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"This Valentine's Day event was just a spur-of-the-moment idea, and you were also too busy with the [Abyss Hunting Festival], so..." Blaze stopped talking halfway because he was too embarrassed to continue.

"Oh~ Forget it, don't make that face." Hebi held his chin, relaxed his tone and body, and said lazily, "It's just chocolate, this kind of noble food I can get with just a wave of my hand..."

"How many thousand kilograms?"

"How many thousands of pounds?" Herbie snorted, stepping on the table. "I am the president of Hermes's Traveling Hat. I can mobilize my power at will and bring tens of thousands of pounds to the event!"

"And this just happens to solve a recent problem."

"What's the problem?" Blaze was stunned, and after a little thought, he remembered, "Ah, the gem coin issue has not been resolved yet."

Major events followed one after another, so much so that the Gem Dragon Seed is still kept in Arcadia.

Although the golden heart that can serve as a container for the gem dragon seeds to develop into gem veins is already in Hebi's hands, the designated gem mine is located in World L, the living area of ​​the Jinlunga people.

It is not an easy task to move this overweight Gem Dragon Seed, so it has been shelved until now, and the Gem Coin production line has also been shelved.

"To be honest, the gem coins are urgent, so I hope the chocolate coins from the Valentine's Day event can hold out for a while and delay the event."

Blaze's expression became serious. It seemed that there couldn't be any mistakes in this Valentine's Day event. Fortunately, it didn't involve any gods or world-class monsters, so he was just serious but not solemn.

"Then let's hurry to the chocolate venue."

"No rush. I've never paid attention to this business line before. Let me check who is in charge first." Herbie took out a thick employee manual from the warehouse and put Blaze on it as a bookshelf.

"Let me see, the person in charge of chocolate is..."

Herbie's expression became strange.

"Cyrene?"

Chapter 1287 Torture

Kullene was eating hot pot and singing, and then someone put a sack over her head.

He was careless and caught off guard, but this was the Sea of ​​Golden Apple Trees, the guardhouse of the Hundred-Eyed Argus, and yet a thief dared to attack him.

Eat the bear's heart and the leopard's courage!

As the sack on Kullene's head was torn off, he saw the kidnapper clearly. He had no further words to say all the way. The heart and courage of this man in front of him were much stronger than those of a bear or a leopard. He had the heart of a lion and the courage of a giant.

No wonder the Hundred Heads of Argos had no warning.

"You want to play the bad cop, don't you?" Kullene rolled her eyes at Blaze, then looked at the shadow next to her, "Come out, the bad cop, the smell of baby milk on you can't be covered up by using some props, especially now that you have triggered the cow state, the smell is even stronger."

"I don't smell!" Herbie ran out from the shadows in anger, turning up his collar to smell.

"So what are you two thinking? I'm telling you, I'm soft-hearted and I won't tolerate harsh words. If you dare to torture me, don't even think about hearing a single word of truth from me other than 'It hurts so much'!"

"It's not that exaggerated. It's actually about the world-class festival event that the Eternal Kingdom will hold next, the Valentine's Day event."

"Oh~~~ You will suffer the consequences."

Kullene stretched out her voice in an exaggerated manner and winked at Blaze, showing seven parts of gloating, two parts of curiosity, and one part of pity.

To sum up, most of them are gloating.

"I know why you tied me up. You know I can run fast, so you want my protection. Come on, I'll give you another limited-time protection for Valentine's Day, and I guarantee you'll run away as fast as you can!"

"No, I want to know where your chocolate comes from. I want to mass-produce it."

Cyrene was horrified, her mouth opened wide, her eyes widened, and she let out a rapid, short breath sound.

It was the first time for both Blaze and Hebi to see Kullene with such an expression.

"Reinforce it quickly!"

Herbie reacted quickly, but Blaze was even faster. Before Herbie could finish his words, Blaze had already grabbed Kullene's wrist.

The next moment, Kullene had broken free from the chains and rushed towards the exit like a gust of wind.

Blaze's expression changed, and incredible divine power burst out from Kurene's weak appearance. If Hebi and he hadn't been able to trigger [Primitive Life·Giant] within a certain distance, this would have been enough to pull him away.

But luckily Herbie was there, so Blaze just took a step forward and grabbed Kullene.

"What kind of monster are you? You can catch me like this!"

"I should be the one saying this. I thought you were an intelligent character, but I didn't expect you to be so secretive." Blaze pulled Kullene down and said, "You'd better give up running away. The more you want to run, the more curious I am."

Blaze added as he wondered at Kullene's excitement.

