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"It's possible, but the fact that he uses an avatar to live in this city suggests he's not the type to enjoy destruction. Perhaps his main body is too large to move."

The chicken pointed with one of its feathers at the cats around it that were used as props in the competition. Many strongmen were pulling the cats' claws hard. If it were a normal cat, it would have been frightened and fought back, but these cats were lazily basking in the sun.

"Look, you didn't resist even when you were tortured like this, so you should relax a little."

"Then you should take it easy."

Blaze could feel the chicken shivering, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This wasn't the kind of soul-deep fear he felt when he saw the Nemean Giant, but simply a fear of the lazy but incredibly agile feline as a bird.

Although he was surprised by the unique strongman competition in this city, Blaze wanted the prize of winning the competition and also wanted to have the profession of "strongman", so he actively participated in it.

There weren't that many small animals in Balkan City, so it was Blazer's first time to come into contact with such a furry creature. Blazer chose an orange cat and carefully touched it. The cat immediately rolled over, exposing its belly and stretching.

"What an unguarded creature!" Blaze was sweating profusely. The fact that he could leisurely expose his soft belly just showed how powerful this creature was. He was indeed the incarnation of a powerful existence.

Blaze reached out and pinched the orange cat's paw that was rubbing his cheek. Just as he was about to lift it up, a terrible weight was transmitted from the furry paw.

"what!"

Blaze was horrified and subconsciously grabbed one of the orange cat's paws with both hands, his face flushed red like the previous contestant.

Meanwhile, a little girl from Mekingjord was busily carrying "competition props" to the strongman competition. The cats were too fat and heavy for the girl, so she had to hold them under her arms. The cats' bodies were stretched so far that their legs practically dragged along the ground.

The strongman, whose arm muscles were bigger than the little girl's head, couldn't even lift a cat's paw, while the petite little girl lifted almost all the cats in the entire strongman competition.

The weight of the cats is the same as their existence. When not paying attention, even a little girl can lift the cats, but if she has the intention of lifting them, she will glimpse the powerful existence that has transformed into these cats.

"This is too exaggerated!"

Blaze let go of the orange cat's claws, staggered back a step, and almost fell to the ground.

The orange cat was still lazy, but seemed to be tired of staying in this place to bask in the sun. So the orange cat got up, walked gracefully to the exit, and jumped onto the flower bed.

"Ah! Piggy! You can't leave yet!" The little girl who was working hard saw the orange cat who wanted to leave work early, and immediately pounced over and grabbed the orange cat's two hind legs.

But the little girl jumped too hard and accidentally fell down. Blaze immediately reached out to catch the little girl.

[Mekingiod City Strongman Competition: Orange Cat 1]

"Huh?" Blazer was startled and looked down at the little girl. He picked up the little girl, and the little girl held the orange cat by its hind legs, so he indirectly lifted the orange cat.

"Big brother, thank you." The little girl broke free from Blaze, fell to the ground with a whoosh, and then shook her finger like an adult.

"But you just cheated. You must lift the cats on your own."

"I know, I won't do it again." Blaze reached out and touched the little girl's head, saying softly.

The little girl caught all the cats and was sweating profusely. A chicken plucked one of its feathers and gave it to the little girl as a reward for her hard work.

"Thank you, big brother, sister chicken!" The little girl happily pinned the feather on her bangs as a hairpin and gave Blaze a bright smile.

This simple smile reminded Blazer of Marika, who would also smile happily at these little things. But if he remembered correctly, Marika seemed to be a national champion strongman, so Marika must have participated in the strongman competition in Mekingjord City.

Given Marika's way of doing things, she would definitely not use tricky methods such as bribery with "competition props". She would directly use brute force to lift the cat.

"Okay, it's time for me to use my real skills!"

Blaze stretched his body, and it expanded, transforming into a silver werewolf. Although it was not night, the increase in strength in the silver werewolf state was still very strong.

"Hey! You're not planning on lifting these avatars by brute force, are you?"

The chicken was frightened by Blaze's sudden transformation and flapped its wings and flew away.

"Let's try to please these cats so they'll be lifted up willingly."

"I don't cheat!"

Blaze suddenly grabbed the orange cat that the little girl had brought back. He wanted to start from the first cheating result and challenge again.

