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Chapter 307 Heading to Thessaly

The Thessaly region, coincidentally, is located just outside Arcadia and belongs to the Holy Cross Kingdom. The main monster there is the Centaur.

Centaurs are hostile creatures that often harass surrounding villages and towns. They are nomadic and do not cultivate crops or raise animals, but only rob.

Herbie once told Blaze that the enemies that the caravan of Hermes's Traveling Hat would face were mainly nomadic peoples such as the Centaurs.

However, Arcadia has not suffered many attacks from centaurs, thanks to the territorial awareness of the Silver Werewolves. The Silver Werewolves are not only highly mobile but also attack very quickly, making them a formidable opponent for the centaurs.

Blaze passed through the teleportation tower and arrived at the border of Arcadia, which is quite far from the Thessaly region.

Because the Thessaly region belongs to the Holy Cross Kingdom, the teleportation tower there cannot be used for the time being.

Blaze was somewhat worried about the citizens of the Holy Cross, but Hebi had already issued a client, calling on foreigners with the profession of "merchant" to act as middlemen to maintain the daily lives of the citizens of the Holy Cross.

This kind of commission, which could boost reputation and earn rewards, was quite popular with foreigners. However, it could only solve the immediate problem; the blockade of the teleportation tower and the Chamber of Commerce remained in place.

However, Herbie said not to worry, their job is to find the cardinal who blocked the teleportation tower, and the rest will be left to the other bigwigs of [Hermes' Traveling Hat].

Looking at Herbie's expression at that moment, Blaze would know that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] was going to use some dirty tricks that no child could watch.

“Hopefully they don’t overdo it.”

Blazer made the sign of the cross for the cardinals who were still in office, then stopped thinking about it and took out the map given by the stranger.

This is a map of the Thessaly region. Because of the centaurs, there is no post station or village in the entire area, so he can only walk.

Thinking of this, Blaze couldn't help but touch the chicken with his foot.

"How long do you have to grow before I can ride you?"

"Hey, do you have any misunderstanding about [Growth]?" Although chickens don't have eyebrows, she still tried to open her eyes wide, revealing a surprised expression of "Aaaa".

"Do you know how long we've known each other? I remember every minute and every second. 46 days and 7 hours in total. That's just enough time to turn a baby chicken into a delicious roast chicken!"

"Isn't that enough?" Blaze thought seriously, holding his chin. "When we first met, you eagerly expressed your desire to grow. At that time, I was worried that I would be a drag. Now it seems..."

"You say you want to hurry up, but your body is so lazy."

"Do you know that for the immortal species, a hundred years is just a blink of an eye? It sounds strange for me to say this myself, but it's already very fast to reach this level in just over a month." The chicken sighed helplessly and spread its wings, showing off its amazing wingspan.

"Did you know that I can easily defeat LV80 monsters now?"

"I can do it too." Blaze pointed at himself proudly.

"What's the comparison between you and me?"

The chicken flapped its wings vigorously, took off into the air and flew over Blaze.

"Even if one day I become a rooster in the sky, it will only broaden your horizons. I will be the most dazzling jewel in your crown."

"But I just want a horse now..."

As the saying goes, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire, so Blaze could only run to Thessaly. It wasn't that he couldn't run, or that his speed wasn't fast enough, but simply that after using the convenient mechanism of the portal a few times, he felt that walking into a certain area was a bit foolish.

But Blaze soon stopped complaining, as Thessaly was an unknown area for him.

The open valley is surrounded by mountains. The turbulent river flows down from the mountains, forming rivers on the mountains, and finally flows to the plains and finally merges into the central river of Thessaly.

The scenery, which was different from other areas, made his steps lighter.

"There's something going on ahead."

The sudden warning from the chicken forced Blaze to stop admiring the scenery and focus on the view shared by the chicken.

It was a giant snake, twisting its huge body to devour the monsters around it as food.

[Two-headed scaly snake LV85]

A unique species of hermaphroditic snakes. The male snakehead sprays a deadly venom to kill its prey, while the female snakehead sprays a paralyzing venom to paralyze its prey. Their scales are as sharp as blades, easily slicing through heavy armor and can be flung like flying knives.

[Hunter] was as reliable as ever, stripping out all of the opponent's abilities.

