I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

There are many conditions to become a hero. First, you must encounter an enemy in the world of Pandora that will destroy the world. Then, in order to become a hero, you must make your own weapon. The weapon must be made from materials from dangerous creatures. The weapon is also limited to a certain type. You also need two weapons: one melee weapon and one ranged weapon, as well as a mount.

Lovett learned from Viya that the Star God had bestowed divine grace upon her. If that's the case, then Viya was also chosen as a hero by the Star God.

Lovett also sighed, arms crossed, and looked at Viya in front of him, saying:

"Becoming a hero is very difficult, you know. Do you still want to become a hero?"

Viya nodded with a determined expression and said to her mother:

"Yes! In order to become someone worthy of Lady Yuu, I will become a hero!"

Upon hearing Viya's answer, Lovett showed a slight expression of relief. Well... Viya's shy and introverted personality meant she rarely interacted with others, which Lovett and Rose were quite worried about. Most importantly, the worst thing for the witch would be if Viya couldn't get married.

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Meanwhile, in the system space, Pandora also saw the situation of Viya and Lovett. Pandora turned to look at Zelus beside her and said:

"Um... Senior Zelus, don't you mind if your child has another wife? (=·ω·=)?"

Regarding Pandora's question, Zelus replied with an indifferent expression:

"I don't really care. Besides, Ji Lin complained to me that Youyou has too much energy. If it weren't for that pufferfish being so unreliable, Ji Lin wouldn't have to complain to me every time..."

River, pufferfish?

As Pandora and Tetagon raised question marks above their heads, they also imagined an inflated pufferfish. What did this mean?

Chapter 542 [On the Human Side...]

At a location near a satellite on Pandora, a human space station floats. This space station is a mobile energy harvesting base belonging to Ambrose Energy Corporation, and it houses nearly several thousand employees of Ambrose Energy Corporation.

Michelle Rhodes, the stationmaster in charge of this space station and the person in charge of the Pandora Energy Harvesting Program, was reviewing the resource report she had collected from Pandora. After looking at the report on the resources obtained from Pandora, Michelle clearly had a knowing smile on her face.

At that moment, someone burst into Michelle's office without knocking and shouted at her:

"Michelle! What have those mercenaries done?!"

Startled by the loud shout in front of her, Michelle breathed a sigh of relief after realizing that the person in front of her was Smith, the head of the human security department on her space station. She put down her tablet and looked at Smith, complaining:

"Mr. Smith, what are you doing and why are you yelling so loudly? Don't you know you should knock?"

Hearing Michelle's question, Smith looked at Michelle and said:

“Michelle, I’m asking you, why did you hire those mercenaries to throw napalm bombs at those tribes?!”

After hearing this, Michelle looked at Smith with an expression that said, "I thought you were going to say something else."

"I thought you wanted to say something, but it turns out you're talking about these things."

Seeing Michelle's indifferent expression angered Smith, who pointed at her and said:

"Do you know that if people from environmental and biological conservation organizations find out what you've done, those idle people will definitely come and cause trouble?"

Hearing Smith's words, Michelle replied with an indifferent expression:

"Don't worry, Smith. Apart from your department, practically no one knows about the mercenaries throwing napalm bombs at those primitive tribes."

"Nobody? Yes, nobody, but those mercenaries know about these things. After their contracts with us end, who knows if one of their big mouths will blurt it out at the bar!"

Just then, a man walked in through the door and said to Smith:

"No, no, no, Mr. Smith, if you say that, you are really doubting the words of my brothers."

Smith turned around and saw a person wearing an EVA suit (similar to the suit in Dead Space) walk in. Smith immediately knew who the person in the EVA suit was. Without a doubt, this person was the leader of the mercenary group that Michelle had hired to deal with the tribes on Pandora.

The mercenary leader opened his sealed helmet, revealing a bald head covered in tattoos, and looked at Smith, saying:

"Alright, Minister Smith, you can rest assured that my men have done an excellent job of keeping things secret. As long as the price is right, we can even pretend we've never been to this planet. You know, a mercenary group's reputation is much more important than its strength."

Yes, in this universe, a mercenary group's reputation is far more important than its strength. After all, if a mercenary group lacks reputation, it will not only affect its own reputation but also the reputation of the entire mercenary industry.

This would cause the guy who damaged the mercenary group's reputation to be taken care of by other mercenary groups.

Mercenary groups are such collectives that as long as you don't tarnish the reputation of the entire mercenary world, no other mercenary group will care what you do.

When Michelle saw that it was the mercenary group leader, she spoke to the group leader:

"Mr. Tuijie of the Cold-Blooded Mercenary Group, you've arrived. How are things going with those pesky primitives down there?"

