Chapter 531 Hunting Admiral of Blood
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[Powerstone 200]
62 Empress Borough, Backlund.
Hobert smiled slightly as he looked at the stack of gold pounds on the altar. The income from this Tarot Gathering wasn't much. The total income from two intelligence trades was 3,300 pounds, plus a piece of extraordinary material.
At the same time, he paid "The Hermit" and "The Hanged Man" 300 pounds each for intelligence fees, so the final income was 2,700 pounds.
However, the bounty for the two pirates under "Vice Admiral Dusk" was 11,000 pounds after Alger's commission was deducted. According to their original agreement, Hobert's income wouldn't have been this much. Alger used a portion of his agreed income to make up a round number, as a reward for an old customer like "The Emperor".
But Hobert felt that this was more like a show of goodwill, fearing that "The Emperor" might one day be unhappy and capture "The Hanged Man" to claim the bounty, even though Alger himself wasn't wanted. But "The Emperor" didn't seem to know this.
Adding the two incomes together, the amount of gold pounds on the altar was considerable, totaling 13,700 pounds!
After praising The Fool, Hobert piled the money on his desk. This time, he didn't make an offering to the "Nation of Disorder", because now every time he took money out of the "Nation of Disorder", he had to air it out before spending it, to avoid being discovered by the royal family of Backlund.
Doing so was too troublesome, and it would be even more troublesome if he needed money urgently.
He went out and asked Dophis to buy a safe, and specially instructed him to buy a large one.
Just as Hobert had expected, before the safe was bought back, Lorotta brought the bounty for "Vice Admiral Dusk" Bulatov.
Hobert met with this member of the Nighthawks team in the first-floor parlor. Lorotta, who dressed in a neutral style, said, "Because we couldn't claim the bounty from the Feysac Empire, the total bounty adds up to 72,000 pounds."
"When claiming the bounty from the Intis Republic, some expenses were incurred, but the Church of the Evernight Goddess helped you pay all the expenses, as a thank you and reward to you."
As she spoke, Lorotta pushed the check to Hobert.
Hobert took the check, confirmed the amount, and sighed inwardly that using a check didn't have the same impact as using cash.
Putting away the check, he then asked, "If I hunt other sea pirates, can I still find you to claim the bounty?"
Hobert spread his hands: "You know, my territory is on the sea, and I inevitably have to deal with pirates."
"Of course, no problem." Lorotta said, "For ordinary pirates, we can only help you claim the bounty from Loen. For pirates of the "Pirate Admiral" level, we will strive for more countries to offer rewards for you."
Hobert nodded. He suddenly had the idea of hunting "Admiral of Blood".
He had already tested it before. Hunting a "Pirate Admiral" was not difficult for him after becoming a demigod. The difficulty was finding those elusive sea pirates.
And Hobert had a way to find "Admiral of Blood", which was equivalent to a large pile of gold pounds floating on the sea!
So after sending Lorotta away, Hobert was pondering the feasibility of hunting "Admiral of Blood".
Currently, the high-level members on "Admiral of Blood's" flagship were no longer his opponents at all. The key was that this guy deserved to die and could earn a bounty. Why not do it?
So Hobert quickly made up his mind. He came to the bedroom of Jeffrey's territory through the "Traveler's Door", entered the oil painting and grabbed a mass of "Admiral of Blood's" spirituality.
This was different from the fragments of Bulatov's ship before. Even if "Admiral of Blood" Senor had corresponding anti-divination abilities, divination on spirituality was always accurate.
Even Archibald-level anti-divination abilities could not avoid this.
Seeing that he could complete the divination with the "Faceless Necklace", Hobert decided to act alone. He checked the magical items on his body and used "Travel" to enter the spirit world again.
Transferring in Bayam, Hobert began to use the "Faceless Necklace" to navigate, and finally stopped in front of a bloody scene.
Hobert knew that the outside must be the "Tree of Flesh". He used the "Faceless Necklace" to divine: "My next action is dangerous."
This was a technique he learned from Archibald. The divination words should be as related to himself as possible, so that the divination results would be more credible.
After chanting seven times silently, Hobert looked at the drooping necklace. The necklace was rotating clockwise. Hobert interpreted the rotation speed: There is danger, but within an acceptable range.
If the enemy is just a Sequence 5, there should be no danger, but Senor should have corresponding trump cards on his ship.
Then he was not afraid. At worst, he would throw him into the sea from the ship.
Hobert put away the necklace, put on the mask, and suddenly came out of the spirit world.
Senor, who had already sensed the danger, was staring naked at the direction Hobert appeared, and next to him on the bed were two equally naked girls.
