Chapter 645: Heavy Damage to the Aurora Order

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In the East Borough of Backlund, several hundred meters of street suddenly vanished, along with the streetlights, the road surface, and the vagrants by the roadside.

The original street was replaced by several hundred meters of flat dirt road.

However, Hobert and the others ignored all of that. The demigod-level battle on the street erupted instantly. Angus was the first to speak: "Teleportation is forbidden here."

"Blinking is forbidden here!"

As he issued his prohibition, Dophis waved his hand, and a bronze door with intricate carvings appeared behind Botis.

"Magnify!" Hobert provided timely assistance.

Before those chilling cries, gazes, and pale arms could appear, the bronze door was already half-open.

Whoosh~

The opened "Underworld Gate" seemed to want to suck everything on the street into the underworld.

Under the combined assault of the three demigods, Botis had no time to dodge and flew towards the bronze door.

Poof~

Only a mirror remained in place, instantly sucked into the underworld.

This was the "Mirror Substitute" ability that Botis had recorded beforehand.

Holding the "Box of the Great Old Ones," Botis quickly reappeared on the rooftop. He lowered his head, focusing intently on opening the second layer of the "Box of the Great Old Ones."

The second layer also posed a great danger to the user, but he was very clear that the most important thing now was to escape as quickly as possible.

However, he was still too slow. Apart from Dophis, who was maintaining the "Underworld Gate," Hobert and Angus had already been watching the location where Botis would reappear.

"Deprivation!" Angus temporarily "deprived" Botis of the flexibility of his hands, causing Botis to suddenly become clumsy and unable to immediately open the "Box of the Great Old Ones."

At the same time, Hobert used the ability of "Catastrophe," making it impossible for Botis to organize effective thoughts.

Then, Hobert injected spirituality into the "0-71" Disaster Porcelain Doll. A mirror appeared in front of him, and at the same time, a mirror also appeared in front of Botis.

Hobert reached into the mirror in front of him with both hands, reaching out from the other mirror, about to seize the "Box of the Great Old Ones" from Botis, who was in a daze.

At this moment, an ice arrow, like crystal, shot out from the dark alley not far away. Hobert's spiritual perception sensed the danger and, unable to take the "Box of the Great Old Ones," hid his hands back into the mirror.

However, affected by Hobert's earlier actions, the "Box of the Great Old Ones" fell from Botis's hands to the ground.

From the moment Hobert's "Catastrophe" took effect until now, only a little over a second had passed.

Botis had not yet awakened from the state of "Catastrophe," but his shadow seemed to awaken a step earlier, reaching out to catch the "Box of the Great Old Ones."

Suddenly, a skeletal hand took the silver-black jewelry box one step ahead.

It was a skeletal warrior emitting a pale white light. This was naturally a undead summoned by Dophis, originally intended to sneak attack Botis, but it happened to catch this Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.

Hobert heard a muttering sound coming from the shadows. Although he didn't hear what the other party was muttering, he guessed that they were probably swearing quite harshly.

The skeletal warrior also knew that it had performed a great service, opened its mouth, hugged the box, and ran towards Dophis.

But it had only taken two steps when it seemed unable to move its legs, standing still in place.

Although the skeletal warrior had no eyes or eyelids, Hobert and the others knew that it had fallen asleep.

This surprised Hobert somewhat. He didn't expect the opponent to have also grazed a demigod-level soul from the "Sleepless" pathway.

In Hobert's impression, apart from the Church of the Evernight Goddess, there were very few wild Beyonders from the "Sleepless" pathway.

However, Hobert then thought that the other party might have grazed a monster from the "Forsaken Land of the Gods."

At this time, the entire neighborhood was filled with silence. The wild dogs that had been barking madly, as well as the vagrants who had been awakened, instantly fell back into slumber.

Angus immediately shouted towards the shadows: "Deprivation!"

Deprivation at the Sequence 4 level, in addition to depriving some rights of use, can also temporarily deprive the target of a single Beyonder power.

