Chapter 499 Audrey's Advice (Bonus 1)

Chapter 499 Audrey's Advice

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[Powerstone 100]

After dinner, Hobert asked Selena to record the course of the riot she handled today, as well as the conversation at dinner, in the form of a story.

Then make several copies and send one to each department as a guiding ideology for the town government's work.

Today, the reactions of Conrad, Corwin, and Seel made Hobert realize the importance of a "guiding ideology". When facing problems, having a ready-made logic to use can truly make the town government's work more efficient, and things often develop in the direction Hobert expects.

At the same time, Hobert also understood the importance of unifying thought.

After everyone had basically rested, Hobert locked the door and prayed to "The Fool", hoping to communicate with Miss Justice alone.

More than ten minutes later, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he arrived at the Giant Hall, at the "Emperor"'s seat.

Only "Justice" Audrey was sitting opposite him, and the head of the bronze long table was empty, without the figure of Mr. Fool.

But Hobert knew that "The Fool" Klein must be somewhere in this hall, otherwise he and Audrey could not appear above this gray fog.

Audrey found this kind of meeting very novel: "Em… Hobert, you didn't attend the meeting today, everyone is very worried about you."

Hobert smiled and said: "A riot broke out in my territory today."

Audrey almost covered her mouth in surprise: "A riot, good heavens, why did such a thing happen?"

Hobert briefly described the previous rule of the demons: "…Under that bloody rule, the local residents were forced to believe in demons, and inevitably suffered spiritual corruption.

"The people I sent helped them with spring planting, helped them rebuild their homes after the disaster, and forbade them from believing in demons again, but they were strongly resisted by some people, which resulted in a riot!"

Audrey clenched her beautiful fist angrily: "Damn demons!"

Then she recalled for a moment and asked: "Why do they still need to rebuild their homes? I haven't heard of any disasters in Colson County, Feynapotter Kingdom recently? Did the demons destroy their homes when they left?"

Since learning the exact location of Hobert's territory, Audrey has been intentionally or unintentionally paying attention to all information from Colson County. With Earl Hall's connections and network, Audrey dare not say that she knows Colson County like the back of her hand, but she still knows some of the major events that happen in real time.

Moreover, at the Tarot meeting in the afternoon, "The Magician" Fors didn't mention that the area near Full Moon Lake had suffered a natural disaster.

"Well… there's nothing to hide about this." Hobert said, "That disaster was the result of a battle at the angel level."

Not only was Audrey surprised, but Klein, who was sitting at the head of the table, was also a little surprised: How could there have been a battle at the angel level?

As Hobert expected, Mr. Fool was in this hall, sitting at the head of the bronze long table, but he had added a seat for himself, with his back to Audrey and Hobert.

The tall back of the chair perfectly concealed Mr. Fool's habit of eavesdropping.

Hobert briefly described the situation at the time, and finally said: "…'The Creator' was also very supportive of my actions, not only sending saints to participate in the battle, but also sending angels to participate after the other party summoned the 'Bloody Archduke'."

The result of this battle was that 90% of the people in Eugene Territory died in the aftermath of the battle, including the Eugene Baron family.

But at the same time, it stopped the "Bloody Archduke" in Eugene Territory, and at least didn't cause 90% of the people in the entire South Colson area to die.

However, Hobert didn't intend to tell Audrey, who had some "righteousness complex", about these things.

Audrey sighed in her heart at this time: As expected of the righteous god, "The Creator" not only hates the "Rose School", but also takes the initiative to eliminate those demons!

Then she was a little proud: Fors doesn't even know about the angel-level battle, but Hobert told me!

Hobert continued: "The riot has basically been resolved, but I estimate that nearly 10,000 people have suffered relatively serious spiritual corruption, so I would like to ask you if there is any way to treat their spiritual corruption?"

He sighed: "You probably can't imagine that among these people, there are many children under the age of ten!"

Audrey couldn't imagine what that area had gone through!

She frowned: "According to some of the knowledge I have learned, spiritual corruption can almost only be healed by oneself. I can only do some psychological suggestion to make them look like normal people temporarily.

