Chapter 459: Killing Another Sequence 5
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters
When Hobert was still Sequence 6, he had no way to effectively attack a "Guardian." But now that Hobert has become Sequence 5, with more attack methods at his disposal, he actually managed to wound a "Guardian" so easily.
This is inseparable from Hobert's tactics. First, the surprise attack put Gale at a psychological disadvantage.
Then, Hobert concealed his magical items, and after finding an opportunity, he quickly used "Lightning Strike" to attract Gale's attention and "Underworld Gate" to restrict Siil's actions.
After that, he attacked at the fastest speed, severely injuring Gale before the "Judge" and the two Sequence 7 "Pyromaniacs" and "Briber" could react.
Through the tempering of previous battles, such tactics almost naturally formed in his mind and began to be implemented.
So even if Hobert hadn't fully regained his sanity, it didn't affect his formulation and implementation of tactics.
The first to be surprised was Gale, who never thought that he would be so seriously injured.
Of course, Gale knew that the enemy in front of him was a Sequence 5, and the Sequence 5 of the Warrior pathway had never been afraid of anyone in battle. Gale hadn't been injured for several years.
Of course, even if Hobert's knife pierced Gale's heart, he wouldn't die for a while.
Immediately afterwards, the "Judge" and the others were also surprised. He realized that instead of crashing through the wall to escape, he should join forces with the vice-captain to eliminate the enemy in front of him: "Underworld powers are forbidden here!"
And the "Pyromaniac" and "Briber," who had previously been preventing their subordinates from attacking each other, also attacked Hobert together. One used "Fireball," and the other kicked a piece of wood at Hobert, completing the "bribery" process, and then used the combo "Weaken."
Hobert, whose "bloodlust" hadn't completely subsided, grinned and put away his knife: "Exploit!"
This was the ability of "1-104." Hobert "utilized" the "Briber's" weakening, turning the "weakening" on himself into a "weakening" on everyone in the conference room.
Gale finally escaped from the "Underworld Gate" because of the "Judge's" "prohibition." But immediately afterwards, the injured Gale was "weakened" again, which made his self-healing ability much worse, and blood kept flowing from his chest.
That's not all, Hobert: "Weaken!"
Everyone else in the conference room was "weakened" twice, while Hobert was only "weakened" once.
The price of using "Weaken" was that he took a "Fireball" from the "Pyromaniac."
The "Fireball" ignited a piece of clothing on his body, but the Sequence 7 "Fireball" caused extremely limited damage to him.
Hobert attacked Gale again!
"Exile!" The "Judge" quickly came to Gale's rescue.
But Hobert suddenly used "Blink" to come in front of the "Pyromaniac." The "Pyromaniac" quickly ignited a "Wall of Flames" in an attempt to stop Hobert.
But his "Wall of Flames" was blown away by a surge of power, which was the power generated by "Exile," which could even blow away spirits!
The "Pyromaniac" used his agility to dodge, but Hobert, driven by "Exile," quickly caught up with the "Pyromaniac" and cut him in half with a knife.
If it were a "Disciplinary Knight's" "Exile," Hobert wouldn't have had time to play such tricks. Unfortunately, it was just a "Judge."
Hobert didn't stop and immediately attacked the "Briber" next to him.
The "Briber" pulled the trigger of the revolver in his hand, firing continuously, but Hobert was not afraid of bullets at all, and stray bullets accidentally injured a companion: "Charm!"
However, the "Mentor of Disorder" had extremely strong resistance to mental attacks, and the "Briber's" "Charm" was useless.
And Hobert had already rushed in front of him, and a knife struck Gale's "Dawn Barrier" in front of the "Briber."
"Chaos!" Hobert took the opportunity to use the "Mentor of Disorder's" signature ability on Gale, causing Gale to fall into a state of "chaos."
Hobert used "Blink" to stab Gale in the chest again with a knife.
Gale recovered from the brief state of "chaos" and punched Hobert in the jaw, knocking Hobert flying. As he was about to fly up, Gale's "Dawn Sword" came again, preparing to cut Hobert in half.
Hobert quickly used "Blink" again to dodge.
Even when injured and "weakened" twice, Gale's combat power was still strong.
If it were a one-on-one fight, Hobert would have a very difficult battle, but Hobert had already taken the initiative with a surprise attack, and he could also use Gale's other teammates.
The "Blink" used by Hobert not only dodged Gale's attack but also appeared in front of the "Judge." The "Judge," who had been looking for a chance to attack: "Death!"
He punched, launching a death attack on Hobert, who smiled slightly: "Link!"