Senor, with deep-set eyes and a black mustache, immediately disappeared in place after seeing clearly that the person walking out of the spirit world was the masked youth who had boarded the "Tree of Flesh" before.
Hobert immediately stretched out his hand: "Distortion!"
He didn't distort to a specific target!
Hobert was slightly stunned: Is it "Blink"? Or did he enter the spirit world?
He squatted down to look at the place where Senor disappeared. It was an ordinary floor, with nothing unusual.
Hobert smiled helplessly. Could it be that his hunt was going to fail?
He got up and glanced at the two voluptuous girls, and finally decided to ignore them for the time being. He didn't come to rescue people this time. If he was sure that he couldn't find Senor, he could consider rescuing some people.
Hobert was about to go out to the deck to see if he could find the first mate of the "Tree of Flesh", when he suddenly found that the door was gone!
When he came out of the spirit world just now, he clearly saw that there was a door.
Then the color of the cabin and the floor quickly turned dark red, and a viscous blood-like liquid poured out from the wooden cracks.
A strong bloody smell permeated the entire room.
"Ah!"
One of the slightly darker-skinned girls suddenly screamed. Hobert glanced at it and saw that her hair was stuck to the wall. As a result, the wall began to drag her hair as if it had life.
Hobert stepped forward and cut off the girl's hair, which reminded him of the scene he saw at the bottom of the cabin of the "Tree of Flesh" last time.
He immediately said to the other girl who was about to get off the ground and escape: "Stay in bed and don't come down, and don't touch the wall!"
The girl obviously understood Loen, and immediately retracted her feet.
Hobert looked at the wall again, and probably understood that this should be the ability of the "Tree of Flesh", which could turn any cabin into a place to absorb human blood and flesh.
But how could this kind of place trap him?
Hobert cut a door-sized opening on the wall with a knife, but to his surprise, when the dark red wooden board fell down, it was full of wriggling flesh, which looked like it was in the body of a monster.
Hobert stabbed with a knife, but he couldn't pierce it at all!
He took a step back, watching the flesh squeezing in from the place he had just cut open. He re-sorted the experience after boarding the "Tree of Flesh" in his mind.
First of all, "Admiral of Blood" cannot disappear out of thin air. Ordinary "Wraiths" can only hide in the spirit world and move freely inside, but they cannot shuttle in the spirit world. Basically, they have to come out from where they entered, otherwise they will easily get lost.
At the level of demigod, they can shuttle in the spirit world with clear guidance.
But recalling the scene where the other party blocked him from the spirit world, Hobert speculated that Senor should have an ability similar to "Blink" on his ship, and even be able to appear in any corner of the ship through the spirit world.
Hobert asked the two girls: "Is this Senor's flagship? Where did you come to this room from?"
The two girls were trembling with fright from the squeezed flesh, and even their hands to put on clothes were weak.
Hobert immediately exuded the majesty of a demigod, turning the fear of the two girls into submission. They answered obediently: "This is the "Tree of Flesh"!"
"We were sent to the captain's room from the floor below. The outside should be the deck!"
Hobert was stunned: Since this is the captain's room, the structure on the ship, then there is a group of sea monster-like flesh, wrapping the entire ship structure?
No, no! Hobert immediately realized: This may no longer be on the "Tree of Flesh", it may already be in the belly of some spirit world creature.
At this time, the flesh squeezed in from the opening just now had reached the bedside. Hobert asked the two girls to lie together like acrobats.
He stepped forward, wrapped his arms around their waists, and easily clamped them under his armpits.
The cooldown time of "Travel" has arrived, but as Hobert expected, "Travel" is not needed at all.
Hobert was not flustered either. He had already thought of a way: "Disorder!"
The flesh in front of him suddenly stopped and slowly retracted.
Hobert nodded slightly: My guess is correct. Since the other party is a creature, then the ability of "Disorder" can affect it, causing it to fall into a "chaotic" state and temporarily forget its purpose.
"Distortion!" Seeing that his tentative attack had worked, Hobert "distorted" the other party's intention and thought, turning the intention of devouring the people in the room into letting them leave.
So the flesh quickly disappeared, and the blood that had already reached the ankles also penetrated into the cracks in the floor, and the walls gradually returned to their original colors.
The wooden board that Hobert had just cut open was probably the position of the door. At this time, the deck and the sea appeared outside, as well as the scene of blue sky and white clouds on the horizon.
He threw the two girls on the bed, and with a "distortion" he had reached the outside of the captain's room.
The two girls on the bed quickly shouted: "Master, please take me away with you."
Hobert glanced at them: "If there is a chance, I will take you away together."
