Mystery: The New Black Emperor Descends

Chapter 741 The Complete Demise of Terensost

Half an hour before Medici drank the "Conqueror" potion, Hobert sat on a mountain peak south of Caesar Harbor, gazing at the distant Caesar Harbor.

Beverly and her brother, both wearing the same "Order Crystal" jade pendant, arrived first, followed by Sharon, the "Ancient Evil" with exquisite features, and Christine, with a solemn expression. Finally, the vampire duke Olmer arrived.

Hobart originally planned to invite "Old Yellow" to help, but since "Pale Queen" had already been killed by the Goddess of Night, there was no need to invite any other Sequence 1s.

The five angels silently looked toward Caesar's Port, awaiting Hobert's command.

At that moment, Terencest's figure suddenly appeared in mid-air not far away. He smiled and said, "I think we should talk one last time."

"There's nothing to talk about," Hobart said coldly. "When you plan to resurrect yourself within your own offspring, there's nothing left to talk about."

Trensust maintained his smile: "Don't speak too confidently. Although the Church of the True God supports you, there are many, many beings in this universe who are more powerful than the True God."

Hobert retorted sarcastically, "Do you consider it an honor to be a lackey of the Outer Gods?"

"You forced me into this," Trensoust said.

Hobart finally stood up: "You're just comforting yourself! You always say you'll talk to me, but you're never sincere."

"You're acting like I've cornered you and I'm not going to let you go."

"I must admit, you're a very eloquent 'lawyer'," Trensault said with a smile. "You don't think I haven't done any preparation during this time, do you?"

After saying this, a clump of sticky hair appeared in His hand. After He infused the hair with His spirit, the hair stood up and joined together to form a rectangle taller than a person.

The rectangle suddenly became illusory, transforming into a full-length mirror.

A woman emerged from within, her face obscured, yet everyone sensed through their spirituality that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.

Each of His hairs was like a venomous snake, with an eye on top, sometimes open, sometimes closed. Any living thing it saw would instantly turn into a grayish-white stone.

It's the "Primal Witch" Chick!

The angels behind Hobert dared not look directly at this deity, or they too would be petrified.

His presence was not surprising.

The next instant, the plants and creatures that had turned to stone suddenly split open from the middle, and strange creatures emerged from them like eggs hatching from their shells.

Some of them have the heads of mice and the bodies of rabbits, while others have the limbs of pigs but the heads of sheep, and the horns are two tree branches.

Some rocks have plants growing inside them, and insects or small animals grow where the leaves of these plants are, making them look quite ferocious and terrifying.

Immediately afterward, a hazy figure appeared opposite Chick. This figure quickly solidified and was Lilith, who had easily embraced uniqueness!

Similarly, Lilith's appearance is not surprising.

At the same time Lilith appeared, a torrent of information appeared not far from Trenshorst, which eventually converged into a light that seemed to have no physical form.

As soon as He appeared, the petrified creatures and the mutated creatures that emerged from the rocks immediately transformed into streams of information.

This is the "Hidden Sage"!

His appearance surprised Hobart somewhat, but upon reflection, it wasn't too surprising, since after Hobart and Klein saved Roselle, they were definitely on opposite sides.

At this moment, a mysterious and powerful being appeared in mid-air behind Hobert, sitting in a high-backed chair. He slowly got up and stepped in front of the "Hidden Sage".

All the objects that were digitized suddenly turned into clusters of flowers and patches of lawn.

This is a miracle created by the Fool!

Hobert laughed and asked Trensault, "That's all? I don't even need to invite a true god!"

In fact, Trensost had also invited Adam and Amon, but by then Adam had already gone to the “Forsaken Land” to “meet” the “True Creator”.

After becoming a god, Amon lost interest in containing the kingdom of Atlantis.

Moreover, He is currently at a crucial juncture in accommodating the uniqueness of the "gate" pathway, so He certainly won't be distracted by matters concerning the Southern Continent.

Hobert's words caused Trensust's smile to gradually darken: "That's enough!"

