Chapter 570 Hobert's Demigod Butler (Bonus 1)

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Based on the limited clues, Dunn made a very logical guess about this bizarre extraordinary case.

He also roughly deduced the course of events from the descriptions of the case by Reinette Tinekerr and others.

About three weeks ago, a cloud of black fog covered the village where Mike lived. After the black fog receded, a piece of pale white skeleton remained in the village.

From that moment on, the villagers were already dead, but they didn't realize it and continued to work normally.

Because the harvest season was not far away, the villagers had little mobility, and no one noticed this for a long time.

That piece of skeleton basically affected the corpses of the entire Lobi Town. Whether it was a newly deceased corpse or a long-dead corpse, they all turned into zombies.

It wasn't until the Special Operations Team intervened and the skeleton disappeared that this effect also disappeared.

It was because of the reconstruction of the entire case and the sorting of the clues that Dunn finally guessed that the murderer would definitely return to check after learning that the skeleton had disappeared, and even come back to try to manipulate the corpses of the villagers again.

So, under Dunn's organization, Helen and Elliot set up an ambush.

As Dunn expected, the black fog appeared again in the early hours of this morning, and the corpses of the villagers turned into zombies again.

However, the Beyonder hidden in the black fog was very vigilant, discovered Dunn and others' ambush, and quickly left.

Helen and others immediately launched a pursuit! The other party knew the uninhabited mountainous areas like the back of their hand, so Helen guessed that it was someone from the Blood Sanctification Sect who was helping him.

They chased until noon today, but the other party still escaped.

However, in the process of chasing, they found some new clues, which can quickly start a new round of pursuit.

The reason for calling Hobert to help is because in the process of the pursuit, the Beyonders of the Special Operations Team had a fight with the other party. Helen discovered that the other party actually showed the ability of a demigod!

Fortunately, the Second Squad had a large number of people, and there was a Grade 2 Sealed Artifact provided by the Lord's Manor, so only people were injured, but there were no casualties.

Dunn pointed to the pile of white bones like a hill: "That should be some skeletons collected by the other party from the surrounding area. I just checked it, and most of them are animals."

"According to divination, this pile of bones is closely related to the murderer, but the other party should have a certain anti-divination ability, and it is impossible to use these bones to divine the murderer's location."

"However, we can also find traces of the other party through other methods of divination."

The 'Skeleton Lord' is not a demigod in the strict sense, but there are always some animals, insects and other creatures dying in the places it passes.

So, the 'Astrologer' only needs to divine this kind of unnatural death to find some clues.

Hobert looked at the pile of bones and suddenly remembered something. He asked Dunn: "Have you heard of the Beyonder creature called Skeleton Lord?"

Dunn thought for a while and shook his head.

Hobert thought it was also true. Dunn was only a captain-level official Beyonder 'before his death', and should not have access to information at this level.

Logically speaking, Helen's level in the Theosophy Order is higher than Dunn's, but organizations like the Theosophy Order are far behind the orthodox churches in terms of intelligence! Helen also doesn't know anything about the 'Skeleton Lord'.

Hobert then explained: "I received information last year that there may be a Skeleton Lord in the Southern Colson area, or rather, one."

"And the eyes of the Skeleton Lord are said to be one of the main ingredients for Sequence 4 of the 'Death' pathway."

Hobert didn't know how long the 'Gatekeeper' who died in the room where the ancient Death's corpse was parked had been dead. After coming to Southern Colson, he had never heard any rumors about the 'Skeleton Lord', so Hobert thought it had already left here.

Who knew that the 'Skeleton Lord' was still hiding in the deep mountains.

Dunn nodded: "I see. That makes sense. Why the murderer still chose to escape despite having the ability of a demigod."

During the previous siege, Dunn, Helen and others had already realized that if the murderer was a demigod, there was no need to escape at all.

After all, the Special Operations Team only has Helen, a Sequence 5, in the Southern Colson area at this time. A demigod can wipe them out.

So Dunn and others guessed that the other party might be a Sequence 5, but it is very likely that they have a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact. Calling Hobert was to deal with that Grade 1 Sealed Artifact.

Now that they know what the murderer is, it's even easier to handle!

Immediately, the group followed the clues and began a new siege.

