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Looking at the "Trunsoest Brass Book" in front of him, even Trunsoest himself was a little speechless. He didn't quite understand when Hobert had caused such serious corruption to the "Brass Book."
But there was no time to think about that now. Trunsoest and Tamara turned and left.
Hobert waved his hand at the "Brass Book," and this Grade 0 Sealed Artifact flew into his hand, obediently flipping open, as if waiting for Hobert to write.
At this moment, he really wanted to laugh out loud. With the "Brass Book" in hand, becoming a Great Old One was just around the corner!
Taking a deep breath, he steadied his mind, ignored Trunsoest, and turned the Brass Book towards Tamara, who had already escaped a short distance with half her body.
When Tamara saw the first line of words that appeared on the "Brass Book" on its own, she ran the fastest.
But when she opened the boundary between the real world and the spirit world, she "coincidentally" encountered the monster summoned by Lilith.
Among everyone present, Lilith was also very happy. The end of the War of the Gods meant that she would soon be promoted to Sequence 1 and become a King of Angels.
Tamara no longer tried to leave from the spirit world, but instead planned to escape a distance first by "distorting" space.
Raymond seized the opportunity to rush over and summoned a ball of flames to block Tamara's path. Beverly also took the opportunity to try to "distort" Tamara's thoughts.
Although she didn't succeed, she bought Hobert enough time.
Hobert's gaze turned to the "Brass Book," and a line of mercury-colored new text appeared on it: A person with very symmetrical facial features does not conform to the aesthetic characteristics of the human body and should be severely punished.
Suddenly, illusory black chains appeared behind Tamara, locking her in place. At the same time, illusory barbed whips appeared behind her, lashing fiercely at Tamara's spine.
But it only lashed twice, because Tamara "distorted" her appearance, making it less symmetrical, so she was no longer punished by the "Brass Book."
But at this time, Hobert and the others had completely surrounded Tamara.
At this moment, two "Underworld Gates" appeared under Tamara's feet. A pair of pale hands grabbed Tamara's feet and instantly disappeared into the underworld.
Hobert "distorted" the positions of the two people, bringing them from the underworld to the real world.
At this time, new words appeared on the "Brass Book": Pale-faced women should not appear in the sun, otherwise their power will be greatly weakened.
The figure of the "Pale Empress" suddenly became illusory. She immediately drew energy from the underworld to avoid becoming weak.
"The wisdom of the Sealed Artifact here is weakening, and the abilities of Beyonders are increasing!" Trunsoest, who had returned, said in a solemn voice.
Seeing Tamara trapped, he immediately rushed back to support her, not because he was so kind, but because he didn't want to see the characteristics within Tamara being taken away by Hobert.
The wisdom of the "Brass Book" was indeed weakening, and it seemed difficult to receive Hobert's requests, instead writing on its own: Anyone taller than 1.9 meters will be severely punished.
The three "Glory's" over there, who were stunned in place by the impact of the God of Combat's fall, were immediately chained by chains from the void and whipped with barbed whips.
Hobert transferred the three tool people, including the "Hundred-Eyed Devil Monarch," and joined forces to attack Trunsoest.
He let Beverly and her brother deal with the "Pale Empress," while Hobert and his mother, Lilith, tried to keep Tamara!
Tamara knew that this was a time of crisis, so she immediately took out her trump card, a crystal ball shaped like an apple. It exploded between Hobert, Lilith, and Tamara, forming a illusory ball of light.
The three angels and the surrounding space became illusory at the same time, enveloped by the ball of light, as if they had become an oil painting with rendering effects, and the three angels were the figures in the oil painting.
Prepared in advance, Tamara reached out and opened a door in the illusion. She immediately returned to the real world and left immediately.
Hobert and Lilith also wanted to leave through that door, but they found that they were temporarily unable to use their Beyonder abilities.
Trunsoest and the "Pale Empress" also took the opportunity to escape.
Until two seconds later, the ball of light shrank, and everything around it returned to its original state. The illusory ball of light turned back into a crystal apple shape, suspended in mid-air.
Hobert took a deep breath. His enemies had finally come together.
Since he failed to keep Tamara, Hobert turned his attention to Larrion over there.
Hobert didn't think much of Tamara's escape. He planned to accommodate the Uniqueness in advance. When he successfully accommodated the Uniqueness, he could completely use the "Nation of Disorder" to find Tamara.
At that time, an King of Angels fighting an Archangel would be able to kill the opponent more easily!
At this time, this "Glory" was covered in wounds because of his bad luck. Although he was a "Warrior," he couldn't withstand so many fatal injuries.