He knew that there were many girls with such tragic fates, and he couldn't save them all by himself, and if Senor left any clues on them, it would bring danger to himself.
So Hobert put away his sympathy, and still took hunting "Admiral of Blood" as the primary goal. If there was a chance, he would save them, and if there was no chance, then forget it.
The handsome first mate, Caesar, was already guarding the deck with the sailors.
Seeing that Hobert escaped so quickly, Caesar was also a little surprised. He immediately said, "The captain ordered us to hold him back as much as possible! Attack, take the initiative to attack..."
Before the other party could finish speaking, Hobert had already rushed up: "Depravity!"
The ferocity on the sailors" faces immediately disappeared. For a while, they didn't even have the desire to fight, because they were already relatively depraved. Many sailors fell into a fallen mood, smiling lewdly, unable to extricate themselves for a while.
Only Caesar quickly covered himself with crimson moonlight, barely struggling out of the "depraved" state, but at this time Hobert had already come to his near.
Caesar quickly used all his strength to "Blink", but Hobert "distorted" the distance between the two, and chased him again: "Magnify!"
Hobert magnified the punch he threw. Caesar tried to avoid the vital point. The punch hit his left shoulder, and he immediately felt like he was hit by a cannonball, spinning and flying out, and smashing hard on the cabin.
In the process of being knocked into the air, Caesar hit several sailors who were dazed in place. Their bones were broken in many places, and two sailors were even killed directly.
Caesar had already been thrown into a daze, but he knew that he had to continue to escape at this time, and at the same time felt that his entire left arm was numb and had no feeling.
He turned his head and saw that his entire left shoulder had collapsed!
Alarmed, he immediately used his agile movements to avoid Hobert's pursuit.
Hobert simply didn't bother: "Distortion!"
Caesar was surprised to find that he had started charging towards the enemy!
However, he reacted quickly, quickly drank a bottle of potion, and then used "Abyss Shackles" on Hobert.
Hobert didn't move at all. The "Abyss Shackles" perfectly avoided him and landed on the deck at his feet.
This is the passive ability of "Disorder", which can make the attack aimed at itself hit the side, but it is only effective for abilities below the demigod level. The demigod level attack only has a certain probability to avoid, and it is still more stable to actively make the opponent's attack become "chaotic".
Caesar's nails grew rapidly, and mysterious patterns grew on the nails, and his hands were entwined with lingering black mist.
Now he can only use his right hand, so he took the initiative to grab Hobert's chest.
Hobert directly ignored the enemy's offensive and kicked out: "Magnify!"
Even if this kick doesn't kill Caesar, it can seriously injure him, but what Hobert didn't expect was that Caesar turned into a hazy moonlight.
This moonlight shattered not far away and reassembled Caesar.
Hobert frowned slightly and chased after again: "Exploit!"
Caesar really used Moonlight Transformation again to avoid Hobert's attack, but Hobert "exploited" the duration of Moonlight Transformation to end the Moonlight Transformation state early.
Just when the moonlight representing Caesar was just formed, the process of Moonlight Transformation had already ended, leaving Caesar standing there with a dazed expression.
Hobert slapped him and slapped Caesar's head directly backwards.
In that crimson moonlight, Caesar, who had been knocked away again, was still not dead. He righted his head, wanting to continue his escape!
Caesar's flight injured several more sailors.
Most of the sailors had now awakened from their "corrupted" state. Seeing that even the first mate had no room to fight back, they still had no intention of attacking and immediately scattered and fled!
"Weaken!" Hobert suddenly recalled the characteristics and weaknesses of Sanguine, so he "weakened" the crimson moonlight on the deck. Using "Distort", he chased after Caesar, his right hand forming a claw, and pierced through the "Flesh Tree" first mate's chest from behind.
Caesar looked down and saw his own dark red heart, still pulsing in a hand.
With almost no struggle, Caesar fell to the ground and died.
Hobert withdrew his hand, shaking the blood off his glove: "Beyonders of the Moon pathway are really hard to kill!"
Even Sequence 5s of the "Warrior" and "Hunter" pathways with powerful attacks weren't this hard to kill. But Hobert thought it made sense. "Hunters" and "Warriors", upon losing their main attacking abilities, lost their greatest reliance.
But "Scarlet Scholars" were not known for their powerful attacks. When encountering a demigod like Hobert who was good at frontal combat, they wouldn't be so helpless.
Then Hobert found two familiar faces among the fleeing sailors: combat captain Olivier and boatswain Gerna.
Hobert didn't rush to find the "Admiral of Blood", but hunted down these two pirates, cut off their heads along with Caesar's, put them in a prepared cloth bag, and carried it on his back.
Finally, he accelerated the extraction of the three people's Beyonder characteristics and collected them.