After discussing a few words with the 'Astrologer', Hobert found that their divination results were not as useful as his own 'Connection'. After all, the level is higher.

So in the next action, Hobert looked for clues in front. During the continued pursuit, Hobert said to Helen: "After this case is over, I will apply for certain permissions for you."

"In the future, if you need a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, you can pray to the 'Creator' and prepare the 'Bestowal' ritual to obtain the help of the corresponding Sealed Artifact. After solving the problem, you can sacrifice it to the 'Creator' again."

Helen was a little surprised. That's a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact! Aren't you afraid that I'll take the Sealed Artifact and run away?

Then she shook her head and smiled: In that case, I would definitely die miserably.

So Helen nodded: "Yes!"

In the subsequent search process, they found two more piles of bones, but they couldn't find the 'Skeleton Lord' even late at night.

At this time, Dunn's previous method of 'drawing a map' came into play again. He believed that these piles of bones must have some special significance for the 'Skeleton Lord'.

Since the other party is a 'Duke', wouldn't these piles of bones prove that this is part of its rule? You can try using the map again to find further clues.

After marking the locations of the three skeleton piles, they found the rules for the placement of the skeleton piles. Although they are in different directions, they have a common center point.

Everyone once again marveled at the practicality of this method.

Dunn took the opportunity to explain to everyone that this method is only useful in specific environments, such as this kind of Beyonder creature with territorial awareness, but it is not omnipotent.

In any case, everyone was very impressed with the experience Dunn showed.

It was already late at night. In order to prevent the 'Skeleton Lord' from going out to attack the villagers again, everyone lit their kerosene lamps and searched overnight.

This level of Beyonder creature has at least the intelligence of a normal person. It knows that although it has been discovered, as long as it returns to its long-established territory, it will not be afraid of those Beyonders below the demigod level.

After crossing another mountain peak, everyone found a small town with a pale white 'light' in the mountain.

There seemed to be many pedestrians on the streets there. If it weren't for the abnormal color of the lights, it would look like a mountain town with a rich nightlife.

However, although this town looks crowded, there is no sound at all, and there are not only 'pedestrians' on the streets, but also some wild animals.

This made the term 'Ghost Market' appear in Hobert's mind!

When everyone saw that town, everyone seemed to have an illusion that the town also 'saw' them!

Without time to rest, the Beyonders of the Special Operations Team immediately launched a surprise attack!

Fors and Donna, who came with them, also joined the attack. Hobert winked at Fors. Fors understood and kept protecting Donna, who seemed a little excited.

When they got close to the town, a faint smell of decay wafted over. Everyone found that the 'residents' of the town seemed to have encountered foreign enemies and spontaneously organized to meet the enemy.

Most of them are ordinary zombies. Some are still intact, and some can already see bones. There are also some dead Beyonders mixed in.

Helen, Elliot and others were ready to face a fierce battle.

But just as the two sides were about to fight, Hobert, who was rushing in the front, suddenly drew out his rapier and cut open a 'Underworld Gate'.

The zombies seemed to have seen terrifying things that they had never seen before in their lives and after their deaths, and they all turned their heads and ran!

But after running a few steps, they fell down in pieces and turned into normal corpses.

Only a few zombies who used to be Beyonders of the 'Death' pathway were still holding on, but they couldn't even stand up under the pressure shown by the rapier.

The members of the Special Operations Department, such as Helen, were stunned for a full three seconds before they came back to their senses and stepped forward to eliminate these 'persistent' zombies.

At this time, a burst of black mist emerged from the underground of the town. Helen and others retreated backwards and stood ready.

Hobert stepped forward and said: "Everyone, withdraw from the town, I will deal with it!"

Helen sighed in her heart: Is this a demigod? A Beyonder battle was resolved by the other party like this.

While thinking, she organized everyone to withdraw from the town.

Donna, who originally wanted to show off her skills, was just panting from running during the charge, and didn't even touch the corner of the enemy's clothes before she had to withdraw from the town.

She looked at Hobert, who was going deep into the town alone: "I didn't expect Hobert to be so powerful!"

Fors just smiled and said nothing.

Then Fors also looked at Hobert's back, with some worry in his eyes.

