lady's expression instantly became serious: "You, have you prepared extraordinary traits for him?" ”

"Mother, the curse has been lifted."

"Ah, it's lifted, it's good, it's good. Your father was contaminated by a curse, and I searched for him in the underworld for a long, long time, but I didn't find him. ”

Ted suddenly broke the defense, and like the official extraordinary just now, he covered his face and cried bitterly.

However, he still remembered his mission, and he had been constantly infusing the "Order Crystal" with spirituality.

Without the protection of the archangels, even with the barrier of the "Order Crystal", the spirits of these official extraordinaries would be very small in front of the "City of the Dead".

……

After leaving the town hall, Hobert stretched out his hand and took out the "0-80" rule brass book from the "State of Disorder", which is the uniqueness of the "Inquisitor" path, the former "Trenthorst Brass Book".

He poured spirituality into the Brass Book of Regularity, and as the owner of the "Land of Disorder", the owner of the seal, the Brass Book understood Hobert's intentions without opening his mouth.

It opened on its own, and a line of mercury appeared on a new page: This is the underworld, any non-undead creature, whose color distinguishes it from this miserable white world.

Hobert's body immediately glowed with a multicolored light, but he conveniently bestowed it on a giant undead.

However, under the "regulations" of the "Brass Book", his previous "tampering" with his own state still failed, and the undead creatures around him all looked at him and realized that he was not a creature of this world.

Immediately after that, a second line of mercury font appeared on the page of the "Brass Book": The great "Founder", as the owner of the "State of Disorder", has noble manners, and is a unique being who can escape the shackles of many laws.

Hobert was slightly stunned: the seal is really a sycophant! It's just that the "Brass Book" is a higher person, not as shameless as the magic mirror Alosd!

(End of chapter)

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