"Isn't it just the origin of the chocolate? Why are you so excited?"

"That's my life!"

"What lifeblood? That's why you have to explain it calmly and carefully, right?" Hebi moved the chair in front of Kullene.

Under Blaze's control, Kullene had no right to refuse to sit on the chair.

As soon as Kulene landed on the ground, Hebi took out a book that was surprisingly half a meter thick and placed it on Kulene's legs.

In the past, Hebie would definitely not be able to lift it, but now she is a noble blessed person, so she can pick up a book easily.

"This is a catalog of records of every negotiation since the establishment of Hermes' Traveling Hat over the past twenty years, and this is the first page." Herbie opened the booklet. The first page was very old, and the words on it were not the ones used today.

"Here, the first business was selling chocolate to nobles, and the chocolate business became the source of all the funds for [Hermes's Traveling Hat] in the early days. Even many of our current regular customers started with the chocolate business."

“As the Chamber of Commerce grew and completed the transmission tower project, it was gradually introduced behind the scenes.”

"And all the chocolates were provided by you. There is no record of where they came from or how they were produced. Even the sales were only handed over to some senior store employees by you after the transmission tower project was completed."

"So what? Are you going to kill the donkey after it has done its job?" Kullene put on an expression that showed that he would never obey even if he was beaten to death.

Herbie rolled his eyes.

"You just want to use the scare factor to make things more valuable. You want to drive up the prices and package them for the nobility. I can even imagine the sales pitch you gave to those nobility."

"I don't..."

Herbie climbed up on Blaze nimbly, using Blaze as a pillar, while he waved his right arm, singing excitedly like a bard.

"Ah! Chocolate, this is a delicacy that only gods can enjoy! Even the gods will praise its deliciousness!"

"Hey, you are slandering my character. I will never jump on a man or anything like that. I sell my products by hugging noble ladies' waists, and occasionally noble women." Kullene protested loudly, and of course she confessed the truth after the protest.

Cyrene accumulated gold coins step by step, using the wealth that was not tainted by any lies or violence to revive the noble patron saint.

This is a punishment for his habitual lying and betrayal of his friends, and also his path to atonement. On this path, he cannot use any divine power, any violence, or even lies.

In the first few hundred years, he gained nothing. He was a noble god, and even though the Age of Gods had entered its final chapter, he could not change his habits.

He may not use supernatural powers or violence, but lies are a part of him, and he spends the money he earns as soon as he turns around.

Life has to go on. After hundreds of years, although I have lived a life of luxury relying on my mouth, every time I wake up from a dream in the middle of the night, I always feel endless pain when I look at my empty palms.

So he thought, it's better to do some honest business. He didn't know how long it would take to save enough money from ordinary business, so he might as well make money from the nobles.

Facts proved that those hundreds of years were not spent in vain. He mingled with the nobles and knew what they wanted.

They wanted something different, something precious enough, something that ordinary people envied, so he went through countless trials like a hero in a story...

Got some chocolate.

Then he turned this adventure into gorgeous packaging for chocolates, and the nobles paid for them with shocked faces, thus starting a collaboration that lasted for hundreds of generations.

Chapter 1288 What!?

Cyrene is a very good bard, or businessman. Even the simplest things can become exaggerated through his mouth. In addition, he is very knowledgeable, so the listeners will not think he is bragging or talking nonsense.

The adventure stories he tells are very interesting, but also have a depth that can be felt when you recall them carefully. The happy stories of extravagance and debauchery are mixed with the emptiness and pain after a night of revelry.

It was a story about a prodigal son. It was not because anyone forced him to do so, but because he wanted to make amends.

The adventures that followed were even more thrilling and exciting. Even Herbie pricked up his ears and listened with great interest.

"I will never forget the weight of the gold that fell into my palm when I made my first sincere transaction. Only then did I understand why humans pursue gold and use gold to praise the hearts of heroes, because flawless gold is truly beautiful."

Kullene brought the story to an end, and Blaze shook his head regretfully, it was a pity that the ending of the story was so bad.

Kullene climbed mountains of swords, walked through seas of fire, captured dragons and fought tigers, and even used all his divine power and all his wisdom, but he was still as weak as a mortal in the face of those difficulties. Finally, his sincerity beneath his glib and unpretentious appearance was torn apart, and he got the final prize.

【chocolate】

"Can't it be something else? Even a holy object that can produce endless amounts of chocolate would be fine."

"Wait! You don't think chocolate is easy to get, do you?" Kullene finally realized the crux of the problem. It turned out that Blaze and Herbie thought chocolate was just an ordinary snack, so the reason it was so rare was that he was behind it.

