Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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Hobert felt a surge of excitement in his heart. What he most hoped to obtain were clues about the 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic.

Then, he sighed inwardly: Rex truly trusts Christian! For Christian, this is a clue to the characteristic of a neighboring pathway at Sequence 2.

Christian glanced at Brandon, who was walking at the back. Brandon spread his hands: "Have you forgotten? I was also present when Rex was talking about this matter."

Christian 'hmph-ed' and continued to Hobert, "There are two clues to the 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic. The first is with the Balk family in the Southern Continent.

"I met people from the Balk family in South Colson before. You may have guessed that this family is a descendant of the Trunsoest family who hid in the Southern Continent.

"According to Rex, this family has an Sealed Artifact that can respond to prayers, shatter characteristic, and use the abilities of 'distortion' and 'tampering' to create a 'Secret Realm'-like place of dozens of square kilometers.

"That is a 'Duke of Entropy' level Sealed Artifact, but there are many restrictions on using this Sealed Artifact.

"First of all, to shatter this Sealed Artifact and use its characteristic, there must be a God-level existence to help.

"Secondly, the family's curse must be resolved before the Sealed Artifact can be obtained with the family badge."

Hobert nodded. Of course, he remembered the 'No-existence Town' that allowed the Balk family to settle down. From the beginning, he realized that it might be a 'Black Emperor' pathway Sealed Artifact.

Christian added, "The second clue is on Longtail Island."

Hobert was stunned: "Longtail Island?"

"That's right, William I should also know about this. I wonder if He deliberately sealed you on Longtail Island? Hoping to use you to obtain this characteristic."

Christian smiled and said:

"They may have had the idea of using you before, but they won't have such an idea now, after all, you have the protection of the 'Creator'."

Hobert nodded thoughtfully, then he thought of a question: Counting it, he already knows the whereabouts of four 'Duke of Entropy' characteristics.

The first is the Balk family's Sealed Artifact, the second is the Longtail Island one that Christian is about to talk about.

The third is with the Messenger Beverly, and the fourth is in the Tamara family!

For characteristic at the Angel level, there are basically a limited number. According to the fact that most orthodox god churches only have three Angels, in the case of a True God, the entire pathway has at least three Sequence 2 characteristic.

And within the body of the True God of the pathway, there is probably at least 4 Sequence 2 level characteristic. First, there is 1 characteristic when He advanced to Sequence 2 Angel, and secondly, the 3 Sequence 1 characteristics each carry at least 1 Sequence 2 characteristic.

Then there are at least 7 Sequence 2 characteristic. Hobert roughly remembers that the Sequence 2 characteristic seems to have a maximum of no more than 9. 

Although the pathway Hobert is currently on does not have a 'Black Emperor', the 3 Sequence 1 characteristic are all in the hands of the Loen royal family.

And George III's advancement does not seem to have used the 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic.

Then, theoretically speaking, there are only 6 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic outside. Hobert currently knows the whereabouts of 4 of them, which is enough for him to sort out the context of the 'high sequence' of this pathway.

Soon Hobert realized again that the 'Black Emperor' pathway is relatively special. Solomon once forcibly recovered three Sequence 1 characteristic.

He only recovered the Sequence 1 characteristic, so it is equivalent to saying that the Sequence 9 to Sequence 2 characteristic originally in the Sequence 1 characteristics were separated.

Theoretically speaking, will there be 9 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic in the Beyonder world?

And among the characteristic that Solomon recovered, 2 of the Sequence 1 characteristic came from Tudor and Trunsoest respectively.

Although They became Gods one after another, They should still have at least one 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic in Their bodies.

When They fall, these characteristic should not merge with the 'Red Priest' or 'Justiciar' characteristic.

The 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic in the body of the Blood Emperor Tudor is likely to have fallen into the hands of the Night Emperor, and the 'Duke of Entropy' characteristic in the Night Emperor Trunsoest's body is likely to be in the hands of a certain orthodox god church.

As his thoughts fluctuated, Hobert heard Christian continue: "Rex found a clue in some historical materials and notes left by the Trunsoest family.

"A Trunsoest family Angel died in battle with the Bayam Empire.

"But His characteristic has never been recovered. At that time, it was suspected that it was obtained by the Bayam Empire and made into an Sealed Artifact.

"Later, through questioning Dophis... Well, Dophis should have told you his identity, right? Yes, he is a relatively core member of the Bayam Empire's royal family and knows many family secrets.

"According to Dophis's recollection, he never remembered that there was an Sealed Artifact corresponding to the 'Duke of Entropy' in the family, not even similar legends."