But it was not worried that Hobert could not solve the 'Skeleton Lord', but worried about Hobert's current duties. The risks that a demigod has to bear are greater than when he was a Sequence 5!

Hobert in the town 'distorted' the gray mist. A passage appeared in front of him. He walked step by step into the black mist containing the aura of death.

Hobert remembered that when fighting the feathered serpent on that island, it had also spewed out a black mist from its body.

But upon reaching the level of an angel, those of the "Death" pathway are usually surrounded only by gray mist, perhaps because angels of this pathway are closer to the underworld.

Through the channel "Distorted" open, Hobert seemed to see the pale white manor house, and a skeleton sitting on a throne, with giant pale white bones and a pair of scarlet eyes.

It felt like with every step forward, the figure of that skeleton grew larger.

Hobert also exuded the majesty of the "Earl of the Fallen," and transformed the thin sword in his hand into a normal sword, raising it high above his head.

The skeleton's figure returned to its original size, and the surrounding black mist seemed to thin slightly!

Hobert saw the skeleton sitting on the throne slowly rise, and then, it ran!

Hobert was stunned for a moment, it really ran! And it ran into the underworld!

He quickly chased after it, once again using the thin sword to cut open a "Underworld Gate," and followed it into the underworld!

Previously, when fighting the Feathered Serpent, he had half-willingly entered the underworld once.

The underworld is clearly different from the spirit world. First of all, the underworld is cold and biting, and as soon as you enter, it attracts a large number of ghosts.

They don't come to watch the excitement, but to see if there is a chance to kill Hobert and then use his body to return to the real world.

Even if this is not a "Death" pathway Beyonder, their corpses will rot after death, and they will have to return to the underworld after a few days, but those who can become ghosts all desperately want to return to the real world to fulfill their regrets from their lifetime.

The ghosts here are also slightly different from the ghosts in the real world. In the real world, ghosts are basically Beyonders or involve Beyonder factors.

Most of the ghosts in the underworld are formed by ordinary people. They are the "residents" here, having lost most of their memories and the concept of time.

Theoretically speaking, the God of Death could turn these ghosts into normal spirits and make them disappear from the underworld, but the God of Death has been fallen for a long time.

Besides ghosts, there are various special undead in the shape of skeletons and zombies, such as Hant and Maximilian, who have established contracts with Hobert.

Many natural spirits can also freely enter and exit the underworld, and their appearances are often bizarre.

Except for the Beyonders of the "Death" pathway, Beyonders of other pathways are very dangerous here.

But Hobert is different, because he has Mr. Azik's mark, so it is more convenient for him to move here than in the spirit world!

Even without Mr. Azik's mark, just holding his own thin sword makes the ghosts dare not approach him.

As soon as Hobert stepped into the underworld, he used the special mark on his body to mobilize part of the power of the underworld to find the Skeleton Lord, and then he "Distorted" to catch up with him.

The Skeleton Lord seemed to realize something and quickly left the underworld!

Hobert also chased closely and left the underworld. There was no moon tonight. After coming out of the underworld, Hobert quickly adapted to the surrounding dark environment and found that this was the location of one of the bone piles.

The Skeleton Lord should have felt the suppression of Hobert himself and that thin sword on it, and was still running away desperately.

"Weaken!" Hobert added negative effects to the opponent while "Twisting" the distance again, and the thin sword in his hand suddenly lengthened, piercing into the opponent's bones.

But the Skeleton Lord did not stop. Hobert realized that this guy might not have pain.

So he injected his spirituality into "1-109," and his right fist was covered with a layer of orange light: "Slaughter!"

He shattered the Skeleton Lord with one punch.

Hobert didn't expect the opponent to be so weak. Just as he was about to step forward to crush the opponent's head and collect the pair of scarlet eyes, suddenly, the scarlet eyes quickly dimmed and finally disappeared without a trace. Even the pale white light on its bones disappeared.

All this happened so fast that almost in the blink of an eye, the Skeleton Lord became like an ordinary skeleton.

Hobert even squatted down to check. It was like a corpse that had been left in the wilderness for who knows how many years, and eventually the flesh and blood rotted away, leaving only bones.