When the "Judge" used "Exile" just now, Hobert had secretly established a connection with him. Now that Hobert suddenly used "Link," the "Judge" was immediately hit, lowered his fist, and felt that Hobert was a very familiar person, unwilling to hurt Hobert, and lost the desire to attack Hobert.
But Hobert's attack would not be delayed because of this. He slashed over with a knife, hitting the "Dawn Barrier" again!
Hobert reached out to Gale: "Underworld Gate!"
This was Hobert's tactic. After Hobert's surprise attack succeeded, Gale was still difficult to deal with.
Fighting with injuries would not affect the combat power of the Beyonder of the "Warrior" pathway too much.
But Gale was not alone, which gave Hobert an opportunity. For Hobert, sometimes he only has a chance when enemies are concentrated together.
Although Gale made the "Dawn Armor" on his body more solid to prevent Hobert from taking advantage of the attack again, the "Dawn Armor" could not stop the hands stretching out from the bronze door.
What was even more deadly was that the two knives Gale took were connected to the power of the Underworld. The fear in Gale's heart was detonated. His hands trembled, he could barely hold the sword, and his legs were weak, almost unable to resist the hands stretching out from the "Underworld Gate."
Hobert immediately used "Blink" to prepare to deliver the final blow, but Gale suddenly inserted the "Dawn Sword" into the ground.
Bang~
The giant sword collapsed, turning into pieces of dawn-like light fragments, pouring out forward.
These fragments were extremely sharp, cutting holes in the "Underworld Gate." Hobert used "Blink" again to dodge, but because the distance was too close, he still couldn't dodge.
"Disorder!" This time, Hobert didn't use "Disorder" against a specific person, but instead caused a small area to fall into directional "chaos," changing the direction of most of the light fragments in front of him.
But the light fragments were too dense, and Hobert was still hit by several fragments, which caused Hobert to suffer very serious injuries: "Distort!"
Hobert "distorted" the concept between himself and the trapped "Werewolf." The "Werewolf" suddenly bled, bearing half of Hobert's injuries.
Then Hobert used "Healing," and the injuries on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
During this period, Hobert did not receive any attacks from the enemy, because Gale's "Storm of Light" injured Hobert, but more of it killed his own people.
Whether it was the "Dawn Paladin" or the "Guardian," they rarely used "Storm of Light" when they were not sure, because before becoming demigods, they could only simply control the direction of the "Storm of Light" and could not target a specific target, which could easily cause accidental injuries.
If it was Hobert's side that was ambushing, using skills like "Storm of Light" was the most appropriate, just like having a "Vulcan Cannon" in his hand. If there were no other teammates on the battlefield, he would just keep "shooting" at the enemies.
But the situations Hobert encountered before were all situations where the enemy had a large number of people. Using "Storm of Light" would be helping Hobert!
But one thing to say, the power of the "Storm of Light" was really great. The "Underworld Gate" was cut to pieces, and the surrounding walls, chairs, trees, and other monsters temporarily given spirituality by "1-103" were also "killed" in large numbers.
But the "Judgment Squad" also suffered significant losses. The "Judge" dodged in time but was also injured. The "Briber" was seriously injured and had fallen to the ground. Two Sequence 8s and Sequence 9s received their lunch boxes on the spot, and other Beyonders were also injured.
Only the "Werewolf"'s direction was not within the attack range of the "Storm of Light," so the "Werewolf" was not injured.
Gale used this ability in such a narrow space, indicating that he had been forced into a desperate situation.
Upton and Fors were very glad that they did not rashly enter the conference room without being sure.
At this time, the Sequence 8s and Sequence 9s, who had completely recovered from the "Corruption" state and escaped the entanglement of those monsters, reacted and fled from the windows and doors.
Upton and Fors were prepared, one blocking the window and the other blocking the door.
Bang bang bang~
Gunshots rang out one after another outside.
And in the conference room, which was already a mess and no less than being bombed by artillery, Hobert began to reap the fruits of this battle.
"Charm!" Hobert's "Charm" was not comparable to that of the "Briber." The "Judge," who had just been "Connected," was immediately hit, feeling that Hobert was like a long-lost friend, wanting to invite him to the tavern for a drink.
But Hobert didn't intend to accept the other party's invitation at the moment. He was attacking Gale, who was still stubbornly resisting.
Gale, who was still in a "weakened" state, had a "Dawn Sword" that had been re-condensed with a very light color.
The key was that the wound on his chest had begun to flow out a thick black liquid, which was obviously severely negatively affected by the "Underworld." But in this case, he still fought back and forth with Hobert.
It's just that as the "Dawn Light" around him faded, Gale's resistance to Beyonder abilities also decreased.
The "Distortion" and "Disorder" used by Hobert had been eroding Gale's defense against Beyonder abilities, and finally Hobert seized the opportunity: "Arrogance!"
