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Both Kullene and Hebi felt that they could sign a contract, help establish a guild, and complete long-term cooperation, just like Greenland did at the time.

Investing in Greenland and [Somado] is the most dazzling star in Herby's personal investment resume. It has brought countless values ​​and even indirectly helped [Hermes' Travel Hat] to open up many difficult places in the Holy Cross Kingdom.

Compared with this, the fines paid for the Greenlanders were a drop in the bucket.

If possible, they hope to recreate this miracle on this group of murderous strangers who were originally [Azazel].

Unfortunately, this idea was broken by Blaze's words. He asked Kullene and Hebi if they had carefully calculated how much fine they should pay for these killer strangers.

After a series of crackling sounds of abacus, Kullene and Hebi calmly put the abacus on their waists and decided to give up this stupid idea with sweat on their foreheads.

Even if you put all the physical currency of the entire [Hermes Traveling Hat] into it, it might not be enough to pay off the debt of 33, no, half of the debt of 32 people.

Only the stranger named Depp was clean. Of course, this was also because Hermes's Traveling Hat, at the request of the rising star Lucy, first paid the fine for Depp, and then made Depp pay off his debt by deducting part of the task reward.

Even so, it took Depp almost a year to pay off his debts. He was only the ninth seat of Azazel, and Cyrene and Hebby didn't even dare to imagine how much the fines for the previous gods would be.

Fortunately, they discovered it early. If they had asked, these foreigners would have agreed without hesitation, and then the horrible fine would have fallen on the [Hermes Travel Hat].

The location of the black ship is a very hidden natural ship. It is difficult to observe even if you fly over from the sky. The chicken had to fly back and forth several times before it discovered it.

When they approached the black ship, Guild Master Zero and a group of killer strangers had been waiting there for a long time. There were 24 people in total, and each of them had a bright smile on their face, as if they were collectively greeting their leader.

"Give up. We don't plan to recruit you. You are too expensive."

"The price is negotiable."

"I'm talking about your fines."

A few people chatted as they walked into the hidden natural ship, half-jokingly testing each other. Guild Master Zero thought that even if there was no possibility, they should not give up and should try more, while Herby tactfully refused.

Because their tone is quite casual and relaxed, it sounds like they are performing crosstalk.

With her hands behind her back, Kullene walked to the black ship as if she was strolling in her own home, and found Naylan sitting on the shore.

Next to Naylan is a fish barrel, which contains a rather young, baby-like mermaid named Abyssion.

Cyrene walked over and sat next to Naylan, teasing the mermaid Abyssion in the fish barrel with her fingers.

"Because of Poseidon's curse, mermaids will be cursed if they leave the ocean. From strength to skills, to level and age, in the end, they will disappear like foam."

"Now that the trident is broken, everything he built has collapsed, and the curse has naturally disappeared. This little mermaid has naturally become the first second-generation mermaid born after the ocean was freed."

"This is your plan."

"..." After a long silence, Naylan could not help but say, "As expected of a legendary existence, you actually saw through my plan... I really want to say that, but I can't think of that. My plan only stops at obtaining the trident."

"Really?" Kullene didn't care. He was now concentrating on more important things.

The outcome of the game was disrupted by the statue of Poseidon, so all he could do now was to imagine that Naylan had obtained the trident in the hands of the statue of Poseidon and deduce a normal future.

"But you also saw that even if you really got the trident at that time, I would use the gem dragon vein to increase the land of Atlantis and dilute the rights. How would you deal with it?"

"Using the mining rights of the Atlantis Treasury to purchase the Gem Dragon Mine in your hands, this is a good deal, you will not refuse it."

Kullene laughed, stood up and stretched.

"It's indeed a good deal. If the statue of Poseidon hadn't interfered, you would have won and you would have become the king of Atlantis."

"Regarding the [King of Atlantis] competition, there will never be a result. What a pity."

"Then see you in the next competition." Naylan threw the hook out and said with a smile, "I will live here and continue to compete with [Hermes's Traveling Hat] for the mining of Atlantis."

"Ha, the days ahead sound like they're going to be interesting." Kullene grinned, and pulled out a hat from somewhere and put it on her head.

"I know a lot of people with great craftsmanship who can make you a prosthetic limb. There are some in the style of God Age technology, and some in the style of magic metal."

"Just recommend it to me. I will buy it after I make my first fortune in this new ocean kingdom."

Chapter 1573 There are two things

"Ah~ - It's like this again -"

As soon as Cyrene left the hidden natural ship, she couldn't help waving her arms and complaining.

“You’re really obsessed with this.”

"Because it's really interesting. Opportunities like this are rare, and when you are in a high position, the chances of encountering them are even rarer." Kullene turned around and explained to Blaze with gestures and excitement.

"Think about it, when you are just a poor kid, even rock-paper-scissors will make you try your best, and you will feel happy whether you win or lose."

“But when you grow up and have an identity, even if you still feel the joy of playing rock-paper-scissors, not many people will be willing to compete with you.”

