Chapter 407: Bull Demon King's First Appearance
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Before Fors could react, Hobert continued, "I took a look earlier, and the original decorations of the house are still there. It just needs some renovation, which won't take too long.
Once the railway and villa design teams arrive, they can move in first. Their meals and accommodations will be paid for by the Lord's Mansion. I'll also have Roy help you find shop assistants and a manager, so you can start making money as soon as you take over.
Once the large dock is back in operation, with this location, the restaurant and hotel should easily bring in tens of gold Lire per week…"
"Wait, wait, wait…" Fors said, "I can't accept it! We, we…"
We're a contractual couple, have you forgotten? If you give me property, how will it be divided after the contractual couple agreement ends?
Hobert had already thought of a reason: "I've thought about it. As the Lady of the Manor, you naturally need some pocket money. These tens of gold Lire may not be much, but it should be enough for your spending money.
If you don't find gold Lire convenient, you can exchange them for gold pounds at my place, according to the current exchange rate between the two countries."
Fors: "But…"
"Just accept it," Hobert said. "I can't let you spend your own money while you're in Jeffrey Town.
"It's just a few tens of gold Lire, not a lot of money. It's too formal to keep refusing."
Fors suddenly didn't know how to refuse, and before she could continue to refuse, Hobert had already called Roy over to implement the matter, entrusting the accounts of the hotel and restaurant to the "Lady of the Manor."
Fors felt like she had inexplicably gained two properties, and if she could earn tens of gold Lire per week, these two properties would definitely be very good.
If this income were converted into gold pounds, Fors would definitely be a wealthy member of the upper-middle class, but still far from being a millionaire.
Hobert was about to inspect other places when Fors came back to her senses: "Hobert, I came to ask for your opinion on something."
Hobert stopped: "What is it?"
"Do you remember the Abraham family we talked about a long time ago?"
Hobert nodded. It was when he had just become a lawyer, during a conversation with Fors, that he had mentioned this family. At that time, the two of them weren't very familiar.
"Some time ago, I met a member of the Abraham family…" Fors briefly described her experience of becoming Dorian's student, and mentioned that she had only revealed to Dorian that she was an "Apprentice" at the time, and now Dorian was bringing the "Trickmaster" potion to find her.
Hobert said, "I have two suggestions for you. The first suggestion is to just act like you're an Apprentice and take another 'Trickmaster' potion.
"At the low sequence, as long as your condition is good, repeatedly taking potions won't be too dangerous.
"The second suggestion is to tell the truth. Of course, you have to be careful about how you tell the truth. Just say that your fiancé is a Beyonder, and he found the 'Trickmaster' potion for you.
"Before that, your fiancé didn't trust Dorian very much, so he repeatedly advised you not to reveal that you were a 'Trickmaster'. But now you feel that you must be honest with your teacher, so you're telling him the truth.
"In short, push everything onto your 'fiancé'. Dorian probably won't blame you, and may even be touched by your sincerity."
Fors opened her mouth: Is that even possible?
Then she hesitated: "So, I still have to lie?"
Hobert smiled and asked, "Am I a Beyonder?"
"Of course."
"Did I sell you the 'Trickmaster' potion?"
"That's right."
Hobert finally asked, "Where are you lying? You're just telling the truth in a different way."
Fors suddenly thought of Mr. Hanged Man at the Tarot Gathering. That's probably how he taught 'Little Sun' to deal with the chief of City of Silver.
Leaving Fors to ponder in place, Hobert continued to inspect the town. Amidst everyone's flattering greetings, he began to plan his next steps in his heart.
After dinner, Hobert pondered in his study how to deal with the giant beast in the lake.
At this moment, he suddenly heard a prayer from the "Nation of Disorder". Locking the door and entering the "Nation of Disorder", Hobert found an unfamiliar star expanding.
Hobert was slightly taken aback, and then realized it should be Lawrence Burke, the patriarch of the Balk family.
Spreading his spirituality over, he saw Lawrence, who was over 1.9 meters tall, with a few strands of white hair, broad back, and thick shoulders.
He said in a pious tone: "…Great Creator, we are about to have another conflict with the Rose School. As the Balk family, who is willing to be loyal to you, we lack the power of the Angel level.
