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Almost all the centaurs in the Hidden Village are keen on weapons and muscles, and you can see centaurs exercising everywhere.

Of course, their attitude towards weapons also revealed a suspicious expression that could be misinterpreted. If Marika saw them, she would definitely arrest them all.

Because this level of suspicious expression itself is a crime.

Blaze also learned some about the ecology of the centaurs. It turns out that the centaurs are vegetarians.

Nessus said that the ancestors of the centaurs used to eat meat to provide the protein needed for their muscles. But then the centaurs encountered a species called the silverback gorilla, whose powerful muscles and herbivorous habits gave the centaurs an epiphany.

Instead of going through the trouble of fighting wild beasts, it is better to become a herbivore. As long as you eat enough, you can still maintain the energy needed by the body.

"Of course, the biggest reason is that if you're a vegetarian, your poop won't be smelly, so you don't have to deal with it."

Blaze paused, looking stiffly at the soles of his feet, his pupils trembling wildly. He was probably suffering the worst blow he had ever suffered.

At this moment, the chicken flapped its wings and appeared in the sky above the hidden village. She spontaneously checked the surroundings for any danger and was about to land.

"Wait!" Blaze grabbed the chicken as it was about to drop its claws to the ground.

"What, what happened!?" The chicken was startled.

"There might be something on the ground!"

"That what?" Chicken tilted his head. With Blaze's simple teenage brain, after thinking for a moment, he knew what Blaze was talking about.

"I'll be careful. I don't want to step on anything."

"But this whole area is probably just covered in that! That thing that's been flattened and looks like a road!"

"What!" The chicken was extremely shocked and retracted its claws in fear in Blaze's arms.

Stepping on that thing might just make you scream, but walking in it is a real torture.

Especially since she is a lady.

Nessus was puzzled by the reactions of the two distinguished guests. For a centaur, whose half body was a horse, defecating anywhere was a normal thing, and after changing to a vegetarian diet, the smell was gone.

Blaze carried the chicken to the center of the Hidden Village, the residence of the Centaur Chief.

The hidden village was originally located inside the cliff and was not exposed to the dangers of wind and rain, so the centaur's residence was just a circle surrounded by a pulled-up wooden fence.

Nessus pushed open the door and shouted, "Chief, we have distinguished guests!"

"Distinguished guest?" An extremely burly centaur walked out slowly, looking aloof and burly.

"He's actually a forger who learned from the dwarves! I haven't seen one in hundreds of years."

As expected of the head of the tribe, the Centaur Chief did not show the fawning expressions of the younger Centaurs, but was quite steady.

"Hundreds of years?" Blaze was stunned, then immediately understood. Apparently, centaurs were also a long-lived race.

"In Giant's Line, there's a Master Hader who learned from the dwarves."

"But there are very few forgers who come to Thessaly." The Centaur Chief explained the ambiguity in his words and then said, "If possible, could you please repair our weapons for us?"

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

[Special Mission: Awaken the Sleeping Princess with a Hot Kiss / Accept]

Blaze hesitated for a moment. He looked at the Centaur Chief and asked seriously, "Do you call your weapon a princess?"

"How do you know?" The Centaur Chief raised his eyebrows and pulled out a long sword from his back. "This is my favorite sword. I call it Princess."

If it weren't for the helmet blocking his view, Blaze would have really wanted to pinch his nose hard.

The weapon is the Centaur's companion, and now the Centaur has entrusted him to repair the weapon. The name of the task also contains "fiery kiss"... What a weird triangle relationship is this.

"Sigh..." Blaze sighed, deciding not to dwell on the matter, "So what can you give me as a reward?"

Repairing weapons is not a difficult task for Blaze, and Blaze doesn't mind helping.

But Herbie had repeatedly criticized him for always helping out for free. So-called casual help should be paid depending on the situation.

For the Centaurs, repairing weapons is obviously an extremely important matter, so the Centaurs should be compensated, otherwise they will think they can get it for free in the future.

It’s okay to be a good person, but you can’t be a pushover, as that’s not good for the other person either.

The Centaur leader frowned and thought seriously for a moment before offering, "I can provide you with the Centaur clan's secret power manual, [Perfect Golden Power], as well as some materials from the Centaur village you're eyeing."

Seeing that the muscles of the centaurs around him were so strong, Blaze thought that the strength secret must be very useful.

After all, a stranger once said that if you are confused, just ask for strength, because strength will not lie.

"Deal. Do you have a stove here? Or should I take it back and come back after it's fixed?"