Hearing Michelle's words, Tuijer also looked at Michelle and said:

"Don't worry, Mr. Michel, the old homes of those primitive people down there have been taken care of with napalm. Apart from maybe two or three stray cats that escaped, your people can go down and collect the resources you want without worry."

Then, as if struck by a thought, Tuijie said to Michelle:

"But to be honest, there are quite a few dangerous creatures on those planets. If you're willing to let us set up outposts on those planets, I'd be happy to help guard those gathering stations. I'll give you a 50% discount, consider it a special price. Of course, there's a condition: all the creatures we kill will be ours... What do you think?"

Hearing Tuijie's words, Michelle nodded as if she understood something. When Michelle found that mercenary group, she also investigated the information of this group called the Cold-Blooded Mercenary Group. Compared with some mercenaries that you can usually see, this mercenary group seemed to like hunting powerful creatures on other planets.

Thinking about all this, Michelle also said to Tuijer:

"No problem, as long as the outposts your mercenary group establishes aren't too far from our gathering stations..."

Tuijer also flashed a smile that could scare children and extended his hand to Michelle, saying:

"It's a pleasure doing business with you, boss."

Michelle smiled and shook Tuijer's hand, saying:

"Pleasant to work with."

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On a small warship, Tuijie returned to his own mercenary group's warship. Looking at his men, who were ready in the ship's hangar, Tuijie grinned and said to them:

"Alright, guys, our boss has spoken. We're in charge of guarding the area around their gathering station. In return, the prey we kill will be ours."

"Yay! Yay ...

Upon hearing their leader's words, the members of the Cold-Blooded Mercenary Group cheered. Seeing their excited expressions, Tuijie revealed a cold smile and said:

"Alright, now it's our turn to strike. Let's set up outposts first, and then begin our hunt."

"Oh oh ...

Chapter 543 [The Lord of the Corpse Swamp]

In an underground cave on Pandora, Yuhaka and Viya were heading to a place where they needed to obtain weapon materials, while Heleya was following Tetagon's advice to find a second suitable lair, which was simply a respawn point.

After all, Heleya is not as powerful as Eohaka. Currently, Heleya is just a newly born tentacle monster. However, like Eohaka, Heleya has the potential to evolve by eating. It won't be long before Heleya becomes a terrifying existence for humans.

On their way to the surface, Viya and Yuhaka were walking together. The reason they were walking together was that Viya's Warrior Kumosh ritual allowed her to bring companions. There was no problem with Nivi companions, and there was no problem with other intelligent races either, provided they agreed.

Before Viya went to the Kumosh ritual for the hero, she asked Yuhaka if he wanted to go with her to complete the Kumosh ritual. Yuhaka readily agreed and followed Viya without even asking what the Kumosh ritual was.

Zelus wanted to give Yuhaka a good spanking when she saw this. She just followed along after hearing what others said; even kindergarten kids are more wary than Yuhaka...

On the side of Yohaka and Viya...

Viya glanced at Youhaka, who was walking arrogantly beside her, from time to time. Then, Viya thought of striking up a conversation with Youhaka and said:

"Lord Youyou, we're going to the Corpse Swamp later."

Upon hearing Viya's words, Yuhaka simply hummed in agreement, clearly not understanding the meaning behind Viya's words. Viya then continued:

"This time we're going to the Corpse Swamp to find some materials that can be used to make armor and weapons. We might encounter some dangerous creatures along the way, so please don't get involved, Master Youyou."

After hearing Viya's words, Yuhaka made a "hmm OwO" sound and then paused for a moment as if he had just realized what was happening. He looked at Viya with an "OAO???" expression. Wasn't Viya asking him to come out hunting?

Why was she telling him not to intervene? Yuhaka didn't quite understand what Viya meant. Then, Yuhaka learned from Viya that Viya wanted to train herself properly this time, so she told Yuhaka not to intervene for the time being. After hearing this, Yuhaka understood what Viya meant and nodded to indicate that she understood.

Seeing Youhaka nod, Viya felt a little relieved and also very happy. It seemed Youyou understood her quite well.

After spending some time, the two emerged from Pandora's underground cave. Via and Yuhaka gazed at the swamp shrouded in mist. It was the first time they had ever seen such a scene. Although Yuhaka had seen a similar environment to the Misty Swamp in Monster Hunter World, the mist here was much thicker than that of the Misty Swamp.

Just then, Viya took out a white crystal from her pouch. Seeing the white crystal Viya took out, Yuhaka looked at it with a curious expression. Then, when white light and spots appeared on Viya's hair and body, the white crystal in Viya's hand also emitted white light, just like Viya. Under this white light, the surrounding thick fog seemed to become transparent.