Hobert frowned. Could it be that collecting the Skeleton Lord's eyes requires certain specific conditions? If the conditions are not met, nothing can be collected?

That's not right!

Hobert then thought that even if he couldn't collect Beyonder ingredients, there should be Beyonder characteristics extracted, right? Now there is nothing, which is very strange!

Suddenly, Hobert looked at the bone piles not far away. The "Astrologer" had once divined that these bone piles were closely related to the Skeleton Lord.

Hobert seemed to have thought of something, and injected his spirituality into "1-109." Two thick flames extended from his back, quickly forming dozens of fire crows, and whizzed into the bone pile.

Whoosh~

The bone pile was quickly lit, and after burning, it emitted an eerie green flame like a ghost fire.

Hobert immediately used "Travel" to reach the location of another bone pile. Here, he really saw the Skeleton Lord standing up from the bone pile.

Hobert smiled: "No wonder the main material is the scarlet eyes. Or rather, the so-called Skeleton Lord is just a pair of eyes! Whichever skeleton these eyes are on, that skeleton is the Skeleton Lord.

"Well, that might not be right either. You should have used some ritual or method to make those skeletons have a certain connection with you, so that you can possess those skeletons!"

The Skeleton Lord only had a skeleton frame and could not speak. Its teeth, which were opening and closing at this moment, were enough to express its surprise: Did he discover this secret so quickly?

The two flames reappeared behind Hobert, and dozens of fire crows drilled into the bone pile in front of him again.

The Skeleton Lord jumped out of the eerie green flames, and Hobert stepped forward: "Exploit!"

At the same time, he punched out, knocking the opponent's head to the ground.

When the Skeleton Lord jumped out of the flames just now, its eyes showed a tendency to dim again, but Hobert's ability to "Exploit" extended the time for the Skeleton Lord to "transfer" to other skeletons.

Hobert quickly turned the staff head into a box, and at the same time bent down, his other hand clenched his fist and smashed the Skeleton Lord's head, and picked up two scarlet eyeballs, and threw them into the box as quickly as possible.

One or two seconds later, the Skeleton Lord, or rather the two eyeballs, seemed to finally realize that they had failed to enter another skeleton. It bounced around in the box, but could not break through the barrier set by Hobert.

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief. He finally caught this guy!

For him, with the thin sword and Mr. Azik's mark, he had a lot of restraint against both the "Death" pathway Beyonders and Beyonder creatures, so it was not difficult to solve a Skeleton Lord.

Even without these cheating-like advantages, Hobert was half a sequence higher than the Skeleton Lord.

But what Hobert didn't expect was that the Skeleton Lord could actually "borrow a corpse to return the soul."

Looking at the scattered skeletons on the ground again, because the Skeleton Lord had failed to leave just now, those skeletons still looked taller and more mighty than normal human skeletons, and the pale white color on them had not been lost.

Hobert remembered that the auxiliary Ingredients seemed to require the bone powder of the Skeleton Lord, so he sacrificed these skeletons and the eyeballs in the box to the "Nation of Disorder."

After entering the "Nation of Disorder," the pair of eyes became very well-behaved and honest. Hobert opened the box and wondered how to kill it, but he immediately realized that the eyes seemed to be already dead.

This may be a common problem encountered by the "Death" pathway: How to kill the dead again?

Hobert smiled and decided to leave this difficult problem to Dophis.

He returned to the real world and used "Travel" to reach the third bone pile, and burned and destroyed this bone pile as well.

Returning to the town in the hollow, Hobert told everyone that he had solved the Skeleton Lord, and asked everyone to pile up the corpses here and burn them. Half of the Beyonder characteristics would be handed over to the lord's mansion, and half would be everyone's merit.

Although tonight's battle meant that everyone just followed the lord in the mountains for half the night, they had started running around for this case early this morning.

Even Raymond and others had started investigating this case a few days ago. When Hobert joined the action, the case had been sorted out almost completely.

These credits should not be ignored.

Hobert's decision made everyone very happy, because this time they had harvested 11 Beyonder characteristics. Even if only half of them were taken and everyone had to share, they could still get a lot of merit.

After all, this was not A Beyonder battle, but just a Beyonder case investigation during peacetime.

After burning the corpses, they returned to the lord's mansion, and it was already late at night.