“And many, many years later, you are in a high position and out of reach. Even if you are still the boy who tried his best to play rock-paper-scissors and felt happy, no one will play rock-paper-scissors with you, and no one will believe that you just wanted rock-paper-scissors.”

"So when someone really shows up who wants to play rock-paper-scissors with you and will do his best like you do, you will want to have a good fight with him and decide the winner."

"Then... let's play rock-paper-scissors?" Blaze raised his fist towards Kullene.

"That's just a metaphor, and you act like you're caring for an elderly widower who can't even find someone to play rock-paper-scissors with." Kullene's shoulders sank. Sometimes he suspected that Blaze was not sensitive, but dull and only looked at the surface.

"If you beat me, I won't bother with you about you using my name to pay for the whole game."

"You still remember!? Okay, rock, paper, scissors!"

Kullene immediately made a move with great speed, aiming at Blaze's raised fist.

But Blaze's dynamic vision and reflexes were so good that just as Kullene was about to open her palm, Blaze's fist was already raising two fingers.

But Kurene was not simple either. She immediately noticed that Blaze was about to change, and immediately tried to retract her five fingers and turn them into stone.

……

"What's wrong with you two?" Herbie looked speechlessly at the two childish kids holding his hands, "Don't tell me that you got a cramp in your fingers when you were playing rock-paper-scissors while changing your moves at high speed."

"If so, I will never play rock-paper-scissors with you again."

As he spoke, Hebi pointed at Blaze, and Kullene's face immediately filled with smug joy. Then Hebi added.

"I will never play rock-paper-scissors with you. You will definitely cheat."

"You are just being prejudiced." Kullene shook her hands nonchalantly to relieve the pain from the cramped fingers.

"Okay, enough kidding, now we have to talk about the future of Atlantis."

"You always use the despicable trick of talking about business." Blaze sighed heavily. Anyone would have to give up their selfishness for the sake of business, but Kullene was very good. She always grasped the important business accurately.

"Go ahead."

"There are two important things. One is the mining of resources from the Atlantis continent." Kullene raised her index finger.

There was no dispute over the ownership of the Gem Dragon veins grown by Hermes's Traveling Hat using Gem Dragon seeds, but the ones on the continent of Atlantis were ownerless.

Before the competition with Naylan began, Cyrene mentioned the treasure house of Atlantis, which was actually the minerals on the surface of Atlantis.

It is no joke that the ocean is the world's largest treasure house. There have always been trace amounts of rare metals in sea water, and Poseidon, the god of the sea who can control the ocean, can make all these rare metals flow along the sea water and gather on the surface of the Atlantis continent.

In addition to rare metals, there are also various pearls and gems, and finally the continent of Atlantis was formed, which was like a jewelry box.

Mining was originally quite simple, just swinging the hoe in your hand and digging the ground diligently. But because the gem dragon vein grew out, it destroyed the balance, causing the Atlantis continent to turn upside down, with one side of the jewelry box facing the seabed.

If you want to mine, you must swim to the surface of the continent of Atlantis.

This brings us to the second question.

"It's a mermaid problem, right?" Blaze stepped on the ground. "Except for the little mermaid next to Naylan, the other mermaids are still at the bottom of Atlantis."

"Mermaids were created as slaves. Even if they were freed from their chains, they would not know how to roam freely."

"That's right. What's more, the problem is that this matter needs to be resolved urgently." Kullene put her hands on her hips and showed a rare expression of headache.

"The trident has been destroyed, and the power and strength of the ocean have been released. The mermaids are no longer subject to the twisted curse of Poseidon, the god of the sea. But conversely, their gifts and protection will soon disappear. It is time for them to make a choice."

"Just as what the baby grasps in the haze will become the direction of future development, after losing the curse and the gift, the mermaid chooses her future in the freedom of hesitation."

"The mermaid will find a way out. There will be two kinds of ways: a good way out and a bad way out."

"A good way out." Cyrene raised her right hand. "Continue the civilization. Although the gifts and protection of Poseidon, the god of the sea, have disappeared, the knowledge and customs that Poseidon taught them will not disappear. They will continue to exist as a wise nation."

"It's a bad way out." Cyrene raised her left hand with a serious expression. "They will become barbaric and turn into beasts. The wisdom they gain will disappear along with the gift of Poseidon, the god of the sea. Then they will create a new civilization for mermaids from scratch."

"It sounds like neither side is a good choice."

Blaze held his chin and looked back and forth between Kullene's hands.

In fact, the answer is already very obvious. Continuing civilization is the best choice.

Inheriting the civilization given to mermaids by Poseidon does not mean that they are still slaves of Poseidon. There is nothing wrong with believing in anything. Just like the Holy Cross State, believing in a god that no longer exists gives them some motivation and support for life.

On the contrary, it is to deny everything that has happened before. It seems that we have gotten rid of the past and put an end to it completely. However, the price to pay for starting all over again is too high. War and death will continue and may not even be resolved in a short time.