Because these enemies are not ones that Hobart can eliminate immediately, they will definitely give Hobart a headache for a long time!

Then Trensust took a stance and charged towards Hobert from mid-air, holding a cloud of colorful mist in his hands, ready to fight Hobert to the death!

Beside Him, "Divine Abomination" Siea, two angels from the Order of Spirits, and an angel brought by the Hidden Sage also appeared and followed.

A battle at the angelic level instantly erupted!

Beverly and her brother continued to fight against the only Sequence 1 angel present, Sear, while the other six angels also chose their opponents and engaged in a chaotic battle.

But the most crucial thing is the battle between Hobert and Trensost, the two angel kings.

Faced with Trensost's attack, Hobert's Stand reached out as if grabbing something from thin air.

Trensorst smiled, for He was waiting for Hobert to pull out the "0-80" law brass book. The colorful mist in His hand, from the "Mist of Indeterminacy," was meant to capture the uniqueness of the "Judge's" path.

To the goddess of the night, Trensost seemed to have completely sided with the "Uncertain Mist," but this "Night King," who had once been corrupted by the "Uncertain Mist," knew very well how to "coexist" with it.

Currently, He is merely using the "uncertain fog" to achieve His own goals.

As long as He obtains the uniqueness of the "Judge", no matter how corrupted He has been by Hobart, He intends to immediately accommodate Him, thereby gaining leverage to bargain with Hobart.

This is also the situation that the "Uncertain Fog" wants to see, so even though He knows that Trensust is using Him, He is still willing to provide some help.

To Terensus's surprise, Hobart took out a wheat stalk with brilliant colors from the "Land of Chaos".

However, that doesn't matter, because the mist in Terensust's hands can also suppress the uniqueness of the "Black Emperor" pathway.

But the next second, Terence found himself completely unable to move.

The wheat in Hobart's hand was shining brightly. He smiled and said, "You don't think I haven't made any preparations during this time, do you?"

"Have you forgotten? This body of yours was shaped by 'Mother'! Hahahaha!"

Hobert laughed twice, then squeezed his hand, and the wheat in his hand turned into a dazzling light.

At the same time, Trensus seemed to be grabbed, and to His astonishment, His body became very illusory and gradually disappeared.

He certainly knew that there might be a "trap" left by the Earth Mother Goddess in his body, but he had already used the power of "order" to reconstruct himself several times, so why was he still affected?

What Trensust didn't know was that the Earth Mother Goddess held the uniqueness of the "Moon" for a period of time. Even though He gained "rebirth" by reconstructing Himself, He still couldn't escape the authority of the Earth Mother Goddess.

But it was too late to say anything then; His physical body had vanished, putting Him at a complete disadvantage from the very beginning of the battle.

Hobert did not let his guard down, but instead allowed his spirituality to expand, and his physical size also grew, becoming as large as a giant.

At the same time, His majesty filled the earth, and the surrounding humans spontaneously knelt down, and even animals and plants within hundreds of kilometers showed their submission to Hobart.

Hobert was surrounded by a dense black aura, which gradually coalesced into a breastplate, shoulder guards, knee guards, and so on, eventually forming a heavy and imposing set of Chinese armor.

Whoosh~

A black cloak spread out, and his attire, so different from the culture of this world, made even the laws of nature around him show a certain degree of submission.

The surrounding angels were also affected and had to move their battlefield to a greater distance.

This was the first time Hobert had manifested his mythical creature form, because he sensed that the mist in Trensust's hand was unusual.

At the same time, Trensost's body transformed back into a wisp of spirit, a body sculpted by the Earth Mother from a wisp of Eris's spirit.

The two extraordinary properties of the "Hand of Order" within Terensust began to emanate from the air surrounding that wisp of spirituality.

Just as Hobart was about to accelerate the precipitation process, a misty hand reached out from the void and grabbed the two extraordinary properties that were about to take shape.

Trensust instantly transformed himself into an evil spirit, once again devouring the two Sequence 1 traits that were strongly connected to him.

