Chapter 434: Wedding Date Confirmed
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Already panicking inside, Hobert tried his best to appear calm: "I know why you've come to me."
He resisted the urge to wipe away the cold sweat and smiled faintly: "I won't affect the so-called tide of the times, because this tide is also beneficial to me. I'm even less interested in whether you become a god or not."
Adam nodded slowly, not surprised that the "Creator" knew his purpose; in fact, this was more reasonable.
Based on this, the "Creator's" promise seemed more credible.
"Contact me directly if anything happens in the future." Hobert wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible.
As for contact information: guess!
But Adam suddenly said, "George III will become the Black Emperor, and the God of Combat Church just sent the Brass Book of Trunsoest to Castiya."
Hobert smiled faintly: "You also know how forced George III's ascension to godhood is.
"You can fool Augustus and those other fools with that kind of talk, but you can't fool me."
Adam didn't continue speaking. He saw a lot of contradictory information, such as the "Creator's" weakness exceeding his imagination.
But the "Creator" happened to know a lot of secrets. Logically speaking, knowing so much, he shouldn't be so weak. Could it be that he's hiding his strength?
Adam remembered the last time he couldn't see through his opponent's reality like this was in the Fourth Epoch.
In the end, he concluded: the other party is at most at the level of an angel, but a difficult opponent.
After this simple and rapid psychological game, Hobert immediately cut off contact with Elliot.
Adam also left. Elliot felt that his prayer was pious enough, so he went back to continue the meeting. No one felt there was anything wrong with this.
...
In the "Nation of Disorder," Hobert wiped away a cold sweat, but he quickly realized: I'm in a spirit body state right now, where would the cold sweat come from.
He smiled helplessly: Even with the protection of the "Nation of Disorder," Adam could see through my reality if we talked any longer.
After waiting for a long while, Hobert felt that his mood had calmed down before looking at Elliot's situation again.
They were in a meeting, as if nothing had happened just now.
Forget it, it's fine if they don't know.
But on second thought: No, it wouldn't be right if my believer didn't know Adam's basic information. As long as they know Adam, Adam will know them. And if they don't know Adam, it's as if I'm afraid of Adam and dare not tell my believers about his information.
Hobert sighed: Ah, dealing with people on the "Visionary" pathway is really troublesome. If there's even a slightly unexpected point, they can interpret a lot of information from it.
So Hobert projected the scene of Elliot's prayer just now into his star.
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Southern Continent, in a luxurious villa in the suburbs of Crowlier City.
Elliot, who was in a meeting, suddenly had a picture in his mind. When he was praying just now, there was actually a priest with a golden beard standing next to him!
Elliot blurted out, "How did I not notice!"
Lawrence and the others were stunned. Elliot quickly explained, "Just now, the 'Creator' gave a hint. I, I was praying just now, and there was actually a priest standing next to me. How did I not notice at all?"
Everyone was a little surprised. To be able to deceive the spirituality of a Sequence 6, that priest's level should not be low.
Lawrence said, "Pray to the 'Creator' again and ask what's going on?"
Elliot then reacted from his shock and went to a corner next to the meeting room to pray.
It's not that his psychological quality is too poor, but this kind of experience is too scary.
Imagine one day, a person is working or studying as usual, feeling that there is nothing worth paying attention to all day long.
But in fact, when he is working and studying, there is a person sitting quietly next to him, watching his every move.
This feeling of having no privacy and being unable to detect the other person's existence is frightening to think about.
After Elliot prayed to the "Creator," the image of the "Creator" once again appeared in front of everyone through Elliot's star: "That is the Angel of Imagination, Adam!"
As the "Creator" spoke, he waved his hand, and the entire meeting room was immediately filled with the "Power of Order," and everyone seemed to suddenly wake up.
Everyone immediately stood up. Before they could praise the "Creator," they each discovered what was wrong with them just now.
Lawrence: "Why did I take out the 'Balancer Crown' to play with while in the meeting just now?"
Elliot: "Why did I suddenly want to pray to the 'Creator' in the middle of the meeting just now, and for so long?"
Chester: "Why didn't I feel that your performances were wrong just now?"
"Creator": "This is Adam's ability!"
Hobert didn't explain in detail, letting them experience it for themselves.
The more they thought about it, the more scared they became, especially Lawrence. As the only Saint in this room, he only felt a little strange when he was holding the "Balancer Crown"!
The key is that he exposed the family's Grade 0 Sealed Artifact in front of the other party.