Without a hunter, the only way to identify the enemy's race is through the illustrated guide. Pulling out the illustrated guide in a battle is no different from committing suicide.

"If it's LV85, is it the elite monster of this place?" Blaze took out the twisted greatsword and rushed straight towards the two-headed snake.

The female head was eating, while the male head on guard immediately noticed the aggressive Blaze and opened his mouth to let out a threatening roar.

Blaze turned a deaf ear to this, picked up a stone on the ground and threw it at the female head with [Thunder Throw].

Skill proficiency improved

【Thunder Throw FE】

[Throw items based on strength attributes and attach thunder attributes]

The male head immediately crossed his body to block the stone mixed with thunder attribute, and angrily sprayed venom at Blaze.

It was deadly venom, but Blaze faced it head-on.

【Anti-toxicity A】

[Immune to poison damage based on strength and faith]

Blaze had 109 skill points accumulated, which, when converted to [Demon Hunter/Silver], would increase each of his Strength, Agility, Intelligence, and Faith by 1090. Taking into account the attribute bonuses from other classes, he had already used far more than what was required at level 74.

At only LV85, without any other special background bonuses, the venom of the two-headed snake is just a bit of hot water to him.

The two-headed snake, whose venom attack was ineffective, turned around and used a tail swing. Of course, the tail swing was just a feint. The real killer move was a high-speed tail swing, throwing the fine scales on the tail like flying knives.

Blaze immediately dived into the shadow on the ground, which was the shadow of a chicken flying high in the sky.

The male snake, having lost its target, paused, seemingly unable to react, while the twisted silver sword blade emerged from the shadows and pierced into the intersection of the two-headed snake.

The two-headed snake shares one heart, right at the cross point.

[Fatal Execution] was successfully triggered, and the LV85 two-headed snake froze and turned to dust. The two-headed snake's half-eaten prey naturally fell out; it was a centaur.

[Centaur Nessus LV65]

Chapter 308 [Lustful] People

Anything that has a level displayed, except for the blessed, is a monster.

So this centaur that fell out of the two-headed snake's mouth was definitely a monster, regardless of whether he had his own name or not.

Blaze raised his twisted greatsword, intending to kill the LV65 centaur as well. He didn't want to waste any experience points now.

However, Blaze hesitated for a moment, wondering where to pierce the centaur. After all, the centaur was half man, half horse, and both the human and horse parts seemed to have complete body organs.

He would have liked to have stabbed him in the heart if he could.

[Fatal Execution] has a strict "primary and secondary judgment". The heart and neck will trigger instant death, but other parts of the body will have obvious bleeding processes, which looks quite scary.

Just as Blaze's blade was about to fall, the Centaur suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the tip of the sword that was about to pierce him.

"Wow, what a beautiful sword!"

"What?" Blaze was stunned, but in this gap, the centaur named Nessus had already climbed up, lying on the twisted sword with a flushed face, gasping for breath.

"This voluptuous body, this well-proportioned S-shaped figure, and this mellow fragrance accumulated over the years, this is a fine sword."

Blaze didn't know if the centaurs were cruel or not, but they were certainly lustful. Blaze had seen this look on many strangers' faces when he was at the Fire Rabbit Forge.

This is a [fetish], and judging by such a fanatical and perverted expression, the lustfulness is somewhat true.

Nessus's sticky eyes followed the twisted sword and finally reached Blaze, where they gleamed for a moment. Blaze swore that if the centaur got horny for his armor, he would punish him with an iron fist.

"Are you a forge that learned from the dwarves?"

[Special Mission: Invitation to the Centaur Village/Recommended Level 10]

"Huh?" Blaze was stunned. Judging from this situation, Nessus recognized the [Forger/Fire Rabbit] on him.

"Please come to our tribe!"

Nessus immediately stood up and stared at Blaze with a fiery gaze.

Blaze tapped the hilt of the twisted greatsword with his fingers. Nessus showed no hostility, and of course this passion did not bring about any sense of danger in that regard... If I had to say it, it felt like looking into the fiery gaze of his father-in-law.

Although the Centaur tribe is now a hostile force, so were the Orcs in the past, and the Orcs can't even speak. The attitude of the foreigners towards the Centaurs is also very subtle, curious but also annoying.