"The key is…"

The key is that there are too many patients. If Audrey treats them one by one, it may take three or four months to complete a "first consultation". Adding follow-up consultations, it is estimated that it will take half a year.

This is obviously a bit unrealistic.

Audrey fell into deep thought and began to consider whether there were any other methods.

Hobert waited quietly, and the hall became unusually silent for a while.

"I have thought of a theoretically feasible method." Audrey said.

After becoming a "Spectator", she had read a large number of books on psychology. After joining the Psychology Alchemists, she had read many related research materials from there. No senior member of the Psychology Alchemists had as much reading as her.

So Audrey could think of ways to give herself psychological suggestions and explore her subconscious space.

She is very professional in terms of theoretical knowledge of the mind.

Hobert made a gesture to invite her to speak, and Audrey continued: "I think the spiritual corruption of those people should be somewhat like spiritual imprints. Theoretically speaking, a stronger spiritual imprint can be used to cover the 'imprint' left by the demons.

"If the existence that leaves the new imprint is normal enough and does not show signs of evil, depravity, or bloodlust, then under the influence of the new imprint, those people will be much more normal.

"But they will still be different from ordinary people, prone to excitement and paranoia, but a large part of them should be able to gradually heal themselves, but there must be some people who may never be able to get rid of such mental problems in their lives."

The more Hobert thought about it, the more feasible he felt this method was, and Audrey had already expressed it very clearly: he could ask "The Fool" or "The Creator" to give them a new imprint.

"The Fool" at the head of the bronze long table prayed: May the Goddess bless me, don't come to me, go to "The Creator"!

Hobert quickly made a decision: "It's better than them spending their entire lives under the influence of demons."

He took a deep breath: "Thank you for your suggestion, how much is the consultation fee?"

"No consultation fee is needed." Audrey smiled and said: "If it can be useful to you and can treat so many innocent people, that is the best consultation fee."

Hobert nodded: "I will definitely try my best to save more people."

"Hobert, you are a noble person." Audrey suddenly smiled and said: "Don't question everything you do, and don't care about those gossips, do what you think is right."

Hobert was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood that Audrey had seen the loss that he had unintentionally shown.

Yes, even though he knew that the people were so mentally disturbed because they were affected by the demons, Hobert gave them help, but in return he received riots and misunderstandings. He must have felt uncomfortable in his heart.

But as Audrey said, he knew that this method of handling was correct, and Teuton's method of handling was wrong.

That's why he concealed his loss in front of his subordinates, but he didn't expect that Audrey would see it.

Hobert smiled and said: "Thank you for your comfort, I feel much better."

If they don't understand, then they don't understand, Hobert thought: I just need to feel that I'm doing the right thing, what does it matter whether others understand or not?

After ending the separate communication, Hobert began to consider the method of applying new imprints to people with mental abnormalities, and finally came up with a simple plan.

In the next two days, Hobert stayed in Baron Felix's lord's mansion to preside over the overall situation, and the work of "diverting" the subjects was basically completed.

Most people chose to stay in their homes, began to carefully take care of the crops in the fields, and built or renovated their homes under the command of public officials.

About 11,000 people voluntarily came to the wilderness of Eugene Territory, where they looked for stones, wood, and all materials that could be carved, and carved one ugly demon statue after another.

It seemed that they only found a sense of security after seeing these statues.

The people in the villages and towns who accepted punishment also said goodbye to their families and embarked on their journey with a bit of tragicness.

Looking at the appearance of these people, Hobert inexplicably wanted to laugh. He planned to give these people a vacation three days later and let them go home. The expressions of these people must be quite wonderful at that time.

During these two days, Hobert also received the king's envoy, a court viscount.

The envoy first praised Hobert, and then informed Hobert that Colson County would send mayors and officials to the west bank of Full Moon Lake in the near future, and thanked Hobert for his contribution to the stability of the South Colson area.

Hobert clapped his hands and said: "I finally waited for the king's help, Mr. Envoy. The people here have suffered from the spiritual corruption of the demons and have launched a riot.

"There are still more than 10,000 people with extremely high aggression. I have gathered them all together. Since Mr. Envoy is here, please issue an order to execute them!"