Hobert was slightly stunned: This Angel died earlier, perhaps He is... Forget it, I'll just ask Trunsoest directly later.

"So Rex followed this clue to investigate," Christian said, "Finally, he found Longtail Island and discovered traces of fierce Beyonder battles that had occurred on the island."

Hobert recalled that the location where he built the factory was obviously a place where Beyonder battles had occurred. Even now, it is still a wasteland, and the fertility of the land is not even enough to grow crops.

Christian finally said: "After a series of investigations, Rex can be sure that the 'Mountain God' on Longtail Island is the spiritual remnant of that Angel after His death.

"Rex roughly found the location of the 'Mountain God', but he encountered the seal left by the Underworld Emperor there. He tried many methods, but failed to break through that seal.

"According to the information obtained from Dophis, it may require the Underworld Emperor or the descendants of the Underworld Emperor... The descendants here refer to direct descendants. Dophis's bloodline is too thin and does not count as a direct descendant."

He paused and continued: "There is no need to think about the Underworld Emperor, He has already fallen. The other two pathways are that the seal can only be lifted by the direct descendants of the Underworld Emperor or Beyonders marked by the Underworld.

"According to Dophis, only the Underworld Emperor and the Death Consul of that year had the ability to mark Beyonders with the Underworld. This path is almost impossible to take, and the direct descendants of the Underworld Emperor have long been nowhere to be found.

"This characteristic is also very difficult to obtain."

Hobert finally understood why Trunsoest would say that this characteristic was easier for him to obtain, because he was marked by the power of the Underworld by Mr. Azik, the former Death Consul. That was Mr. Azik's wedding gift to him.

However, Hobert did not mention this matter at the moment, but asked: "Why did the Underworld Emperor only seal that fallen Angel back then? Instead of taking the corresponding characteristic or Sealed Artifact to use?"

Christian smiled: "I don't know about this. I only know that because of the Underworld Emperor's seal, the spiritual remnant of that Angel can only penetrate the power of Sequence 3."

Hobert nodded and asked again: "How can I find that Sealed Artifact, or the Underworld Emperor's seal?"

"According to Rex, you need to use some of the abilities of the 'Frenzied Mage' when the 'Mountain God' actively displays power to find it," Christian replied:

"This may require a long wait, because sometimes the 'Mountain God' will not show his power for several years in a row."

Hobert immediately thought: When the "Mountain God" uses his abilities, he can try to find it with "Affinity".

Then he said in his heart: I will destroy the Mountain God Church recently, so I am not afraid that the "Mountain God" will not take action.

At this time, Brandon behind him said: "I have been looking for the descendants of the Underworld Emperor all these years, and finally found one in Tingen City, Loen. He seems to be an 'Undying', and has forgotten that he is a descendant of the Underworld Emperor."

Speaking of this, he smiled helplessly: "But the strange thing is that I can't contact him recently, and I can't divine the mark I secretly made on him."

Hobert 'oh-ed' and smiled: "Thank you."

At the same time, he thought: The one you found wouldn't be Mr. Azik, would it? He, oh, no, He is now in a deep sleep and has basically recovered his power, so your mark disappeared, right?

However, Hobert was still very grateful to Brandon, because if he started with the direct descendants of the Underworld Emperor, Mr. Azik would not be easy to find, and he might follow this direction to the Southern Continent.

Brandon must have put a lot of effort into this to find Mr. Azik.

Christian in the front said: "Okay, let's open the stone door."

Brandon took a step forward, and the two of them pushed open the stone door, one on each side.

As soon as the door opened, Hobert felt the colorful brilliance inside. The three of them entered the door together, and Hobert first saw the Beyonder characteristics that emitted various colors.

They were placed on six different stone tables. Above each stone table, some gray stones were used to form small squares. Each small square contained a Beyonder characteristic.

Hobert noticed that these stones were somewhat special and should have the characteristic of not easily fusing with Beyonder characteristics.

Beyonder characteristics below the demigod level are basically relatively stable. Only some Beyonder characteristics with strong spiritual remnants are easy to fuse with their containers.

Beyonder characteristics with less severe spiritual remnants will not experience such a situation even after hundreds of years.

However, Beyonder characteristics at the demigod level are not very stable. If they are placed in ordinary containers for a long time, there is a certain probability that some fusion phenomena will occur, turning into an Sealed Artifact with particularly severe negative effects.

If there are still spiritual remnants in the Beyonder characteristics, then the corresponding fusion will definitely occur!

Continuing forward, there were many more tables with many stone or wooden boxes on them. Hobert guessed that there might be some Sealed Artifacts inside.

But it seemed a bit too much. There were eight stone tables filled with boxes of all sizes.

