Hobart confirmed it again. It really was Medici paying him a visit! For an instant, Hobart suspected that Medici had contacted Adam or Amon to kill him. But He quickly calmed down. Although He knew perfectly well that Adam and Amon would readily cooperate with Medici, the two brothers had thoroughly screwed Medici over in the Fourth Epoch. Medici would never take the initiative to contact Them.
With that in mind, Hobart immediately entered the "Country of Disorder" and used True Sight to inspect the ducal residence. Nothing seemed amiss.
Looking again at the living room of the ducal residence, He saw a young man of Southern Continent descent sitting with one leg crossed over the other, reclining on the sofa as he waited.
Other than the red, banner-like mark on his forehead, the young man looked utterly ordinary.
Hobart recalled that Sauron Einhorn Medici seemed to still be hiding inside a Gatekeeper's body at this point.
Returning to reality, Hobart fell into thought: Why had this guy suddenly come looking for me?
It felt as surreal as a famous movie star whom Hobart did not know suddenly showing up at His door one day.
But after completely calming down, Hobart quickly understood why. Medici had come for that "Conqueror" characteristic! Although Medici currently only possessed strength roughly equivalent to Sequence 3, no new deity or King of Angels had emerged on this Pathway. As a result, His status remained extremely high. Even when He had been an evil spirit, He had been able to draw the "Red Priest" Pathway's Blasphemy Slate to Himself.
Someone with such high status should have sensed that the "Conqueror" characteristic had appeared in the world and followed the clues here.
Hobart smiled. That meant Medici had most likely come to discuss cooperation—or perhaps to