Compared to pure Beyonder attacks like "Distortion" and "Disorder," "Arrogance" was more inclined to an insidious mental attack, which was more likely to affect Gale.
Sure enough, Gale was affected by "Arrogance," propping up the "Dawn Sword" with one hand and hooking his index finger at Hobert with the other.
How could Hobert let go of this opportunity? He slashed up with a knife, breaking through the "Dawn Armor" on Gale's head and neck, and then another knife, and the head of this "Guardian" flew far away.
Gale's body raised the "Dawn Sword," as if preparing to fight again.
Clang!
In the end, this body finally fell to the ground, and the "Dawn Armor" on it gradually disappeared.
At this time, Hobert had already killed the "Judge."
The intense desire to survive made the "Judge" quickly get rid of the "Charm" state: "Imprison!"
"Distort!" Hobert did not use the protection of the "Order Crystal," not because he didn't have time, but because it was unnecessary.
He "distorted" the concept between himself and the "Judge," and both of them were "imprisoned" at the same time.
The "Judge's" ability to "imprison" was weakened as a result, which was equivalent to only having one-half of an "imprisonment" on each person.
As a Sequence 5 Hobert, he broke free from the shackles of "imprisonment" before the "Judge." When the "Judge" attacked again, Hobert had already come close to him.
The "Judge," who was very bad at fighting, only resisted for a few seconds before being seriously injured by Hobert with a knife. With the second knife, he also received a lunch box.
Then Hobert killed the "Werewolf" trapped by the wall, and the "Briber" who was lying on the ground dying.
The most aggrieved was the "Werewolf." In the fierce battle just now, he was only doing one thing from beginning to end: pulling his arm.
His arm was not pulled out, and his life was lost.
Finally, Hobert re-sealed the two Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts, and went to the corridor outside to help Upton and Fors kill several "low-sequence" Beyonders who wanted to escape.
Hobert used the power of the "Spirit Wine Glass" to manipulate the corpse back to the conference room.
This fight had already been noticed by the people downstairs and on the street, but after hearing the continuous gunshots, most people did not dare to come up to check the situation.
Even those who came up to check the situation were scared away by the fierce battle in the corridor and went directly to the patrol police on the street.
Hobert let Fors and Upton clean up the spoils, and he came to Gale's body and began to channel.
Coming to the channeling space with the gray fog as the background, in front of him was Gale with dazed eyes and a hideous scar on his face.
Hobert asked: "The leader of the Judgment Squad and other deputy leaders."
"..."
After chanting silently seven times in a row, the gray fog in front of Hobert separated, and a picture appeared of a meeting in a luxurious living room.
Sitting opposite Gale was that gloomy old man Steven, and a cold-looking middle-aged man.
This was the scene of Gale's first time attending a Judgment Squad leader-level meeting. A voice first introduced Steven, and then introduced the cold-looking middle-aged man named Loft.
Sitting at the bottom was a woman who looked somewhat aristocratic, named Shandora.
Sitting next to Gale was that beautiful and charming woman, named Simone. Hobert suspected that she was a "witch."
In addition, there was the leader of the "Judgment Squad" sitting at the top, but his appearance was still not clear, but this time the picture was clearer than the last time he used the "Spirit Necklace."
Based on the attire of the individual, Hobert was able to ascertain that he was a Count from the Feynapotter Kingdom, which immediately narrowed down the possibilities, as Feynapotter only had about twenty Counts.
The noble's large sapphire ring caught Hobert's attention, or rather, it had caught Gale's attention at the time.
Hobert had a feeling that it was no ordinary ring.
Hobert then posed his second question: "What is your relationship with the Intersea Mutual Aid Society?"
"..."
The gray fog swirled, generating the answer Hobert sought. Before Gale appeared a person wearing a loose war robe, still with an indiscernible face, only his tall and burly physique was visible.
"You will go to the 'Judgement Group' as a link for cooperation between our two organizations. This is also Captain Vick's intention.", the voice said in a commanding tone.
"At the same time, you will also be responsible for transactions and information transfer between our two organizations, causing as much disruption as possible in the southern part of Loen, and managing our industries well with the cooperation of the 'Judgement Group' to earn gold pounds."
The gray fog reappeared before Hobert's eyes, and he immediately understood that the 'Judgement Group' and the 'Intersea Mutual Aid Society' had economic and 'business' cooperation, with Gale being responsible for these collaborations.
At the same time, the scope of 'Captain' may have narrowed again. His name is Vick, if that's his real name.
Hobert also asked about the potion formula and the password to the safe in his office, but unfortunately, Gale didn't know the 'Demon Hunter' potion formula.