"How could I let you take my lover away? Who do you think I am?" The Centaur chief raised his brows and showed anger for the first time.

"I want you to repair my lover in front of me."

All Blazer can say is, as long as you are happy.

The Centaur Chief took Blaze to a cave deep at the bottom of the cliff and explained on the way that this was left by the dwarves who had once been on good terms with the Centaurs.

Blaze was curious about the dwarf, but the Centaur Chief didn't know either. It seemed like a very distant time, when the dwarves had not yet lost their wisdom.

The centaur chiefs described the dwarves at that time as a romantic race that spread their seeds everywhere.

Of course, sowing refers to forging weapons.

Dwarves love to drink, and they always get drunk, but they are also warm and hospitable. They will pick up a pile of scrap metal, drink, light a stove, sing a blessing song, beat the garbage and scrap metal in the eyes of the world, and finally celebrate the birth of a newborn with a sip of strong wine.

It was like dipping their rough fingers in strong liquor and putting it on the children's tongues, watching the children frown and cry loudly because of the spiciness.

The dwarves would laugh mischievously at the raging fire, and sincerely give weapons to the creatures who sang and danced with them all night.

But that kind of scenery has disappeared for thousands of years.

Chapter 310 When the Hunter Reaches the Maximum Level

Dwarves are a race that plays with fire. They do not worship fire, but they have control over fire far beyond any other race.

This is why many foreigners choose to become dwarves even though they know that the dwarves' wisdom is locked away.

Although he cannot learn fire magic due to his intelligence attribute, the enhancement of fire attribute attacks by his dwarven bloodline is still strong enough.

So far, the highest recorded fire damage dealt by the Outlanders was by a Dwarven Berserker. It's said that this is a reproducible nuclear bomb attack, and although Blazer doesn't know what a nuclear bomb is, it's probably a powerful level.

In addition to fire damage, dwarves also have very strong fire immunity.

Before the appearance of the strangers, Marika was one of the few dragon riders in the entire continent. She was able to tame the noble fire dragon because of the powerful fire immunity brought by her dwarven bloodline.

So don't expect a dwarf who can both control and be immune to fire to have any elaborate forge. It's basically just a dirt pit with blackened walls.

Blaze didn't pay much attention to the environment and directly placed the Centaur Chief's favorite sword on the forging table.

"Don't we need to make a fire?" The centaurs who gathered around out of curiosity raised their hands and asked.

"I can breathe fire myself." Blaze completed his transformation into a silver werewolf and breathed out fire majestically.

The surrounding centaurs were startled, apparently unaware of Arcadia's secrets. However, Blaze's silver hair exuded a sacred aura, a stark contrast to the bloodthirsty, filthy werewolves surrounding Arcadia.

"Before I help you repair your weapons, I want to ask you a question." Blaze tilted his head and asked, "Why did you attack the Hermes's Traveling Hat caravan and steal the goods? Aren't you herbivores?"

Blaze's tone was relaxed and casual, but the content carried a sense of questioning.

No matter how funny and bizarre a centaur might seem, he couldn't avoid frequent attacks on the Chamber of Commerce. Although he had accepted the mission to repair weapons, it didn't mean he would strengthen monsters that endangered other people's lives for the sake of the mission reward.

"For survival."

The Centaur Chief said it simply and clearly. Although the Centaurs had switched to a vegetarian diet, their body structure meant they couldn't easily bend over, so they naturally couldn't farm and harvest food.

Centaurs need to consume a lot of plants to maintain their daily consumption, but if they only take from nature, the land will soon become barren. So they can only steal food from caravans to maintain balance.

The most important thing is that before the Centaurs changed to a vegetarian diet, they had no custom of farming. They were a warlike race and accustomed to plundering, so even if they wanted to change, they didn't know where to start.

"So, if you could harvest your own food, you wouldn't attack caravans and steal their goods?"

The centaurs nodded in unison. They were warlike but did not like to hunt weak animals. If fighting could be avoided, they would try to avoid it.

Blaze understood. It just so happened that the goblin village had a bit of surplus food production. If they could cooperate with the centaurs, it would be a powerful alliance that would make the village bigger and stronger.

"You don't discriminate against goblins, do you?"

"What's a goblin?"

It's normal not to know. Goblins are an extremely fragile species, and can basically only survive in the territory of Fast. If it weren't for the goblins' high reproductive capacity, the day the Hundred Births River fell, the goblins would have been extinct.

"With this answer, I will assume that centaurs do not discriminate against goblins."