Lawrence asked, "Great 'Creator,' what Sequence is Adam?"
Hobert: "He is a King of Angels!"
Lawrence and the two demigod elders' eyes narrowed. The three of them could read some family books of a confidential nature, which contained descriptions of the "King of Angels."
Elliot also asked, "Respected 'Creator,' why did Adam come?"
Hobert said in a solemn voice, "Looking for me. He has already left now."
After speaking, the "Creator" also disappeared from the meeting room.
The few people looked at each other, and no one spoke for a long time.
It wasn't until two or three minutes later that Elliot asked, "Patriarch, elders, what Sequence is 'King of Angels'?"
Lawrence glanced at the other two demigod elders before saying, "Above Sequence 1, below True God."
"True… True God!" Elliot was full of surprise. He didn't expect that he, who was still very weak, could come into contact with such a high-level existence.
Then the few people looked at each other. Such an existence could only be here to look for the "Creator," otherwise no one else would have known he had been here.
This should be a high-level meeting. As for what the two big figures specifically talked about, they could only guess.
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Feynapotter Kingdom, Jeffery Territory.
Returning to the real world, Hobert immediately prayed to himself, then returned to the "Nation of Disorder" and used "True Sight" to confirm that Adam was not appearing beside him.
Hobert knew Adam better. In addition to ignoring Adam's existence, he could also change other people's decisions without anyone knowing. Without "True Sight," Hobert felt that he would become paranoid and wonder: Did I make this decision myself? Or did Adam help me make it?
Another thing is Adam's "Author" ability, which can "write people to death" without leaving home, which belongs to "remote attack."
However, Hobert wasn't too worried about being in danger in the real world. He had thought about this issue before.
He believed that the "Nation of Disorder" could help him cut off the connection between the "Creator" and Hobert, and also cut off the connection between the masked man in the Backlund smog and Hobert returning to Feynapotter.
The incident just now proved Hobert's guess, otherwise Adam would have come directly to Hobert, and would not have just gone to Elliot.
So, after sealing Adam's memory in the "Nation of Disorder," there is currently no danger in the real world.
At noon in the Harvest Church, Hobert dared to participate in the smog incident based on this kind of thinking.
Immediately afterwards, Hobert thought: Adam suddenly came to me, it shouldn't be just because the "Creator's" "subordinate" appeared in the smog incident.
Before Hobert participated in the "Backlund Smog Incident," he had done a lot of thinking in the Harvest Church.
Until now, he still believed that the "tide of the times" that Adam had been pushing should be: the improvement of the steam engine made the world enter a new era, the production capacity of various countries in the Northern Continent gradually became surplus, and the gap between the rich and the poor in various countries gradually increased. The series of contradictions caused by these unprecedented problems can only be solved by a world war.
As for George III's promotion, it is the best catalyst for these contradictions. After all, after more than a thousand years of game and battle, the extraordinary power of the four countries in the Northern Continent is basically in a balanced state, and none of them will rashly start a full-scale war.
But it's different if George III wants to become a god. This will force the Feysac Empire, the mortal enemy of the Kingdom of Loen, to start a war before George III becomes a god, and make the Kingdom of Feynapotter join the war without hesitation.
Hobert believed that this "tide" was not very related to the scale of the smog. This was a consequence caused by an accident triggered by Trissy and Klein, and it was also a "population balance" done by George III who needed a large number of slaves to build the mausoleum, which may not have been in Adam's "script."
Even if it is in Adam's script, as long as the smog incident occurs, Adam shouldn't care whether so many people die, because even if so many people don't die, the sudden appearance of enough respiratory infection patients can also attract widespread attention.
Now, thinking back to this question, Hobert believed that Adam suspected that the "Creator" knew that George III was preparing to become the Black Emperor because the "Creator's" "subordinate" participated in the smog incident.
Just now, the "Creator" showed amazing strength in General Anthony's territory in the Southern Continent. Adam was afraid that the "Creator" would destroy his "tide of the times" script, so he planned to come forward and talk to the "Creator".
But because the "Creator's" "subordinate" did not take any action to destroy George III's mausoleum, and the "Creator" also admitted that he would benefit from Adam's "tide of the times."
Adam didn't feel any threat here, so the matter was resolved.
Hobert smiled slightly: "Sure enough, grasping the main contradiction is equivalent to grasping the bull's nose of the problem."
The situation was urgent just now, and he didn't have time to think so much, but he still grasped the main contradiction and responded properly.
With this matter over, Hobert plans to be honest for a while, focusing his energy on developing the territory, and after a while, no one will pay attention to the "Creator" anymore.
