Chapter 521 Hunting the Six-legged Imp
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On the west bank of Full Moon Lake, the people working in the fields all watched Hobert's group with attention. Several of them even took the initiative to greet them, and they all received responses from Hobert and the others.
Hobert looked at the wheat fields growing well and nodded with satisfaction. The fields here finally looked somewhat vibrant.
The group returned to the east bank by boat. Along the way, Hobert didn't say what he was going to do on the east bank. Conrad and the others guessed that Hobert was going to drive away the royal family members living in the Lord's manor.
Although they all knew that doing so was somewhat unwise, no one advised the Lord, because they had long wanted to do so.
From the moment he landed on the east bank, Hobert was supported by the people. Many people held Hobert's hand and wept, begging Hobert not to abandon them.
Hobert shouted, "Follow me! Back to the Lord's manor!"
"Oh!"
Everyone followed behind Hobert, not knowing who had said it, that the Lord was going to fight back to the Lord's manor.
So the farmers in the fields brought hoes and sickles, the workers on the construction site brought hammers and sticks, the soldiers brought guns, and the waitresses in the town's restaurants went to the kitchen to find rolling pins!
Everyone silently followed behind the Lord. They were unwilling to live under the rule of bandits again, and they were unwilling to accept the rule of the royal family. They only wanted to follow the figure in front of them! For the first time, they had the idea of choosing their own destiny!
Fors, walking on Hobert's side, felt the emotions gathered together. She exclaimed: Being in it, you realize that people can really empathize with each other. It's like strands of hair gathered together, eventually becoming a thick, indestructible cable!
Simpson in the church was also alarmed. He didn't know that Hobert had already completed the transaction with the royal family. After seeing the people following behind Hobert, he also joined in.
Arriving at the gate of the Lord's manor, Hobert pushed open the gate. The royal family's demigod Buck and his few subordinates were standing in the front yard.
Simpson immediately stepped forward. Just as everyone thought a conflict was about to break out, Buck and the others, who had already been notified, silently walked out of the Lord's manor.
Seeing the crowd of people outside, the few people were stunned, but soon, they avoided the crowd and left from the mountain path.
Everyone silently watched them. If they dared to disrespect the Lord in any way, they would rush up to fight!
After walking a few steps, Buck looked back. He saw excitement, fanaticism, and tears on the faces of the people. These were emotions he had never seen before. He believed that Hobert must have tampered with the people's spirit or mind! Otherwise, why would these farmers and workers dare to glare at the royal family members?
Hobert stood at the gate of the Lord's manor and said to everyone, "In the future, we should celebrate this day. From now on, the entire South Colson area will be included under the rule of the Lord's manor!
"South Colson is reborn today! You are all the creators of this new South Colson! Cheer! Be proud! Long live South Colson!"
While speaking, Hobert saw the sickles in the farmers' hands and the hammers in the workers' hands, and wondered if he should form a pattern or something? But after thinking about it, he decided against it, after all, this was not a bottom-up revolution, but only a transaction with the royal family. Using that pattern would be blasphemy.
When Buck and the others left the Lord's manor without saying a word, everyone was already very excited. At this time, everyone's emotions were high, and they shouted, "Long live the Lord!"
"Long live South Colson!"
"Long live Hobert!"
"..."
At this moment, Hobert felt that the magic potion in his body had basically been digested. He did not expect that the support of the people could digest so much magic potion?
But soon, Hobert realized: In my opinion, this is the support of the people, but in the eyes of Buck and others, I just established a chaotic and reactionary order.
Hobert followed this line of thought and thought: In fact, order and chaos really can't be completely distinguished. I feel that everyone is maintaining my rule, which is a symbol of order. But no matter how strong the organization of the whole process is, it is also a rebellion in the territory, because Buck has already announced that he is the ruler here, and this action did drive the ruler away!
Finally, Hobert thought: In that case, I have to thank this royal demigod.
Fors was also very excited and wanted to write this scene into her book. At this time, she could feel the people's support for her husband, which made her both excited and proud.
Buck and the others, who had just walked not far, couldn't help but look back when they heard the deafening cheers. Seeing the cheers of the people and the neat slogans, the hearts of these Beyonders were also shaken for a while.
After the cheers of the people came to an end, Hobert announced: "Today is a holiday, but the workers' wages will be paid as usual, and each farmer will also receive a worker's wage, but it will be distributed gradually in the next few days!"
Everyone cheered and returned to the town, returned to the villages, told their families about today's experience, and celebrated this special day with their families.
The servants and cooks of the Lord's manor quickly returned to their posts, and the entire Lord's manor quickly returned to normal.
Hobert summoned all the key members of the territory to the main hall for a meeting, and also invited Bishop Simpson to sit on the side and listen.