However, the chef knew that the lord and the lord's wife had not had dinner, so he waited for Hobert and the other two to return.

Hobert saw that the fish brought up by the servant was still hot, thanked the chef and the servant a few times, and was about to eat, but saw the dead fish eyes on the fish head.

This made Hobert think of the Skeleton Lord's eyeballs that he had thrown in the "Nation of Disorder," and he suddenly lost his appetite.

Forcing himself to eat a few bites, Hobert said to Fors, who was obviously hungry and had already eaten half of the fish in big mouthfuls: "I plan to give the Beyonder ingredients formed by the Skeleton Lord to Mr. Dophis."

Fors was slightly stunned at first, then smiled and said: "I have no objections."

Hobert simply put down his knife and fork and began to talk about that past event: "Last year, I explored a ruin with Mr. Dophis, and found a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact in the ruin."

That so-called Grade 1 Sealed Artifact was the black hound spirit beast that was currently being held in Misty Town.

"At that time, with our abilities, there was no way to obtain this Sealed Artifact." Hobert only spoke of the general situation: "We agreed to explore it together after we were both promoted, but I encountered Mr. Azik and explored that ruin with him."

"Because of this exploration, I became very familiar with that Sealed Artifact. Later, I used an opportunity to obtain that Grade 1 Sealed Artifact."

At this time, Fors and Donna stopped eating and were listening to Hobert's past.

Fors only learned today that Hobert and Dophis had actually been on an exploration mission together.

"I've always felt like I owed Mr. Dophis a favor for this matter," Hobert said. "Back then, we discovered clues about the Skeleton Lord in that ruin. I wanted to give this main ingredient for advancement to demigod to Mr. Dophis to repay this favor."

"But after being in South Colson for so long, I haven't found any clues about the Skeleton Lord. I thought I would have to repay this favor in other ways."

Fors expressed her understanding and was also willing to listen to Hobert's past: "Now it's good, we can just hand this main ingredient to Mr. Dophis."

Hobert smiled slightly: "I'll go back to Backlund after I finish eating, and I'll come to accompany you again tomorrow night."

Seeing that the story was over, Danitz picked up his knife and fork again: "What was that saying again? Oh, right, averted a great battle!"

Fors blushed slightly, then looked at Danitz with a wry smile.

Hobert glanced at him: "No one will think you're mute if you don't speak."

After having dinner together, Hobert chatted with Fors for a few more words before returning to Backlund.

After resting for a while, it was already past five in the morning.

He first used "Bestowal" to bring the Skeleton Lord's eyes and a piece of the Skeleton Lord's bone to the real world.

Hobert discovered that the eyes were very well-behaved even when they arrived in the real world.

Knocking on Dophis's door, the butler of the Earl's mansion was indeed already awake.

Hobert said with a smile: "I've brought you a gift."

Dophis looked at the box in Hobert's hand, seeming to sense something: "What reward should I give you?"

"No reward is needed," Hobert said with a smile. "I've already obtained the Sealed Artifact from the ruins outside Backlund."

He raised the box in his hand: "It should have been yours in the first place."

The expressionless Dophis did not decline, but said: "I will advance this morning and need your help."

Hobert smiled and said: "No problem."

It turned out that the other materials were already prepared, leaving only the materials related to the Skeleton Lord.

Originally, he was supposed to go to the MI9 office today, but it was clear that Dophis's advancement was more important, so Hobert simply took a leave of absence.

After breakfast, the two came to Hobert's study, and Dophis began to use the measuring cylinders and balances here to prepare the potion.

Dophis first added auxiliary Ingredients to the beaker. The bone powder of the Skeleton Lord was freshly ground. Even when ground into bone powder, it still looked faintly pale white.

Hobert felt that this should be a very good spiritual material from the "Death" pathway, so he said: "I still have some bones of the Skeleton Lord there. I can give you some more if you need them."

Dophis shook his head: "It's not very useful to me."

Then he explained: "The bone powder of the Skeleton Lord is much better in effect and experience than mummy powder, and it is effective for a week after taking it once."

Hobert seemed to see a wave of gold pounds crashing towards him. He smiled and said: "This is good news for the nobles."