There were a total of fourteen tables in the entire stone room. They were arranged in a circle, enclosing a small space in the middle of the stone room.

In the middle of the circle was a smaller stone table with only two small wooden boxes on it.

Christian stepped forward, opened one of the wooden boxes, and handed Hobert a booklet: "This is the list, check it against it."

Hobert opened the booklet and took a quick glance. He realized why there were so many wooden boxes in the stone room. It turned out that some of the things were books, notes, and royal utensils inherited from the Trunsoest family.

However, there were also many kinds of Sealed Artifacts, a total of three tables. The remaining five tables were all the Trunsoest family's legacy, all priceless antiques, but they hardly carried any Beyonder characteristics.

Hobert closed the booklet and smiled: "I'll check it later."

Brandon opened another box and took out a pure black badge that was two circles larger than a 1-pound coin. The pattern engraved on it was a crown. This was the Trunsoest family's coat of arms.

He said: "This is the family badge representing the identity of an orthodox Trunsoest member. There are at most only five left now. This one will be inherited by you.

"You can use this family badge to gain the trust of the Balk family in the Southern Continent, or any branch of the Trunsoest family."

Hobert solemnly took the family badge and suddenly felt that his spirituality had a certain connection with this badge!

The family badge emitted a faint black light, and the crown engraved in the middle became very three-dimensional.

Hobert restrained his spirituality, the faint light disappeared, and the three-dimensional crown returned to a flat pattern.

He sighed in his heart: In an unexpected situation, he did a "paternity test".

Christian smiled: "Okay, this is all the legacy Rex left you. I think it should be of great help to your career."

Hobert nodded: "Indeed."

The money he left him before played a big role.

"Check it yourself," Christian said: "We won't disturb you."

Brandon also nodded and left with Christian.

Hobert took a deep breath and smiled as he checked the list in detail. The first few pages recorded the list of antiques.

He casually opened a box and looked at it. They were all relatively easy to carry and exquisitely crafted works of art. At first glance, they were very valuable. This was the foundation of the royal family.

The Sealed Artifacts ranged from Grade 1 to 3. Because Hobert now has two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, and both of these Sealed Artifacts can be used for 3 minutes after the seal is lifted, he now rarely uses Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts.

So he temporarily plans to let these Sealed Artifacts stay here.

In addition, there are some very high-level materials, including the blood of the Black Scale Emperor Crystal Gold Beast and the bile of the Jade Blood Emperor Crystal Gold Beast. These are auxiliary Ingredients for advancing to the 'Duke of Entropy'.

They are all sealed by special means to prevent them from losing their spirituality.

Hobert sighed in his heart: Suddenly, he had the feeling that he didn't have to work hard in the future and could just happily live off his inheritance.

Finally, there is the list of Beyonder characteristics, most of which are characteristics of the 'Corpse Collector', 'Hunter', 'Prisoner', and 'Arbiter' pathways.

The 'Corpse Collector' and 'Prisoner' pathways came from the spoils of the battles against the Bayam Empire and the Highlands Kingdom respectively.

The 'Hunter' and 'Arbiter' pathways came from the battles against the colonial armies of Intis, Feysac, and Feysac respectively.

Among them were even 3 demigod-level Beyonder characteristics. Below the demigod level, most were "low sequence" Beyonder characteristics. Except for those from the Arbiter pathway, Hobert didn't need the Beyonder characteristics from other pathways for the time being.

Hobert looked around and sighed inwardly: In terms of value alone, these mystical items were dozens, even hundreds of times more valuable than the properties he inherited last time.

After all, a very ordinary Grade 1 Sealed Artifact could easily sell for 100,000 pounds.

Then, Hobert sighed again: If I had children and knew I was going to die soon, I could leave them such a rich inheritance…

Bah!

It's property!

Hobert smiled and turned to the last page of the list.

There were a few seemingly flamboyant sentences on it, which Hobert had seen before. This was Rex's handwriting.

He immediately "modified" the brightness of the light in the stone chamber so that he could clearly see the first sentence written on it: When you see this list, I must have failed. Your mother seems to have a significant secret. She may be the key to unlocking the family curse. If she doesn't come to find you, then find her and get help from her.

Hobert took a deep breath: No wonder so many organizations chose to invest in Rex. Even if he wasn't affected by Trunsoest and his fate had changed to some extent, this keen intuition alone gave him the demeanor of a "chosen one."

What a pity! Hobert sighed: The family's misfortune limited his development.

Because Hobert had already met April, he went directly to the second sentence: All my guesses about the family curse, as well as some other speculative notes, are in Box No. 6.

The third sentence was: You can always trust Christian and Brandon.

Finally, he wrote: Dad loves you!