"When the conflict occurs, we pray that you can lend a hand and stop the opponent's Angel.
"After this battle, we will dedicate all the spoils to you, and every member of our family will faithfully believe in you and serve you."
Hobert nodded. His attitude was acceptable, and the conditions offered were good.
However, he didn't intend to respond to the other party immediately. How could a big shot like the "Creator" be waiting in the kingdom of God at all times, replying to some unfamiliar prayers?
While waiting, he decided to browse the stars of Alice and Ethel. Alice was attending a ball. In the magnificent ballroom, she was toasting and chatting happily with the nobles.
The conversations between these nobles were really uninteresting.
Hobert jumped to Ethel's star. She was running, her subordinates were nowhere to be seen, and there was blood on her clothes.
Or rather, she was running for her life, traversing through the forest, using vegetation to block her tracks.
Hobert was stunned. Did the mission fail?
He turned up the "True Vision" and found that there were indeed pursuers behind him, at least a demigod was chasing after him.
Hobert pondered for a moment. He could test the combat power of the "Bull Demon King" and save the owner of this star at the same time.
Since he had high-end combat power such as the "Bull Demon King" and the "Holy Infant King", he hadn't used them in actual combat even once.
In a few days, he would have to stop the Angel of the Rose School as soon as he came up, which made Hobert feel a little unsure.
First, he would test the effect of the "Bull Demon King" in actual combat, so that he wouldn't be caught off guard when using higher-level combat power.
…
In the mountains of northwestern Feynapotter.
Run, run with all your might!
Ethel tried to adjust her breathing. She didn't expect that the Intis Republic would have detected this rendezvous operation.
More than ten years ago, the Kingdom of Feynapotter developed a Rear Admiral into a spy in the southern war zone of the Intis Republic.
For more than ten years, this spy provided a lot of valuable information. He had always been very careful, and this source of information had been very stable and safe.
The Feynapotter royal family and the military had secretly commended him more than once. Each time, they sent high-ranking military officers or members of the royal family to commend him at the appropriate time, to show the royal family and the military's importance to him.
Not long ago, that spy provided another key piece of information, enough for the royal family to commend him again.
Ethel was not only a member of the royal family, but also a high-ranking officer in the northern war zone, so Ferdinand II sent her to commend that spy.
Theoretically, there shouldn't be any problems with this commendation, but when Ethel arrived at the rendezvous point, she was ambushed.
The demigod responsible for protecting her was given priority, controlled, and then eliminated!
The other subordinates were either killed or lost their combat power in the process of covering Ethel's escape.
Only Ethel escaped, and she was also injured.
As she ran, she pondered: There must be a traitor on Feynapotter's side, otherwise the opponent's manpower wouldn't be so targeted.
Just as she thought of this, clusters of flames flew from behind Ethel, passed over her head, and finally the flames reunited in front of her, solidifying into a middle-aged man with a full beard: "Okay, the cat-and-mouse game is over. Either you surrender immediately, or we knock you out and take you back."
Ethel looked coldly at the man in front of her. As a princess most valued by King Fernando II, she couldn't be taken back alive. Even if they took her body back, it was estimated that the Intis Republic would make a big fuss about it.
What to do?
How to commit suicide? How to destroy her body?
Thinking of this, Ethel felt a burst of sorrow. She still had a bright future. Her father had promised her that as long as she trained in the northern war zone for a few years and accumulated some military achievements, when she returned to Feynapotter City, she would be a duchess.
Moreover, in her work, she had also met a handsome and dashing lieutenant colonel, and she was planning to promote him to Rear Admiral and wait for him to propose to her.
But all of this was just a bubble!
Ethel smiled sadly: "What if I choose neither?"
As she spoke, she picked up her gun and was about to shoot herself in the temple.
The man with a full beard was an "Iron Blooded Knight". He smiled contemptuously and casually kicked a stone on the ground. The stone flew up and knocked her pistol away before Ethel could fire.
As a Sequence 5, Ethel didn't even have the ability to commit suicide in front of a demigod.
At this time, the other seven or eight pursuers also caught up and surrounded Ethel.