"Let me ask you first, are you asking me to choose?" Blaze asked, "If you're kidding, I'm going to play rock-paper-scissors with you."

Blaze emphasized as he looked at Kullene's face which was beginning to sweat.

“Hit it with a real hammer.”

Chapter 1574 Execution Game

The rock-paper-scissors head-banging game upgrades the simple rock-paper-scissors to the level of execution.

The rules are very simple. The winner is determined by rock-paper-scissors. The winner hits with a hammer and the loser blocks with a hat. If the hammer hits the target, the winner is the winner. If the hammer is blocked by the hat, the game continues.

Normally, this is a game of reaction speed. Generally speaking, if the loser has already put the hat on his head, the person holding the hammer doesn't need to hit him because the winning conditions cannot be met.

But the only way to determine the winner in the rules is to be hit on the head with a hammer, and the only way to lose is to be hit on the head with a hammer. Other than that, there are no other rules to determine the winner.

In other words, even if the opponent is wearing a hat, you can continue to hit him with the hammer, and you won’t lose anyway.

This makes this simple game extremely dangerous. After all, even with a helmet on, a hammer hit will make you stunned.

And if it was Blaze who swung the hammer, even if he was lucky enough to wear a hat first, the wind pressure from the hammer alone would be enough to press the person into the ground when Blaze hit him with the hammer, which would be extremely scary.

A cold sweat broke out on Kullene's face, he did intend to tease Blaze and say I just told you what will happen.

But he forgot that Blaze was a serious person. If he said he wanted to play the rock-paper-scissors head-banging game, he must play it.

"...You, you see, the mermaids are facing these two situations. It was us who destroyed the trident and released the power of the sea, so we also have the obligation to solve this problem." Kullene coughed lightly and spoke righteously.

"Don't say anything against your will. I support people who speak their mind." Blaze Kullene held his shoulder and said with a smile, "At the same time, I also believe that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. If there is no retribution, I will do it."

"What do strangers say? A gentleman judges by deeds, not by heart. Why do you care what I think? As long as I get things done, isn't that enough?"

Kullene glanced at the forging hammer in Blaze's hand, and her eyelids twitched.

If he remembered correctly, the stranger who brought the rock-paper-scissors head-banging game used a balloon hammer. If he used a forging hammer, wouldn't he be killing people directly?

"Anyway, I will find a way. You should first complete the stationing point on the Atlantis continent. This is not something that can be done in a short time. It requires a stronghold and a teleportation tower...ah!"

Kullene slapped her head, showing an annoyed expression as if she had just remembered it now.

"I'm afraid we have to build a new type of transmission tower on the continent of Atlantis. We can't transport the Ica Stone here. The trident has been destroyed, but the Ica Stone itself still has its significance. Sending it here will definitely not be a good thing."

"New type?" Blaze was stunned.

The core of the teleportation tower has always been the Ika Black Stone, which is very difficult to mine. But even so, there is a reason why [Hermes's Travel Hat] still insists on using the Ika Black Stone as the core of the teleportation tower.

It has been precipitated over the years and is stable enough and in large enough quantity.

If there really is a material that can replace the Ica Stone, it should have been brought out long ago instead of being mentioned now.

"It's a new type, but it can also be described as a prototype. This is a secret among the Chamber of Commerce's secrets." Kullene pinched her chin, trying to be reserved. After all, Blaze was an "outsider."

But when he saw Herbie standing next to Blaze and putting the selected rough gemstones into the magic bag as if no one was around, he knew that his reserve was just a fig leaf.

"This involves the original Teleportation Tower Network plan. The previous Chamber of Commerce president proposed this plan, but the core he chose for the teleportation towers wasn't Ica Black Stone, but a certain mineral from the floating island where the sky giants live."

"But the Sky Giants were a hostile civilization at that time, and they equally rejected and attacked every creature that tried to approach the Sky Island."

"Instead of taking such a big risk to go to the floating island, it is better to salvage the Ica Black Stone in the sea."

"From now on, it is indeed a risky choice. Let alone negotiation, we will probably be beaten to a sieve as soon as we get close." Blaze nodded in agreement.

The floating island is indeed a very dangerous place. Not only is it located at high altitude, but the sky giants living there are notoriously ferocious and will indiscriminately attack any living creature that approaches.

Ever since humans discovered the sky giants, they have been described as some kind of uncivilized savage nation.

However, after the appearance of the Stranger, probably some time after the defeat of the Titan Evil, the long-standing misunderstanding of the Earth about the Sky Giants was resolved.

The sky giants are a very gentle people who love poetry and the sea. Their brutality and unreasonableness are all for the purpose of worshipping and protecting the "Remnant of the Sky" in the center of the floating island, a fallen corner of the ancient sky.

Blaze has seen the power of [The Remnant of Heaven], which can even shatter the trident. He has no doubt that [The Remnant of Heaven] can shatter [Gungnir], and even the holy sword and scabbard.

It is said that if the entire weight of this thing falls to the ground, it will be able to destroy all living things on the ground, and this is no joke.