The weight of the orange cat was like an extremely strong spring. The harder he pushed, the stronger the resistance he encountered. Blazer only grabbed the orange cat's armpits with both hands, but his legs sank directly into the ground.

Such a huge noise attracted the attention of others, and the surrounding audience looked over. Those powerful strongmen were holding the cat teasers very carefully, hoping to get the cats' favor and raise their bodies on their own initiative. Only Blaze launched a direct challenge.

It's not that Blazer doesn't want to take shortcuts. In fact, after seeing the content of the game, he immediately regretted not learning how to please cats. It's not that he has any noble sentiments.

He simply thought of Marika and didn't want to lose to her.

boom--

There was an extremely exaggerated impact around Blaze, and his white robe was blown away, revealing the silver-white wolf head.

In an instant, all the cats turned their heads and looked at Blaze at the same time, their eyes erect like the eyes of some kind of snake.

When something that exists and does not exist actively observes itself, its true nature is revealed.

【Midnight Serpent-Jörmungandr】

Chapter 192 Ouroboros Mark

Blaze saw nothing but darkness.

He remembered what the chicken said, that when something is too huge, its presence becomes extremely weak, so that it is right in front of you but you cannot notice it.

Just as people often marvel at the grandeur of the mountains, but never sigh at the vastness of the world they live in.

A [world] appeared in front of Blaze's eyes, so that he was in the world for a moment and could not perceive what was in front of him.

But Blessing is beyond the world, so he knows the name of the world he lives in.

【Midnight Serpent-Jörmungandr】

A snake as big as the world.

Blaze didn't feel that the other party was hostile. The other party just noticed him, bent down to look at him, and used its tongue to collect information about him.

He suddenly felt a warmth, a longing for something more distant in his appearance.

The darkness suddenly faded away, and Blaze gasped sharply. Before he could recover, deafening cheers of celebration came from all around him.

He lifted the orange cat, and not just the orange cat, his entire body was covered with cats, which was equivalent to lifting all the heavy objects in one breath.

This is the undisputed champion.

[Professional unlocking conditions have been met]

[LV67+1-LV68+1]

[Hercules/Ouroboros LV1]

[This is a special level of strength that rivals that of a giant. Only a strongman who has lifted the Earthly Serpent can achieve this. This special level will be inherited by the next class that advances, sacrifices, or fuses with this class.]

[Learnable skills: *Ouroboros Growth F/Super Strength Boost F/Thundering Throw F/*Super Strong Physique F/*Powerful Activity F/*High-Speed ​​Metabolism F/*Excellent Appetite F]

Blaze stared at the orange cat he held in his arms, gazing into those abyssal eyes, trying to find something. But his gaze was like a stone thrown into a deep pool, leaving nothing behind except a few ripples.

"Meow~"

The orange cat yawned, broke free from Blaze's hand, and landed gracefully. The other cats stayed briefly in Blaze's silver fur before scattering.

The city's masters left the strongman competition, which meant that no one could accomplish Blaze's feat again.

The host of the strongman competition announced the end of the competition with great enthusiasm and told Blazer that he had broken the record. No one had ever lifted so many cats in one breath.

Blaze was somewhat absent-minded, as if he had walked before a giant being and had been marked. It was unclear whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, but in the short term, it seemed to be a good thing.

However, when the host handed over the championship award, Blaze stopped hesitating.

【Knight Boots】

[Although they are called combat boots, they do not actually enhance combat effectiveness. Wear them in battle to prove your true strength. Through countless battles, they will become the footsteps of death.]

The end of the strongman competition and the cheers of the surrounding crowd attracted many people, including many foreigners. When they saw the silver werewolf covered in cats, their first reaction was to make a square with their hands and frantically record something.

Blaze shuddered, sensing some danger, and immediately threw on his white robe and fled. The last time the strangers had made this gesture, his reputation had been severely threatened.

When the strangers saw Blaze running away, many of them instinctively chased after him, but the effect of [Wanderer's White Robe] was too strong. Blaze just flashed twice in the crowd and disappeared.

"You're so famous now."

The chicken teased Blaze with great glee, but immediately strangers around started shouting.

"The Black Beast Knight has a big bird, find the big bird!"

"What!? What bird does the Black Beast Knight have!?"

The chicken immediately hid under Blaze's white robe in a panic, trembling.

