Lord of the Mysteries: The New Black Emperor

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Currently, the three battle lines of the Loen Kingdom on land are as follows: the western line has been breached, the northern line is still in a stalemate in industrial cities like Constanta, and only the eastern line remains as solid as a rock, showing no signs of being captured.

This is inseparable from the fact that the headquarters of the Church of the Evernight Goddess is located in the Amantha Mountains on the eastern front. The main force of the Church of the God of Combat is also here, constantly trying to break through the eastern front, but has not succeeded.

The extraordinary war between the two sides has been very fierce. Demigod battles occur almost every day in the Amantha Mountains and at the mountain pass, and occasionally even bring about confrontations between the angels of both sides.

Just now, military personnel witnessed Larrion appearing at the Amantha Pass.

Hobert quickly got into the zone: "Let's go to the mountain pass and take a look."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, using the power of "Distortion", and the two instantly entered the spirit world.

Bin was slightly stunned, curious as to what kind of space magic this was?

Immediately afterwards, he pondered for a moment before realizing that this should be the manifestation of the "Lawyer" ability at the angel level.

In just a few seconds, the two had already arrived at the Amantha Pass.

Bin thought in his heart: It's faster than "Travel".

Of course it's faster. In Hobert's opinion, there are shortcuts everywhere in the spirit world.

Bin quickly calmed down and led Hobert to a military demigod.

"About half an hour ago, there were many non-combat attrition cases in the eastern positions. After we went to understand the situation, we speculated based on the appearance and other information described by the eyewitnesses that Larrion of the Church of the God of Combat had passed through there and entered the Minsk Mountains," the demigod in military uniform reported concisely.

Hobert was slightly stunned: "Ordinary soldiers saw Larrion?"

"Yes."

Hobert asked again: "How are those soldiers now?"

The demigod showed a helpless smile: "More than half of the entire regiment of six hundred people have died, and the remaining half are living worse than death."

The angels of the Loen royal family are very busy, constantly traveling between the western and northern fronts. The angels of the Church of the Evernight Goddess are also ready to confront the angels of the Church of the God of Combat at any time. They have no time to care about the lives and deaths of these ordinary soldiers.

Hobert said: "Take me to see."

The military demigod immediately said: "Yes!"

After the demigod pointed out a direction, Hobert immediately "distorted" their position and arrived at a trench filled with a foul stench.

The soldiers in the Trunsoest were either so old that they were unrecognizable, or covered in festering black tumors, constantly oozing pus with a foul odor. They were all waiting to die in agony.

Hobert raised his hand and "bestowed" the aging and festering caused by the influence of the Twilight power on their bodies to the rocks and trees in the distance.

Those trees instantly turned withered and yellow, and the rocks instantly cracked.

The pain on the bodies of the soldiers who were already waiting to die suddenly disappeared. Some of them couldn't believe it, repeatedly touching their rejuvenated faces, and immediately cheered.

The military demigod said to them: "Come and thank Duke Hobert. He brought the special medicine that saved you."

Previously, they had lied that these soldiers had been harmed by some kind of poison gas, which was why they had become like this.

Hobert smiled and waved, responding to the soldiers' gratitude, and then learned about the scene they had just seen from them.

After the three returned to the command post, Hobert asked the military demigod: "Does Loen have any strongholds or defense lines in the Minsk Mountains?"

The military demigod replied: "No, what we just saw is already the easternmost position."

Hobert frowned: "Then it's strange. Why would Larrion show the influence of an angel level in front of ordinary soldiers?"

"This is equivalent to telling us that He has entered the Minsk Mountains."

The military demigod was stunned for a moment before saying: "Duke, you may not understand very well, but currently, the angels and demigods on both sides will definitely pollute or influence ordinary soldiers if they have the opportunity, so as to weaken the opponent's power."

He took a deep breath: "Now, for both sides, soldiers are the most expensive strategic resource."

Positions need soldiers to attack and defend, and weapons need soldiers to use them. Now the training time for soldiers has been shortened to twenty days, but in the eyes of the higher-ups, it still takes a lot of time and resources to train a soldier who won't immediately die inexplicably on the battlefield.

Hobert was stunned for a second or two, and suddenly, as if asking himself and also asking the military demigod: "Now that the war has reached this point, what is the meaning?"