Hobert immediately "magnified" his injuries, and the angel died on the spot.
Although Hobert was Sequence 1, his "magnification" only had a small probability of killing a Sequence 2 angel.
The reason for this result was first because Larrion had already suffered very serious injuries, and secondly because he was too unlucky to encounter something that would only happen with a very small probability.
Hobert reached out and grabbed the "Death Domain of 0-73" from the "Nation of Disorder," using the power of the underworld to send Larrion's spirit to the underworld to prevent him from becoming an evil spirit.
Who knew that as soon as the entrance to the underworld opened, Hant, who had a contract relationship with Hobert, was already waiting there.
Since Hobert became an angel, he basically no longer needed the help of Hant and had not summoned him for a long time.
The last time he summoned him, he asked Hobert to help him retrieve his Beyonder characteristics, which were said to have been taken away by Larrion.
Because he was a Beyonder of the "Death" pathway before Sequence 3, his spirit had not completely died in the underworld.
This battle was very rushed. Hobert didn't have time to summon Hant to witness all this, but he intended to give Larrion's characteristics to Hant.
He didn't intend to care whether Hant's Beyonder characteristics were taken away by Larrion or not. He only cared whether he was willing to be loyal to him.
At this time, when Hobert saw Hant, he believed that Hant really had a deep hatred with Larrion, otherwise it was impossible for him to have been paying attention to Larrion and waiting in the underworld.
When Larrion's spirit saw Hant, he was very surprised: "You, you found your bones?"
Hant laughed: "I didn't expect that you would throw my bones in the 'Mirror World,' hahaha!"
That was a long time ago. When Hobert fought the demons on the west bank of Full Moon Lake, he used a Sealed Artifact to summon a skeleton monster from the "Mirror World," which happened to be Hant's bones!
At this time, Larrion had already been controlled by Hobert with the "Death Domain" and entered the underworld. Hant had a sinister smile on his face: "Come on, come on, let me feel the enthusiasm of the underworld."
As he spoke, strange underworld creatures appeared behind Hant. They had long been salivating over the angel's spirit that had been delivered to their door.
"No." In Larrion's desperate cry, Hobert closed the connection between the underworld and the real world.
The other two "Glorys" had already taken advantage of the time just now to escape. Currently, only Hobert and his own people were left on the battlefield.
Hobert took a deep breath, first dividing the spoils of war and handing the Sealed Artifact that Tamara used to escape to Lilith: "Mother!"
Lilith did not reach out to take it, but smiled and said: "Since when does a mother need a reward for helping her son?"
After saying that, her figure became hazy and disappeared from the real world.
Hobert only realized that Lilith had helped him twice, and he had to show something, but he didn't expect her attitude to be so firm.
Then Hobert said to Beverly and Raymond: "You two played a very big role in today's battle, and I will accumulate corresponding merits for you."
"Currently, your merits have two uses. First, it is the standard for becoming the actual leader of our forces, such as becoming the actual head of the official Beyonders of Highland County and Colon County."
"The second is to obtain the temporary right to use Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, or to completely obtain that Sealed Artifact."
"I will announce the specific merit exchange standards to you two after I am done with my work."
Beverly was very interested in becoming the actual head of the Beyonders, while Raymond was obviously more interested in Sealed Artifacts. These two uses were basically designed specifically for the two siblings by Hobert.
After the two angels left, Hobert took back the three tool people and put all of today's gains into the "Nation of Disorder."
...
The war ended just like that!
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes and felt it personally, Audrey and Fors would never have believed that it would end like this.
After the deep darkness swallowed the orange-red dusk and then subsided on its own, she saw from a distance that the Beyonders inside Feysac and Intis had fled one after another, and the army with Beyonders as its backbone collapsed uncontrollably.
However, the demigods, mid- and low-sequence Beyonders, and ordinary soldiers on the Loen side did not try to pursue, because they were also very confused, bewildered, and puzzled.
Only the Southern Balam army holding high the flag began to pursue with a clear purpose, some chasing westward and some chasing northward.
Audrey asked Fors to go back first. She wanted to go back to Backlund and take a look.
So Audrey walked directly back into the city and saw the surviving Backlund citizens walking out of the shelters and other places where they could hide themselves, staring blankly at the primeval forest-like scene.
They did not cheer, did not shout, nor did they curse and vent, but were numb in expression and dazed in their eyes, not knowing why the disaster suddenly ended.
Audrey silently examined such a scene and returned all the way to the Empress Borough and back to her villa.
She saw her father, mother, elder brother, butler, male servant, and maid all looking out the window in confusion, their expressions completely consistent with those of the citizens on the street.