The strangers were very enthusiastic, but fortunately, it was an unspoken rule not to disturb people wearing the [Wanderer's White Robe], so those strangers who were looking for them could only search blindly, and Blaze successfully escaped from the city of Mekingjod.

When leaving the city of Mekingiod, Blaze paid the customs fee again.

2 gold coins.

"This in and out costs 4 gold coins."

Without the strangers chasing him, Blazer relaxed, but at the same time, he felt bad for his wallet. The only money he had was the initial deposit Herbie paid. Later, the entire escort mission became more and more complicated, and his relationship with Herbie and Audrey became closer, so he didn't get the final payment.

So Blazer was quite cost-conscious, but the customs clearance fee was too expensive.

At first, Chicken was confused as to what Blaze was so upset about, but after Blaze explained the income of ordinary people, Chicken suddenly understood.

"Wow! That's so expensive!"

"Well, it's understandable. There are dangerous monsters everywhere outside the city. This high customs fee is also to protect ordinary people." Blazer calculated his property and had exactly 120 gold coins left.

He had lived in the Balkans before, so he could understand why customs fees were so expensive. But now that he has to go in and out of the city frequently and calculate the expenses every time, he can understand why so many people complain about customs fees.

Sometimes the commission to defeat a monster may not even cost 1 gold coin, and you have to pay 2 gold coins to enter a city.

However, there are not many complaints from foreigners, because they are particularly good at completing tasks and generally do not lack customs clearance fees.

Of course, if they were really short of money and had to enter the city, they would simply climb over the wall to get in. Because the guards on the city walls were usually foreigners, it was easy for foreigners to sneak into the city and steal.

"Fortunately, there are no customs fees at the post stations and villages." Blaze muttered, thinking that he would have to take on some commissions when traveling on the continent. If he kept helping people for free, he would not even be able to enter the city.

"By the way, the strangers were too crazy just now, so I didn't have time to ask. Why did those avatars get entangled with you during the competition?"

The chicken remembered the important matter and asked seriously.

If it were just a bunch of ordinary cats crawling all over Blaze, she would just watch the fun, but if it was the incarnation of some kind of being, she would be worried.

"Ah, that, I saw a snake called..." Blaze was speechless for a moment. Just like the Nemean giant at that time, he forgot the name of the snake.

The other party's existence is so huge and complex that it is impossible to remember it without fully analyzing it.

But he still had evidence of seeing the snake.

"Have you ever heard of Ouroboros?"

"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Chicken's face. "This is a very bad guy. Maybe he is stronger than the Nemean Giant, no, he is even stronger than the Titan Giant."

Chapter 193 The Simple Fool Walks Backwards

Any living creature has the right to pursue the greatness of the soul. Even an ordinary beast, as long as it always holds its head high and lives proudly, it will one day be able to touch the sky.

But some creatures are cursed from birth.

Born with an evil soul, he was thrown into a bottomless abyss the moment he opened his eyes.

The snake was separated from its brothers and sisters since birth and was imprisoned in the abyss sea forever.

"Is that snake a bad guy?" Blaze asked after the chicken's whispered explanation.

"This is not a question of good and bad. It's about the good fate that has been determined, the soul that is born evil, born to die, and the bystander who knows everything, watches everything but does not stop the birth." The chicken who knew the story shook his head with a heavy tone.

Perhaps the chicken had hidden the secret of its early death and its complicated life experience in its words, but Blaze just waved his hand casually.

"SKIP."

"well!?"

"I was only asking you if it was a good snake or a bad snake."

Blaze walked briskly and leisurely forward, but he was far ahead of the chicken.

The boy raised his right hand and raised his fingers one by one, explaining the world in his eyes.

"Everything in this world can be divided into four categories: good people doing good things, good people doing bad things, bad people doing good things, and bad people doing bad things."

The experiences brought by the long years have made the chicken always think very complicatedly, from the fate of the starry sky to the racial bloodline. Thinking too much will make him stay in one place.

The chicken watched Blaze walk further and further away, and immediately chased after him anxiously. She forgot about flying, forgot about those huge, complicated stories, and ran on the ground with her two paws, staggering to catch up with Blaze.

But she didn't want to acknowledge the childish words Blaze said, but to stand from the equally childish perspective and let Blaze know how childish his words were.