At this time, Hobert announced: "I have completed negotiations with the royal family, and from now on, the South Colson area will be under the rule of the Lord's manor!
"They will no longer interfere in any affairs in this area, and will only send people to take a look every year, without any supervisory power! Just organize a few people to receive them at that time."
The first to react was Simpson: "You helped them solve the corruption problem?"
Without waiting for Hobert to answer, he smiled and said, "This is politics!"
Clearly yesterday they were enemies, but today they are not.
At this time, although the others did not understand what Bishop Simpson meant, they were finally relieved and smiled.
When the people were cheering just now, these officials who were loyal to Hobert were already thinking about how to organize the people to evacuate to the shipyard island.
They all knew that the Lord had a magical way to get from here to an island, and many of them had taken their families to the island to play with the lumberjacks.
Only at this time did everyone understand: It turns out that the Lord has already completed negotiations with the royal family!
"Don't be too happy!" Hobert smiled and said, "I have a new fiefdom in Loen, which is more than ten times the size of the South Colson area!
"It needs a group of rulers. Conrad, be prepared to lead the team to take over the ruling power on time. Corwin, do the relevant personnel adjustments!
"In addition, from today onwards, Jeffrey Town will be renamed Jeffrey City. Conrad will be the first mayor. Set up several towns on the west bank and other places, and set up town governments!"
Next, Hobert arranged the key tasks for the next step: suppressing bandits and taking over the rule of the east bank, and preparing to recover the lost land on the west bank controlled by the Aurora Order at any time.
Today's meeting was very short. After the meeting, everyone went back to celebrate with their families.
The matter of "taking back the Lord's manor" will definitely spread throughout Jeffrey Town today, and everyone will also know that the Lord has restored his rule.
As for driving away the people of the royal family, at worst, we will fight the army sent by the royal family later!
When eating lunch, Hobert told Fors the approximate process of negotiating with Ethel. Fors exclaimed: "This princess is very brave."
"That's right." Hobert smiled and said, "The Feynapotter Kingdom may usher in the first queen."
He suddenly realized that this could be considered his changing the historical trend of the Feynapotter Kingdom? Because if he hadn't saved Ethel before, the current Feynapotter Crown Prince would not have such a strong opponent.
Hobert thought for a while and then said, "Let's go inspect the territory in a few days. Recently, there are more important things waiting for me to solve."
Fors had no objection: "Okay."
She originally liked this territory very much and didn't want to leave here.
After lunch, Hobert had a secret talk with Archibald in the study: "I remember you said that you know the whereabouts of a six-legged imp?"
Of course, it had to be a secret talk, because Fors couldn't be allowed to know that he needed "the bone marrow of the six-legged imp". Although he could also lie that he was looking for it for a friend, it would still arouse some suspicion from Fors. It's better not to let her know.
Archibald was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "Yes, on an undiscovered small island in the Misty Sea. If you need it, I can take you there."
Hobert nodded: "I now need a bone from it. I wonder if I can discuss it with it and give me a piece?"
Archibald didn't quite understand what Hobert meant: Is the six-legged imp so easy to talk to?
Hobert saw that Archibald didn't understand his humor, so he smiled and said, "If it doesn't want to give it, I'll have to kill it and dig it out myself."
He also said to Archibald: "I won't let you help in vain. In two days, I'll find you two more puppets, both from the Warrior or Hunter pathway, but don't expect to have a demigod-level choice."
Archibald smiled: "Sequence 5 or Sequence 6 is also pretty good."
It also understood now: It turns out that Hobert only needs a bone from the six-legged imp. This should only be an auxiliary Ingredient, right? As the servant of the "Creator", the main material should not be lacking. In that case, he is going to hunt down a Beyonder creature with the main material for an auxiliary Ingredient? Hehe, how could such a thing happen? Maybe he just needs to sacrifice some spiritual materials to the "Creator".
Hobert also learned about the general situation of the uninhabited island and the habits of the six-legged imp. Finally, he divined that the six-legged imp was still on that island. There was nothing else to do today, so the two immediately set off.
Because Hobert used "Travel" to carry a limited number of people, he only brought Archibald and the puppet of the "Desire Apostle".
The two transferred in the Oravi Islands in western North Continent and came to the uninhabited island that Archibald said.
This island is not small, at least on the high mountains of the island, you can't see the coastline on the other side.
Hobert also discovered that, probably because it is far from the North and South continents, the plants and animals are very distinctive. They look familiar, but upon closer inspection, they don't seem to be familiar!
At this time, Archibald said: "I have confirmed before that these strange-looking plants and animals are not Beyonder creatures. I don't know why they have such mutations?"