For some reason, a sentence suddenly flashed in Audrey's mind: Dying without knowing who caused it, living without knowing why.
In the Southern Balam military headquarters in the western suburbs of Backlund, Medici loudly conveyed orders, methodically dividing the 100,000-strong army and hundreds of Beyonders into three parts.
The first part, consisting of 60,000 soldiers, with 40,000 led by Angus and the "Gale Army", would bypass the Balchis Mountains and trap the Intis army, which was rampaging throughout the western suburbs, within the Balchis Mountains!
The other 20,000 soldiers, under the command of Helen and the 'venom Sting Army", would pursue the Intis army into the Balchis Mountains, using the terrain to encircle hundreds of thousands of troops.
Only Medici would dare to use 60,000 soldiers to besiege 700,000.
The second part, consisting of 40,000 soldiers, would quickly head north, cross the Barchis Pass, and set up a defensive line in the Awwa County, preparing to strike a heavy blow against the Feysac army retreating from the southeast!
This army would be commanded by Malva of the "Blaze Army" and Elliot of the "Dawn Army."
Once these Feysac people retreated, the God of Combat Church would most likely merge with the Church of the Evernight Goddess, which might be the last chance to hunt Beyonders of the "Warrior" pathway.
Even the Einhorn persona, the Feysac royal ancestor within Medici, did not object to this act of kicking someone when they were down.
The third part, Sharron's unit, along with some official Beyonders who were conscripted, would be responsible for picking up the spoils of war after the battle of the gods!
At the instant the God of Combat fell and his corpse landed in the real world, over a hundred thousand soldiers died directly, including a large number of Beyonders.
While the Loen military had not yet reacted, they had to quickly collect these Beyonder characteristics and the Sealed Artifacts formed by chance.
However, this task was very risky, as the flesh and blood of a god could give birth to many monsters, so the "Temperance School", with the highest spirituality, was put in charge of this task.
Sharron's unit had three demigods and two Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts, and Sharron herself could apply for Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts from the "Creator" at any time, which was enough to cope with any monsters they might encounter.
There was also a portion of Beyonder power, official Beyonders transferred from the Southern Continent, all demigods and Sequence 5, led by Archibald and Lawrence, ready to support the front lines at any time.
After arranging all this, Medici asked himself in his heart: Did the "Creator" know that the Evernight Goddess would win? Or did Hobert know? This was a pre-judgment of the outcome of the battle of the gods!
A few days ago, when Hobert found Him and, in a closed space, told Him to be ready to pursue the enemy at any time, Medici once thought that Hobert's condition was so bad that he was hallucinating?
But under Hobert's repeated instructions, and knowing that Hobert would not joke about such things, He made a war plan with a skeptical attitude and mobilized for war.
With such preparations, the Southern Balam army and Beyonder troops were able to quickly strike and reap the fruits of victory when the armies of other great powers were in a state of confusion!
Thinking of this, Medici took a deep breath. He rarely admired others in his life. The last person he admired was "Lord." Now, Medici felt that he admired the "Creator" a little.
… …
Hobert first returned to Backlund. Seeing that the Intis and Feysac armies were rapidly collapsing and that the Southern Balam army had begun an orderly pursuit, he returned to his study on Longtail Island, set up a barrier composed of "Order Crystals," and entered the "Nation of Disorder" again.
Seeing the Beyonder characteristics and Sealed Artifacts in front of the "Iron Throne," Hobert took a deep breath. Today's biggest gain was undoubtedly the Uniqueness of the "Justiciar" pathway…
Just as Hobert was counting the spoils of war, a star suddenly emerged from the pool in front of him.
Hobert was stunned. It was the star representing Princess Ethel of the Feynapotter Kingdom. Why did she suddenly pray to the "Creator"?
Covering the star with his spirituality, Hobert saw an astonishing scene. In front of Ethel was a pool of crimson blood, surrounded by large chunks of wriggling bones and muscles, and Philip I, his face distorted in pain, was losing his sanity and transforming into an evil spirit.
All the creatures around him had undergone certain mutations. Some had turned into grotesque monsters.
Some had bloomed into flowers with perfectly symmetrical left and right sides, or perfectly regular three-dimensional patterns.
Others had leaves that had turned into sheets of white paper, on which were recorded articles of regulations or writing.
Chester Castiya, another angel of the Feynapotter Kingdom, was using the ability of "Imprisonment" to control the spirit body of Philip I, but it was clear that he was about to lose control.
Combining Ethel's simple report, Hobert understood that Trunsoest had first killed Philip I before seizing the characteristic.
