Chapter 599: A Chance to Break the Ice with Fors

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Wednesday morning, Hillston Borough, 3 Berningham Road.

Hobert stepped out of the luxurious carriage and looked at the small villa in front of him.

This was Doctor Allen's home, and inside was a newly born "Snake of Fate."

Hobert stepped forward and entered the courtyard gate.

There were some pedestrians on the surrounding streets, but they all seemed to ignore the luxurious carriage by the roadside, and they also didn't notice Earl Hobert, who was quite famous in Backlund at this time.

This was a benefit of advancing to Sequence 3. As long as Hobert didn't want to be noticed by the people around him, the "Distortion" ability could spontaneously affect the thinking of people within five kilometers, preventing them from focusing on Hobert.

They could still see Hobert, but they would think that this was just an ordinary young man, and would not Connection him with the founder of "Earl's Light."

As soon as he entered the yard, the servant immediately came up to ask Hobert's purpose.

After learning that this was Doctor Allen's friend, the servant entertained him while asking a maid next to him to call Doctor Allen out.

After Allen saw Hobert's face, it was as if he had seen him somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where: "May I ask who you are?"

Hobert smiled and said: "I am your old friend, passing by here to chat with you."

As he spoke, he "distorted" Doctor Allen's senses, making Doctor Allen feel that the person in front of him was indeed his old friend, but he just couldn't remember his name.

The two people chatted in the living room for a while, and Hobert took a sip of the black tea brought by the servant, but he did not see Allen's newly born child, and he was too embarrassed to ask, as asking would easily make the "Snake of Fate" think that he had been exposed.

In fact, the Snake of Fate's proposal to meet Hobert was somewhat surprising to him, but then he thought that this was still reasonable: perhaps His Beyonder power made Him realize that this meeting was related to the resurrection of a true god.

At any time, the resurrection of a true god is a major event in the extraordinary world!

After chatting for a few words, Hobert got up to say goodbye.

Allen enthusiastically sent him to the courtyard gate, and even after watching Hobert's carriage drive away, he still sighed: "This guy hasn't come to my house as a guest for a long time, the last time..."

He also forgot when the last time he came as a guest was.

Then he seemed a little lost: Who exactly did I just entertain?

This is the difference between "Distortion" and "Deceiving." If the target is "Deceived," they will never notice anything wrong.

But "Distortion" is different, the effect can only last for a period of time, but it is also difficult for the target to recall Hobert's appearance or specific information, they can sense something is wrong, but they don't know what is wrong.

...

Hobert returned to the Earl's Mansion by carriage, and as soon as he entered the study, he received a letter from Klein's messenger.

Opening the letter, the content of the letter was roughly that Hobert's fate now seemed to be closely related to something of a very high level, and it was impossible to change it.

Hobert scratched his head: The so-called "something of a very high level" probably refers to the "Nation of Disorder."

Then he sighed: Even the "Snake of Fate" can't do anything, then it's a bit difficult.

Just at this moment, a picture suddenly appeared in Hobert's mind, a picture of a young man wearing the robes of a servant of the Earth Mother Church, praying.

Without even looking at his face, Hobert knew that this was the Sanguine Emlyn White, perhaps he had just finished wiping the seats of the Harvest Church and was preparing to go home.

"Respected Mr. Fool!" Sure enough, it was the voice of "Moon" Emlyn, he said: "Please tell 'Emperor' that one of our Sanguine, an Earl, hopes to talk to 'Emperor' about cooperation at the Moon Lake Hotel at eight o'clock tonight."

Hobert smiled: It seems that the Sanguine are not very interested in alliances, but they will not refuse to cooperate with the "Creator's" forces to attack the "Rose School."

The fact that they can send an Earl to attend the meeting this time also shows their further importance to the "Creator's" forces.

"The Fool who does not belong to this era..." Hobert prayed: "Respected Mr. Fool, please tell 'Moon' that I will arrive on time."

After the prayer ended, Hobert was about to find a way to solve the Trensuost problem when his spirituality sensed something and he looked at a piece of letter paper on the desk in front of him.

A series of blood-red words suddenly appeared on the letter paper, as if written in blood: Is now a good time to talk alone?

Hobert was slightly stunned for a moment before realizing that this was Miss Sharron's question, so he said: "It is suitable."

A pane of glass on the window was opened like a door, and Miss Sharron, looking somewhat illusory, floated out from inside.

Hobert got up and smiled: "I hope you have brought good news."

Sharron first looked Hobert up and down with a blank expression before saying: "It can be considered good news, we have decided to join the war and will send three demigods."

She seemed to notice that Hobert was different from the day before, but she couldn't quite say what was different.