But He seemed to just ask this question and didn't intend to get an answer from here.

After sighing, Hobert said to the military demigod again: "I see."

"In other words, there's no need to pay special attention to Larrion's actions."

Just as Hobert was about to leave with Bin, the military demigod suddenly said: "Duke, I've recently heard some comments about Longtail Island. Are those...are those comments true?"

"You can go find Locker of the Air Force," Hobert said. "He has a special pass that can take you to Longtail Island for a visit."

The military demigod was slightly stunned before nodding: "Okay, I'll go take a look."

Previously, because of the sneak attack on Saint Millon, a group of "Creator" believers, led by Locker, emerged in the Air Force. Later, Hobert assisted in defending Pritz Harbor, and another group of "Creator" believers joined the Navy.

Not long ago, Hobert heard Locker say that there was also a group of officers in the Army who yearned for the Southern Balam Duchy.

This is not difficult to understand. With the death of a large number of soldiers, the officers will definitely think about the meaning of this war, and then they will find that this war is meaningless!

If there were no publicity about Longtail Island, they would still be looking for a way out in confusion. Now the "Longtail Island Model" provides them with a new idea, and of course they will do their best to learn more about it.

Hobert left the position with Bin and quickly entered the Minsk Mountains.

This place is sparsely populated, and the ice and snow in some places have not yet melted.

Hobert stopped on a ridge, in front of him was an endless primeval forest, and there was no trace of Larrion at all.

Just as Hobert was preparing to wait for an opportunity again, he found a team of Loen soldiers in the valley, searching forward very vigilantly.

Hobert brought Bin to the front of them, creating the illusion of an encounter.

Of course, encountering a Loen Duke and the Archbishop of the Church of the Evernight Goddess in this kind of place sounds a bit unbelievable.

However, Hobert used the ability of "Charm", which greatly increased their goodwill towards Hobert and did not notice this problem.

The leader of this team of soldiers was a Captain Egbert, a Sequence 7 "Interrogator". He looked to be in his twenties, very strong, and with a shrewd look on his face.

"I didn't expect to meet the Duke and Archbishop here," the young Egbert smiled. "With the blessing of the Goddess, our mission will definitely be completed smoothly this time."

Hobert twitched the corner of his mouth: The Goddess used to be the "Goddess of Misfortune", I seriously doubt whether she can bless "successful completion of the mission".

Hobert looked at the other 12 team members. Their equipment was good, and they all looked like veterans. While the commander was talking to Hobert, they were constantly guarding the surroundings with a clear division of labor. In addition, there were three Beyonders among them, with Sequences 9 and 8 respectively.

He asked: "What mission do you have in the deep mountains?"

While asking, He re-examined the soldiers. His spirituality told Him that something seemed wrong here, but He couldn't say what was wrong.

Under the effect of "Charm", Captain Egbert did not hide anything and pointed to the top of the mountain over there: "There is a hidden watchtower across two mountains, responsible for watching the situation in Midseashire, and then using telegrams to report the observed information."

"This watchtower has provided a lot of valuable information for the northern battlefield, but about a month ago, the watchtower was discovered by the enemy. After several rounds of fighting with the Feysac army, we finally abandoned it five days ago."

"But just two days ago, we actually received a distress signal from the watchtower again."

"It is very likely that during the previous battle, some soldiers were forced to hide in the forest, and now they don't know that we have abandoned it."

"After we sent a retreat order via telegram, the other party sent another distress signal. We suspect that their telegraph machine may be broken and unable to receive telegrams."

"So the headquarters ordered our 12 people to bring the other party back."

Hobert felt that something was wrong again, which made Him realize that there must be a problem with this mission.

He looked at these young faces, and then thought of the soldiers who had been wailing in the Trunsoest just now.

Hobert took a deep breath and said to Bin: "Let's accompany them to the watchtower first. Tell me immediately if there is any new eyewitness news."

Generally, after there is an eyewitness report, it will first be reported to the angel of the Church of the Evernight Goddess in a prayer, and then Bin will be notified by the angel.

Bin was slightly stunned, but immediately nodded and said: "Okay."

Hobert asked Captain Egbert: "You just said, which direction is the watchtower in?"