This made him unable to help but sigh: Fortunately, he had corrupted the "Brass Book" before, otherwise it was unknown whether he could have seized this Sealed Artifact today.
It was not surprising that Tamara could cooperate with Trunsoest, as they both had a common enemy.
It was also expected that Suah would come to help, as Trunsoest had helped this "Abomination" before.
But that the "Pale Empress" would take action was somewhat beyond Hobert's expectations. A while ago, the Southern Balam Duchy had just established diplomatic relations with the Balam Empire, and they were now discussing the exchange of ambassadors.
As a result, the "Pale Empress" made such a move!
Thinking slightly in this direction, Hobert seriously listened to Ethel's request. She hoped to get the help of the "Creator" to preserve Philip I's sanity.
Hobert roughly understood that Philip I should have prepared some arrangements for his resurrection, but the problem was that his spirit body was currently transforming into an evil spirit, making it difficult for him to use his previous arrangements.
He pondered for a moment. Of course, he had to help with this kind of thing. If handled properly, the Feynapotter royal family, with only one angel left, might lean towards the Southern Balam Duchy.
As for why she prayed to the "Creator" instead of the Earth Mother, it was not difficult to understand, as the Earth Mother was quite busy at the moment.
So Hobert, holding the "0-73" Death Domain, descended his power through Ethel's star.
He first "used" Chester's "Imprisonment" to lift the closure on Philip I's spirit body, and then deepened the connection between Philip I and the real world. The distorted expression on his face immediately calmed down a lot.
Then the "Creator" "tampered" with the state of Philip I's spirit body, allowing his spirit body to exist independently in the real world for a period of time without being affected.
The painful expression on Philip I's face disappeared, and he returned to an aura similar to usual, except that he did not look as kind as usual.
Seeing that Philip I had regained his sanity, the "Creator" withdrew his power and put the unused "Death Domain" back.
Carrying this Sealed Artifact was originally to prevent himself from achieving the desired effect on the spirit body, and to use its power.
Hobert did not care how Philip I would resurrect, but continued to look at the spoils of war he had obtained in this battle.
The Uniqueness of the "Justiciar" pathway definitely could not be called "Trunsoest Brass Book" anymore. Hobert first gave it the number "0-80" and named the "Brass Book" the Book of Law.
Immediately afterwards, Hobert went to check the other Sealed Artifacts. The Beyonder characteristic of the "Knowledge Emperor" was more like a Sealed Artifact. The negative effect was that it was easy to fall into self-intoxication and easily become interested in noble women.
Hobert could not help but laugh: This Beyonder characteristic must have come from "Old Huang", and there were even some of his mental remnants! The only thing missing might be "easily becoming interested in witches."
Then, Hobert named it "0-81" Knowledge Crown.
The third Sealed Artifact was the Sealed Artifact that Tamara threw out to escape. This Sealed Artifact was aligned with the Sequence 2 "Knowledge Magister" of the "Savant" pathway.
Hobert named it "0-82" Crystal Light Screen. The ability of this Sealed Artifact was relatively simple. It could absorb the target from reality into a virtual light screen and temporarily lose its Beyonder ability.
Even the holder would be absorbed, and when there were other people in the "Virtual Light Screen", the holder could not recover this Sealed Artifact.
This was a bit of a pitfall, because the holder could not attack the absorbed target either, and could only wait for the other party to come out and continue fighting. It was only useful when escaping.
The last spoil of war was the Beyonder characteristic of the "Glory". Hobert planned to summon Hant later, have a good talk with him, and then decide where this Beyonder characteristic would go.
After reading the spoils of war, Hobert habitually began to review.
First of all, he was still surprised by the "Pale Empress's" team. If he knew that she would help Trunsoest, then when participating in the battle of the Minerminsk Mountains, he would definitely have appeared as the "Creator."
Although the "Creator" was not as flexible as Hobert, at least his status was there.
It had to be said that the "Pale Empress's" unannounced turn to his enemy forced Hobert to adjust his future plans.
Before, it was enough to be wary of the Balam Empire, but now he had to treat this Southern Continent country as an enemy.
The second point that Hobert did not expect was that Trunsoest would prioritize seizing a characteristic of the "Hand of Order."
However, thinking about it carefully, it was not so surprising, after all, in the eyes of the outside world, the strength of the "Creator" was also very strong. Even if the four archangels joined forces, they were not confident that they could definitely seize the "0-80" Book of Law.
But killing Philip I unexpectedly was not a problem at all.
Thinking of this, Hobert took a deep breath and felt the pressure again, because Trunsoest should soon be able to become a King of Angels.
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