At this time, what he "deprived" was the target's ability to "graze." Like "Prohibition," after "depriving" that ability, it didn't mean that the other party couldn't use it.

First of all, if the level was higher than Sequence 4, the target could avoid the influence of this ability to a certain extent through their level, but even a Sequence 3 Beyonder would definitely be affected to some extent.

Even at the Sequence 4 level, the ability that was "deprived" could still be used, but either it would consume several or a dozen times more spirituality, or the process of using an ability that could originally be used instantly would become extraordinarily slow.

Moreover, every time the target used the "deprived" ability, Angus's power would be enhanced.

Beyonders below the demigod level could not use the ability at all after it was "deprived."

Angus's ability sank into the shadows. He was slightly stunned, realizing that it was actually a Sequence 3. His ability did not attack a physical entity, but rather attacked a shadow, and the effect it could have was very limited.

At the same time, Hobert raised his hand, and the air behind the skeletal warrior was "altered," pushing it towards this side.

If it were a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, Hobert could completely use the method of "distorting" space to immediately bring the "Box of the Great Old Ones" into his hands.

But with a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, his "distortion" might not achieve the desired effect. If he accidentally dropped the "Box of the Great Old Ones" on the ground and opened the third layer, that would be fun.

At this time, a wall of fire suddenly rushed out of the darkness. This wall of fire looked very turbulent, as if it was about to smash the skeletal warrior.

Hobert waved his hand, "distorting" the direction of the wall of fire, sending it towards Botis instead.

Botis had just awakened from the state of "Catastrophe." Seeing that his hands were empty, he was somewhat stunned.

He first agilely dodged the attack of the wall of fire, then summoned a small "Starlight Door." Both hands reached into the door, and at the same time, a "Starlight Door" also appeared above the skeletal warrior. Botis's hands reached out, wanting to snatch the "Box of the Great Old Ones."

Suddenly, an icy hand grabbed Botis's hands, causing Botis's hands to immediately become stiff and freeze in mid-air.

It turned out that Dophis had appeared next to the skeletal warrior, taking the opportunity to grab Botis's hands and slowly pull him down.

Botis seemed to see a desolate land covered with bones and ghosts, the kingdom of the undead!

With a pale face, Dophis stood between two worlds, expressionless, looking very eerie, as if he also came from the kingdom of the undead.

The skeletons and ghosts on the desolate land also seemed to see Botis. They surrounded him, as if preparing to devour the demigod's spirit body.

Botis's heart was instantly filled with terror. At this moment, his heart ached, and his whole body became cold, as if he was closer to that desolate world.

This was not his illusion, but rather Hobert's battle with the "Trinity Templar" hiding in the shadows had affected him.

The true ability of the "Trinity Templar" to graze was even more flexible than the monster Hobert had encountered.

It could graze three souls at the same time, attacking with fire on one side, attacking with frost on the other, and also trying to pull Hobert into slumber on one side.

For Beyonders of other pathways, such attacks were indeed difficult to deal with.

But for Beyonders of the "Lawyer" pathway, such attacks were nothing. Hobert used the "Trinity Templar's" frost to attack its fire, and then distorted the concept between himself and the "Trinity Templar," turning the other party's attack to pull Hobert into slumber into the "Trinity Templar's" attack on itself.

As a result, for a moment, the "Trinity Templar" became drowsy and accidentally stabbed an ice spear into Botis's chest.

And at this time, Botis's hands were still in the "Starlight Door," so his body could not become illusory to dodge the attack. As a result, Hobert and the "Trinity Templar" were fine, but Botis was truly injured.

Finally, under Hobert's constant "tampering," the skeletal warrior sent the "Box of the Great Old Ones" to him.

Hobert quickly threw out an "Order Crystal," immediately wrapping the silver-black jewelry box, which also indicated that his snatching was successful.

In the night sky, the sound of a gale blowing rang out in the distance. At the same time, everyone felt a terrifying force appearing in the residential buildings on both sides of the street, in people's dreams.