"It's in that direction," Egbert pointed out a direction: "You have to cross two mountain peaks."

Hobert smiled: "You remembered wrong. Look, isn't the watchtower right in front of us?"

He "distorted" the surrounding space, and the scenery on both sides flashed backwards. In an instant, he "crossed" two mountain peaks and arrived in front of a watchtower with obvious traces of battle.

The soldiers were all stunned. Hobert "tampered" with their thinking, making them feel that this process was very reasonable.

"That's fast," Egbert smiled slightly: "We originally planned to arrive here in the evening, but I didn't expect to arrive in the morning."

Hobert glanced at the watchtower and suddenly waved towards it.

Bang, bang, bang~

Suddenly, several gunshots rang out from the watchtower, but without exception, the bullets fired from it were "tampered with" and flew into the sky.

Egbert gestured, and he and the soldiers immediately assumed a combat posture, cooperating very skillfully to attack the watchtower.

Hobert did not follow in, but looked at the surrounding environment. It was on a downward slope, surrounded by dense woods, making it indeed difficult to spot.

The color of the watchtower should have been specially treated, similar to the gray-green color of the surrounding leaves. There were also several military tents under the trees and a circular position.

Bin suddenly said, "Something's not right here."

Hobert smiled and said, "You feel it too?"

At this time, the battle inside ended, and Hobert and Bin entered the watchtower.

As soon as he entered the tower, Hobert first saw a corpse wearing a Feysac Empire military uniform.

Arriving on the second floor, there were two Feysac soldiers squatting on the ground, holding their heads in their hands.

Not far from them, there was another corpse of a Feysac Empire soldier.

Captain Egbert was interrogating the prisoners: "Ask them what their mission is?"

A soldier who understood Feysac was doing the translation haltingly.

When the two soldiers heard that someone understood Feysac, they immediately shouted the same sentence loudly.

Seeing the translator stunned, Egbert asked, "What are they saying?"

"They said… that there are devils among us, and told us to leave here." The translator said with some surprise.

Egbert sneered, "That's right, I am the devil of the Feysac people."

Saying this, he raised his rifle and shot another Feysac prisoner, splattering blood on the other prisoner's face.

The captain said, "Ask again, what is their mission?"

The last prisoner watched his companion die in front of him, stunned for a moment, and began to describe their mission.

It turned out that the Feysac army had also received a distress signal from here. They thought it was sent by the survivors who had been sent to attack here before, so they sent a small force to rescue them.

But after arriving here, many comrades mysteriously disappeared.

Just as they were preparing to evacuate, they encountered Egbert's team.

Egbert nodded in satisfaction. Another soldier took the prisoner to the room downstairs, and then ordered two soldiers to dispose of the corpses, and finally ordered three soldiers to search the watchtower and the surrounding positions in a triangular formation.

Hobert just watched quietly, with no intention of participating in the whole process.

After giving the order, Egbert smiled and said to Hobert, "Your Grace, the disappearance of these Feysac soldiers must have been done by the comrades hiding in the woods."

"We'll take a short rest, and then plan to divide into three teams to go around…"

"Ah~"

Suddenly, a chilling scream came from upstairs, interrupting Egbert's words.

Egbert drew his pistol and rushed upstairs. When he saw the scene upstairs, he was slightly stunned. He was clearly the first to rush up, but Duke Hobert and Bishop Bin were already checking on the soldier rolling on the ground.

He was stunned for a full second before he remembered to look downstairs. The soldiers downstairs had come to check the situation, but they did not see the Duke and Bishop.

Egbert breathed a long sigh of relief. It would have been terrifying if there was another Duke and a Bishop below.

In front of Hobert, the soldier writhing in pain was one of the three who had just performed the search mission.

The other two stood aside with terrified expressions, holding their guns helplessly. In front of them, there was also a large military telescope with a stand.

After a brief examination, Hobert determined that the soldier with a painful expression was cursed. He said to the soldiers who rushed over, "Everyone stand back!"

Saying this, he made a pulling motion towards the soldier, "gifting" the curse on him to a tree outside.

The tree actually trembled violently, making a painful "creaking" sound.

Hobert snapped his fingers and "tampered with" the ignition point of the hydrogen around the tree, causing a fire to instantly engulf the tree, ending its pain.