According to the location, this is an island in Oceania in Hobert's concept. A completely closed ecosystem has formed here. The evolution of organisms has the same points as the North and South continents, but it also has unique points.
As Hobert, who has a complete worldview, only finds it novel, but does not feel that he does not understand it.
He didn't discuss this topic, but asked: "Do you have any way to find the six-legged imp?"
Archibald nodded: "I can divine its location."
Hobert thought for a while: "It's best not to fight in its home field. According to your description, I guess the six-legged imp should be very good at creating an order that is beneficial to it. It's not a wise choice to raid it in its hiding place."
He pondered slightly, took out a section of "Order Wood" and stuck it on the ground: "Order!"
In an instant, a towering tree exuding an aura of order grew out of the ground here!
Archibald stared at the black and illusory tree for a while. It could feel the surging power in it: What a luxurious trap.
Hobert used "Order Wood" every time in battle, and this was the first time he could carefully look at the appearance of this magical item.
It is several times taller than a normal towering tree! The thick trunk looks powerful and sturdy, and the thick, black leaves that are clearly different from the surrounding plants have a sacred feeling in the sun.
There is a thin layer of black mist on the canopy, making the entire tree look a bit magical.
Looking at it, Hobert had the feeling of a child seeing his favorite toy. He didn't come back to his senses until a few seconds later and asked Archibald, who was beside him: "If the six-legged imp appears within a certain range of this big tree, can you sense it?"
"Yes." Archibald nodded. This type of divination is not difficult for it, and the six-legged imp does not have too strong anti-divination abilities.
So the two left together under the "Order Wood" and hid behind a boulder.
After only waiting for four or five minutes, Archibald whispered: "It's coming, at eleven o'clock, but it's very cautious and is still watching from a distance."
Hobert grabbed Archibald and the puppet's shoulders: "Let's go block it from the spirit world!"
"Okay!" Archibald led the way in front, and the three stepped into the spirit world together.
Soon they came behind the six-legged imp. Archibald said: "Spiritual intuition tells me that there will be danger after we leave the spirit world, but it is within an acceptable range."
Hobert exclaimed: It's really convenient to fight with a "Seer" teammate!
The colors in front of them became illusory again. They came out of the spirit world and suddenly found that the outside was a swamp!
Hobert quickly injected spirituality into the "Ocean Pendant" and flew low with Archibald and his puppet.
Then Hobert glanced around and immediately locked onto the six-legged imp on the edge of the swamp.
Its overall shape is somewhat like a hippo-sized mantis, but without an exoskeleton, its entire body is covered with black fur.
Six legs grow under its flat, horizontal belly like a mantis, and each leg is like the leg of a stag or goat. The black animal hair has colorful, mystical symbol-like patterns.
Its thin upper body stood upright, with two arms resembling those of a hamadryas baboon.
Its head didn't appear large, but it was still the size of an adult's, and although its features were more like those of an animal, it could make human-like expressions.
Then, Hobert saw that they were still very, very far from the 'Order Tree'. He quickly realized that his appearance in the swamp was no accident; the Six-Legged Imp had deliberately led them there.
Beyonder creatures at this level already possessed the intelligence of normal adults. The sudden appearance of the 'Order Tree' had attracted its attention, but it must have also suspected that it might be a trap.
Seeing the appearance of the Six-Legged Imp clearly and understanding these things only took a moment.
Suddenly, Hobert's spirituality sensed something and he looked towards the swamp.
Six enormous tentacles suddenly emerged from within. Hobert quickly dodged, but some of the tentacles pursued him, while others blocked him, effectively surrounding them.
Hobert smiled. When he saw that the Six-Legged Imp hadn't immediately fled, he suspected there might be something wrong with this swamp.
Whoosh~
More than twenty deep blue fireballs, reeking of sulfur, suddenly appeared in mid-air.
Although Hobert was in a low-flying state and unable to fight, Archibald was not just for show.
With his innate ability to 'manipulate flames', he was particularly fond of the new puppet's 'sulfur fireballs'. Under his control, several tentacles were directly smashed and broken, allowing them to fly out of the encirclement.
Archibald said, "I'll deal with this monster."
Hobert nodded and dropped Archibald and his puppet onto the tentacle that floated on the surface of the swamp, looking like a log.
Then, Hobert used successive 'Blinks' to quickly approach the Six-Legged Imp.
Having reigned supreme on this island for so long, the Six-Legged Imp had no intention of fleeing. It could sense that Hobert's extraordinary power was on a different level from its own.
After using 'Blink' several times in succession, Hobert was very close to the Six-Legged Imp. Just as Hobert was about to enter a combat state, he suddenly felt that his shoulders were very heavy, and it took more effort than before to lift his hands and feet.