Obviously, the saints of the Storm Church and the Church of the Evernight Goddess were about to arrive, and the pressure that appeared in the distance, making people want to obey unconsciously, as well as the silver wings that were speeding towards this side, all indicated that more and more official demigods were rushing over.

Originally, the speed at which official demigods appeared was not so fast, but after the Backlund bombing, the official demigods had been on alert, so they could react immediately.

Hobert, holding the "Box of the Great Old Ones," waved to Dophis and Angus, and at the same time, grabbed a handful towards Botis. He "distorted" a few drops of blood on the other party's clothes into his palm.

Botis noticed this and immediately reached out to retrieve the spirituality of those drops of blood.

But he was still under the continued influence of the "Catastrophe" ability, and was a step slower. Hobert had already wrapped his palm with a wall of spirituality. Then, Hobert and the other two immediately left this place.

The "Trinity Templar" and Botis also quickly left.

Back in Hobert's study, Hobert opened his hand and let Dophis and Angus look at the blood in his palm: "We'll chase after them later and catch them off guard."

"But before that, I want to sacrifice this Sealed Artifact to the 'Creator'."

He set up the altar and immediately began the sacrifice.

Because no action was needed to enter the "Nation of Disorder," Hobert didn't have Angus and Dophis avoid it.

After putting the Sealed Artifact into the "Nation of Disorder," the three briefly communicated and went to chase Botis.

With the few drops of blood in his palm, Hobert could use the "Connection" ability to roughly know Botis's location.

But the premise was that the other party had not left the range of 500 kilometers. If they left this range, Hobert would not be able to connect to anything.

500 kilometers was basically the size of a county. Hobert guessed that the Aurora Order must have a stronghold in the suburbs of Backlund. Hobert was very sure that the other party should not be able to run far.

As he expected, through constant "Connection," they chased to a small town north of Backlund. At the foot of a mountain, there was a somewhat eerie two-story villa.

Hobert waved his hand, and the mechanical structure of the villa was "tampered with." After shaking slightly, it immediately collapsed.

In the ruins, a "starlight door" appeared, and a somewhat embarrassed Botis came out of the ruins and turned to run.

Hobert waved his hand again, "tampering" with the distance in front of Botis, he ran several steps, but still stayed in place.

Hobert smiled and said, "Okay, stop acting."

"Here is far away from the urban area of Backlund, we can let go and have a fight."

Whoosh~

Before Botis could react, a pillar of fire broke through the ruins, and a fire person walked out of the pillar of fire.

Two figures also appeared in the darkness, one of whom had three heads on his shoulders.

Hobert was slightly stunned. He knew that Botis was a Saint of the Aurora Order.

The figure in the shadows was obviously the "Trinity Templar" that he had just fought. He should be the chairman of the Aurora Order. The other figure was the "Black Knight," who must also be a Saint of the Aurora Order.

But what Hobert couldn't understand was, why would there be an "Iron-Blooded Knight" of the "Hunter" pathway?

Although it was not quite the same as the plan of Hobert and the other two, they did not flinch, but each took out a thin, black crystal-like talisman, and they chanted the incantation together: "Deception!"

Hobert certainly noticed that Botis realized that his blood had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

So, since Botis hadn't escaped too far, it meant that the Aurora Order must have set up a trap to ambush Hobert and the others.

At that time, Hobert faced two choices. The first was to continue to call for people and call Lawrence and the other four demigods of the Balk family to participate in the war.

However, the demigods of the Balk family did not live together, and they had to gather first. This back and forth would take at least twenty minutes to return.

For a demigod-level battle, a lot could change in twenty minutes.

So, Hobert decided to use the talisman of the "Marauder" pathway to give the opponent a surprise.

The three of them respectively "deceived" the "Trinity Templar," the "Black Knight," and the "Iron-Blooded Knight," so that in the next 1 to 3 seconds, not only would they visually ignore Hobert and the other two, but all their range-based extraordinary attacks would also ignore Hobert and them.

Botis immediately realized the danger. A "starlight door" immediately appeared in front of him, hiding himself in another world.

He also knew that as long as he held on for a few seconds, he would be safe.

