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"Greenland, do you know One-Eye?" Herbie asked suddenly.

……

Chiron, a centaur, suddenly turned into something strange!

“It’s actually Kamishiro Grem!?”

Blaze was caught off guard and took a punch from Chiron, who had a bunch of horrifying prefixes. His heavy armor shattered on the spot, and his arm below was broken, followed by the breastplate and helmet behind it.

Blaze's health points directly reached the red line. He immediately completed the transformation into a silver werewolf, and used the change in health points brought about by the instant increase in attributes to offset the damage.

Even so, his health is like a candle in the wind.

"Is this the true power of the great souls?"

As Chiron entered combat mode, Blaze once again felt the insurmountable wall.

Chiron, far more powerful than Theresa.

"Soul? I don't have a plug-in called soul." Chiron tilted his head, seeming confused by Blaze's question.

But doubt didn't hinder Chiron's next move. He opened his right hand and released a strange light green wave from his palm. Blaze's health rapidly recovered under the light wave, even repairing abnormalities such as fractures.

"Apprentice of Piliwen, this lesson will last for two hours. Please aim to defeat me."

"I defeated Chiron, am I mistaken?"

Blaze's mouth twitched, sensing a deep malice. He'd heard from strangers that this was called a "Training Quest," designed to enhance the strength of the person who took it, but there was no such thing as a fight with the final boss right from the start.

Chiron didn't even have a level displayed, and according to the power of Chiron's punch just now, he had to remain unharmed from beginning to end.

The good news is that the [cultivation mission] will not fail, the bad news is that the [cultivation mission] may waste a lot of time and yield little in return.

"Tell me what the reward is."

"The ultimate reward, the [Spark of the Age of Gods]." Chiron answered every question.

"It's not the final reward someone else arranged for you to give, but a sweet treat, a reward, that you personally give me to encourage my growth and hard work."

Blaze, using the thick skin and slickness he had learned from Herbie, groped his way closer to Chiron.

Chiron tilted his head, his system made predictions and analyses, this guy was planning to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, and he was also planning to use a very despicable attack called a crotch kick.

I see. Because the power gap is so huge, all means are considered [legitimate and reasonable].

"Why should I encourage your growth?" Chiron pressed the question, questioning the rationality of unplanned behavior.

"Because you are my teacher now, I will work hard to be the excellent student in your mind, and you must also be the excellent and generous teacher in my mind."

【teacher? 】

Chiron blinked. This was an unnecessary, unplanned action, and undoubtedly a flaw. But the boy seized this moment with great acuity and kicked him.

I see. For a soldier, he is indeed an "excellent student."

but……

bang——

"My leg! I forgot you are Graeme!" Blaze jumped on the spot holding his despicable right leg.

His intelligence is somewhat worrying and he needs re-education.

"I understand." Chiron nodded. He judged that this behavior would help Blaze complete the assessment and would not be considered cheating. "If you achieve extraordinary growth, I will give you extraordinary rewards."

"Really, teacher!?" Blaze ignored the pain in his legs and looked at Chiron with sparkling eyes.

For some reason, Chiron felt his fingers trembling unconsciously, and he blinked again, which was unnecessary.

Is there a system error?

Chiron thought he needed to examine himself, but he prioritized answering Blaze's questions.

"Yes, I am a machine and I cannot lie."

Chapter 316 Fountain of Wisdom

What kind of existence is the stranger to Herbie?

To describe it in three simple words, a sucker.

Not only are they willing to work hard, but sometimes they can even get strangers for free just by using well-known stories.

[Stranger, as long as you help me do something, I will tell you something.]

Simply put, it's taking advantage of newcomers who don't understand the market. But strangers adapt incredibly quickly. Within two or three months, they've already mastered most of the city like home. And today, they've essentially explored the entire world.

But this was the first time that Hebi had asked a stranger for information.

Honestly, it was common sense that intelligence about the alien world was of no value, so Herbie had never tried to explore it.

However, the immense pressure brought by the One-Eye made Herbie feel that he should break with common sense. If God is truly an extremely powerful being whose existence depends on history, then perhaps there are stories of One-Eye in the world of strangers as well.

Herbie thought she was doing something futile, but she got a response.