It turned out that the Six-Legged Imp had used the time to change the gravity within a certain range around them!
Fighting in such an environment would not have much of an impact on the Six-Legged Imp, but for ordinary people, it would be easy to make mistakes due to the sudden increase in gravity.
For example, the knife that was originally raised could have stabbed forward another inch, but because of the increased gravity, the angle and force of that inch would not reach its intended target.
The Six-Legged Imp was not in a hurry to attack. It knew that the longer it stayed in this environment, the more its enemy's condition would be affected. It could wait for the enemy to attack first, and then it could take the initiative.
However, it soon felt that the danger level of the opponent in front of it had suddenly increased sharply, even making it want to run away.
Hobert released the seals on the two Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts on his body: "Magnify!"
He amplified the gravity around the Six-Legged Imp, making its six legs feel enormous pressure. If Hobert was only feeling three times the gravity at this time, then the Six-Legged Imp was feeling at least six times the gravity!
Even though Beyonder creatures were generally thick-skinned, strong, and powerful, such gravity would still make it feel intensely uncomfortable.
"Exploit!" Hobert drew his knife and changed the gravity acting on him, so that the direction of the force changed from downward to pushing him forward. This was a utilization of the laws of nature!
The Six-Legged Imp suddenly revealed a smile. Hobert felt the force pushing him suddenly increase, and he actually flew past the Six-Legged Imp on one side!
Because the Six-Legged Imp also had the ability to "Magnify"! It had just amplified the gravity that Hobert was exploiting.
Seeing that he was about to crash into a large tree, Hobert rolled over and escaped the enormous force pushing him forward!
After standing steadily on the ground, the man and the monster began to confront each other again. After the previous probing, they were both thinking about how to adjust their tactics.
A second or two later, the Six-Legged Imp moved its trembling legs. It was preparing to leave this battlefield. If the other party didn't chase after it, then this battle would end, and it wouldn't have to take any more risks.
But if the other party chased after it, then that would be great. It would quickly escape back to its nest, where there were too many arrangements that were very beneficial to it!
"Disorder!" Just as the Six-Legged Imp had just left the position of six times gravity, Hobert suddenly used the demigod-level 'Disorder!' with '1-104'.
The Six-Legged Imp immediately felt that the sky was so blue today, the air was so fresh, and it was a good day for a walk.
Suddenly, it came back to its senses. The enemy, who was some distance away from it just now, had already rushed close: "Distort!"
Hobert's knife was 'distorted' in direction and deeply pierced into a tree next to the Six-Legged Imp: "Corrosion!"
The Six-Legged Imp immediately looked in the direction of the 'Order Tree', its eyes filled with greed.
Hobert seized this opportunity to launch a new offensive!
Unfortunately, the 'Corrosion' state only lasted for less than a second. The Six-Legged Imp amplified its pace and dodged Hobert's stab!
"Charm!" Hobert continued to expand his gains. The Six-Legged Imp was just about to counterattack, but suddenly felt that its favorability towards Hobert had increased sharply.
Hobert finally came to the Six-Legged Imp's vicinity and stabbed out fiercely.
But he was clearly prepared to stab the Six-Legged Imp's upper body, but his knife involuntarily stabbed the Six-Legged Imp's leg.
Hobert thought that his 'Charm' hadn't worked very well. It once again 'distorted' its intentions.
But after stabbing the Six-Legged Imp, it clearly woke up, rolled away suddenly, and dodged Hobert's next attack.
Hobert glanced at the pattern on the Six-Legged Imp's leg and immediately understood that its six legs should be naturally equipped with an effect similar to a magic circle. Any fatal attacks on the Six-Legged Imp would be 'distorted' to its legs.
"Arrogance!" Hobert still took the initiative, and the Six-Legged Imp was hit again, rushing towards Hobert, wanting to snatch the knife in Hobert's hand!
Just when the two were confronting each other for the second time, Hobert suddenly realized, why didn't the Six-Legged Imp use 'Disorder'?
With the Six-Legged Imp's Sequence 4.5 level of 'Disorder', it would definitely be able to hit him immediately.
Thinking of the previous situation with the Ancient Azure Dragon Beast and Archibald, Hobert immediately realized that the Six-Legged Imp lacked the mental and psychological attacks of the 'Lawyer' pathway.
He tried it and it was indeed so! However, the Six-Legged Imp possessed the powerful mental strength of the 'Lawyer' pathway, which could effectively resist mental and psychological attacks.
If it weren't for the demigod-level 'Disorder' at the beginning, Hobert's Sequence 5 level of 'Disorder' would have been difficult to succeed.
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[T/N: We've reached chapter 700, 90% of the way done.]