The soldier lying on the ground seemed to have survived a catastrophe, his eyes were straight, and he was breathing non-stop.

Hobert asked the other two soldiers, "What happened just now?"

One of the soldiers said, "Bob just looked outside with the telescope, and suddenly fell to the ground and screamed."

Bob was referring to the soldier who had just been cursed.

Hobert got up and looked around. The third floor of the watchtower was a semi-open structure, and it was almost as tall as the tall canopy, but because it was on a downward slope, the ground in front was lower, and the view towards the Inner Sea was unobstructed.

The Minsk Mountains probably run east-west. This is the northernmost end of the mountain range. The foot of the mountain where this watchtower is located is the sparkling Inner Sea.

With Hobert's eyesight, he could see the end of the Inner Sea from here. There were many Feysac Empire military supply ships traveling back and forth between the north and south banks of Midseashire.

And the entire hillside, the dense forest was in full view.

If the curse just now was ignored, this was a very good view.

At this time, the soldier named Bob had recovered. Egbert asked him, "What did you see just now?"

"I didn't see anything." Bob said with lingering fear.

Egbert frowned: "Didn't see anything?"

"Yes, it was a piece of darkness." Bob said: "It's like the telescope was covered by something."

"Covered?" A soldier was about to go to the telescope to check, because there was no obstruction in front of the telescope.

"Don't go over there!" Hobert and Egbert reminded at the same time.

Then the two looked at each other, but their eyes quickly turned away.

Egbert cleared his throat and said, "No one should approach the telescope, there…"

He was just about to say this when he saw Hobert take a step forward and stand in front of the telescope, then picked it up and looked outside.

All this happened too fast, and it was too late when Egbert wanted to stop him.

But Hobert was not cursed like Bob, but looked at it calmly for a while, and then looked forward.

The sun was shining brightly in front of him, and the lake looked sparkling in the sun.

In the telescope, however, it was pitch black, with nothing to see.

After confirming the scene in front of him, Hobert confirmed that there was no cover in front of the telescope, and then approached the telescope again, but it was still pitch black in front of him.

Just as he was about to look away, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness, looking at Hobert.

Hobert immediately felt corruption and a curse, but he didn't take it to heart, because he had been very cautious since just now, gathering a thin layer of "Order Crystal" in front of him.

All Beyonder attacks were blocked by the "Order Crystal".

The pair of eyes stared at Hobert for about one or two seconds, and probably realized that it could not hurt Hobert, and then disappeared into the darkness.

Hobert looked away and re-examined the telescope.

The darkness may not be in front of the telescope, but may be in an unknown space.

There was a certain connection between this telescope and the darkness, so using this telescope, one could see the dark scene in an unknown location.

Hobert pondered for a while before saying to Egbert, "You're right, no one should approach this telescope… well, no one should come to the third floor."

After everyone returned to the second floor, Hobert sat in a chair and watched Egbert begin to assign soldiers to search the surrounding area.

After the soldiers left, Bin whispered, "These soldiers are also strange."

"Definitely strange." Hobert smiled and said, "If they were just here to pick up a few lost soldiers, would they send an extraordinary captain?"

Bin also said, "Should we go back now? After all, we still have important things to do."

Hobert shook his head: "I didn't even notice the curse just now."

Bin was stunned, not quite understanding what he meant.

Hobert said, "Larrion did not leave the Minsk Mountains. He may be not far from this watchtower."

As an angel, his spirituality did not even notice the curse just now, which is enough to show that the curse is not simple.

In the Minsk Mountains, Hobert's only known opponent is the angel Larrion. He believes that everything that happened in this watchtower may have something to do with Larrion.

Bin was very surprised by this conclusion, but seeing that Hobert was not joking, he chose to believe the angel's judgment.

Hobert also said to Bin, "You guard the surroundings, I will use some special methods to see if I can find the source of the curse."

Bin nodded and kept watch around as Hobert instructed.

Hobert lowered his head, pretending to think intently, and his spirit body entered the "Nation of Disorder", sitting on the "Iron Throne" and looking around with "True Vision".

Under "True Vision", he saw a faint green mist in the forest around the watchtower.

These mists did not seem to be very dangerous, but they could block "True Vision"! It also blocked the spirituality of an angel to a certain extent.