"Ah, I know. It's the latest World Boss. Right now, many people are searching for clues in the Chasing Land of the Age of Gods Dream to find him." Greenland put one hand on his hip and wiggled his fingers. "He's quite famous in our world. Besides his sure-hit spear, he's also famous for his one-eyed face."

Greenland's casual words made Hebi's eyes widen. She felt a sudden, groundless sense of enlightenment. She grasped something, but her limited knowledge couldn't reach the level of the divine. Her mind was in chaos, but her mouth unconsciously uttered a few syllables.

It was a spider-thin rope that she grasped desperately with her sixth sense, like a drowning person desperately clinging to.

"Why does he only have one eye?"

"Dig it out and use it as a sacrifice in exchange for the power of omniscience." Greenland shrugged. For her, a professional game anchor, memorizing various mythological knowledge is considered a basic skill.

Who can blame today's game makers for being "lazy" and directly picking up mythological elements?

"To avoid destruction, the great God-King offered his left eye to the Fountain of Wisdom in the underworld. He hung upside down for several days in exchange for the wisdom to know the past and the future."

"Is that fountain of wisdom called Mimir's Fountain?"

"...How did you know?!" Greenland slowly opened his mouth wide. "Could it be that this world has the Fountain of Mimir, but it's not in Jotunheim. No, it's in the World Tree City in the setting, but the raw material of Gungnir is..."

Greenland felt his brain overload for a moment, a flood of thoughts flooding in. A fragmented worldview, conflicting settings within the fog, ultimately leaving only the player's instincts.

"Take me to see that place! Please, I'll do anything!"

Greenland immediately lay on the ground, revealing his furry belly, and rolled over like a real cat.

This is exactly the technique you get after mastering the latest version of the game called "Cat Life Simulator", which starts as a stray cat kitten and aims to conquer the human world!

"I didn't expect that place to have such power. As expected, if you want to defeat the gods, the easiest way is to possess the same power, but..." There was an indescribable complexity on Hebie's face, as if he had some unspeakable secret.

"It's okay. I'm willing to have my eyes gouged out and be hung upside down!" Greenland thought Herbie was weighing the costs, so he volunteered. "I'll bet my professional gamer's stamina and my diapers."

Greenland had a beautiful idea. If she could start a live broadcast, there would surely be many people willing to watch her being hung upside down. This would not only give her omniscience, but also earn traffic and business orders.

Hebi let out a light breath, instructed the others to continue screening cities where the [Golden Branch of Life] might exist, and then spoke to Greenland.

"This matter is very complicated, but I really need to bring you along. No, it's better to bring all the evil strangers along. This way it's safer."

"Oh! Is it some particularly dangerous secret place?" Greenland's eyes lit up and he immediately sat up and sent his pornographic pictures to the chat group as a call to action.

"It's not a question of whether it's dangerous or not. The entrance to that place is in the palace of the Giant Kingdom. Only those who have made contributions at least to save the country are qualified to ask about the Fountain of Mimir." Hebi straightened his coat and pinned a very high-standard medal on his collar.

This was a special medal she received after providing free and unconditional assistance to the Giant Defense Line, and she was granted direct access to the palace of the Giant Kingdom.

Of course, there is another person who can not only enter and exit the palace directly with his face, but also use his own name to buy things on unlimited credit. The Giant Royal Family is directly responsible for settling the accounts, but the person involved probably doesn't know about it.

That guy, even if he knew he had such a privilege, would probably pay honestly.

A smile unconsciously appeared on Hebie's lips. For some reason, she felt inexplicably relaxed when she thought of that honest guy who was suffering silently somewhere in order to defeat the One-Eye.

This sense of reliability is extremely poisonous to businessmen.

Snapped--

Herbie slapped his cheeks hard to cheer himself up.

How could Herbi Hermes rely on a mere Blaze? Blaze, that foolish fellow, had been trying hard for a long time, but when he was just a little bit away from success, Herbi Hermes, like a divine general, turned the tide and delivered a fatal blow with her secret weapon.

"Greenland, how many people can you find?"

"Let me see..." Greenland looked at the group chat, and the erotic pictures of women in their prime figures that she had carefully selected attracted a few followers.

[Ogre: I was caught by the leader, you are responsible for this.]

[Joker: Even if you do this, I won't let you be the captain]

[Artist: I will make you famous through the painting called Shameless Woman]

【Chainsaw Demon: Report】

In the end, only Jack the Ripper showed up.

