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The "Lawyer" pathway's "Distortion" ability, at the demigod level, is relatively effective against the "Travel" ability.
The "Earl of the Fallen" sequence can "distort" the target's will, causing them to abandon the idea of entering the spirit world.
At the "Frenzied Mage" level, one can completely distort space, making it impossible for the target to enter the spirit world.
However, when encountering a "Wanderer," distorting space is not very effective, because they also have the ability to leave from the astral world. Simply distorting space cannot prevent them from escaping.
Because Hobert, "Bull Devil Monarch," and "Great Sage" were all dealing with the "Secrets Sorcerer" and Demoness of Despair just now, when that "Wanderer" left with his other three companions, Jonathan and the other three demigods of the 'Door' pathway had no way to effectively stop them.
And the black hound spirit beast wielding the rapier was also unable to stop the "Wanderer" because of the "Demoness of Unaging's" obstruction.
In the battle just now, the black hound spirit beast gained a lot of advantages, but it would be difficult for it to defeat a Sequence 3 in a short time on its own.
It can be said that if they had run a little slower, they might have left that "Demoness of Unaging" behind when Hobert and the others surrounded them.
Looking back at the wooden house, the enemy's Sequence 5s had also fled, leaving only a scene of devastation in the village composed of wooden houses.
Hobert said with some regret, "What a pity, only two were left behind."
Jonathan and the others looked at each other in dismay. What was there to regret about killing two enemy demigods? In their lives, they could count the number of demigods who had died before them on one hand!
According to the previous agreement, any spoils from battles between the Theosophy Order or the Demoness Sect would belong to Hobert, or be distributed by him.
And even without this provision, those two demigod-level Beyonder characteristics should be divided up by the saints Hobert "invited," because Jonathan and the others didn't help at all.
As for the Sequence 5 level battles, there were no spoils. They were a "Traveler" paired with a "Demoness of Affliction." A total of 7 "Travelers" and 7 "Demonesses of Affliction" came.
Their strength was similar to Monica's group.
So the spoils of this battle were only the Beyonder characteristics of the "Secrets Sorcerer" and "Demoness of Despair."
Hobert put away the Beyonder characteristics and recalled "Bull Devil Monarch" and the others, then said to Jonathan and the others not far away, "I'll put these Beyonder characteristics away for now, but they will eventually be used for your advancement.
"Of course, provided that you have accumulated enough merits with the 'Creator.'"
Jonathan regretted a bit that he hadn't completely pledged allegiance to the "Creator" at the time, but only agreed to have an extraordinary team obey Hobert's command and fight for the "Creator."
With just those 25 Beyonders, when would they accumulate enough merits for a demigod's Beyonder characteristic?
Next was the statistics of battle damage. Including those who mutated due to the Primordial Demoness's gaze and the three who were petrified, a total of eight people died and more than a dozen were injured in the battle just now.
In addition, seven or eight of the wooden houses they had just stayed in for one night were completely destroyed, and more than half were damaged to varying degrees.
Jonathan and the others followed Hobert back to the "Witch" pathway Beyonders who had been petrified earlier. Whether it was the skeleton with a head full of snakes or the two petrified people lying on the ground, they showed no signs of life.
Hobert said to the onlookers, "This is the end for being a spy! You don't think the Demoness Sect will really give spies benefits for their information, do you?"
He didn't know if this Beyonder who was already petrified and had a head full of snakes was a spy, but at this moment, Hobert needed her to be!
Hobert stared intently at the crowd, clearly seeing that the faces of several people were not very good.
But Hobert still didn't plan to arrest these suspected spies. It would be best if they could attract another group of demigod attacks.
After letting Jonathan deal with the three petrified corpses, Hobert sent someone to notify Donna in South Colson. Soon, a large number of construction workers poured in, starting to repair the damaged wooden houses, and a team of doctors and nurses came to bandage the wounded.
At the same time, a group of chefs and assistant chefs from the construction site came to light fires and cook for everyone.
Hobert then returned to his wooden house to rest. As for the two Beyonder characteristics, to avoid Jonathan and the others from suddenly visiting, he decided to sacrifice them to the "Nation of Disorder" at night.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the sunlight shone on the village on the small island, and a hot day began.
Jonathan, who had arranged everything outside, came to Hobert's wooden house again: "Earl, several seriously injured people have been sent to South Colson for treatment."
Hobert nodded: "In a moment, bring the Beyonder characteristics of the dead. I'll ask an angel to help you shatter them."
"Okay." Jonathan sat in the chair: "That, that, Sidley secretly told me that he seemed to have felt the Primordial Demoness's gaze just now?"
Hobert glanced at Jonathan, who was a little worried: "Go tell Sidley and Monica that, to prevent unnecessary chaos, this news can only be made public within the scope of your five directors."