Hobert was just asking on a whim, as he certainly knew that this was strategic-level information and wouldn't be told to a spy like Gale.
As for the safe in the office, Hobert had noticed the large and tall safe when he appeared in Gale's office.
In the end, Hobert only asked about Gale's subordinates who hadn't come to the meeting before withdrawing from the spirit channeling.
He didn't ask for information about the 'Judgement Group's' strongholds, because attacking the 'Judgement Group' was just to earn extra money for him, and there was no need for sustained strikes.
Moreover, after learning of Gale's death, he estimated that the strongholds he knew would be immediately abandoned, and the secret transactions he knew would be immediately terminated.
To confuse the 'Judgement Group' and the official Beyonders, Hobert used the enemy's blood to write a sentence on a still intact wall: I found you, hehe.
Returning to the real world, Hobert accelerated the extraction of the Beyonder characteristics, and the three divided the spoils according to the enemies they had each killed.
Seeing that the patrolmen had not yet arrived, Hobert went to Gale's office again and opened the safe. Unfortunately, there wasn't much cash inside, mostly contracts, with only two Beyonder materials.
The cash and Beyonder materials were, of course, taken away without hesitation.
The three then used "Travel" to return to Upton's office, rested for a few minutes, and then went to the 'Judgement Group's' last stronghold in Connat City, eliminating a Sequence 8 and a Sequence 9 there.
At this point, the 'Judgement Group's' power in Connat City was completely wiped out.
Ordinary official Beyonders would find it difficult to do this so cleanly and efficiently because they had to investigate, plan, and then launch a siege.
In particular, the investigation process could easily allow Gale and others to sense the danger, thus making the operation full of uncertainty from the beginning.
Hobert didn't have so much trouble, attacking wherever he went, mainly focusing on spontaneity.
Perhaps only 'Demons' could effectively avoid enemies like Hobert, but now even Demons can't avoid it, because their god betrayed them and gave Hobert a ring that could avoid being detected for malice.
As for other pathways, some with high spirituality, such as the 'Seer' pathway, might foresee danger or even divine it, but they can't completely avoid it.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be any 'Seers' dying in this world. Even someone as strong as Zaratul could hardly avoid being killed.
Hobert and the others were doing the final division of spoils in Upton's office.
In the battle, Upton obtained five Beyonder characteristics, and Fors obtained three.
Upton pushed two Sequence 8 characteristics he obtained to Hobert: "Today, I invited you to help, and I originally shouldn't have taken any Beyonder characteristics.
"But I'm planning to turn some of my subordinates into Beyonders so that I can better expand my power to reflect my value."
Because Fors was present, he didn't say it too clearly. What he meant was: When I am more valuable, I will be more useful to the 'Favored'.
Hobert didn't stand on ceremony with him and put away the two Beyonder characteristics. Although this matter started because of his commission, he played a major role in today's battle. It was as if Upton had picked up the three Beyonder characteristics on the street.
Upton asked Hobert, holding the three Beyonder characteristics in his hand, "I recognize one of them as the 'Lawyer' Beyonder characteristic. What pathways do the other two belong to?"
Hobert took the two Beyonder characteristics that needed to be identified. At his current level, he could already distinguish the pathways to which the Sequence 9 characteristics belonged: "This one is 'Arbiter', and this one is 'Warrior'."
He said, "I have the corresponding potion formulas there, and I can sell them to you cheaper, 200 pounds. Write me a letter if you need them."
These two potion formulas definitely can't be bought for 200 pounds on the market, but as a follower of the 'Creator'! There must be some visible benefits.
Upton nodded: "Okay!"
It's good to have an organization. You don't have to go everywhere to find related potion formulas, and you can buy them at very low prices.
Hobert was about to leave with Fors when Fors suddenly said, "Now that we're here, let's go to the beach to take a look."
She had long wanted to go to Connat City with Xio for a few days, but she always lacked the financial resources, so she never made it.
Upton immediately said, "All expenses for the two of you in Connat City can be charged to the Coast Gang's account!"
Fors looked at Hobert with expectant eyes.
Hobert smiled: "Okay, but we have to go back and put down the spoils first, and then come back after changing into more casual clothes."
Fors nodded repeatedly.
So the two first returned to Jeffery Territory, Hobert sacrificed all the spoils he had obtained to the 'Nation of Disorder', and then quickly changed his clothes.
Fors put on her favorite yellow dress and took Hobert's arm.
Hobert suddenly felt a huge sense of separation. He was still killing people like flies just now, and now he was going on a trip!
The space in front of them suddenly became illusory, and the figures of the two disappeared.
join the Church of MissRaven and become a Sequence 9: Reader p atreon.com/KeyofStars for more chapters