"Tsk - you're the only one here." Greenland clicked his tongue in obvious dissatisfaction, crossed his arms and looked indifferent to the Ripper.

But Herbie was quite satisfied. The incident happened suddenly, so it was good enough that he could recruit people. Besides, the Ripper was slightly better than Greenland in terms of endurance.

Not to mention, when Greenland unilaterally caused civil unrest during the previous guild war, it was the Ripper who delivered the final blow.

After listening to Herbie's mission assignment, the Ripper nodded seriously.

"The Imperial Palace is great. I hear it's a place where you can find a lot of rare materials."

Chapter 317 The Apple Pie Alliance has already fallen apart

The capital of the Giant Kingdom, named after the extremely simple and crude Giant City. As the name suggests, this city was once built by giants and is now the largest settlement of the half-giants, the Giants.

If they were not from the Giens, even the largest orcs would be short when walking inside.

So Herbie didn't humiliate himself and went straight to the palace through private channels.

Herbie, who usually brought a large group of bodyguards, now brought only two: Greenland and Jack the Ripper. Both had reached Level 99, and their unethical professions, which had countless side effects and could even be said to have made it difficult for them to move forward in this world, had given them powers far beyond those of ordinary strangers.

But these two people...

Herbie couldn't help but look back. The two men were in a cold war. To be more precise, Greenland was unilaterally treating the Ripper coldly.

"Hey, cold-blooded bitch, why are you giving me such a deadpan face?"

Your name is the reason. Herbie paused. To be honest, the cold war between these two made her feel insecure.

"Humph! Because I leaked something." Greenland still looked indifferent, as if there was a thick psychological barrier between him and the Ripper.

"Do you want me to prescribe medicine for you? Don't look at me like this, my dream used to be to be a gynecologist!"

"I don't need it. I want to maintain this personality."

"Aha!?"

Herbie didn't want to keep looking back, but there seemed to be a sense of gossip between the two strangers, which was conveyed to her by the chicken, so she kept her eyes tilted and her ears perked up. As a result, she tripped with her left foot and fell down with her right foot.

Greenland and the Ripper, who had just been glaring at each other, were still looking at each other, but their bodies moved and they supported Herbie at the same time.

This wasn't about catching it when he was about to fall, but rather reacting the moment Herbie's body lost balance.

Herbie's worries were gone for a moment. With these two people around, what he was going to encounter next would not be a problem.

"Speaking of which, are we going to meet the emperor?" The fact that the petite and fragile Hebie almost fell down made Greenland reflect deeply and focus on the commission.

"No, let's go see the Second Princess, Farasha. She's the crown prince and can also give us the power to go to Mimir's Spring. Going to the Emperor will inevitably require you two to complete some tasks, so why not just go find someone who can skip those steps?"

Herbie walked in front to lead the way. As a senior partner of Hermes' Traveling Hat, she knew exactly where the royal family members were and at what time.

The medal on her collar allowed her to move freely in the palace, and she found the second princess, Farasha, with ease.

"The Second Princess, Farahsha, should be in the royal kitchen at this time, having her second lunch."

Herbie pushed open the huge door of the royal kitchen. The whole kitchen was extremely silent. Only a chef with a ponytail was stir-frying something.

Herbie walked in as if no one was around, and Greenland and the Ripper went straight to the trash can and started rummaging through it.

Having lived in poverty for so long, even when I became rich, I couldn't help but go and look for usable materials in a trash can marked "Royal Kitchen Waste".

"Wow! It's the bones of a Blood Explosion Bull! I can use this as a medium to summon the Blood Explosion Bull Ghost!"

"This, this is actually a [Slaughter Knife]. It must be so cool to chop people with this!"

Seeing that Greenland and the Ripper were enjoying themselves and making some progress, Herbie stopped paying attention to them. She sat on a chair that was a little too high for her, dangling her feet and waiting quietly until a plate of meat landed in front of her with a thud.

"Is there any good business to be done this time?" The chef untied his ponytail, and his long hair fell down, and the second princess Farasha appeared.

Unlike the formal attire he wore when meeting at the Giant Front, Farasha wore a vest and pants, and ate the hot meat with his hands, using his thick hands. After finishing the meat, he would lick the juices from his fingers. Even if he was given a surprised look, Farasha didn't care at all.