Hobert realized that unless it involved his own danger, he might not be able to have a premonition in advance.

He was about to withdraw his gaze when he suddenly noticed something was wrong, and a strange aura seemed to be spreading around.

Suddenly, he saw several corpses of Feysac soldiers covered in soil, with slight signs of decay on their faces, crawling out of the tents not far away.

The Loen soldiers should have searched those tents just now. Didn't they find these corpses?

Hobert waited for a while and discovered that the target of these corpses was the watchtower.

The soldiers guarding the prisoners downstairs had already noticed the abnormality and were shooting outside in a somewhat flustered manner.

Only then did Hobert return to the real world. At this time, Bin had already noticed the abnormality and waved his hand down from the window, "easing" the corpses of those Feysac soldiers, and they immediately fell to the ground.

Hobert got up and glanced at the corpses downstairs: "I didn't feel the power of the 'Death' pathway."

Bin frowned and said, "Me neither."

Because of the gunshots, the team that went out to explore quickly returned.

After Egbert understood the situation, he ordered everyone to return to the second floor first.

"Over there… Over there are corpses!" At this time, the last soldier to return ran back in horror and shouted.

Egbert said with a gloomy face, "Let's go upstairs and talk about it."

When they came upstairs, everyone did not avoid Hobert and Bin and began to discuss the problems they were facing.

Egbert did not ask about the corpses first, but first asked the last soldier to return: "Didn't I order you not to separate under any circumstances? Why did you leave the search team?"

The soldier said with a mournful face: "I, I just went to the toilet and found that Bruce and Sack had disappeared.

"I quickly chased after them along the footprints, but… but in a place where the ice and snow hadn't melted, I found three rows of footprints ahead.

"I was wondering at the time, why would there be three rows of footprints?

"After running a few steps, I finally found three people wearing Loen military uniforms. After catching up, I even cursed a few times, asking them why they didn't wait for me?

"But they didn't seem to hear my voice and were still searching forward seriously. I went forward and patted one of them on the shoulder before realizing something was wrong.

"His shoulder was icy cold, the kind of bone-chilling cold!

"The soldier slowly turned his head. It was a stranger. The other two also turned their heads to look at me. They were also strangers!"

Speaking of this, the last soldier to return still looked frightened, and the other soldiers also felt a chill down their spines and unconsciously moved closer to each other.

The last soldier to return took a deep breath before continuing: "Their faces were covered with frost, their eyes were full of whites, and there were some signs of decay on their cheeks!

"They… they opened their mouths together and said a word to me together…"

Speaking of this, the soldier suddenly paused.

Egbert quickly asked, "What did they say?"

"They…" The soldier's tone suddenly became a little strange, as if he had suddenly become very aloof: "They asked: Why do you want to start a war?"

Pa ~

After saying this, the soldier exploded like a rotten tomato that had been squeezed, scattering into pieces.

Everyone was so frightened by this scene that they retreated one after another, but they soon discovered that there seemed to be a transparent barrier in front of them, blocking those light green flesh and blood.

Egbert glanced at Duke Hobert behind him, only to see him raising his hand slightly at this time. He immediately understood that the Duke had protected them, and those light green flesh and blood were obviously problematic.

Everyone took a few seconds to accept the fact that a comrade had died, and the expressions on everyone's faces became very solemn.

Egbert took a deep breath before saying: "No one should touch these flesh and blood. Bob, go find some kerosene and burn these flesh and blood."

"Yes." Bob immediately went to find kerosene.

Egbert then went to question the other two subordinates: "Bruce, Sack, how could you not have noticed that a comrade had gone missing?"

Bruce took a deep breath in fear before saying: "No, Captain, Sack and I always thought that the three of us were acting together."

Sack's scalp tingled: "Yes, sir, the three of us have always been acting together."

Egbert asked: "Who is the third person?"

"It's…" Both soldiers fell into a state of confusion. They found that no matter how hard they tried to recall, they couldn't remember who the third person was.

At this time, Bob found the kerosene, poured it on the ground, and set it on fire.

Hobert, however, turned his hand and "distorted" the flesh and blood and flames on the ground to the ground outside.

Egbert suddenly realized that if these flesh and blood were burned, they might form some harmful gases.

Then he thought: Why didn't I think of such a simple question?

"Everyone, I think we should have a talk." Hobert suddenly said: "You still have some special tasks, right?"

Egbert hesitated.

Hobert looked at Egbert: "Just say it, I will help you avoid the ability of 'Concealment'."

"Yes." Egbert carefully said: "We do have a special investigation mission.

"During the battle to seize this watchtower, a seriously injured officer went back alive. He told everyone that the Feysac people released a demon here…"

Egbert discovered that he could actually smoothly say the secret mission they were carrying out, which gave him a new understanding of Duke Hobert's level.

Hobert asked: "Is this a metaphor, or a real 'demon'?"

"This is a metaphor!" Egbert obviously knew what a real demon was. He continued: "We did receive a telegram.

"The other party said that he was a survivor of the previous battle, but he was seriously injured and couldn't go back. He requested support.

"He also said that he knew the true face of the demon, which was the key to defeating the Feysac people. He asked us to send someone over.

"In order to prevent it from being a trap set by the Feysac people, we only sent a small force to explore.

"If there really is a clue to defeat the enemy, that would be great, but if it really is a trap set by the Feysac people, a small force can easily break through.

"Just now, by interrogating that prisoner, I even determined that there really is a clue to defeat the enemy here."

Hobert slowly nodded. Just now, the prisoner said that they also received a distress signal, but after they came, the team members disappeared inexplicably.

This sounded very much like the Feysac Empire had released some terrifying power here, but this terrifying power was controlled by the injured Loen soldiers.

So the Loen soldiers used that power to attack the Feysac soldiers who had occupied this place, and also sent a distress signal to their own side, and attacked the Feysac reinforcements.

That's why Egbert couldn't wait to search the surrounding area, hoping to find the injured Loen soldiers as soon as possible.

But Bob's curse, and the tragic death of this soldier just now, may mean that there are no "injured Loen soldiers" here. It was that power that tricked the Feysac reinforcements and the Loen reinforcements here.

After listening to Egbert's description, Hobert said: "I think we should call that prisoner up and re-interrogate him."

After Egbert nodded, two soldiers brought the prisoner up.

Hobert once again used the ability of "charm" to greatly increase the Feysac prisoner's favorability towards Hobert, and then he asked: "What did the Feysac people release here?"

"We didn't release anything!" The prisoner said after hearing the translation.

Egbert and others looked at each other. At this time, they realized that both the Loen army and the Feysac army had been deceived by that strange power.

Hobert slowly nodded, and then asked: "Then why did you support here?"

This time, the prisoner told the truth: "After our people completely occupied this place five days ago, we originally wanted to blow up the watchtower to prevent it from being used by the Loen people again.

"But a company of soldiers who occupied this place suddenly disappeared, and did not report whether the tower was blown up or not, nor did they return to the team.

"Just the day before yesterday, we suddenly received a distress signal, saying that a soldier saw something he shouldn't have seen with the telescope on the third floor, and needed a special investigation team to support him.

"So our team came here, but after only stationing here for one night, only 4 people were left in the team of 15."

Hobert asked: "How did they die?"

The prisoner suddenly froze for a moment: "They… some of them were already dead."

Hobert frowned, and was about to continue interrogating, when the prisoner suddenly said again: "By the way, that person asked me to ask you: Why do you want to start a war?"

Pa ~

Just like before, this prisoner exploded like a rotten tomato that had been squeezed hard.

This time, Hobert was clearly prepared, but he discovered that the power that caused the prisoner's death was without warning! He still couldn't save him!

The atmosphere in the room became even more solemn. Hobert raised his hand slightly, and the light green flesh and blood on the ground were "distorted" to the pile of flesh and blood outside that had not yet been burned.

Under Hobert's "tampering", the flames on the ground outside also began to burn the prisoner's flesh and blood.

Then, he said to Egbert and the others: "I think your mission should end early. Go back and tell your superiors that even Duke Hobert was unable to prevent their tragic deaths. I don't think your superiors will blame you."

Egbert was slightly stunned: "We…"

"Yes," Hobert said: "If your mission continues, you will definitely die a miserable death."

He said to Bin, "You leave with them too."

Bin was slightly stunned, but immediately said: "Okay."

Hobert glanced at the people in the house and smiled slightly: "Okay, 1 archbishop, 1 captain, 11 soldiers, everyone is here. I'll send you…"

"Wait a moment!" Egbert suddenly said seriously, "Your Grace, are you mistaken? When we came, there were 12 people. One died just now, so including me, there are only 11 people!"

Hobert was slightly stunned, and immediately understood why he felt something was wrong when he first encountered this team.

At that time, Egbert clearly had 12 subordinates, and with the captain, there were 13 people.

But Egbert said, "The command ordered 12 of us to bring them back," which means that in their understanding, there have always been 12 people, but this team has 13 people!

Hobert was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Things are getting more and more interesting."

He said to Bin: "You, get behind me."

The Archbishop was a little frightened at this time and quickly came behind Hobert. He thought to himself: I can't let them go! Who knows what they will bring back?

Egbert and the others suddenly became distrustful of the people around them and unconsciously distanced themselves.

Hobert said to them: "Don't panic. Next, I will pray for the power of the Evernight Goddess to help us identify who the extra person is!"

"Everyone, pay attention to observe whether anyone is disrupting the ritual? See if anyone wants to leave suddenly!"

Without giving everyone a chance to object, Hobert immediately used the power of "Tampering" and air to "fix" all 12 people in place.

Then, at his suggestion, Bin brought a table and set up candles.

Hobert began to chant: "Evernight Goddess who stands higher than the cosmos and more eternal than eternity…"

"I encountered a problem while completing your mission, and I request your communication and help."

"Please, does everything that happened on this watchtower have anything to do with my mission?"

A peaceful force descended on the watchtower, and the hearts of the somewhat anxious soldiers also calmed down.

In a corner not far away, half a bottle of red wine suddenly flew onto the table, and the cork was opened and fell down. The red wine flowed out, forming letters, and finally spelling out a word: Yes.

Hobert nodded. His previous premonition was correct.

Then he felt a little strange. Why did the Evernight Goddess communicate with him in this way?

Clearly, in previous communications, the Evernight Goddess could already talk to him.

After thinking for a while, Hobert understood that the Evernight Goddess was doing this for others to see, possibly for Bin, or possibly for these soldiers.

Of course, it was even more likely for Larrion, who was probably hiding in the dark, to make this "Glory" realize that the Evernight Goddess was currently focused on "doing more important things," and even such an important communication could only project a small amount of power here.

Hobert asked again: "Where does that telescope connect to?"

The red wine on the table deformed again, forming a word: Cosmos.

Then more red wine poured out, forming a sentence: That sealed artifact seized the opportunity and suddenly lost effective control, ultimately leading to this crisis.

At this time, Hobert understood that his mission was not only to seize the sealed artifact, but also to resolve this crisis.

He said again: "Please help me identify which of them is the culprit of this crisis."

This time, after a pause of two or three seconds, the red wine moved again: There is a way to identify them, let them each state their name and birthday in turn.

Hobert then realized that the "Creator's" "True Vision" would be obscured by a light green mist, and the Evernight Goddess's vision might not be able to directly see who had a problem.

Moreover, even if she could see it, the Evernight Goddess would have to pretend not to see it at this time.

However, true gods are different from false gods. Even if she doesn't directly say who has a problem, she can still find a way to solve the problem through other means.

The Evernight Goddess's reminder enlightened Hobert. In mysticism, a person's name and time of birth are closely related to the spirit world.

These two pieces of information can be regarded as someone's "file number" in the spirit world.

Usually, during divination, these two pieces of information are used to "check the files" in the spirit world. Therefore, in divination, slightly more complex divination, such as horoscopes and dream divination, birthdays and names are very important information.

But if one of them has a problem, his connection with the spirit world must have a problem!

Then, when he says his name and birthday, it will automatically restore much of the altered information in the spirit world, and it is likely to find a clue to break the situation.

So, after thanking the Evernight Goddess and cleaning up the altar, Hobert said to the 12 soldiers: "You, clearly state your name and date of birth in turn! Starting from the left!"

At the same time, Hobert used the ability of "Connection" to closely monitor the connection between them and the spirit world.

The first soldier said: "Bruce Will, born on February 28, 1329."

Before Hobert could say anything, Bob said in horror: "You… Bruce is dead! He died two months ago!"

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