"You two are so heartless. I've been talking for a long time, but you don't believe a word I say!"

"Feel sorry."

Blaze scratched the back of his head and apologized first, but Herbie was much more direct. Usually, what Kullene said was unreliable. She often said something meaningful and liked to add some exaggerated embellishments to the truth.

For example, [food that all gods like to eat]. Cyrene himself is a god. He said that he likes to eat it, so doesn’t that mean that all gods like to eat it?

Who knows if there is any added substance in this statement.

"Damn it, let me ask you, do you know where chocolate comes from?"

"I don't know." Blaze and Herbie shook their heads.

“It is made from cocoa beans, the fruit of a plant called the cocoa tree, which are ground, fermented, and then processed through a series of complex processes.”

"That sounds simple enough."

"Yes, I also said that it is very easy to obtain the water of life. All you have to do is squeeze the juice from the golden apples."

"Hey, hey! Why are you mentioning the golden apple?" Blaze swallowed his saliva. He was afraid that Kullene would immediately say that cocoa beans were actually the counterpart of the golden apple.

But if you think about it carefully, it is not likely. The gap between chocolate and water of life is as big as that between Herbie and Herbie the Giant.

So this is probably Cyrene trying to scare them, yeah, that must be the case.

"It seems that you won't believe me unless you provide some solid evidence."

Kullene stood up and waved to Blaze and Herbie.

"You two little heartless ones, follow me."

Kullene took out a feather, which was his direct descendant - the first generation fast-walking ostrich feather, which had the effect of a space prop.

In the story of Cyrene, the fast-walking ostrich was formed by Cyrene tearing off the wings on her feet in order to prove that she would never cheat or be cunning and would always keep her feet on the ground.

From that day on, the messenger who was galloping in the sky and looking down on all living beings could only run on the earth, among all living beings.

The plucked feathers also symbolize the heart.

Kullene dropped the feather and opened a teleportation gate. On the other side of the gate was World L. But it was not a world of ice and fire, but a world full of vitality.

As long as people who come here look up, they can see the olive tree as tall as a giant. It is a giant tree transformed from the flesh of the Titan goddess Themis.

This is the first column in World L. It was the first row before the death of the white dragon Vortigern caused a huge upheaval. Even longer ago, it was in World R, and it is also the location of the Feather of Truth.

As soon as the three people appeared, a white color appeared in the distance. They were the ostriches galloping towards them, led by the extremely huge queen bird.

Cyrene opened his arms with a smile, ready to welcome his daughters, and the ostriches, especially the queen, were very enthusiastic and simply stepped over to surround Blaze and Herbie.

The chickens immediately appeared, spreading their wings to protect Blaze and Herbie and to scare the ostriches away.

But as direct descendants of gods, the fast-walking ostriches were not afraid of the chickens. Instead, they surrounded them even more ferociously, as if to say, since you are blocking me, I will surround you as well.

“Stop!” The ragged Kullene suddenly raised her hands. “Daughters, even if you want to step on it, please don’t use the beast form. Can you? Your claws are sharp!”

The fast-walking ostriches fell silent and avoided Kulene, with visible disgust on their faces.

Under normal circumstances, Blaze and Hebi would have to call Kulene a "pervert", but the first generation of fast-walking ostriches were basically mythical beasts, and their strong feet were a racial characteristic of theirs.

Even the fast-walking ostriches hundreds of generations later could break the necks of large carnivores of the same level with one kick.

As for the claws, it goes without saying that the fast-moving ostrich has a poor memory, so it has the habit of leaving marks on its route. As a mark of an important migration route, it must be left on something that will not wear out too quickly, such as super-hard minerals, so the claws are unusually sharp.

After all this, it’s a good thing that Cyrene is a god, otherwise it would have turned into a very uniform meat patty.

Seeing that everything around was quiet, Kullene patted the dust off his body nonchalantly. After a burst of dust, the damaged clothes were repaired.

"Anyway, let's go visit my cocoa orchard first, and then you will know how difficult it is to make these chocolates." Kullene sat on the back of the Queen Bird and patted the Queen Bird's neck.

This time the Queen Bird did not punish Cyrene, but instead chirped and began to move with the group of fast-moving ostriches.

Blaze, who had the "Translation", understood the meaning of this cry, which was roughly "Girls, attack formation, alert and move forward!"

"I say, is it necessary to be so exaggerated? Are cocoa trees so rare?"

"Maybe we have to fight a god similar to the sun god Ra."