Hobert smiled: "That is indeed good news!"

After the two discussed the details of how to get to the South Colson area, Sharron said goodbye.

Hobert sighed helplessly. His train of thought had just been interrupted, so he took out the map again and decided to first solve the war problem that could break out at any time.

In the evening, Hobert, wearing a mask, arrived at the "Moon Lake Hotel." Emlyn, the contact person for this meeting, was already waiting at the entrance of the hotel.

After seeing Hobert's mask, he raised his chin and smiled: "We have already met once, do we still need to wear a mask?"

Emlyn knew Hobert and also knew "Emperor," but he didn't know that "Emperor" was Hobert, he only knew that they were both devotees of the "Creator."

Hobert deliberately spoke in a hoarse voice and said coldly: "Who said we have met?"

Emlyn was slightly stunned. He was about to habitually use his nose to smell, but he remembered that the last time he smelled a strong fragrance, and he didn't know the true scent of "Emperor" during the last transaction, so he couldn't distinguish whether the person in front of him was "Emperor."

Seeing that Emlyn was a little embarrassed, Hobert's mouth turned up slightly, and he said in a normal voice: "Just kidding with you, let's go."

"This way, please." Emlyn breathed a sigh of relief. If the person who came this time was not "Emperor," it would be really difficult to explain to the Sanguine Earl.

Emlyn led Hobert to an elegantly decorated conference room, where the Sanguine Earl and two Viscounts were already waiting.

Hobert had met the two Viscounts when he last traded with the Sanguine, namely Ernest, who wore glasses and dressed like a professor, and Aivin, who looked relatively young and had a fashionable hairstyle.

This was the first time he had met the Earl, who was a very beautiful woman. Although she didn't have the charm of a witch, she was almost as beautiful.

Her short black hair was meticulously styled, and instead of wearing a long dress, she was wearing a women's suit that was more neutral, very much like a successful woman!

Emlyn introduced: "This is the Honorable Earl Rosalind."

Hobert greeted her very politely: "Hello, Earl."

"Hello." Rosalind smiled and shook hands with Hobert.

After both parties were seated, Ernest talked to Hobert about the weather in Backlund for a few words, and Hobert let the conversation get to the point: "We are going to launch an extraordinary war, and I am ordered to invite the Sanguine to join the war."

Rosalind then said: "Give me a reason for the Sanguine to join the war."

Hobert thought to himself: I have a very good relationship with the Earth Mother Church, does that count as a good reason?

However, such a "reason" can only be thought of in his heart: "1 'Scarlet Scholar,' 2 'Potions Professor,' 2 'Vampire' Beyonder characteristics."

Emlyn really wanted to ask: The 'Scarlet Scholar' Beyonder characteristic, wouldn't that be the one promised to be traded to me?

But in order to avoid exposing too many secrets, this question cannot be asked for the time being.

Rosalind pondered for a moment before asking: "We can send two viscounts..."

"No, you have to send at least one Earl, that is, a demigod." Hobert smiled and said: "What I just said is only the reward on the surface. You have to know that in today's world, Beyonder wars are not something you can encounter every day."

"If we win, I think you will definitely be able to reap a lot of spoils."

Hobert's purpose was to use this war to have a closer cooperation with the Sanguine. If the other party could send a demigod, then he would basically achieve his goal.

Earl Rosalind showed a beautiful smile: "What if the war fails?"

"Then you can at least get 5 Beyonder characteristics." Hobert smiled and said: "Everything in this world has risks, and your risks are already very small."

Rosalind did not make any comments on Hobert's words, but just asked again: "You keep saying Beyonder war, which means that our identities will be completely exposed to the enemy, right?"

Hobert smiled and said: "The difference between war and battle is that a victorious Beyonder war can crush a Beyonder organization or a Beyonder family."

"If we can win, they will have to hide from the Sanguine in the future. If we fail, we will be the first to be liquidated, and you will have enough time to hide yourselves."

Rosalind asked again: "Who is the war with?"

"The Demoness Sect."

Rosalind took a deep breath: "Are you crazy?"

Hobert didn't say anything, just looked at this Sanguine Earl like that.

Rosalind immediately realized that, for this war, this devotee of the "Creator" already had a good chance of winning.

Then she was very surprised: Are the forces of the "Creator" so powerful? They can actually go to war with the Demoness Sect?

Ernest and Aivin also looked at each other. They knew very well that, among all the secret organizations, the Demoness Sect was definitely one of the stronger ones.

Emlyn also did not expect that the enemy would be the Demoness Sect. This was the craziest idea he had heard recently.

Rosalind was silent before saying: "The risk is too great, I need to go back and consider it."

This was within Hobert's expectations. He got up and said: "No problem, after you have a result, you can ask Emlyn to tell me."

Then he reminded, "Well, it's best to hurry, our main force has already begun to assemble."

To be precise, the Balk and other three families have already completed their assembly in the South Colson area.

… …

Thursday morning, Longtail Island.

Fors and Xio were riding horses together, inspecting the territory where the eastern mountains met the plains.

In the nearby area, Angus's subordinates had already had several extraordinary conflicts with the Mountain God Church, but both sides were relatively restrained and there were no casualties.

This was more like both sides demonstrating their power. Hobert had talked to Angus about this battle, and Hobert believed that it would not break out for a while.

As it stands now, the initiative to launch a battle is in Hobert's hands. Whenever he wants to regain control of the eastern mountains, that is when the battle will break out.

The Mountain God Church has already felt the toughness displayed by Angus. With their strength, they will hardly take the initiative to attack.

If they could take the initiative to attack, that would be great, and there would be no need to enter the mountains to search for their traces.

In the inspection team, in addition to Fors and Xio, there were also Angus and a dozen other extraordinary members of the Special Operations Department, as well as a dozen officials of various levels and many servants.

The main purpose of this inspection was actually to invite Fors to investigate the plan to build a dam on each of the two small rivers on Longtail Island.

Although Longtail Island does not have a distinction between summer and winter, it does have a rainy season.

Once the rainy season arrives, the river water rises sharply, easily flooding farmland and villages on the plains.

Xio looked up at the sky, which seemed to be about to rain again, and said to her good friend beside her, "Didn't you drive him away? And you're still helping him inspect the territory?"

She had learned to ride horses when she was young, and her horsemanship was quite good, except that her saddle had to be the smallest size, otherwise her feet would not reach the matching stirrups.

Fors had only recently started riding horses, and she carefully pulled the reins: "This island also belongs to me, of course I have to manage it well."

Xio shook her head. In her impression, Fors was not a person who liked to run around.

At this moment, a few raindrops hit everyone, and Xio skillfully put on her raincoat and pulled on the brim of her raincoat.

She was about to help Fors put on her raincoat when she noticed that the raindrops seemed to be avoiding Fors, and not a single drop fell on her.

Xio asked in surprise, "How did you do that?"

She didn't remember that 'Astrologers' had such abilities.

Fors smiled and said, "Secret."

Just by Release the seal of the 'Teleportation Statue', raindrops would automatically split after falling within a certain range.

Xio guessed that this might be a Sealed Artifact that Hobert had given her, and prepared to ask when it was just the two of them later.

"Scatter!" Angus shouted suddenly at the front!

Xio saw that the heavy rain ahead had become very strange. The raindrops suddenly turned into small ice cubes. They no longer fell downwards, but some went to the left, some to the right, and some even upwards, as if they wanted to return to the sky.

It was like a whirlwind formed by rainwater, or rather, ice water!

Although she didn't know what was going on, Xio knew there must be danger. She pulled the reins in Fors's hand and quickly led her horse away from the team.

The "Ice Water Whirlwind" quickly came towards them as expected, and everyone dodged.

Angus immediately realized something was wrong, and shouted loudly while chasing after them: "Madam! Be careful!"

The "Ice Water Whirlwind" was actually chasing Fors and Xio!

Angus shouted loudly: "'Distortion' is forbidden here!"

Angus had already realized that the rainwater of the "Ice Water Whirlwind" was flying around due to a powerful "Distortion" force.

But his "Prohibition" did not work at all!

Realizing the danger, Fors immediately injected her spirituality into the "Traveler's Gate."

But a strange thing happened. Although the space in front of the two became illusory, the illusion looked like clothes that had been distorted together with force, looking very dangerous.

Fors and Xio did not dare to enter the spirit world that had obviously been "Distorted", and continued to run forward.

Seeing the "Ice Water Whirlwind" getting closer and closer, Fors quickly prayed to the "Creator": "Creator in the shadows of order…"

… …

At this time, in Backlund, Hobert had just received a notice from "Hermit" Cattleya that at midnight today, "Queen Mystic" Bernadette would meet Hobert on the highest peak on the east bank of Full Moon Lake.

Hobert had taken Bernadette to that peak before, where you can have a panoramic view of the entire Full Moon Lake.

After that, tourists often saw a beautiful lady with a rather special costume sitting alone on the top of that peak, and some even said that she was the Elf of that peak.

Hobert guessed that it should be Bernadette.

As long as he contacted Bernadette again, Hobert would have contacted all the foreign aid he could think of.

Just then, Hobert heard the prayer from the "Nation of Disorder."

At Sequence 3, Hobert could already hear clearly who was praying in the "Nation of Disorder."

Hearing Fors's urgent voice, Hobert immediately entered the "Nation of Disorder", his spirituality spreading to the star representing Fors, and saw her and Xio galloping on horses.

And behind them, there was a distorted space chasing them.

Hobert immediately took action, projecting power to Longtail Island through Fors's star.

… …

On Longtail Island.

Fors and Xio, as well as Angus and others who were chasing behind, all felt a surge of power descending.

The "Ice Water Whirlwind" suddenly stagnated, and then the small ice cubes formed by the rainwater fell to the ground.

Whoosh ~

The surrounding raindrops fell normally to the ground, as if nothing had happened just now.

Angus, who had caught up from behind, breathed a sigh of relief: "Praise the Creator!"

If the madam had been hurt in front of him, he estimated that his future would be ruined.

Fors also whispered, "Praise the Creator!"

Xio looked at Fors in surprise. She had recently noticed that her friend had undergone no small changes in the past six months.

At this moment, she suddenly felt as if she didn't know Fors anymore.

… …

Inside the "Nation of Disorder."

Hobert was about to use "True Sight" to check the surroundings and see where the huge distortion force came from.

But suddenly he thought, wasn't this a good opportunity to "break the ice" with Fors!

Without time to check, Hobert immediately returned to the real world and used "Travel" to go to Longtail Island.

In the spirit world, Hobert realized that he had to "dress up."

So when Hobert appeared on Longtail Island, he was wearing his hat backwards, just wearing a shirt, and the cufflinks on his shirt were also buttoned wrong, and he didn't know where the shoe on his left foot had gone.

After coming out of the spirit world, Hobert asked with an anxious look: "Fors, where are you injured? Let me see!"

Under the erected awning, Fors had just drunk a glass of wine to calm her nerves, and was waiting for the servant to boil hot water.

When she saw Hobert's appearance, she was still expressionless, but there was some emotion in her eyes.

When Xio saw Hobert like this, she was stunned for a moment before asking, "Hobert, you, where is your shoe?"

Hobert first thanked Xio inwardly for her divine assist, and then looked down with "belated awareness": "That's right, where is my shoe?"

He smiled embarrassedly: "I heard that Fors was attacked by an unknown force just now, and I was so anxious that I might have lost it somewhere."

Angus, who was sheltering from the rain in the same awning as Fors, bowed slightly to Hobert, and then immediately left the awning.

He realized that it was better not to listen to these conversations.

Xio shook her head with a smile: "Such a big person, and he can still lose his shoes."

Then she sent out another divine assist: "Your hat is also on backwards."

Hobert touched his head: "Sorry."

After turning his hat around, Hobert came to Fors's side again with an anxious look: "Let me see, are you injured?"

As he spoke, he took Fors's hand and looked around her.

Fors wanted to shake off Hobert's hand, but seeing Hobert's eagerness, she couldn't bear it, so she didn't do it: "I'm fine, I'm fine!"

Hobert breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. As long as she started talking to him, it was a good start.

He checked and saw that Fors was indeed not injured, so he said to her seriously: "Don't do such dangerous things in the future."

Fors was a little stunned by this, and then he realized that it was just an ordinary inspection! How was it dangerous?

Before she could say anything, Hobert said again: "What did I tell you before? The mountainous area is still very dangerous! What are you doing here in the mountainous area?

"Do you know how worried I was just now? Such a big person, why are you so worrying."

Fors was a little guilty: "I… I just inspected the river bank, and it happened that this section of the river bank was at the foot of the mountain."

"Go back quickly, it's raining so hard, what are you inspecting!" Hobert said: "Take Xio back together, I'll continue the inspection!"

Fors hesitated for a moment and still said: "Okay, mainly to see where to start building the embankment on the Light River."

"I know, I know." Hobert waved his hand impatiently: "Go back and rest!"

Fors used "Travel" to take Xio back to the Governor's Mansion. Fors, who appeared in the office, was still a little confused at this time, and always felt that something was wrong just now.

Xio took off her raincoat and wanted to hang it on the hanger, but she reached for the hook on the hanger twice and couldn't reach it, so she simply threw it upwards and hung it on the hook.

"Hobert seems to care about you a lot!" Xio said: "I've known him for so long, and it's the first time I've seen him so embarrassed."

Fors's mood was very complicated now: "Of course I know this!"

How could she not feel Hobert's care for her? These days, she always thought of the bits and pieces between her and Hobert, which made her not hate Hobert at all.

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