But Hobert and the others certainly wouldn't let him succeed. First, Hobert "distorted" the space, opening a big hole in Botis's "Concealed space," and it was the kind that Botis couldn't repair no matter what.

Dophis then opened his mouth and issued an attack of "Language of the Dead." Botis immediately felt cold all over, as if his spirit body had been violently impacted, and his body was no longer under his control.

When he finally struggled to break free from the attack of "Language of the Dead," Angus had already arrived: "Death!"

He slammed a punch that Botis couldn't dodge, hitting Botis's temple, causing serious damage to Botis's body and spirit.

"Magnify!" Hobert certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity, magnifying Botis's injuries, turning them from serious injuries to fatal injuries immediately.

Botis fell to the ground, only able to watch Angus swing another punch.

The fighting ability of the "Arbiter" pathway has always been above the "Lawyer," even at the demigod level, they are still good at close combat.

At this time, Botis had no power to fight back, but his shadow suddenly stood up from the ground, helping him block Angus's attack.

It turned out that the "Trinity Templar" was the first to break away from the influence of the "Deception" talisman, saving Botis's life at a critical moment.

Immediately, the "Trinity Templar" launched an attack, and black flames ignited around Angus.

These flames seemed to use spirituality as fuel, which could burn the spirit body and destroy the stability of the spirituality in Angus's body, so that he could not normally use Beyonder abilities.

"Exploit!" Hobert prematurely ended the end time of the black flame, giving Angus a chance to attack Botis again: "Psychic Piercing!"

Botis's shadow was slightly stunned, it couldn't block such an attack.

So, Botis's expression immediately became very painful, and his spirit was even a little collapsed, but in the next second, his painful expression disappeared, leaving only him sitting on the ground panting heavily.

But his shadow was holding his head at this time, as if in great pain.

The "Black Knight" broke away from the influence of "Deception" at this time, letting Botis's shadow bear Angus's "Psychic Piercing."

However, such endurance can only be temporarily left in the shadow, and after a period of time, it will be "returned" to Botis.

The "Black Knight" appeared in front of Botis, his body surface covered with a layer of armor like black mucus, and a black long sword appeared in his hand, starting a close combat with Angus.

Botis, who was sitting on the ground, was about to roll and crawl into the spirit world to escape, when suddenly his movements froze, as if he had suddenly turned into a motionless wax figure.

It turned out that several pale hands stretched out from the soil around him, grabbing his spirit body, as if to tear his spirit body apart.

This was of course Dophis's doing.

Those pale hands made every inch of Botis's muscles as hard as iron, and every joint became stiff, like a corpse that had been dead for a while, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't regain control of his body.

Whoosh~

A raging fire ignited around Botis, and the "Iron-Blooded Knight" got rid of the influence of "Deception" and threw two "Blazing White Spears" at Dophis.

Dophis's chest and abdomen suddenly became illusory, and two hands with long white hair stretched out from inside, grabbing the two "Blazing White Spears" one after another.

Then a thin, somewhat scary head drilled out of the illusion. It put the "Blazing White Spear" in its mouth and ate it with relish, like eating bread.

This was the evil spirit that Dophis had just signed a contract with. It ate and climbed out, but only stopped at the position of its abdomen, because it only had "half."

At this time, Botis, who was stiff all over, finally recovered. He began to use the ability of "Travel" again, because his spirit and spirit body had suffered a lot of trauma. He could have entered the spirit world in an instant, but at this time it was very slow, taking two or three seconds to enter.

"Knight!"

Botis heard an incantation recited in ancient Hermes, but he couldn't care so much at this time, he just wanted to escape from here.

Puff~

A sword with a pale white light pierced Botis's chest.

He looked at the tip of the sword protruding, feeling his life was flowing away rapidly.

This was definitely not an ordinary attack. Botis's body seemed to react in a stress response. His chest became illusory. Theoretically, any physical attack would break through the illusory part, and he shouldn't be hurt at all.

However, at this time, Botis clearly felt that his heart was pierced.