"Okay, I will."
Hobert added: "Tell them there's no need to worry about it."
He smiled and said: "Why do you think the Primordial Demoness has been in a state of slumber? One aspect is that Her condition is not good, and the other aspect is to hide Herself, so as not to be known by any of the seven orthodox gods, and thus be attacked by the orthodox gods.
"It's already the limit for Her to cast some gazes. If too much power is projected, the 'Creator' will definitely take action. That's not something you and I should worry about."
It was uncertain if the "Creator" would take action, but Hobert would immediately pray to the Evernight Goddess and the Earth Mother. The Primordial Demoness would probably get beaten up.
Jonathan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I'll go tell the others."
Hobert "hmm"ed and said: "Continue to be vigilant to avoid another enemy raid!"
Throughout the day, people outside were busy building wooden houses, and there were no more raids.
At night, after Hobert admired the night view of the island, he returned to the wooden house, drew the curtains, and sacrificed the two spoils and the Beyonder characteristics sent by Jonathan to the "Nation of Disorder."
Sitting on the "Iron Throne," Hobert first invested his spirituality into his star and used "True Vision" to look around, and found nothing unusual.
Then he shattered several Beyonder characteristics and quickly re-aggregated them.
After finishing all this, Hobert went to look at the skull of the Crow-haired Golden Horned Evil Monster and the stomach pouch with Kalvetua's mental remnants. "Bull Devil Monarch" could be used twice more, and "Great Sage" could be used six more times.
The black hound spirit beast could be used all the time, but Hobert estimated that after he became an angel, he might not need their help very much. For example, since he was promoted to demigod, they have appeared less and less often.
But even if they were not needed, Hobert planned to keep them in the "Nation of Disorder" as a souvenir.
More than two hours later, Hobert entered the "Nation of Disorder" again, brought the shattered Beyonder characteristics to the real world through bestowal, and shattered the Beyonder characteristics of the "Secrets Sorcerer" and "Demoness of Despair" for future rewards.
The next day, the Theosophy Order did not organize a new attack, but everyone knew that the Demoness Sect would never give up.
So on the third day of the Theosophy Order Council members' uprising, when the shipyard island was raining heavily, Jonathan and others found Hobert again.
Looking at the rain outside, which was like pouring water from the sky, Hobert smiled and said: "I just got some news that several courtesans in Backlund are inquiring about the 'Creator.'
"The last attack was more like a tentative battle, more like testing the 'Creator's' determination.
"Now that they know the 'Creator's' determination to protect you, I think they will carefully collect information and launch a new revenge operation after a while."
Although many stories about the "Creator" are circulating in the extraordinary world, Hobert is the only more active devotee of the "Creator."
Upton and Rafter are almost negligible, after all, they did not carry out any actions in the name of the "Creator."
So before this, the Demoness Sect may have only heard some news that the "Creator's" power was in the Southern Continent and the like.
If you inquire about it in the royal family of the Loen Kingdom, you can get a lot of information, which should include the knowledge that Hobert is very likely to be a devotee of the "Creator."
But at the same time, they will also know about the battle in Feynapotter City and the fact that the "Creator" dispatched two angels in that battle in the Southern Continent. After obtaining this information, they will definitely mobilize their forces and take action after they are confident.
Jonathan asked: "Do you also think that the Demoness Sect will retaliate again?"
"That's for sure!" Hobert said: "Even if it's for the sake of internal stability and unity, they will definitely mobilize all their forces to launch a fierce offensive!
"This has long been in my imagination, you don't need to worry too much."
Hearing Hobert say this, they were really at ease, mainly because of the sacredness and greatness shown by the "Creator" when he helped them resist the curse of the Blood Moon before, and the three saints who had previously pledged allegiance to the "Creator" yesterday, which made them feel the power of the "Creator" and his power.
Hobert added: "But the next battle will not take place on this island."
I believe that after inquiring, the Demoness Sect will know that South Colson is still under Hobert's rule, so it can also be regarded as the "Creator's" territory.
So Hobert guessed that the other party's next target of revenge is likely to be South Colson, because no matter how they fight, Hobert's loss will definitely be greater.
"I will leave Shipyard Island tomorrow." Hobert finally said: "I am going to organize the power to resist the Demoness Sect. After all, this is an old secret organization, and it used to be an orthodox church. It is not too much to take it seriously.
"You must restrain your subordinates, unless they are 'Travelers' or accompanied by 'Travelers,' otherwise, try not to leave Shipyard Island during this period."
Jonathan and others responded one after another: "Yes!"
At the same time, they also felt that this uprising was the right choice. For them, the devotee of the "Creator" was going to fight the Demoness Sect head-on!
However, what they didn't know was that even their uprising was actually within Hobert's plan.
The next day, Hobert really left Shipyard Island and returned to Backlund.
Recruiting people is not so important right now. He came back this time because he received a letter from Klein, preparing to meet him alone in Mr. Fool's Divine Kingdom.
Hobert estimated that the battle against Ince Zangwill was about to begin, so he simply returned to Backlund to prepare.
At nine o'clock in the morning, when it was time for his appointment with Klein, Hobert's vision was covered by gray fog, and he appeared above the gray fog, on one side of the bronze long table.
But this time, the tall and magnificent giant hall was very deserted, with only Hobert and the "World" at the bottom.
Hobert looked around and said: "Have you found Ince Zangwill's whereabouts?"
"Yes." The 'World' at this time was Klein himself, and he said: "Because I need to avoid the ability of '0-08', I can only ask Mr. Fool to discuss the specific action plan with you here."
Hobert made a gesture to speak.
"I hope you can join the battle after a period of time after it starts." Klein explained: "Because I want to use this battle to achieve some goals."
He wanted to use the planning and process of this battle as a ritual to advance to "Bizarro Sorcerer."
Hobert nodded: "No problem, what is Zangwill's condition now?"
"According to the accurate information I got, it's not very good!" Klein explained his information in great detail: "He used to be a 'Gatekeeper' and seems to be targeted by a very powerful evil spirit. Occasionally, he will do things that are contrary to his wishes.
"His appearance in the Southern Continent is also to seek help from the Spirit Church to get rid of the evil spirit on his body."
Then Klein talked about his plan: "I got a very high-level curse talisman, and I will use it on Zangwill after the battle starts to make him unlucky enough.
"In addition, Leonard is estimated to participate in the battle at that time, and try to hold Zangwill back.
"I will use my marionette and the 'Fate Siphon Talisman' saved from Foggy Town last time to separate Zangwill from the evil spirit on his body, so as to avoid that unstable factor from affecting the battle.
"Then I will ask you to join the battle. At this time, Zangwill is unlucky enough, and his condition will be very poor. I believe he will not be your opponent."
Hobert nodded: "No problem, I will trample him under my feet and torture him!"
Klein was a little moved: "If possible, please give me and Leonard some space for revenge!"
"I will."
"Thank you."
The two agreed on the emergency contact method, and then left above the gray fog.
Back in the real world, Hobert explained a few words to Dophis, and then used "Travel" to go to the Southern Continent first, so that after the battle started, he would have to use a few minutes of "Travel" to rush to the battlefield.
...
In the afternoon, Southern Continent, East Balam.
Daly casually asked Leonard: "Why do you always move around the church area, and don't go to farther places to investigate?"
Leonard thought for a while and said frankly: "Waiting for news."
Daly nodded thoughtfully without asking any more questions.
Suddenly, Leonard's spirituality was touched. A letter appeared out of nowhere and fluttered to the ground next to the streetlight.
The contents of the letter were simple, just one line of words: 'Sybelle, North Governorate, Cooke Town, Resurrection Square.'
Leonard's expression was grave, and he turned to Daly and said, "Madam, please help me conceal my whereabouts."
Daly said very seriously, "Take me with you!"
Leonard stared at Daly for a second or two, said nothing, grabbed her shoulder, and the space in front of them became illusory as they stepped into the spirit world together.
This mystical item with the ability to 'travel' was sent to Leonard by Klein in a previous letter, so that he could rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible.
When their figures were redrawn, they saw Ince Zangwill with his high nose bridge and one eye in the large Resurrection Square.
Flames of hatred immediately ignited in Leonard's eyes.
At this time, Zangwill was in a very unlucky and poor state. Klein's Sequence 5 marionette, 'Admiral Hell' Ludwell, was holding back his spirit body.
Daly did not act blindly. After observing briefly, she came behind Ludwell and opened her arms.
A bronze door with countless strange patterns descended and creaked open a crack.
This was a Underworld Gate, a gate full of temptation for all undead creatures!
The terrifying suction caused a black figure to appear above Zangwill's head. This figure gradually solidified in the real world. It was a man wearing blood-black armor, young and handsome, with red hair, scars that cut deep into the bone on his face, and a banner-like mark between his eyebrows.
The young man said 'Yo,' "My luck is really bad today. You two, we've already died together once. Is it necessary to do it again? Especially when being manipulated by a weakling like this little chick."
On the left side of his face, a scar tore open, bloodily opening and closing, "Okay, let's clear the surrounding garbage first..."
The man in blood-black armor stretched out his palm and drew a illusory long sword with dark red rust from his body, easily breaking free from Daly's extraction and Ludwell's control.
At this moment, 'Admiral Hell' Ludwell solemnly recited in ancient Hermes, "Fate!"