At the same time, because He was affected by the "Uncertain Mist", His overall shape was a misty humanoid form, with only the position of His eyes resembling two red light bulbs.

This action nearly drove Trensust to madness; he now had only one thought: to attack Hobert.

However, He lacked reason, so He did not use the mist He obtained from the "Uncertain Mist," but instead attacked Hobert with the extraordinary abilities of the "Judgment" pathway.

Hobert's stand-in, in his mythical creature form, then retrieved the "Book of Laws" from the "Land of Chaos".

Instead of opening the seal, He strengthened the "link" between the "Book of Laws" and the two Sequence 1 properties.

Unlike the extraordinary, the evil spirit merely borrows the power of those two attributes, but it doesn't have the same close connection with the attributes as the extraordinary; it uses the power of the attributes.

Therefore, after Hobert used the "association" ability, the connection between those two extraordinary properties and the evil spirit was disrupted, and the two sides were immediately caught in a tug-of-war.

The Ternsorian Demon was forced to cease its attacks and struggle to control its two extraordinary properties.

The stand-in stepped forward and reached into the evil spirit's body with the hand that wasn't holding the "Book of Laws," pulling out two extraordinary properties in one go!

However, the mist that makes up the Ternsost evil spirit also causes the Stand to mutate, giving rise to the idea of ​​betraying Hobart.

Hobart then ended the existence of this Stand, and a new Stand appeared, catching the "Book of Laws" in one hand and holding the two "Hands of Order" extraordinary properties in the other.

Once the evil spirit of Trensus was no longer affected by its extraordinary properties, it regained some of its sanity and, without a second thought, turned and ran.

Given its current state, if it were hiding somewhere, it would still be a powerful evil spirit!

But Hobert certainly wouldn't let him go. His Stand first put the two "Hand of Order" properties back into the "Land of Chaos," then held the "Sword of Order Slaughter" and swung it upwards. Although it didn't touch the evil spirit, the evil spirit of Trensost had already begun to dissipate.

With Terence's mournful cry, His spirit vanished completely.

Because he is currently in the state of an evil spirit, this great figure of the Fourth Age did not even leave behind a last word.

Hobert, as was his habit, said, "Rest in peace, Night King!"

Immediately afterwards, where the evil spirit of Trenshorst disappeared, the mist flowed and condensed into a ball, like a small cloud floating there.

Originally intended to suppress uniqueness, this mist lacked sufficient rationality and now that no intelligent beings were using it, it seemed rather lost.

For safety's sake, Hobart did not contain the fog, but instead manipulated the power of the "Land of Chaos" to disperse it.

By this time, the battle between the "Primal Witch" and the four of them, including Lilith, had already stopped. The "Primal Witch" and the "Hidden Sage" did not expect that Trensost would die so quickly!

So from the beginning, they have chosen to wait and see.

Lilith and Klein were well aware of their thoughts, so they did not launch an attack but instead quietly confronted them.

After Trensost was destroyed, the "Primal Witch" immediately transformed into a mirror and shattered and disappeared in an instant.

The "Hidden Sage" also left with the angels of the Morse Penitentiary. Sear and two angels from the Spirit Order also wanted to run away, but the former's thoughts were "distorted" by Hobert, while the latter two were stopped by three helpers released by Hobert, including the "Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord".

Hobart was absolutely not going to let those three go.

After briefly thanking Lilith and "The Fool," Hobert, still in his mythical creature form, charged toward "God's Abomination" Sear, intending to deal with this Outer God's lackey first.

Lilith and "The Fool" left one after the other, realizing that they no longer needed to help.

When Sear saw Hobert rushing towards him, his eyes narrowed, as if he had made up his mind. His body swelled up and became bloated, reaching a height of tens of meters.

Beverly and Raymond had a strong spiritual warning and immediately chose to retreat temporarily.

stab~

Sear'a's sticky skin looked as if it had been slashed open by some sharp weapon. Inside, instead of flesh and bones, was a strange, towering tree!