He tried to look back and saw a middle-aged man in knight clothes, with a faint silver-white light on his body, and his eyes looked a little strange.

This was exactly the very special undead Hant that Hobert hadn't summoned for a long time.

Immediately afterwards, Hant swung another sword to cut Botis's throat.

The "Trinity Templar" once again manipulated Botis's shadow, standing in front of Botis to help him resist Hant's attack.

A silver light flashed, and the shadow failed to block Hant's sword, and the cut surface was very neatly divided into two in front of Botis.

Botis's carotid artery was severed, blood spurted out, and in a surprised expression, the light in Botis's eyes gradually disappeared.

Finally successfully killing Botis, Hobert immediately distorted the attack of the "Trinity Templar," making his "fatal attack" face the "Iron-Blooded Knight."

"Kill one first!" At the same time as Hobert ordered, he "distorted" the "Iron-Blooded Knight" to be between himself and the "Trinity Templar," to temporarily block the attacks of the two enemies with his own strength.

The left arm of the "Trinity Templar" suddenly lifted up, stretched out its hand and grabbed Hobert, the spider silk arranged around him tightened, to trap Hobert.

But Hobert immediately "distorted" the concept of himself and the "Iron-Blooded Knight," and in the end, the spider silk entangled the "Iron-Blooded Knight."

At the same time, a fire snake emerged from the right side of the "Trinity Templar" and rushed towards Hobert. This "fire snake" also had the ability of "weakness attack," making it difficult for Hobert to avoid.

"Chaos!" With a wave of his hand, Hobert disrupted the space in front of him. The "Fire Serpent," which had been charging straight towards him, suddenly changed direction and soared into the air.

At that moment, a ring of flames erupted around Hobert, completely engulfing him.

This was the "Iron-Blooded Knight," who had not yet completely broken free from the spider silk restraints, attacking Hobert.

But in the next second, Hobert appeared in the bushes, having "distorted" his position with that of a rock, so the "Iron-Blooded Knight" burned nothing.

Currently, Hobert was fighting two opponents alone. Although he couldn't effectively harm them, he could temporarily withstand their attacks.

Angus, Dophis, and Hant, using the few seconds Hobert had created for them, had pushed the "Black Knight" into a desperate situation.

However, Hobert didn't feel happy at all; instead, he frowned.

Because until now, the "Trinity Templar" still showed no intention of retreating.

The Aurora Order people might be crazy, but they weren't brainless. Couldn't they see that the "Black Knight" would be taken down or completely lose combat power in at most ten seconds?

By that time, it would be too late for them to run.

Since the other party wasn't stupid, it could only mean they had a backup plan.

Suddenly, the "Iron-Blooded Knight" and the right head of the "Trinity Templar" began to jointly set up layers of fire walls around them. Hobert used his "Exploit" ability to prematurely end the burning time of the fire walls.

These fire walls burned for only a second or two before immediately extinguishing.

But as the fire walls went out, a fireball rapidly flew towards Hobert. The fireball exploded not far from Hobert, and a man with a high nose and blue eyes rushed out from within.

He reached out towards Hobert. Although he didn't touch Hobert, he had already completed a "Slaughter" attack on Hobert!

This was actually a "War Bishop"! The fire walls just now were to conceal his aura.

"Magnify!"

To everyone's surprise, Hobert "magnified" the opponent's "Slaughter" attack.

The "War Bishop" seemed to realize something, but it was too late to withdraw his attack.

Pfft~

This "Slaughter," which had been "magnified," instantly blasted away most of Hobert's chest, left shoulder, and left abdomen. His left arm flew far away, landing near the feet of the "Trinity Templar."

Such an injury would be difficult to recover from even for a Sequence 3. Even for the "Trinity Templar," who could manipulate their own flesh, the spirit and mind would suffer immense trauma and be on the verge of losing control.

With his left cheek blown away, Hobert, whose flesh and teeth were stained with blood, suddenly revealed a sinister smile: "Destiny!"