Ethel said with a wry smile: "Earth Mother, in the name of being your devout believer, please kill me!"
The "Iron Blooded Knight" crossed his arms and smiled, admiring Ethel's desperate expression.
In her prayer just now, Ethel suddenly found inspiration: "No matter which evil god, as long as you hear my prayer, I am willing to offer my soul and body…"
Although she didn't say the specific honored name, the "Iron Blooded Knight" knew that it was not appropriate to let Ethel talk nonsense any further.
He was about to step forward to knock Ethel unconscious when suddenly, he felt a surge of power descending. Under the enormous pressure, even the "Iron Blooded Knight" didn't dare to look up.
Then, several Sequence 6 who followed had the urge to kneel.
Silently, between Ethel and the "Iron Blooded Knight", there appeared a black monster emitting a sacred black light, with a bull's head but a pair of golden deer antlers.
Everyone was stunned: How free must an evil god be to accept such a broad prayer?
This bull-headed, deer-antlered monster was, of course, the "Bull Demon King" projected by Hobert.
The order Hobert gave it was: kill everyone except Ethel.
That's right, kill them. Since he was going to take action, he had to kill everyone around him to show the power of the "Creator's" servants.
Hobert's style was different from Klein's, or rather, the abilities that the "Nation of Disorder" and the "Sefirah Castle" were good at were different, which led to Hobert and Klein having different styles when pretending to be evil gods.
Although the "Holy Infant King" and the "Centipede Demon Lord" had the rank of Angels, they couldn't use the power of the "Nation of Disorder" to create the image of Angels.
But the "Sefirah Castle" could more easily create the image of Angels, giving people a great visual impact.
Of course, the power of the "Nation of Disorder" just couldn't create too impressive images. The "Holy Infant King" and the "Centipede Demon Lord" were both very good fighters.
Because in addition to the extraordinary power of high rank, they also had terrifying physical attacks.
Although the "Bull Demon King" was a level lower than them, it was also a terrifying existence for demigods.
Everyone else present, including Ethel, was still confused by the appearance of the "Bull Demon King", but the "Iron Blooded Knight" had already reacted: "Fatal attack!"
He sensed the power of the "Bull Demon King", so he decided to seize the opportunity.
The "Iron Blooded Knight" threw a punch, guided by his spirituality, towards the golden horns on the "Bull Demon King's" head.
The "Bull Demon King" calmly opened its mouth, revealing its white teeth: "Woo ah~"
It let out a roar that struck the depths of people's hearts. The "Iron Blooded Knight" immediately felt as if his chest had been hit by a heavy object, and he took a step back with some stuffiness.
His "fatal attack" was thus interrupted.
Immediately afterward, mental shocks, like a tide, swept over, causing the "Iron Blooded Knight's" hands to tremble.
This was the "Bull Demon King's" "mental attack".
Demigods were still like this, and the other Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 who came with him all let out painful wails.
Especially the Sequence 6, kneeling on the ground in pain, blood flowing from their ears, corners of their eyes, nostrils, and corners of their mouths, especially their eyes, which were severely congested, as if they could burst open at any time.
The "Bull Demon King" then opened its mouth again and uttered a solemn word: "Chaos!"
Puff~ Puff~ Puff~
The heads of three Sequence 6 were directly crushed by the surging "power of disorder". Only three headless corpses were left on the scene, with blood spurting from their cavities.
Several Sequence 5 had also basically lost their combat power after two rounds of attacks.
The "Bull Demon King's" eyes, burning with black flames, looked at the "Iron Blooded Knight".
The "Iron Blooded Knight" knew that he was no match and immediately turned into scattered flames to escape.
But the "Bull Demon King" reached out and hit one of the flames. The "Iron Blooded Knight" rolled out of the flames, standing somewhat awkwardly.
"Filth!" The "Bull Demon King" spat out another word, and many viscous liquids immediately appeared on the surrounding ground.
The surfaces of the plants contaminated by these liquids were covered with a layer of iron-black spots. These spots quickly expanded, eventually connecting into one piece, and finally completely turning iron-black.
Those Sequence 5 were also quickly covered by the mucus, and no matter how they struggled, iron-black spots appeared on their bodies.
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