The position of this marionette and Zangwill dimmed at the same time, and then quickly returned to normal, but the person possessed by the evil spirit changed from Ince Zangwill to Ludwell.
Instantly, a phantom wearing black-red armor appeared above its head. In a hotel room near the square, Klein calmly manipulated the marionette, causing him to turn and walk towards the 'Underworld Gate' summoned by Daly.
Daly immediately understood the marionette's intention and made the gap in the 'Underworld Gate' a little bigger.
Ludwell allowed pale arms to grab him, and pushed the gap in the 'Underworld Gate' even wider, rushing into the virtualized bronze door.
Seeing this, Daly immediately withdrew her palm and stopped maintaining the bronze door covered with mysterious symbols.
Clang!
'Admiral Hell' Ludwell, along with Sauron Einhorn Medici inside him, was isolated from the real world.
Over a hundred meters away, Klein breathed a sigh of relief. This crucial step was finally completed. After that, they could fully deal with Ince Zangwill.
Leonard took out a pistol and held it against his temple with one hand, and tightly grasped the 'Fate Siphon' with the other, "Fate!"
This was the 'Worm of Time' he had obtained from the 'Old Man' Pallez Zoroast in his body, and he had prayed to Pallez for power to create the 'Fate Siphon'.
While throwing out the charm, Leonard pulled the trigger and committed suicide, exchanging fates with Zangwill in this way.
In that instant, countless silver-white lightning bolts raged, and the surrounding scene shattered like a broken mirror. Leonard suddenly woke up and found himself standing in place, only pointing the revolver at his temple, and the 'Fate Siphon' was not thrown out!
What he had just done was just a dream!
At this time, Zangwill's eyes were filled with gloom. The moment the 'Underworld Gate' appeared, he created a large-scale dream in Resurrection Square.
But because Klein was far away, his marionette did not fall into the dream, which destroyed Zangwill's entire dream.
However, the moment the 'Underworld Gate' closed, Klein's marionette disappeared from the square, and he dragged Daly and Leonard into the dream.
This forced Klein, who was far away, to quickly enter the 'Gray Mist Above' and use lightning to wake Daly and Leonard.
Seeing that the dream had no effect, Zangwill directly took out the 'Arlesuhod Quill' and quickly wrote on the clothes at his arm:
"Ince Zangwill is in very good condition today and can effectively control his demigod mythical creature state. Therefore, he decided to make no reservations and try his best to escape from here."
As the last stroke of the classical quill fell, Ince Zangwill's body changed. Four arms without skin and covered with feathers grew from his waist and ribs.
His teeth grew longer and sharper, even covering his face.
In an instant, Zangwill was lying on the ground, transformed into a strange creature with eight legs and covered in white feathers.
The entire square inexplicably turned to night. The insects in the soil, even the bacteria on the floor tiles, died one after another, entering eternal slumber.
This was a collection of the power of 'Night' and 'Death'.
Above the 'Gray Fog', Klein saw Daly and Leonard rapidly losing their lives in their sleep, and used lightning to create a lightning forest, covering Zangwill.
Cracking sounds were endless.
This woke Daly and Leonard again. Their spirituality seemed to realize something, and they immediately closed their eyes and quickly retreated outside the square.
In the square, seeing that he could not get rid of the lightning strikes at all, Zangwill put away one 'leg' and wrote on himself while running with '0-08': "An unknown existence was attracted by the battle and felt very sympathetic to Ince Zangwill's encounter. He decided to help him and take him away from the underworld!"
At this time, Daly, hiding in the corner, realized that a force was coming from the underworld. She took a deep breath, suddenly rushed out, opened her outer robe, took out a men's walking stick, and pinched the head of the stick and pulled it out, pulling out a thin sword.
Klein on the 'Gray Fog' was slightly stunned: Isn't this Hobert's walking stick? How is it in Daly's hands?
In an instant, Daly's skin became a little more transparent. Her coiled hair pushed away her hood and scattered around: "Spirits who roam the underworld, fearsome undead creatures, unpredictable visitors!
I, in my name, beg you to leave here!"
Behind Zangwill, a figure was outlined. It was a piece of blood-colored flesh, with countless eyes growing on it, and arms of different races inserted into it.
It was about to grab Zangwill, but suddenly stopped and cast gaze after gaze at Daly.
At this time, the quill in Zangwill's hand began to write on its own: "An unknown existence has descended on Resurrection Square and is about to take Ince Zangwill away. No, it was attracted by Daly Simone, or rather, by the thin sword in her hand. That thin sword actually has the aura of an ancient death god.
Oh, it abandoned Ince Zangwill. It decided to listen to Daly Simone's advice, or rather, order, and leave here.
Ince Zangwill is so unlucky! Hehe!"
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