It wasn't that Hobert had given up on Senior, but he wanted to harvest the current results first, lest he fail to hunt down the "Admiral of Blood" in the end.
Just the three heads in the cloth bag were worth more than 10,000 pounds. So even if he couldn't kill the "Admiral of Blood" this time, such income would be worth it.
Because the enemy's reinforcements could arrive at any time, Hobert prepared to search briefly, and if he couldn't find the target, he would leave immediately.
So he drew his knife and leisurely entered the cabin. Because he had been inside once before, he was quite familiar with the environment.
He came to the hall on the lower level, which looked like a common activity room. The sailors here had already fled. Hobert saw Senior, with his sunken eyes, standing somewhat restrained in front of the liquor cabinet.
In front of him sat a man in his thirties, with obvious South Continent skin and facial features. The man was holding a glass of beer, drinking it unhurriedly.
He had delicate skin and bright hair, and every movement looked somewhat strange.
Senior showed a slightly smug smile when he saw Hobert finding him.
The man drinking beer suddenly said, "Senior's report was wrong. You are already a demigod. Well, I think your own "chaos" has affected Senior and this ship's judgment."
Senior was obviously surprised. He clearly remembered that this masked youth was a Sequence 5! He had waited seven or eight years without any hope of advancing to demigod. Why did this masked youth have the opportunity to advance to demigod so quickly?
Hobert slowly sheathed his knife: "I also recall, you are a demigod from the Rose School!"
During the previous battle between the Balk family of the South Continent and the Rose School, Hobert had seen this demigod in the "True Vision" and knew that he was a Sequence 4 "Puppet".
The "Puppet" looked at Hobert with some surprise: "You know me? That's right, you have our 'sealed artifact", you should have contact with the Balk family!"
Hobert had previously used "1-102", which he had seized from the Rose School, in front of the "Admiral of Blood".
This was also the reason why the "Puppet" could appear here so quickly. The Rose School realized that the Favored of the Creator had been found and was targeting Senior.
So they provided corresponding protection. Senior performed a very simple ritual to guide the demigods in the Rose School, allowing them to cross over from the spirit world.
Hobert smiled, and at the same time released the seals on the gloves on both hands. He stretched out his left hand and grabbed at the "Puppet".
After becoming a demigod, Hobert no longer needed to wrap the Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts with "Order Crystals" as before. He only needed to use the power of the "Nation of Disorder" controlled by the "Order Crystals" to seal the artifacts.
And at the level of a demigod, Hobert's use of the "Nation of Disorder" in the real world had been enhanced again, so the power displayed was just right. Unless it was an angel or above of the same pathway or adjacent pathway, it would be difficult to notice the particularity of the "Nation of Disorder", and they would only think it was a strange magical item.
This made the process of Hobert releasing the seal much simpler. Like before, he had to take out the corresponding sealed artifact from the box made of "Order Crystals", which could easily miss the opportunity to attack.
Now it was very simple, he could release the seal with a thought.
The glove on Hobert's left hand was the 'sealed artifact" "1-101" of the "Marauder" pathway, and the glove on his right hand was the 'sealed artifact" "1-107" of the "Arbiter" pathway.
When he reached out to the "Puppet", he was stealing his Beyonder abilities!
This demigod-level sealed artifact allowed Hobert to choose the Beyonder ability he wanted to steal, and among enemies of the same demigod level, the first steal was 100% successful!
The "Puppet" had also been on guard against Hobert for a long time. Seeing him raise his hand, he immediately opened his mouth, but he didn't utter a single syllable.
Instead, Hobert opened his mouth and uttered a language that no one could understand, as if it were the most vicious curse in the world!
He chose to steal the "Puppet's" ability to curse!
The "Puppet" was slightly stunned, and suddenly jumped into a reflective wine bottle to avoid the curse.
But Senior didn't have such good luck. Although he also quickly transformed into a "Wraith" state, a withered hand stretched out from the spirit world, tearing off a part of the "Wraith" and then disappearing.
In Senior's painful cry, he returned to his normal state. His left arm disappeared, and blood was flowing from his shoulder.
Taking advantage of this gap, Hobert raised his right hand: "Possession is prohibited here!"
With this prohibition, the other party's "Puppet's" possession would encounter great resistance, and Senior's possession would fail 100%.
The "Puppet" came out of the wine bottle and let out a sharp scream at Hobert, while several ice arrows shot towards Hobert.
While Hobert dodged the opponent's attack, the "Puppet" immediately said to Senior, who was panting, "Quickly summon Lord Jax!"
Jax is a Sequence 3 "Disciple of Silence" of the Rose School!
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