Sear'a's skin was thrown on the ground like a rag, and quickly turned into nourishment for the "Evil Tree".

The "Evil Tree" spreads its branches and leaves, with bloodshot eyes and tongues with sharp teeth growing on the branches. At the top of the branches and leaves are skulls with mouths that have no lips but only teeth.

On the highest branch grew two malevolent eyes. These eyes belonged to Sear. Once it entered this state of "evil tree", it was not necessarily able to maintain its own identity, nor could it necessarily return to its original state.

The state of the "Tree of Evil" is not the true state of a mythical creature that is "bound," and this state makes the spirituality of both the Beverly siblings, the two angels, feel uncomfortable.

"Get behind me," said Hobert's stand-in in mythical creature form.

Beverly and her brother breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back again.

At that moment, the lipsless mouths on the branches of the Siea opened together, uttering a shared, silent curse.

Hobart's Stand instantly transformed into a goat clad in black armor. Instead of immediately ending the summoning of the Stand, Hobart commanded the "goat" to charge forward, its two horns turning black—the "Sword of Slaughter"!

The "Goat" rammed its head into the "Wicked Tree," knocking the towering tree down. Only then did Hobert sever the connection with his Stand, and the "Goat" quickly disappeared into the void.

Click~

A branch of the "Evil Tree" broke off on its own and fell to the ground, quickly rotting, but the wound that had broken in the middle healed.

Hobert re-enters the "Shadow," and his Stand raises its hand to create an "Air Furnace" around the "Evil Tree." Raymond reacts quickly, immediately throwing a wall of fire into the "Furnace." Hobert's Stand immediately "enlarges," ready to burn the tree to death.

But the flames that ignited in the air were instantly turned eerie green by the influence of the "Evil Tree" and had no heat at all.

Hobert did not continue to attack. He was not in a hurry at all. Anyway, Sear was not going to escape. He could slowly look for an opportunity to kill him.

At this moment, four balls of fire flew in from the north, eventually forming four figures in the distance. Then, a "Gate of the Underworld" opened, and a "Death Archon" walked out from it.

Two more "balancers" stepped in from a distance.

They are the angels of the kingdoms of the Northern Continent.

The angels behind Hobert immediately adjusted their positions, with three "tools" taking a defensive stance at the front, while Beverly and her brother, along with the vampire duke Olmer, also stepped forward to confront them.

Sharon and Christine continue to deal with the two wounded "Death Consuls".

Hobert's stand-in continued to confront the "Tree of Evil," while Hobert himself looked toward the angels of the Northern Continent.

Dressed in classical attire, Alexei Einhorn stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, King of Atlantis, we have no ill intentions; we only wish to help you deal with these common enemies of humanity."

Seu'a was losing her senses. Hearing this, she didn't react much, but the two "Death Archons" felt a chill in their hearts, knowing that they had been completely abandoned.

Hobert's double, while "twisting" Sear's thoughts of escape, coldly said, "I'm afraid your purpose isn't just to help, is it?"

Alexei took a deep breath: "Please spare some of our mercenaries, and all three nations are willing to submit to Atlantis."

The soldiers of the northern continent's nations all participated in the wars that took place in the southern continent as mercenaries.

If all these mercenaries were to die or be captured in the Southern Continent, the news that the official extraordinary forces of the Northern Continent countries were extremely weak would soon become common knowledge, and the extraordinary rule of each country might be difficult to maintain.

If the army's elite forces are also wiped out in the Southern Continent, the Fusak royal family, the Rune royal family, and the Intis council may be overthrown, which forces them to come to the Southern Continent to plead for mercy.

Hobert's double asked, feigning ignorance, "Why would mercenaries from the Northern Continent appear in the Southern Continent?"

Before the other party could answer, Hobert continued, "Do you think this is an opportunity to threaten me? Mr. Fool and the 'Progenitor of the Vampires' have already been invited and sent away once, and now Sear has me tied up. Am I forced to agree to your conditions?"

"Ha ha!" Hobert suddenly laughed, then coldly ordered, "Kill them all!"