"OoO!"

Seeing this, Yuhaka also showed a very surprised expression. Viya, who was standing next to him, noticed Yuhaka's surprised expression and explained to him:

"This is a Crystal of Light. With this, we can see much more clearly in this mist."

Hearing Viya's words, Yuhaka also stared curiously at the thing in Viya's hand that she called the Crystal of Light. To be honest, it was the first time she had ever seen such a shiny stone, which made Yuhaka want to collect it and build a nest for it.

Viya then inserted the Crystal of Light into the hole in the halberd in her hand. And so, Viya and Yuhaka headed deeper into the Corpse Swamp. Just as the name suggests, it didn't take long for Yuhaka and the others to see a large number of corpses scattered in the swamp. Although corpses are difficult to decompose in a swamp, there are plenty of scavengers living in the Corpse Swamp. If a fresh corpse fell into it, it wouldn't take more than a few hours for a large number of scavengers to devour it completely.

Viya walked cautiously through the swamp, because if she accidentally sank into it, it would be very difficult to move around, and if she encountered any wild animals, it would be troublesome.

Unlike the cautious Viya, Yuhaka seemed completely unconcerned about falling into the swamp. After all, Yuhaka's perception allowed her to avoid stepping into the swamp even with her eyes closed. As she followed behind Viya, Yuhaka observed the small animals around her. As for why she was observing those small animals... the answer was simple: she wanted to see if they were edible.

However, under normal circumstances, Yuhaka doesn't really like eating the meat of scavengers because it doesn't taste very good.

Soon, at that moment, Yuhaka sensed a large creature approaching the two of them, so Yuhaka reached out and grabbed Via's flat, sea serpent-like tail in front of her.

"ah--!!"

Viya was startled when her tail was suddenly grabbed. She turned around and looked at Yuhaka with a shy expression, saying:

"Please, please don't suddenly grab someone's tail, that area is very sensitive!"

Upon hearing Viya's words, Yuhaka tilted his head in confusion. Yuhaka had bitten his own tail before, and he didn't find it sensitive at all.

However, Yuhaka felt it was best to tell Viya about the other creatures approaching them first. Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Viya immediately became alert. Just then, a huge creature emerged from the swamp. Judging from its appearance, it resembled a Boston lobster.

Upon seeing the creature that resembled a Boston lobster, Viya looked at it warily and said:

"Has the Lord of the Corpse Swamp appeared...?"

Then, as Viya was about to tell Yuhaka to step back a little, she suddenly noticed that Yuhaka was staring at the Corpse Swamp Lord in front of her with bright eyes and drooling. For some reason, Viya felt that the Corpse Swamp Lord was doomed.

Chapter 544 [Lord of the Corpse Swamp: Dead]

The Lord of the Corpse Swamp, the strongest predator living in the Corpse Swamp, possesses not only an extremely hard carapace, but also pincers that can easily sever the carapace and bones of its prey. However, now...

In a clearing in a coral forest, Viya stared blankly at the Corpse Swamp Lord, now reduced to nothing but a pile of shells. To be honest, this was originally her prey, but Yuhaka, who was lusting after the Corpse Swamp Lord's body, didn't hesitate to make a move... well, or rather, to use his mouth.

When Yhaka saw the Lord of the Corpse Swamp, he looked at him as if he were some delicious treat. Well... that was indeed the case, since Yhaka quite liked shrimp, so he didn't intend to let the Lord of the Corpse Swamp go.

So, under Yuhaka's freezing breath, the lord of the Corpse Swamp was transformed into a frozen giant lobster, and then into lobster sashimi.

Fortunately, the carapace of the Corpse Swamp Lord was still intact and hadn't been eaten by Yuhaka, otherwise Viya wouldn't know where to find materials to make her own armor.

However, it's a bit frustrating that Viya didn't eliminate the Bone Swamp Lord herself. Originally, Viya hoped to deal with this creature, the king of the Bone Swamp, herself, but she didn't expect Yuhaka to make a move before her.

"Viya, eat~ OwO"

Yuhaka handed Viya a plate of sashimi featuring the Lord of the Corpse Swamp. Although the Lord of the Corpse Swamp was a scavenger, its meat tasted quite good. Viya looked at the glistening sashimi in her hand and began to eat. She picked up a piece of translucent shrimp, dipped it in the fish sauce specially made by Meru Cat, and then put it in her mouth. Instantly, the umami flavor of the fish sauce and the soft texture of the shrimp spread in her mouth, making Viya squint her eyes and say: