Offer blocks to the end times

He returned from the lower city and reported to Hermes on the underground city investigation mission: "Hermes, the incident on the 24th floor has been resolved. Here's what happened there."

"Hmm," Hermes nodded gently after listening to Asphie's report, looking at the Familia there. "Asphie, do you know, a big event happened in Orario last night."

"Hmm, I vaguely sensed it in the dungeon too. Has some god passed away?" Asphie asked calmly. Hermes nodded. "That's right, it's Ishtar. What a pity."

"What's there to regret?" Asphie glared at her god, and Hermes quickly waved his hand. "It's not what you think. I accepted her mission, but the employer has disappeared. What should I do?"

"I see. I thought you were going over there, sir..." Asphie panicked. Hermes, however, was very interested in the 'Thousand-Armed Familiar' that had appeared during this investigation. "An omnipotent being like Asphie? I'd like to meet him. I can sell this to them. But I really should go see 'him' first."

"What are you planning now, Lord Hermes?" Asphie knew he was up to no good just by looking at the smile on her god's face.

“It’s nothing, but I heard that Orario has a few new places to relax recently. Let’s go check them out,” Hermes stretched and walked out of his stone house, with Asphie following closely behind.

As the incident involving Ishtar gradually subsided, everyone believed that it was Phryne who had done the whole thing, that it must have been that guy, even her fellow Amazons were convinced of it.

However, the departure of Ishtar, the owner of the pleasure district, caused some turmoil. But with the arrival of more merchants and forces, the pleasure district will probably return to prosperity after a period of silence.

The guild responsible for the operation of Orario, after several days of investigation and questioning, found no suspicious points in the incident. They simply compiled the information and posted it on the bulletin board, calling on adventurers and gods to live in harmony and not to act impulsively.

When Senju woke up in the morning, he saw William writing and drawing in the living room. He went over and looked at it curiously. It seemed to be some kind of magical knowledge. "William, what are you writing these for?"

“Hmm, this is for that little elf girl,” William wrote slowly. “I’ve heard Swann and Amysa mention some things to be careful about before, and now I’m writing this down to see if it can help her.”

“William really likes helping girls,” Thousand Hands chuckled, then recalled the monsters he had seen yesterday. “Speaking of which, I also saw a group of strange monsters on the nineteenth floor yesterday. They seemed to have some kind of reason, like Gray Rock Skin or Grimoire.”

"Oh? Can this place also connect to the floating continent?" William was also somewhat interested, but Thousand Hands shook his head. "It should be different. They are just individual monsters that have awakened their rationality, not a race with rationality."

“I see. But if that’s the case, it feels like we’ve gone back to the era of fighting against alien races,” William paused for a moment, then shook his head. “But since I came here, I haven’t seen any similar monsters, so I know they’re in a bad situation.”

"Perhaps," Senju recounted his experiences from yesterday in detail. William nodded to indicate that he understood. Neither of them harbored any ill will toward those rational monsters, but as for goodwill, they were probably overthinking it.

After chatting for a while, Ais and Lefia came to visit. William handed the book he had written to Lefia for her reference, and then went to exercise with Ais.

Senju felt something was off as he watched William take Ais out. Ais followed cautiously behind William, as if she could see someone through him.

However, after watching from the window for a while, Senju saw Bell bring Lily home. But this time, Lily had dog ears and a dog tail. Were these detachable?

"Curse Mark Imprint? Inscribe the magic circle needed for magic on parchment, and then use it as needed. What is this? A method for increasing physical strength and speed with magic power?" Lefia muttered, but her tone was quite blank. Senju shook his head helplessly and found some related knowledge to discuss with her.

Just as Lefia had almost finished learning and was experimenting with drawing magic circles on parchment, there was a knock on the door. When Thousand Hands opened the door, he saw Philwis standing outside.

Chapter 441 Killing Stone

"Is there something you need?" Senju asked, puzzled. Philwis took out a large wallet and handed it to Senju. "This is the payment for last time. Also, I need to order two more this time."

"Oh, please come in," Senju nodded and warmly welcomed her in. Lefia was quite surprised to see her. "Miss Philwiss, you're here too?"

“Well, there are some things,” Philwiss said, seemingly a little embarrassed, as Senju watched the two of them. “By the way, where are the two teleportation crystals you requested landing?”

“These are the two points,” Philwiss said, handing a map to Senju. Senju glanced at the two marked locations and nodded. “Okay, wait here for a bit while I go prepare.”

After serving them snacks and tea, Senju took the map and went out.

After following the map for a while, he saw a building.

When he arrived, he saw Dionysus emerge from within. “Welcome to my kin. This is the first place.”

“Oh, this is it,” Senju followed him around for a bit, then created a teleportation crystal for the room he specified. “But where is this?”

Thousand Points pointed to another spot and asked, Dionysus replied, "That's the Loki Familia's residence. I hope to be able to contact her as soon as possible in case of an emergency."

"I see," Senju thought for a moment and made a teleportation crystal for the entrance of the Twilight Mansion. "Well, that's done. You can come find me anytime after you're done using it."

“Thank you,” Dionysus said, his smile turning into a wry one. “The prop is very effective, but it’s too expensive.”

"Maybe," Thousand Hands waved and left, but getting him to lower the price was impossible. However, Dionysus looked at the crystal in his hand, "It doesn't even have the aura of divine power."

Senju ate some pastries as she arrived at the internet cafe, but at the front desk she saw a person talking incessantly to 'Sasuke,' with a very familiar-looking woman standing next to him.

"Hey, Asphie, who is this?" Senju asked her. Asphie turned her head and was about to say something when her god ran over. "Hello, I am Hermes. I have something good here. I wonder if you are interested?"

"?" Senju looked at Aisha, who softly uttered a single word, "Sessho-seki".

“Oh, that’s it,” Senju nodded, then looked at Hermes, “It’s the crystallized power left behind by the legendary nine-tailed fox Tamamo-no-Mae, possessing powerful demonic energy, right?”

“Hmm, it seems a little different,” Hermes glanced at the crowd around him. “Let’s talk about the rest somewhere else, but this information will definitely not disappoint you.”

Senju nodded, and then the two of them went into the adjacent lounge together. Asphie, who was outside, was a little curious, "Who was that who just spoke to me? I don't think I've ever seen them before."

She then went to ask Sasuke, but after hearing Hermes' words, Aisha knew that they were going to hurt her friend, so she didn't give Asphie a friendly look and just stood there in a daze.

After Senju and Hermes were seated, Hermes explained to Senju the true origin and purpose of the Sesshōseki. The Sesshōseki was a forbidden item made from the 'Tamamo-seki' and 'Toba-seki', which were made from the remains of fox-people.

It is a tool exclusively for fox spirits. On the night of the full moon, the soul of a fox spirit who uses the Killing Stone will be sealed inside it. Then, through the sealed Killing Stone, the fox spirit's magic 'spell' can be bestowed upon a third party.

"So it's an item that can steal souls, no wonder it's called forbidden. But it seems easier to subdue fox people," Senju shook his head from the side, feeling that the Killing Stone was more of a useless item.

“No, no, no,” Hermes shook his head. “The Killing Stone that seals the soul of the fox-people can be broken into pieces, and each piece can be used as a tool to imbue ‘sorcery’.”

“Then the fox-people’s souls inside will also shatter,” Senju said, then shook his head. “But if you’re going to use this kind of item, you won’t care whether the fox-people live or die.”

“Well, I’ve heard that if you collect all the fragments, you can put the fox-person’s soul back into their body and they can live normally,” Hermes said softly from the side. “I wonder if you’re interested? The Ishtar Familia captured a little fox-person a few days ago. Now that the Ishtar Familia has been destroyed, it’s a good opportunity to make a move.”

"Is that so?" Senju pondered for a moment. He didn't want to use it on Haruhime, but he could use it as raw material to see if he could make some unique items. "I wonder how many Sesshō-seki you have?"

“Uh,” Hermes was taken aback. Just thinking about it, he knew that such forbidden materials were very rare. “Right now, I only have one, but that should be enough.”

“Alright, may I take a look?” Thousand Hands made the request. Hermes nodded and took a small pouch from the bundle at his waist. “Of course.”

He untied the small bag, inside which was an ebony box. Upon opening the box, Thousand Hands saw a fist-sized, blood-red pearl inside.

"Well, I went to great lengths to bring this over. You can buy it for a hundred million fali," Hermes muttered to himself, but Senju Kirito was surprised. Touching the jewel, he felt like he had been ripped off.

“Ah, I remember I have quite a few of these. So this is the Killing Stone,” Senju said exaggeratedly, walking to a table and making a wooden box and a dozen or so jewels with his back to Hermes, then taking them over.

"Huh?" Hermes frowned as he looked at the pile of 'Killing Stones' in the box. Something felt off, but they were definitely genuine. He slowly closed his box. "I'm sorry to have bothered you."

“Wait, I didn’t say I wouldn’t buy it,” Senju called out as Helms prepared to leave. “By the way, I’d like to recommend a super item from our clan, which happens to be worth 100 million faeries.”

“Oh, what a coincidence,” Hermes smiled at Thousand Hands, his thoughts unreadable. Then Thousand Hands explained the function of the teleportation crystal to him.

"So that's how it is," Hermes recalled what Asphie had said about the sudden appearance of support and the sudden disappearance of 'Ichimaru Gin'.

Only then did he understand the reason.

"Then let's exchange one," Hermes said with a touch of heartache. This item, which he had painstakingly transported through many countries, was now commonplace here. However, once he obtained the so-called teleportation crystal, he would have Asphie research it and make a good fortune from it.

Chapter 442 Heretic

Senju watched as Hermes left with the crystal. He looked at the Killing Stone on the table and the pile of fake Killing Stones next to it and shook his head. He had only made some items that looked and functioned similarly, but he didn't expect that they could actually fool him.

After a while, Aisha rushed in from outside. She was stunned when she saw the pile of Killing Stones on the table. "There are so many this time. Senju, you're not going to use them on Haruhime, are you?"

“Of course not. I’m thinking of using these to make other items,” Senju said, and started experimenting nearby. After a while, he found the recipe: the Killing Stone (fake), the Resurrection Totem, Soul Sand, and Human Spawn Egg could be combined to make the Resurrection Scepter.

It was a short golden staff about twenty centimeters long, with a red jewel at one end and a gray jewel at the other.

The Resurrection Scepter is a one-time use magic item that can revive life, but requires a soul or body. After revival, the user's level and equipment will be completely reset to zero.

“Hmm, it’s a bit of a double-edged sword,” Thousand Hands tossed a few to Aisha and told her about the effects of the scepters. Aisha’s mouth dropped open in surprise. “I didn’t expect there to be an item that could revive people, but the price is too high.”

“Indeed, the price is a bit too high,” Senju shook his head, “but being able to be resurrected is the greatest blessing.”

“Hmm,” Aisha looked at the Senju with a complicated expression. She realized that she still knew too little about them and needed time to get used to this strange and unusual clan.

With nothing else to do, Senju went to the guild and got four magic books. He also learned that the movie theater had already made several million in revenue, but Senju didn't pay much attention to it. He took the magic books and prepared to leave.

However, just as Senju was about to leave, Eina called out to him, "Wait, Lord Star God, the guild master wishes to see you."

"Oh," Senju followed her to the side. After arriving at the back of the hall, Senju realized that the guild headquarters was very large, with a series of magnificent buildings behind it.

Then, Senju followed Eina to a house where a very fat male elf was. Senju had never imagined that there were fat elves, but judging from his long ears, he was clearly an elf.

However, the guild leader seemed quite displeased with Eina. After waving her away with a stern face, he put on a smiling face towards Senju and said, "Star God, the High God Uranus wishes to see you. Please come with me."

"Looks like I've been discovered. Well then," Senju nodded, surprised that his actions had been discovered. Senju also wanted to see what Uranus, the god who maintained the entire city, thought about his destruction of Ishtar.

After following the fat elf to a passage, the guild leader stopped. "Ahead is the sacred altar where the god Uranus prayed to quell the unrest in the dungeon. The god is inside."

"Hmm," Senju nodded, preparing the teleportation crystal to escape at any moment. An old and majestic voice came from ahead, "Is this the Star God Senju? Please come in."

“Okay,” Senju took a few steps forward and went down a staircase. It was pitch black inside. After drinking a bottle of night vision potion, Senju went inside.

In the underground hall, there was a two-meter-high platform on which sat an old deity. There were torches illuminating the platform. Thousand Hands looked around and saw only emptiness, with only a person dressed in a black robe standing not far away.

“Star God Thousand Hands, god from a distant place,” Uranus gazed intently at Thousand Hands, “can you tell me where you are?”

"Huh?" Senju was surprised. He thought the other party was going to talk about Ishtar. Was this a setup? But he was never afraid to brag. "I come from the sky and have traveled an infinite distance to get here."

“I see,” Uranus nodded. “Is it a floating continent? Does such a place really exist?”

"Huh?!" Senju looked at him in surprise. "Do you have connections with those monsters? Otherwise, how would you know this word?"

However, Uranus did not answer directly, but instead asked another question, "What do you think of those intelligent monsters?"

"What do you think?" Thousand Hands thought for a while before answering, "We are all intelligent beings, so I feel we should be equal. If they are friendly to me, I will be friendly in return, and if they are hostile to me, I will be hostile in return, just like I am to other races."

“Equality,” Uranus shook his head, “but that’s too difficult for the children of the lower realms. So I’d like to ask, could we send those monsters who have gained reason to the paradise they long for, to the floating continents?”

“This is a little difficult,” Senju shook his head. “When we left, the people on the floating continent were undergoing a great migration, and they have long since escaped in their floating islands.”

“Is that so?” Urnos sighed softly. “Then may I ask how the various races live in harmony there?”

"Hmm, it's simple. Because there's a powerful threat outside, the floating continent could be destroyed at any moment, that's why everyone is working together," but then Senju shook his head, "We should add a powerful force..."

"With proper leadership and guidance."

“Is that so? But it’s all very difficult,” Urnos shook his head. Although monsters were their common enemy, people wouldn’t accept them because of their monster-like appearance. “It seems we can only rely on propaganda. Do you have any suggestions?”

"I'm sorry, although I have many ideas for promotion, it's difficult to accomplish in this constantly fighting Orario," Senju shook his head and casually mentioned some things like online promotion, monster movies, and monster girlification. However, those are only useful in times of peace. If you really see a monster rushing at you, how many people can remain calm unless they are brain-dead?

Is it really a good idea to glorify the entire monster group just because of a few rational monsters? Unless they can separate them and let everyone clearly see the difference between the two.

“I see. But they are clearly different from monsters. They are now called ‘heretics’,” Uranus said. Thousand Hands shook his head beside him. “Heretics, huh? But most people can’t tell the difference. People know too little about them. They never thought that reason could be born from those irrational monsters.”

“Yes, that’s why they’ve been holding monster festivals all these years to eliminate humanity’s fear of monsters,” Uranus told the Thousand Hands from above, revealing a secret. “Ganesha also knows about the ‘heretics.’”

"I haven't seen any animal fights, so I won't comment," Thousand Hands shook his head. "But if they could become supporters, many people would be happy to accept them."

“Supporters, beast tamers can do that, but many people still don’t change their opinion of them,” Uranus said with some distress. Thousand Hands disagreed with him, “You’re talking about enslavement, I’m talking about symbiosis, the two sides are equal.”

Chapter 443 About the Treasure

Thousand Hands was spouting nonsense about a new profession: they sign contracts with rational monsters, gaining some of the monster's abilities. The two can share life, and even merge to instantly enhance attributes and acquire various abilities. In short, after signing the contract, one person becomes two, doubling their attack power and gaining many more abilities.

“Hmm, thanks for your suggestion,” Uranus actually started thinking about it. Senju shook his head helplessly, feeling that he had gone too far in fooling people. He thought for a moment and created a book of nonsense called “Ninjas and Summoning Beasts”, which recorded some scenes and settings from the comics he had read before.

After handing the book to the man in black beside him, Senju left. The man in black, however, stood there, stunned. How had he discovered this? "Uranus, is what Senju said possible?"