Alexei pleaded, "Please wait a moment, we can continue our discussion."

"Tool Man" and Beverly immediately launched an attack on the angels of the Northern Continent. They were well aware that their six angels were no match for the enemy, but they also knew that Hobert would not send them to their deaths.

Hobert's double said coldly, "It's too late. We've been enemies ever since your mercenaries came to the Southern Continent. Once the war officially started, you lost the right to talk to me."

As he spoke, Hobert in the "shadow" crushed a glass bottle that emitted a glimmer of light. The light instantly transformed into a stream of information and vanished into the void.

The next second, Rosell and Bernadette arrived at the battlefield. After observing the situation for a moment, Rosell immediately rushed towards Alexei.

Bernadette also found an opponent and immediately joined the battle.

Hobert stopped paying attention there and focused on dealing with Sear.

In the short time it took to speak, the evil aura emanating from Si'a has already caused creatures within a radius of tens of kilometers to mutate to varying degrees or be cursed to some extent.

Sear also wanted to escape, so Hobart simply "altered" the state of the surrounding spirit world, making it temporarily impossible for the spirit world to open any entrances in the real world.

Meanwhile, Sear'a's idea of ​​escaping was constantly being "distorted." In front of the Angel King in his mythical creature form, Sear'a had no power to fight back at all.

Hobert's double had been observing Searle for a while, and on the surface, there seemed to be no flaws.

But the branches with skulls "carrying" them reminded Hobart of a high-grade, bone-white, thorny bramble that Sear had previously possessed.

He guessed that Sea's current state was related to the thorn.

Finally, Hobart looked at the trunk of the tree in Søya.

The Stand immediately took action, creating a "shadow domain" around itself, and came close to Sear.

The "Shadow Domain" almost completely blocked Sear'a's curses, roars, erosion, and spiritual solidification attacks.

As the stand-in approached the tree trunk, the other branches of Sear immediately surrounded him, as if trying to "embrace" him.

However, when these branches approach the Stand, they always move backward when moving forward and upward when moving downward, always completely deviating from the Stand.

The Stand wielded the "Sword of Slaughter" and plunged it into the tree trunk. With a slash upwards, the black, sticky bark was cut away, revealing the white, bony thorns underneath.

Sear seemed to realize Hobart's purpose, and the bone-white thorns slammed into the Stand like sticks.

The Stand raised its longsword to block, but the bone-white thorns broke the "Sword of Slaughter" and struck Hobert's Stand directly.

The moment the Stand was afflicted by the malevolent curse, Hobart emerged from the "shadow," and the Stand vanished.

With a wave of his hand, Hobert snatched the bone-white thorn from Sear's "hands" with tremendous force. Hobert immediately sealed it with the "Order Crystal" and wrapped it with the "cloak" formed by the spiritual energy behind him.

All the mouths on Sear opened, letting out roars filled with resentment and rage!

Gradually, the tree transformed back into human form, and Hobert once again entered the "Shadow," his clone stepping forward to summon the "Sword of Slaughter" again, severing the head of the extremely weak Sear.

Sear'a's spirit struggled to reach the spirit world, but Hobert's double struck again with a sword, completely killing the spirit of this "divine abomination".

In just a short time, Sea's extraordinary properties had combined with His hand bones to form a seal.

Hobert put away the two spoils of war, "altered" the mutations and curses that Seara had just caused, and restored the surroundings to normal.

They also decomposed the body of the cursed S'a, and its grotesque liver actually formed a level 1 sealed artifact.

Without pausing, Hobart's stand "altered" a "Death Archon" from "1" to "0". The angel vanished instantly, leaving only his extraordinary characteristics behind.

This isn't an ability like "exile," but rather the ability to "tamper" with the person "Death Archon"!

However, because the extraordinary characteristics of angels are difficult to "tamper with," and even more impossible to "tamper with" them into a state of "nothingness," only His extraordinary characteristics remain in place.

Hobart conceived of this attack method precisely because he noticed the extraordinary properties and the loopholes in the real world.

The Stand immediately stepped forward and retracted its extraordinary properties.

At this point, Hobert's "tampering" effect ended, and the "Death Archon" returned to "1" from "0" and reappeared in the real world.

However, because it lost its extraordinary characteristics, it instantly lost control and was killed by its Stand with a single sword strike.

Immediately afterwards, the Stand used the "Chaos" ability on another "Death Archon". The target was immediately surrounded by "Chaos", raising his hand turned into raising his foot, using extraordinary ability turned into turning his head. Finally, he used extraordinary ability, but it was not the ability he wanted to use!

He was quickly killed by Hobart's double, as well as Sharon and Christine.

After dealing with the two enemies, they headed together to Russell's group.

After the negotiations broke down, the seven angels, including Alexei, had no intention of fighting and immediately turned and ran. Fortunately, Roselle and his daughter arrived in time, otherwise they would have escaped.

Seeing that Hobert was also about to join the siege, Deklin Augustus, the "Balancer" of the Kingdom of Rune, shouted, "Our two countries have never declared war on each other. Even if negotiations fail, it doesn't mean we should be wiped out, does it?"

Hopper sneered, "I think you've gotten so used to being arrogant that you've forgotten how to ask for help."

"If it's about negotiation, sending just one person would suffice. Sending so many people is clearly a demonstration!"

He snorted coldly: "Now you know how to reason? Where were you when you were swaggering around like that?"

De Colin was at a loss for words. They knew, of course, that it would be best to have one or two people come to talk, but deciding who to send was a big problem.

They were well aware that the negotiations were doomed regardless of their success, so no angels from any country were willing to come.

Moreover, their timing was not good. If they had arrived before Trenshorst was killed, Hobart, whose top priority was killing Trenshorst and Sear, might have actually spoken with them.

But since Terence arrived after his death, Hobart believed they had come to deliver his special characteristics.

Alexei, being more pragmatic, shouted while fending off Roselle's attacks, "The Fussac Empire is willing to offer a level 0 sealed artifact in exchange for our departure."

Hobert did not immediately join the battle. He suddenly realized that this was the opportunity to fully digest the potion, so he coldly said, "Okay, but you can only go back to one Sequence 2. You can choose who goes back."

Alexei felt a chill run down his spine: "Don't go too far! The gods are watching from the stars!"

Whether the gods were watching this from the stars or not, He didn't know, but He guessed that the gods would definitely be watching such an important war.

Hobart's double sneered, "I see. Looks like none of you want to leave."

The Stand stepped forward and joined Roselle in attacking Alexei. The Stand first used the "Chaos" ability on Him, which made the "Conqueror's" extraordinary attacks chaotic. The "Conqueror's Sword" in his hand turned into a bewitching flower, and the "fireball" he casually threw turned into fireworks.

Russell seized the opportunity to cram a vast amount of knowledge into Alexei's mind, leaving him stunned as his brain frantically analyzed the massive amount of information.

Hobart's double reached out and "twisted" the "Conqueror" into a sphere.

The outstretched hand grabbed hard and was instantly crushed.

Alexei's spirit was somewhat flustered; in the form of a mythical being, the King of Angels, escape would be difficult.

So He also had to transform into a mythical creature. Although He no longer had a physical body, it would be very easy to lose control if He performed such an operation. But there was no time to think about that now; He had to rush out first.

But Alexei soon discovered that his spirituality was leaking out rapidly, like a deflated airship!

This is because Hobert's Stand used the ability of "tampering," and all the spirituality that Alexei used to transform into the mythical creature state was scattered in all directions, with not a single strand used in the right place.

At this moment, the Stand made a "tearing" motion, and Alexie's spirit was instantly torn apart, with his extraordinary properties rapidly released.

After swiftly and cleanly dealing with one archangel, the other six angels immediately compromised, offering a level 0 sealed artifact in exchange for a Sequence 2 angel to return home.

Hobart gave them only ten seconds to discuss the matter. After ten seconds, one Sequence 2 member from each country left the encirclement.

Looking at their forlorn figures, Hobert shouted, "From this day forward, without my permission, none of your three kingdoms are allowed to have a Sequence 1!"

The three departing angels were shocked and suddenly felt that they would have been better off being the ones who died.

In an instant, Hobert felt his spirituality become more vibrant, the opposition between the potion and Him completely disappeared, and He finally digested the "Prince Killer" potion!

The three angels who remained had lost all will to fight and were quickly killed.

After thanking Russell and his daughter, Hobart immediately headed towards the military camp and displayed his mythical creature form in the direction in which the Allied Extraordinary Ones were retreating.

Most of the escaped Allied Extraordinary beings suffered severe damage to their spiritual bodies and spirits, resulting in death or spiritual death.

The remaining small group also knelt on the ground, not daring to move.

When Medici's pursuers caught up, their first reaction was to salute Hobert. However, Hobert quickly withdrew his power and disappeared from mid-air.

"Get up, you fools!" Medici shouted. "The king has stopped all the deserters for us. Go, kill them!"

An extraordinary individual said, "Marshal, but... but they have all surrendered."

Medici smacked the Extraordinary on the head: "You idiot! You've already forgotten what I said! There are no prisoners of war in Extraordinary Wars!"

Over the next few days, under Medici's command, the Atlantean army launched a flanking maneuver and encirclement, eventually surrounding more than 400,000 people with over 100,000 men.

Of these 400,000-plus people, a large portion were elite troops from the Fusak Empire and Intis who had fled during the previous world war. This time, they were determined not to escape the Southern Continent.

The Allied Forces' Extraordinary Ones were mostly officers, and now that they were all dead, these 400,000-plus people had essentially lost their command structure, and thus began to show signs of surrender on a large scale.

These soldiers have lost all will to fight and the vast majority will choose to surrender. However, with more than 400,000 people, it will take several days just to capture and settle prisoners.

Medici then ordered his main force, previously stationed in the Byron Empire, to quickly move north to occupy northern ports such as Caesar Port, in order to prevent a large-scale exodus of local wealth.

At the same time, 30,000 men were mobilized to East Bairan to inform the colonial army there that nobles from the Kingdom of Paz had fled to East Bairan and that they were to cross the border to search for them.

Now that the Kingdom of Rune is struggling to protect itself, how can it have the energy to manage its colonies?

So, 30,000 Atlantean soldiers entered East Byron under the pretext of searching and occupied it.

Thus, the southern continent was unified once again and incorporated entirely into the territory of Atlantis.

……

Hobert stood atop the mountain, watching from afar as the extraordinary war came to an end. He also knew that while the outcome of the war was no longer in doubt, it would still take some time to capture the major cities.

Hobert then returned to Angelou, rested briefly, and entered the "Land of Chaos" to examine the spoils of the battle.

Starting with the spoils from the Byron Empire, it was a sealed artifact that was a semi-transparent liquid. Hobert could sense that it was alive, and its level was slightly higher than Sequence 1, making it a Level 0 sealed artifact.

Its main ability is to turn water in nature into part of its body; given enough time, it can even make the ocean its body.

At the same time, it pollutes water, becoming highly toxic and capable of causing death and hallucinations.

This is the first time Hobert has obtained a high-level sealed artifact from the stars. Most of the time it is not contaminated, but it is hard to say what will happen when it encounters the arrangements of the "Fallen Mother Goddess", so it should be used with caution.

It just so happened that the first level 0 sealed artifact, the "Creation Bracelet," was shattered into extraordinary properties, so Hobert gave this sealed artifact the number "Creation Bracelet" and named it "0-70" Starry Fantasy.

Next were two "Hand of Order" extraordinary traits from Trensost, which were not of much use for the time being, so they were casually placed in the angel-level extraordinary traits section.

The sealed artifact formed by Sear is primarily imbued with malevolent intent and the power of curses, and was named the "0-75" Cursed Hand by Hobert.

The original "0-75" was also shattered into extraordinary characteristics and used for Christine's promotion.