Suddenly, Hobert's eyes blurred. These simple words made him feel Rex's reluctance when he wrote them.

Rex certainly didn't want to do such a dangerous thing, but when he thought that his child would suffer from the family curse like him, he had to fight for that last chance of survival, no matter how reluctant he was.

Closing the list, Hobert took a deep breath. At this moment, he felt a courage and determination he had never felt before: Completely solve the family's curse and prevent such tragedies from happening again!

Adjusting his emotions, Hobert went to find the box numbered "6". After opening it, there were several notebooks inside.

He took Box No. 6, closed the stone door, took out the two crystals from the groove outside, and watched the ground close on its own.

Hobert used "Travel" to enter the spirit world, marked the location, and returned to Backlund, to his study.

He put the box containing the notebooks on the desk, built a "spiritual wall", and entered the "Nation of Disorder."

Sitting on the "Iron Throne", Hobert beckoned and summoned Trunsoest, who was sealed in the pool, again, asking him to sit opposite him.

Trunsoest smiled and said, "What? Are you ready to accept your fate?"

"Not yet." Hobert also smiled, chatting like an old friend: "Let me ask you a question, how many independent 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics are there?"

He knew that Trunsoest definitely wanted him to advance to Sequence 2 as soon as possible, and he would definitely not hide information in this regard.

"9 copies." Trunsoest said almost without thinking.

Hobert nodded: "Every Beyonder characteristic at this level should know its whereabouts, right?"

"Of course, but I only know the whereabouts of 7 of them." Trunsoest seemed to have a great desire to chat: "In the early Fourth Epoch, 4 of the 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics were in Solomon's body.

"The other 3 Beyonder characteristics were in me, Tudor, and a 'Duke of Entropy' member of the Solomon family, respectively.

"After Solomon fell, Tudor and I each obtained a Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic, which meant that we each had 2 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics in our bodies.

"The 3rd Sequence 1 Beyonder characteristic was taken to the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' by the True Creator. There were 2 'Duke of Entropy' characteristics there. Later, when Solomon was resurrected, he only recovered the 'King of Slaughter' Beyonder characteristic.

"The 2 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics in the hands of the True Creator should still be in the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods'.

"The angel of the Solomon family was killed by us because a female member of our family was his wife, so the Trunsoest family naturally inherited that Beyonder characteristic.

"Unfortunately, this family member died in the 'War of the Four Emperors', and his characteristic is still in the Berserk Sea."

Hobert then said, "Was that family member named Megali?"

"Yes." Trunsoest smiled gently: "You have indeed found relevant clues. In my opinion, you should be able to obtain this Beyonder characteristic easily."

Hobert asked, "Why didn't the Underworld Emperor take away this Beyonder characteristic back then?"

"This has to start with Megali's life." The "former emperor", who had a somewhat bookish temperament, gradually became serious:

"Although she and the angel of the Solomon family were in a political marriage, they had a good relationship.

"After witnessing her husband being killed by the orthodox gods, the seeds of hatred were deeply buried in her heart.

"After she became the 'Duke of Entropy', she had been secretly planning to trigger a battle between the orthodox gods... or rather, to subvert the orthodox churches.

"It was too late when I discovered this, and I couldn't protect her. She was sent by the six gods to the front line to resist the Balam Empire. It is said that the God of Combat or the Evernight Goddess used her as bait to plan a trap for the Underworld Emperor.

"It seems that an corruption that even the Underworld Emperor could not resist was placed on her, but during the battle, the Underworld Emperor noticed this and had the Primordial Demoness kill Megali, and then the Underworld Emperor sealed her body and Beyonder characteristics."

Hobert was stunned, and suddenly felt that the danger index of obtaining this Beyonder characteristic had increased immediately.

He asked again, "What is the specific corruption? It can even contaminate the Underworld Emperor? Then the Beyonder characteristic belonging to Megali has also been corrupted?"

"I don't know." Trunsoest showed a helpless smile for the first time: "I only know that the corruption can easily be transmitted to the Underworld Emperor, but Megali was not very corrupted."

Hobert nodded, such a level of danger was still acceptable.

After all, Trunsoest still wanted to be resurrected in his body and wouldn't make such a joke.

Trunsoest took a deep breath and said, "Anyway, this Beyonder characteristic is the easiest for you to obtain."

Hobert asked again: "Where are the other 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics now?"

"Tudor and I each have 2 'Duke of Entropy' Beyonder characteristics in our bodies." Trunsoest continued: "After we became gods, we each discharged one."

Hobert was stunned: "There is such an operation?"

Trunsoest smiled: "Otherwise, why do you think the angels of the orthodox churches are exactly three?"

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