As for the risks encountered in this matter, Hobert believes that this is the "cost" he has gained, just like the action to subdue the Balk family.
Sometimes the opportunity for development comes as soon as it comes, regardless of whether Hobert is ready. If you want to seize the opportunity, you must bear the risks involved. There has never been a good thing that you can enjoy the results without taking risks.
Hobert knew that his idea was incompatible with the essence of "enduring" in this extraordinary world, but "enduring" is the development essence of the "Fool" pathway. If Hobert also does this, he may never become the "Black Emperor."
The only thing that Hobert couldn't figure out was why he didn't leave immediately when he encountered the "Frenzied Mage" of the Solomon family before? He even foolishly waited for the Beyonder characteristics of the "Demoness of Despair" to explode.
After Hobert repeatedly pondered, he believed that this was the work of 0-08 or Adam. Although the mask he was wearing gave him a certain protection, he would still be arranged with some seemingly normal but somewhat abnormal behaviors after careful consideration.
Prevent fire, prevent thieves, prevent Adam!
Returning to the real world, the sky was already dusk.
Just as Hobert was preparing to have dinner, Fors ran over from her room: "Hobert, a big thing happened in Backlund today!"
She spoke with gestures, telling the story of the Backlund smog incident.
Hobert then said, "I know about this. A friend asked me to help rescue people. I also rescued a girl from the smog."
"Is that so?" Fors "praised," "So amazing! You only saved one girl?"
"There's also an old man!" Hobert quickly said, "I originally wanted to bring them all back to the territory, but the old man didn't want to come, so I had to arrange for him to stay in Backlund.
"As for that girl, you will see her at dinner later."
Fors said "Oh." This topic was considered over: "Do you know why the smog happened?"
Hobert breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a curious expression, "Isn't it because the smoke from the factory is too serious, making the smog somewhat toxic?"
He sighed in his heart: Sure enough, life in this world depends entirely on acting.
Just over an hour ago, Hobert had used his acting skills to deceive the most difficult man in the world to deceive, but he was still walking on thin ice in front of Fors.
Fors told the news that Xio had heard: A prince fell in love with a witch. The king ordered the prince to abandon the witch. In a fit of anger, the witch increased the toxicity in the smog, causing serious consequences. The prince has committed suicide to apologize.
This story was obviously fabricated, but Fors firmly believed it, because the prince who committed suicide was named Edessak, and Mr. Fool had reminded him at the Tarot Club.
Of course, Fors would naturally not tell Hobert about Mr. Fool's reminder, but only explain to him how reliable Xio's intelligence was.
There was one more person at the dinner table. Helen curiously looked at Freya. The fiery gaze from those beautiful eyes made Freya blush a little.
Hobert introduced Freya: "This is my fiancée, Miss Fors. This is a guest of the lord's mansion, Miss Helen."
Freya, who had changed into local attire, breathed a sigh of relief. Now she was finally convinced that Mr. Hobert hadn't brought her back out of lust.
Because his fiancée was very elegant, beautiful, and had a great figure.
And his lover was shy and lovely, with eyes that seemed to speak, directly captivating people's hearts.
Based on Freya's experience, she naturally assumed that Helen was the teacher's lover.
Hobbes then said to Fors, "Tomorrow morning, go find Xio and buy me some textbooks. I'm going to teach Freya to read and write. After she has accumulated a certain vocabulary, you can teach her grammar!"
Because Helen was present, Hobert didn't directly tell Fors to go to Backlund, but instead asked her to "find Xio."
Fors, of course, understood Hobbes's meaning, and she nodded, "No problem."
Hobbes added, "I have a second matter to discuss. My mother and sister, Donna, will arrive in Jeffery's territory tomorrow morning, at the latest in the afternoon."
He said to Fors, "After buying the textbooks, come back quickly and go with me to the docks to welcome Mother."
Hobert had mentioned this before, and Fors nodded somewhat nervously, "Okay!"
Finally, Hobert said to Helen, "Please ask Ms. Monica to come by tomorrow afternoon. I have something to discuss with her."
The Backlund smog incident had put Hobert's Witch Church on his list of enemies, but of course, he wouldn't tell the Knowledge Church: I'm going to be enemies with your superiors.
He planned to observe whether there was a possibility of using the Theosophy Order to let the enemies wear themselves out, which was also a way to deal with them.
Besides the Witch Church, Hobert also included the Aurora Order and the Loen Kingdom's royal family on his list of enemies.
The Aurora Order went without saying; he would kill them on sight.
As for the Loen Kingdom's royal family, they could only be temporarily included on the list of enemies, as he currently had no means to deal with them.
Helen nodded, "Okay."
Hobert then said, "Alright, with the serious matters out of the way, let's eat."
After dinner, Hobert returned to his study. Suddenly, the light in the study dimmed, and Hobert sensed something. He saw a huge skeleton appear in the study.
Its eye sockets flickered with dark red light, and it seemed to stare at Hobert for a second or two, as if confirming it was him, before opening its hand and placing a letter on the desk.
Then the skeleton collapsed as if it had fallen apart, and its bones scattered as it left the study.
Hobert didn't make any rash moves, because he suspected this was Mr. Azik's messenger.
Opening the letter on the desk, it was indeed from Mr. Azik.
Azik first expressed his apologies in the letter, saying that he had been a little busy recently and hadn't replied to Hobert's letter.
He also stated that after separating from Hobert last time, he had gone to see the corpse of the Ancient Sun God alone, but it could no longer remind him of more things, and he shouldn't need to observe the corpse of the Ancient Sun God again in the future.
At the end of the letter, Azik reminded Hobert to seal the corpse of the Ancient Sun God, otherwise it would easily attract Beyonder beings of the "Death" pathway.
Mr. Azik also thoughtfully listed two sealing methods, both relying on the power of the spirit world to seal it.
Hobert immediately asked the kitchen to make doughnuts, and he wrote a simple reply.
He first thanked Mr. Azik for the reminder and the sealing methods provided, and promised to seal the corpse of the Ancient Sun God properly.
Hobert also briefly mentioned his current situation and invited Mr. Azik to visit his territory.
After waiting for more than half an hour for the doughnuts to be made, Hobert summoned the messenger to send the letter, and settled the 8 doughnuts he owed from last time.
Returning to his bedroom, Hobert couldn't help but see the scene he saw in the East Borough of Backlund when he closed his eyes.
He had to use meditation to fall asleep as soon as possible.
The next morning, Hobert personally directed everyone in the yard to clean the Lord's manor and tidy up the road up the mountain.
Around nine o'clock, Fors, who had rarely gotten up early, had already bought the textbooks. After applying light makeup, she rode in a carriage with Hobert to the docks to welcome Mona and her party.
The news that the Lord's mother was coming had already spread, and the docks were filled with people welcoming Mona and her party.
Around ten o'clock in the morning, two ships, one large and one small, were finally seen entering Full Moon Lake from upstream.
Before the ship docked, Donna was already shouting loudly on the ship, "Hobert, is being a Lord fun?"
Hobert smiled, "I'll let you be a Lord for a day tomorrow, and you can try it yourself!"
The two were speaking in Loenese, and only Fors on the side smiled knowingly. The people around didn't know what they were shouting, but everyone could hear the joy in their conversation.
The ship finally docked and the gangway was lowered. Hobert had been chatting with Donna in shouts for more than ten minutes.
Donna was the first to rush down and spread her arms to hug him: "Hobert!"
After hugging her brother, Donna hugged Fors: "Sister-in-law! From the first time I saw you, I knew you would definitely be my sister-in-law!"
Fors blushed a little, and suddenly didn't know how to face Donna.
The last time they met, she was still a "friend's sister", but this time they met, she was already a "fiancé's sister."
But even without her responding, Donna could chatter on and on by herself.
Hobert reached out to help Mona, who was getting off the ship: "Mother."
"Mm." Mona smiled and sized up Hobert: "You've lost a little weight."
Hobert smiled and said, "Maybe I haven't quite adapted to the food in Feneport yet."
Mona took Fors's hand again: "Are you used to living here?"
"It's very nice here," Fors quickly said.
The two held hands and talked for a while, and then the residents on the dock bowed and shouted, "Madam!"
Mona smiled and waved to them, showing that Hobert was well-loved by the people here.
The group rode in carriages back to the Lord's manor, and because it was already noon, they went to the dining room to eat first.
As soon as everyone sat down in the dining room, Mona asked Hobert, "Have you set a wedding date yet?"
Hobert was stunned; he hadn't really thought about it.
Fors was also stunned: Aren't we contract spouses? Do we have to get married properly? If we have a wedding, wouldn't I really be married to Hobert?
Mona glanced at the two young people and said helplessly, "These young people nowadays!
"Since you haven't made any plans, I'll decide for you. The wedding date is set for January 28th!"
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