Then he had to state: "It's not very useful to me either."

In this regard, the "Exploit" ability is much more useful than these drugs, but in order to pursue a passionate experience, Hobert actually doesn't use "Exploit" very much.

Dophis continued to prepare the potion, adding 20 grams of Skeleton Lord's bone powder, a pair of antennae of the gray spirit moth, a three-colored undead flower, and 30 milliliters of zombie brain fluid to the beaker.

Then he began to add the main ingredient, first adding a snow-white crystal, and then Hobert saw the scarlet eyes of the Skeleton Lord again.

But Dophis did not add it immediately, but waited for the snow-white crystal to dissolve first.

Hobert reminded: "It's best to add it quickly, otherwise it will easily burrow into the surrounding skeletons."

"It can only do this in its territory," Dophis explained. "There need to be many corpses and skeletons around it before it can gradually create its own territory."

Hobert nodded slightly: "I see."

After preparing the gray-white potion, Dophis held the potion and said to Hobert: "I need you to do me two favors."

"Tell me."

"First, kill me within ten seconds of drinking the potion!"

Hobert was slightly stunned: "Are you sure this is helping?"

This is clearly sending you on your way!

Then Hobert recalled that the ritual for advancing to "Undying" was: to become a dead person.

Before, when he saw this ritual, he guessed that it might be using some means to become a "dead person" in the mystical sense. He didn't expect that before becoming "Undying", one had to really die once.

Dophis continued to say his request: "Don't let my body suffer too serious damage."

Hobert asked: "What is considered too serious damage?"

"For example, dismembering and mincing, and for example…"

Hobert raised his hand: "I'm not that perverted."

Dophis nodded: "Second, after I become an 'Undying', I will lose my memory. I will only be able to recover some important memories in the next month."

"But I have already left relevant diaries and notes. You need to take me to my room and let Serena take over my work for the next month."

Hobert asked strangely: "Can you recover your memory in a month?"

He remembered that Mr. Azik would take many years to gradually recover his memory!

"I can only recover important memories within a month," Dophis explained. "But as the number of times I die increases, the process of recovering my memory will become slower and slower."

"In addition, writing diaries and notes in advance will greatly help in recovering my memory."

Hobert nodded slowly. He realized that Mr. Azik's strength had regressed to the "Undying" state for some reason, and it must have been quite sudden, which did not give him enough time to prepare.

"I understand," Hobert said. "I hope you don't even forget how to read and write by then."

"According to some information I have seen, most of the time I will not forget some things that are more inclined to instinct. If I really forget the ability to read and write the first time I am resurrected, it means I am extremely talented," Dophis said:

"But even if I forget how to read and write, I will understand the meaning of the words after seeing them."

"I have also left relevant teaching materials that can allow me to quickly restore my reading and writing ability. In the first few days, I only need Serena to send food to my room on time."

Hobert nodded: In other words, the more you forget, the higher your talent?

Then he realized that Dophis had been preparing for today's advancement for a long time: "Let's start! Leave the rest to me."

Dophis took a deep breath and solemnly drank the potion in his hand.

Hobert stared at Dophis's Adam's apple. Seeing him swallow the potion, he slapped his head out of a 360-degree rotation.

Dophis almost didn't struggle, and fell cleanly to the ground twitching.

Hobert waited quietly for Dophis's resurrection. After waiting for more than ten minutes, Hobert was about to suspect that he had really killed the other party when he finally saw the muscles and bones on Dophis's neck begin to twist.

After four or five minutes, Dophis's head turned back 360 degrees, and there was some brilliance in his wide eyes again.

Then Dophis resumed breathing, tried to move his hands and feet, and slowly got up to face Hobert face to face.

After staring at each other for a while, Dophis's eyes gradually became confused and fearful. He opened his mouth: "I… ah, where, I… ah… you, ah, who…"

Hobert discovered that the other party had lost the ability to connect languages: "According to your theory just now, you are very talented."

Then he smiled: "Do you want to ask who I am? Have you forgotten? I am your father!"

Dophis obviously didn't quite understand Hobert's meaning, and was a little unresponsive for a while.

Hobert smiled: "Your expression is so rich now, it's much better than always having a cold face. To be honest, I always felt that you were already a dead person before you became an 'Undying'."