A cloud appeared simultaneously above his and the "War Bishop's" heads. Then, their figures became illusory. When their figures solidified again, Hobert was unharmed.

But the upper half of the "War Bishop" had been blasted away!

This was the wonderful use of high-level charms, allowing enemies to suffer severe damage unexpectedly.

Whoosh~

The "War Bishop's" missing body was filled with a ball of fire. He transformed into a speeding flame and immediately left the battlefield.

The "Trinity Templar" provided cover: "Soul Calming!"

Immediately afterward, he took a few steps back, weighed his options slightly, and decided to abandon the "Black Knight" and flee immediately.

After all, the reinforcements they had placed high hopes on had only participated in the battle for a second or two before being forced to retreat.

Hobert suddenly felt like he didn't want to move, as if he didn't even have the strength to lift a finger.

"Soul Calming" wasn't like "Sleep" or similar abilities; it was an attack on the spirit body, making it difficult to defend against.

Hobert struggled inwardly, like wanting to take a leisurely nap on a summer afternoon with a light rain.

He clearly wanted to sleep, but a life-threatening alarm clock rang.

After struggling for a second or two, Hobert finally "woke up" and immediately used his "Exploit" ability to prematurely end the effect of "Soul Calming."

Then, Hobert endured a "Blazing White Spear" from the "Iron-Blooded Knight," opened the seal of the "0-71" Disaster Porcelain Doll, and a mirror appeared directly in front of the fleeing "War Bishop."

At this moment, the "War Bishop," whose mind and spirit were damaged, reacted a little slower and plunged headfirst into the mirror.

Immediately afterward, another mirror appeared on the battlefield, and the "War Bishop" flew out from it, returning to the battlefield.

The "Trinity Templar" and the "Iron-Blooded Knight's" attacks on Hobert became even more fierce. Hobert used "Disorder" and "Distortion" to constantly block their attacks, but that was all he could do.

Hobert was willing to take a "spear" to bring the "War Bishop" back, not to keep this Sequence 3 here, but to use him to hold back the "Trinity Templar" and the "Iron-Blooded Knight," interrupting their escape plan.

"Cough, cough, cough~"

Whether it was the two enemies in front of him or the "War Bishop" who was fleeing again, they all coughed. The mystical virus of the Disaster Porcelain Doll began to take effect.

This time, Hobert no longer cared about the fleeing "War Bishop."

"Ah~"

A scream came from the battlefield over there. The "Black Knight" was killed by Angus's "Death."

The three demigods tacitly attacked the "Iron-Blooded Knight," while Hobert alone entangled the "Trinity Templar," but he soon realized something was wrong. This "Trinity Templar" had been using the abilities of the "Hunter" pathway from the beginning.

Hobert frowned: "Frenzy!"

If he had used "Frenzy" before, the "Trinity Templar" would have allowed its shadow to bear the attack.

But this time, the "Trinity Templar" in front of him fell into a state of "Frenzy." Hobert immediately "tampered" with the molecular structure of hydrogen and oxygen around him, forming a mass of water that evenly covered the surface of the "Trinity Templar's" body.

And by briefly "tampering" with the freezing point, he immediately froze the water.

The flames on the surface of the "Trinity Templar's" body immediately extinguished. Hobert saw that two of the three heads on his shoulders were composed of flames.

It turned out that the main body of the "Trinity Templar" had already hidden in the darkness and escaped, leaving behind one-third of its flesh and a demigod-level soul it had shepherded to hinder Hobert.

In a one-on-one battle, Hobert would definitely be able to keep this "Trinity Templar," but in this kind of team battle, Hobert knew how difficult it was to kill a Sequence 3.

Hobert didn't chase the "Trinity Templar." Instead, he swapped the concept of a stone at his feet with that of the "Iron-Blooded Knight," who only had one-third of his flesh remaining.

At the same time, Hobert stepped on the stone, equivalent to stepping on the incomplete "Iron-Blooded Knight." His body became distorted, and his face revealed a very painful expression.

Hobert then "magnified" the opponent's injury, causing the incomplete "Iron-Blooded Knight" to immediately lose the power to fight back.