The bone-white thorns of Sua also have the level of a level 0 sealed artifact, but they need to be used with caution. They were eventually named "0-76" Vicious Thorns.

The original "0-76" was pulverized into extraordinary characteristics and given to Medici.

This battle was a great success, as we not only captured three level 0 sealed artifacts, but also obtained many extraordinary characteristics at the angel level.

Hobart intends to continue investing in Medici in the future, given the extraordinary nature of the "Conqueror" item.

As for the other extraordinary traits, the "Death Archon" trait from the Republic of Intis is suspected to be a relic of the Byron Empire's angels who fell in the Northern Continent during the Fourth Epoch.

Because the Republic of Intis had experienced a revolution, their archangel was in poor condition, so they had to use this sealed artifact to promote a "Death Archon," since "Hunter" and "Corpse Collector" are interchangeable.

There's not much to say about the "Weather Mage" trait in the Fusak Empire and the "Balancer" trait in the Rune Kingdom.

After collecting the spoils, Hobart returned to the real world and directed the forces behind the scenes to seize the vast wealth of the vast territories.

Even with prior preparations, a severe shortage of manpower still occurred.

Hobert then ordered the use of a group of prisoners of war, not those from this war, but those from the previous World War II in the North Continent.

Although these prisoners of war were mainly Intis, they had all received a general education.

After the spring planting season ended, Hobart realized that there might not be enough manpower after the war, so he began to teach the prisoners of war the Rune language and script. They learned faster than the local natives.

Moreover, they have been living in Atlantis for more than half a year and have gained some understanding of the system here, so they can temporarily send those who want to stay in the Southern Continent to the grassroots level.

It is precisely because they have received a general education that they understand there are more opportunities and a more transparent promotion mechanism in the current Kingdom of Atlantis.

Therefore, some prisoners of war were already planning to stay here, and the large amount of territory acquired this time undoubtedly gave them a good opportunity.

Over the next two weeks, the war in the Southern Continent finally came to an end.

Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Rune sent Alice as its special envoy and Earl Hall as its deputy envoy to negotiate with the Kingdom of Atlantis.

They called it a negotiation, but in reality, they came to submit.

Georgina, who usually serves as the deputy envoy, was not in the delegation this time because she had died in the recently concluded Extraordinary War. Hobert was somewhat moved when he saw her body from afar.

Immediately afterwards, the Fusak Empire also sent a delegation, saying that it was willing to change the "empire" to a "kingdom" and from then on be a vassal state of Atlantis.

Finally, the delegation from the Republic of Intis arrived, stating that "the Republic will be a reliable subordinate of Atlantis on the northern continent."

They would certainly submit, because the total number of official extraordinary beings in these three countries, under the command of the royal family, nobles, and parliament, is less than half that of the Kingdom of Atlantis.

Moreover, almost none of them are demigods anymore, and their quality is far inferior.

Hobart had Audrey talk to them the whole time, but he made a request: he didn't want war reparations for this war, as long as the countries didn't restrict the families of prisoners of war from immigrating to the southern continent.

Currently, there are over 700,000 prisoners of war from the northern continent in Atlantis. Most of them are young adults who have received general education, and Hobert will not easily let them go back.

However, their families could be brought here. At present, the Kingdom of Atlantis needs this workforce and their knowledge. If they are willing to stay here, they can have a good life after running the business for two or three years.

When Audrey read out the King's demands, the envoys from the three countries all breathed a long sigh of relief. Although the Kingdom of Atlantis had not declared war on them, they were afraid that Hobert would ask them for war reparations.

The countries of the Northern Continent are truly out of money now.

After handing Angelou over to Audrey, Hobert returned to Caesar's Port and announced to the soldiers and officials there: "In half a month, I will hold a coronation ceremony in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Pas."

Seeing that everyone was momentarily confused, He explained further, "I am going to be crowned Emperor!"

Everyone then seemed to snap out of their daze and cheered! This meant that Atlantis was about to become an empire!

(End of this chapter)