He got up and gently carried Dophis on his shoulders: "Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore, I'll send you back."

In front of Dophis's desk, there were indeed many diaries and notes piled up. On the desk, there was also an open notebook, which was obviously the first one to read.

Hobert pressed Dophis, who was like a child, on the chair and let him read the notes himself.

Then he instructed Serena to pay more attention to Dophis during this period and report any situation to him in time.

As for the other servants, don't let them approach Dophis for the time being.

… …

In the blink of an eye, it was the last day of May.

On this day, a construction team came to Order Square and erected a tall iron pole in the center of the square, with a pumpkin-sized light bulb on top of the iron pole!

At this time, most people didn't recognize light bulbs and assumed that Order Square was adding some new building.

Curious people went to ask, and there were dedicated people in the construction team explaining: "This is 'Earl's Light'!"

The vast majority of people didn't understand the meaning of this sentence and assumed that the new building was a donation from some earl.

After preliminary experiments, the staff set up a rain shelter, seemingly planning to stay there for a while.

Until dusk, as night fell, the gas lamps around Order Square were lit.

Gradually, the fog of Backlund made Order Square hazy.

Many people who had finished their day's work, after dinner, strolled to the square chatting and laughing.

Just then, something seemed to light up in the middle of the square, getting brighter and brighter, eventually becoming dazzling.

The strong light it emitted pierced through the fog, illuminating the entire Order Square, making the gas lamps as dim as fireflies in comparison.

Most of the people strolling in Order Square had never seen the full view of the square at night, but now they did!

Even leaving the square and walking down a street, they could still see the light in the square.

Further away, some even thought that the fog in Backlund wasn't too thick today, so they were seeing the moonlight tonight!

The first to recover were the people in the square.

Some panicked and hurried home with their wives and children.

Others were very curious about what it was and cautiously went to check it out.

As a result, they found that many people were already asking questions under the bright light, with staff maintaining order and loudly explaining with a "megaphone": "This is 'Earl's Light,' a light bulb that brings light to Backlund..."

At the same time, there was a product display, with many fist-sized light bulbs lit up.

They were also very bright, giving people the illusion of still being in daylight.

The staff shouted emotionally: "Buy the light bulbs and hang them on the roof, and the whole room will be as bright as day!

"The light bulbs aren't expensive either, only 8 pence each! If used for two hours a day, they can last for a year and a half.

"Please keep the receipt. If it breaks within one month from the date of purchase, you can exchange it for a new one at our sales department."

Although he introduced it vigorously, no one bought it. Everyone was basically watching the excitement and learning about this novelty.

Some people asked questions repeatedly, asking if the light bulb burned gas?

Some people asked what electricity was and how to obtain it?

The staff patiently explained it again and again.

That night, Order Square was very lively. The display of large electric lights gave many people the feeling of watching a wonderful circus.

By late at night, everyone noticed that the huge light bulb had not been extinguished.

A few people who knew what light bulbs were like were very strange: How is this a little different from the light bulbs I've seen?

In the second half of the night, residents around Order Square got up to go to the toilet and saw that the electric lights in the square were still on!

While going to the toilet, they muttered: "This is big news, it will definitely be published in tomorrow's Backlund Morning Post."

However, the next day's "Backlund Morning Post" did not publish that kind of advertising advancement.

However, a piece of apology news aroused the curiosity of many people.

The general meaning of this report was that the "Earl's Light" factory's experiment on light bulbs in "Order Square" was complained about by nearby residents.

Because the light bulb was too bright, it kept people from sleeping.

In response, the "Earl's Light" factory published an apology to the residents around "Order Square."

Then, it briefly introduced the experiment, saying that there had been a new breakthrough in the research on light bulbs, which made the lifespan of the light bulbs very long.

In order to verify this major new breakthrough, this experiment was designed.

Finally, it said that for the future of Backlund, and to give Backlund light, please ask the residents around "Order Square" to be patient for the next two months, because according to the estimate, the light that has been on will only last for two months at most before it goes out.

For a time, everyone was talking about this report and was full of curiosity about the experiment in progress.

In terms of public opinion, Hobert absolutely crushes the advertising industry in this world.

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