"Exploit!" Then, Hobert prematurely ended the "Trinity Templar's" flesh and blood magic, causing a large amount of blood to gush out from that one-third of the body, rapidly losing its vitality.

The incomplete "Iron-Blooded Knight" immediately lost the basis for existing in the real world. Only now did it realize that it had regained its freedom.

But in the next second, Hobert had already rushed over with his thin sword, sending him back to the underworld with one strike.

The battlefield on Dophis's side had also entered its final stages. At this time, the "Iron-Blooded Knight" deeply hated the "Trinity Templar." Before Hobert exposed the "Trinity Templar's" trick, he had always believed that the "Trinity Templar" had not escaped.

In the end, the "Iron-Blooded Knight" realized that he had long been abandoned.

Before Hobert could go over to help, the battle ended. The "Iron-Blooded Knight" was beheaded by Hant, and the head that flew out still had a very unwilling expression.

Hobert accelerated the extraction of Beyonder characteristics while cutting off Botis's head and putting it into the prepared cloth bag.

After collecting several Beyonder characteristics, Hobert went to the "Iron-Blooded Knight's" body to search, seeing if he could find any clues.

To Hobert, it was extremely abnormal for the "Iron-Blooded Knight" and the "War Bishop" to appear here.

Soon, Hobert found a badge on the opponent's body.

The front of the badge was engraved with a cross, which immediately reminded Hobert of the "Iron-Blood Cross Society"!

That was an organization that believed in the True Creator, and its members were basically Beyonders of the "Hunter" pathway.

It seemed that the Aurora Order knew that its power would not only fail to ambush Hobert and others but might even be counter-killed, so it sought help from the "Iron-Blood Cross Society."

And the "Iron-Blood Cross Society" had successively supported them with two demigods, resulting in one death and one serious injury.

After finding the relevant clues and collecting the mystical items on the corpse, Hobert buried the body, and they returned to the study of the Earl's mansion together.

The first thing was to divide the spoils. This battle yielded 4 Beyonder characteristics of the Sequence 4 level, and 2 Grade 2 sealed artifacts.

Hobert first said to Dophis and Angus: "First of all, you participated in the competition for that Grade 0 sealed artifact. In the future, you can use that sealed artifact for a short time by praying to the 'Creator.'

"Secondly, you can choose one of these spoils, or count them towards the accumulation of merits for advancing to Sequence 3."

Angus couldn't hide the joy in his heart: "I choose to accumulate merits."

The reward for this battle was very generous for him. He not only obtained a large number of merits but also obtained the right to use a Grade 0 sealed artifact!

That was a Grade 0 sealed artifact! Just as Hobert had said before: something extremely scarce in the Beyonder world!

Even Dophis's "dead man's face" showed some semblance of a smile. He also chose to accumulate merit points for advancing to Sequence 3.

At this level, relying on the organization is the most convenient way to advance.

After Angus and Dophis left, Hobert said to Hant, "Choose a spoil of war."

Hant asked, "Do you remember my last request?"

Hobert nodded. "I remember, to help you retrieve your Beyonder characteristic, right?"

At that time, Hobert was still a Sequence 5. He said he would talk about it in detail when he had time, but only now has he had the time to bring it up.

"I don't need spoils of war," Hant said. "I still hope you can help me fulfill my previous request."

"Of course, I also know that this request is difficult to fulfill, so in the future, when I fight for you, I will not take any spoils of war."

Hobert thought to himself, 'If I had known this, I would have summoned you a few more times when I needed a demigod-level combatant.'

But thinking was one thing, Hobert didn't immediately agree. Instead, he asked, "Do you know where your Beyonder characteristic is?"

"It's inside Larrion's body," Hunter replied.

Hobert thought for a moment. "That seems to be the Chief Shepherd of the Church of the God of Combat!"

"That's right."

Hobert pondered for a moment before saying, "It may take me some time to fulfill your request."

"I know," he said. "But with your speed of advancement, it shouldn't take a few years."