The court viscount was stunned: "How can I issue such a cruel order?"

"It's not you who issued it, it's issued in the name of the king!"

"The king cannot cruelly kill his subjects like this!"

Hobert nodded as if he understood something: "Anyway, those people are handed over to you. I believe you should be able to dispose of them properly."

The court viscount did not give an immediate answer, but suggested to meet those more than 10,000 people.

Hobert then asked Seel to take the envoy to Eugene Territory. The worship of those people towards the demon statues and the malice shown in their words and deeds left a deep impression on the envoy.

After returning to the lord's mansion, the court viscount immediately bid farewell.

Before leaving, Hobert also asked the court viscount to ask for money for disaster relief on the west bank of Full Moon Lake, a total of 20,000 gold Solas, and generously said that he would give the viscount a 10% kickback.

The court viscount simply agreed and did not make any promises, and hurriedly boarded the ship.

He wanted to stop those grassroots officials who might have already set off as soon as possible and report the situation here to the king.

In the court viscount's view, this was completely a place that cost a lot but had little value. The most important thing was that the king certainly could not bear the infamy of slaughtering more than 10,000 people!

It would not be too late to restore the rule here after Hobert had finished all the "dirty work" after a while.

This is why Hobert emphasized "responsibility" to Conrad and others in the previous conversation.

Now, from the royal family to the government, the countries of the Northern Continent have no sense of responsibility to the people.

…

On Thursday morning, a light rain yesterday covered the wilderness of Eugene Territory with a layer of thin mist.

Clouds rose and fell, and the thin mist was stirred by the breeze, rolling in the mountains and fields, passing over the neat withered grass with dew.

Angus led five members of the First Squad and followed Hobert to this wilderness again.

Now a large area of colored grass has been cleared in this wilderness. This is the result of those more than 10,000 people who would rather die than believe in demons in the past two days. After pulling out all these grasses, they will be uniformly sent to the Earth Mother Church.

At this time, these more than 10,000 people were called up early. They very obediently came to a cleared hillside according to the requirements of the administrators.

This group of people showed an amazing duality. On the one hand, they were irritable and could easily fight each other, and often fought to the death.

On the other hand, they were very respectful to the administrators who held weapons, even if they only held wooden sticks, and they would do almost whatever they were asked to do.

However, the premise is not to touch their statues.

In the hazy mist, they saw Baron Hobert, whose hair was wet with mist, walking quickly to the top of the mountain.

Hobert looked coldly at the indifferent, fierce, or absent-minded faces on the hillside one by one.

He smiled and said: "As you expected, I can't just easily forgive you, the main participants and planners of these riots!"

Many people hugged or clenched the statues in their arms or hands. They knew that this baron with a full sense of oppression would not just let them do hard labor so simply.

"Prepare to accept your punishment!" Hobert smiled, and suddenly lowered his head and made a praying gesture.

Regardless of whether the people on the hillside understood what the baron was going to do, even Angus and others did not know how the lord was going to punish these people.

Suddenly, in the mid-air above Lord Hobert's head, a violent wind suddenly struck, and the thin mist was torn open, and a void-like place appeared in the mid-air.

Then, a terrifying force descended, and even ordinary people could fully feel the majesty in the mid-air that they dared not look at directly.

At this time, many people on the hillside had knelt down in fear.

Angus and several other Beyonders stared blankly at the figure in the mid-air that seemed to be sitting in a forest of sharp swords.

He exuded a sacred light all over his body, as if he could end all chaos, and as if he could bring complete chaos.

He exuded an aura of majesty all over his body, making people unknowingly lower their heads and want to submit unconsciously.

His majesty could be felt in a large area around him, and within the scope of his majesty, his words seemed to be unquestionable orders.

By the time Angus snapped back to reality, he realized he was already kneeling on the ground.

He quickly lowered his head, prostrating himself like the people around him.

At this moment, amidst his fear, there was also some excitement: No wonder Hobert was able to invite an angel to fight for him. So, the Christian father and son duo have pledged allegiance to a god! This is simply, simply wonderful! As long as I faithfully serve Hobert, I will also have the opportunity to rise above the ranks!

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