After thinking for a moment, Blaze decided to go to Nessus's tribe to collect intelligence in the Thessaly region.

Nessus enthusiastically invited Blaze to ride on him, but Blaze declined because he felt insecure and said that he was strong enough to catch up with Nessus.

While Nessus was running and leading the way, Blaze took the opportunity to inquire about some information.

"I have a question. Do the Centaurs give any special privileges to the Blacksmiths?"

"Yes, we centaurs advocate the use of force, and weapons are our lifelong companions. The [Blacksmith] is the father-in-law of us centaurs." Nessus showed his muscles and smiled brightly at Blaze.

"And our second partner is our own muscles! So the [Hercules] is also our honored guest!"

"Yeah." Blaze silently took note of the fact that the [Hercules] and [Forger] could receive special mission invitations from the Centaurs, and he could tell the strangers about it later.

However, this requirement is a bit demanding. Both [Strongman] and [Blacksmith] are basic professions, and there's no room for high-level Strangers these days. However, considering the recommended level for this special quest is only LV10, this is probably a special quest for novice Strangers.

This information should be given to Hebi so that she can use it on the new strangers in Arcadia.

"But we Centaurs haven't met an excellent blacksmith for a long time, so we can only keep inheriting our fathers' partners." Nessus stretched his back again, showing off his back muscles, and said dejectedly.

"I didn't defeat the two-headed snake, and my brothers are going to take my father's partner away from me."

Blaze knew Nessus was saying that since there were no more forgers, weapons could only be inherited from their elders. But this statement...

Perhaps it’s not entirely others’ fault that he was rumored to be lustful.

However, when it comes to matters not involving weapons, Nessus is unexpectedly a very honest centaur, answering whatever Blaze asks.

Centaurs are nomadic people, so Blaze subconsciously thought that they had no fixed living base. But surprisingly, Nessus brought him to a village on the side of a huge cliff in the forest of the Thessaly Valley.

【Thessaly Hidden Village】

Nessus and Blaze did not hide their movements, so their arrival aroused vigilance.

A huge centaur wearing heavy armor jumped out and pointed the huge spear in his hand at the two men.

"who!"

"It's me. I've brought distinguished guests." Nessus immediately blocked the spear, and Blaze also cooperated and walked out and took out a hammer.

This is a gift from Master Had - [Fire Rabbit Forging Hammer 15th Generation], a symbol of Blaze's identity.

The Centaur guards opened their eyes wide, immediately dropped their weapons, and flexed their lats to rip off their armor as a welcome salute.

Apparently, [Blacksmith] really has a special status among Centaurs.

Blaze could feel the fiery gaze coming from behind him. Even though he knew that it was a look similar to that of his father-in-law, he still felt a sense of crisis.

As soon as Nessus entered the village, he ran into trouble. Several centaurs who looked similar to Nessus surrounded him with weapons in their arms and frivolous expressions.

"Nessus, when you were overestimating yourself and challenging the two-headed snake to prove your abilities, your father's companions were already mine! Hahahaha!"

"The greatsword that was supposed to be yours has become mine. It feels so good to slash monsters with this sharp blade."

"Damn it, you bastards!"

Blaze held his face helplessly, and after changing a few key words, the scene and conversation before him were only unbearable.

Just when Blaze felt like he was about to say something for Nessus, the centaurs surrounding Nessus had already looked over.

"Who are you!?"

The centaurs immediately surrounded Blaze. Some grabbed Blaze's arms, and some touched Blaze's back. Their actions were so pious that Blaze didn't know whether he should resist.

"This perfect body, which I can feel even through the armor, the power of the snake flows through it. Ah, we are done—"

The centaurs put their hands together and gave Blaze a sage look, as if all their lust had been satisfied.

Blaze felt deeply offended.

Chapter 309: The Long-Gone Dwarf Song

The statement that the Centaurs are cruel and lustful may be too subjective, and this cannot be used as a basis for judging that the Centaurs are evil.

Because to some extent, the foreigners are also brutal and lustful, and may be dozens of times stronger than the Centaurs.

As Blaze was led by Nessus to the patriarch's location, he took the opportunity to observe the Hidden Village.

It is worthy of being called a hidden village. The atmosphere of the whole village has an ethereal feeling, and there is a fragrance of the woods.