Hobert didn't ask him what grudges he had with the Chief Shepherd of the Church of the God of Combat. Instead, he smiled and said, "I hope so."

He paused and then said, "Now I rarely carry the 'Spirit Wine Glass with me, and I believe you can already break free from the constraints of the previous contract.

"Why don't I sign a contract with you personally? I'll help you retrieve your Beyonder characteristic, and you'll fight for me."

Hant nodded. "No problem."

So Hobert used the 'Spirit Wine Glass' to summon the previous contract. After burning the previous contract, they signed a new contract.

The Spirit World was still used as the witness to the contract. This time, because Mr. Azik had marked Hobert, there was no need to chant the Spirit World's honorific name. He could directly summon the power of the Spirit World to make the contract effective.

After the new contract was signed, Hobert could directly summon Hunter in the future without having to go through the 'Spirit Wine Glass'.

After Hunter left, Hobert summoned Maximilian and also signed a new agreement with it.

When Maximilian assisted Hobert in battle before, it obtained a piece of mutated flesh from a 'Black Knight'. At this time, red flesh grew on its body, and a layer of flesh membrane grew on its wings. The previous bones were basically covered.

At the same time, its strength seemed to have increased a lot. Hobert felt that when it had the chance to grow its skin, it should be able to restore some of its full strength, just like Hunter.

After sending Maximilian away, Hobert muttered, "It wasn't as good-looking as when it only had bones."

After dealing with the matter of dividing the spoils of war, Hobert sacrificed this harvest to the 'Fallen Creator' and took the 'Box of the Great Old Ones' to the real world to release Xio, who was imprisoned inside.

… …

East Borough.

At this time, four official demigods gathered here. They were Anthony Stevenson, the Archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, wearing the long robes of a clergy member; Radar Valentine, the Archbishop of the Church of the Lord of Storms, whose eyes seemed to flash with lightning; Horamick Haydn, the Archbishop of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, an old man with a kind face.

And Camilla Augustus, with a cold temperament, wearing a military uniform.

In addition to these four demigods, there were also many 'Nighthawks', 'Punishers', 'Machinery Hearts', and Beyonder from the military investigating the surroundings.

They initially determined that this should be an attack on the upper echelons of the Aurora Order, and relatively high-level Sealed Artifacts were used in the battle.

Just as the four demigods were preparing to hand this place over to their subordinates and return to their respective homes, their spirituality simultaneously sensed something and they all looked towards the roof on the left side of the street.

Suddenly, a handsome man in knight's attire appeared there.

Everyone immediately recognized that it was Earl Hobert… no, it was Duke Hobert now.

Hobert smiled at everyone and said, "I've troubled everyone. Please clear out that missing section of the street."

The official Beyonder were all stunned, but quickly cleared out that section of the street, which was shorter and all dirt road, under the orders of the four demigods.

Hobert opened the first layer of the silver-black jewelry box in his hand. The surrounding spirituality suddenly became rich, and the originally missing street suddenly returned.

Xio, who was on the street, had just returned to normal and hadn't reacted yet when Hobert used the ability to 'distort' space to distort her onto the roof.

"This is a surprise attack against the Aurora Order," Hobert said. "I think everyone also strongly supports attacking the Aurora Order."

After speaking, Hobert and Xio disappeared on the spot.

The four demigods were stunned for a second or two before Anthony said, "He doesn't seem to need to return this part of the street in front of us, or even need to return it to its original location at all."

Radar said coldly, "What an arrogant noble."

Horamick, who had just had a conversation with Hobert a few days ago, said with a deep gaze, "Perhaps he is doing it on purpose for us to see."

Anthony and Radar immediately understood: This is acting!

Only Camilla had a somewhat complicated expression: "He's already so strong."

When Christian 'defected' from the Kingdom of Loen before, the royal family sent Camilla to intercept Christian and his son. At that time, Hobert was just an insignificant Sequence 6.

Only a year has passed, and he is already a Duke, already a Sequence 3!

[T/N: Three Headed Chapel/Church -> Trinity Templar]

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