Now Blaze has no worries and can focus on helping the Centaur Chief repair his weapons.

The Centaur Chief's weapon is not a particularly high-level weapon. Even a basic [Blacksmith] can repair it. No wonder the recommended difficulty is only LV10. This is a task completely prepared for novices.

Blaze used the skills he had gained when strengthening the stranger, first heating it with a fire prayer, then swinging the hammer to hit the red-hot knife. Honestly, Blaze wanted to imitate Hader and hum the birth song, but unfortunately, his level was not high enough.

Only a fully-qualified blacksmith who can work independently can preside over the ceremony of metal rebirth.

Of course, Blazer also has his own strong curiosity and a little bit of rebelliousness. If he is not allowed to sing, he will hum softly, hammering out different sounds with heavy and light hammering, matching his own off-tune humming.

The flames leaped, and the centaurs listened quietly until the clang of the hammer signaled the end of the song.

[Sleeping Princess: Awakening]

The Centaur Chief's long sword glowed with light. Like a princess awakened by surprise, she suddenly pushed away the heavy and luxurious bedding on her body, jumped barefoot on the bed, and vented her accumulated energy.

And that vitality turned into experience points.

[LV: 74+1-75+1]

[Hunter LV14-LV15]

"Oh, finally one has reached the maximum level." Blaze smiled in surprise.

He previously had [Assassin], [Hercules], [Demon Hunter/Silver], [Greatsword User], [Forger/Fire Rabbit], and [Hunter], a total of six professions to share the experience points, so leveling up was extremely slow. Now he can finally reduce the burden by one less.

Therefore, he couldn't immediately start the promotion from [Hunter] to [Free Hunter]. He had to wait until all other professions reached the maximum level before starting the advancement.

Blaze handed the long sword named Sleeping Princess to the Centaur Chief. The shining blade reflected the Centaur Chief's panting and flushed face.

"Is there anyone else whose wife or husband wants to be properly served by me?"

Blaze was in high spirits because he had maxed out his Hunter skill, so he simply raised his hammer and started a grand opening sale. The centaurs immediately erupted in violence, rushing to get their companions under Blaze's hammer.

This forging took an entire night, and Blaze repaired every weapon in the Centaur village, making the Centaur companions feel like they had been given a new lease of life, with shiny faces, as if they had finally found rain after a long drought.

It’s a pity that the experience points gained by the [Blacksmith] forging and repairing weapons are related to the quality of the weapons, and the quality of the Centaur weapons is not high enough, so the experience points gained from repairing them alone are not much.

"You only need to repair one weapon to get paid, but you repaired all of them. It seems that you, like the dwarves of the past, simply love forging."

The Centaur Chief was very grateful for Blaze's generosity. They were a nomadic people, so they had no currency, only special skills that could be taught.

But exchanging one thing for another was too much of a disadvantage for Blaze.

"Is there anything we can help you with?"

"I'm looking for a centaur, a centaur named Chiron."

Chapter 311 Chiron's Secret

Blaze imagined Chiron's reaction when he brought up the subject of Chiron the Centaur in front of the Centaur. A more intense one would probably be a change of expression, questioning where he got the information from, or looking shocked.

But both the Centaur Chief and the Centaurs around him showed confused expressions, as if they were quite unfamiliar with this name.

Only one centaur had a strange expression, and that was Nessus, the only centaur without a weapon.

Blaze looked straight at Nessus, and Nessus looked away with a guilty look on his face.

"I'm sorry that we can't provide you with information about your fellow centaur. I know all the members of the Centaur tribe, but I didn't know there was no Centaur named Chiron." The Centaur chief added with difficulty.

"Of course, if this Chiron had been corrupted by the Ganges River and lost his mind and turned into a monster, I wouldn't know him."

"It's okay, I was just asking in the hope of getting a chance." Blaze already knew where to inquire, and now all he had to do was collect the mission reward before he could set off.

[Special Mission: A Fiery Kiss That Awakens the Sleeping Princess/Completed]

【Golden Power Scroll 1/1】

[After use, you will acquire the passive skill Perfect Golden Power]

Blaze opened the reward given by the Centaur Chief, which contained a diagram of the Centaur's structure. This knowledge unexpectedly improved his proficiency in [Skeleton Aesthetics].

【Perfect Golden Power F】

[The Centaurs, with their perfect physique, inherited a special power-generating technique. Simply by running, they can perfectly unleash their power. Even after stopping, this power can be sustained for a while.]