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After cleaning up the battlefield, you found a key that looked somewhat familiar. Knowing full well what it meant, you carefully put it away without telling anyone.
What will the monsters' network be like? You haven't thought about that yet. You decide to find a sunny day to begin this greatest goal of the rest of your life.
That night, you and your companions set up a barbecue stall in front of Ge Ying's cabin, drinking and chatting until late. Although they did most of the time listening, you were grilling, eating, drinking, dancing, putting on a pantomime, and bragging. You truly are a disgrace to humanity; even the most shameful person would shed tears of shame upon seeing you.
As night deepened, everyone returned to Ge Ying's hut, which had expanded nearly five times its original size. After a final, hopeful revelation about tomorrow, they each went to their own rooms.
Just when you thought this wonderful day was about to end uneventfully, there was a knock on your door, and Frico walked in, looking like a thief caught in the act.
"Uh, Latis, no, boss, it's like this..." She clutched her contract hesitantly, unable to speak like a real person.
"What is it? Oh... Miss Wise, you must want to ask if I can terminate your contract and give you your freedom, right? Haha... I, Latis, am no demon. You've worked hard these past few days. Give me the contract, and I'll terminate it right away! However, the remaining salary and bonus will be paid later..." You said this very generously, almost moved to tears by your own kindness. Although you hadn't paid her a single gold coin in salary, that didn't stop you from considering yourself a good boss.
"No, no..." Frico hesitated for a long time before finally explaining slowly, "After learning that monsters also have magic networks, I've decided to stop suppressing my progress in strength for the sake of the Enlightenment Spell. Originally, I was afraid of getting lost in the vast truth after becoming a Legend, but now that I've let go of that obsession, I should go back and advance to Legend."
"Ah, I see." You paused, then sincerely clapped your hands. "Congratulations, Frico."
"So," Frico gradually adopted the air of a seasoned, unperturbed office worker, and said in one breath, "I want to convert your unpaid salary and bonuses into a tangible reward."
"What kind of physical reward?" You cautiously shoved the barbecue you'd secretly hidden deeper into the cupboard.
"You!" She took a deep breath and said loudly, "I, Frico, have lived for over thirty years and haven't... haven't enjoyed these things yet. Now that I'm about to embark on more in-depth research, I don't want to leave any regrets!"
"Boss, you've been tricking me into buying you for five whole years, and now I just want to buy you for one night. You wouldn't be so stingy, would you?" Frico's eyes curved slightly, revealing a faint, almost manly wisdom typical of a corporate slave.
Chapter 57 Haha, you want that too? (Two chapters combined, please read on!)
[You were caught in a deep struggle. A second later, you watched as Frico, dressed in a black researcher's shawl coat, with a small glimpse of stockings peeking out between her boots and the hem of her coat, smugly ushered her into the room.]
As a veteran office worker of ten years, she has figured out the nature of capitalists. For you, it's not that you can't afford to get paid, but rather that sleeping is more cost-effective.
General MacArthur once said that being paid to sleep with someone is the one thing a man can least refuse; and if there's anything even more irresistible, it's being paid to sleep with two women.
[Frey vented her frustrations and bitterness from her life as a corporate slave on you. As a high-level research mage, she constantly ran into obstacles in her spell research. Sometimes the research leader withdrew funding, sometimes others found the direction ahead of her, as if fate was deliberately preventing her from embarking on the path of creating new spells. As she spoke, she suddenly burst into tears.]
【…】
You closed the door with a touch of sadness. Although Frico only brushed past your XP system, she still held a certain place in your heart.
On the path of revenge, she was just a complete outsider, yet she became your backbone, working tirelessly like a diligent ox for several years. This reliable office worker in every sense of the word has left, and you're genuinely a little sad to see her go.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Thinking it was Frico coming to retrieve something she had left behind, you quickly stuffed the stockings you intended to keep as a souvenir into your pocket and opened the door without batting an eye.
However, outside stood Ge Ying, her face a mixture of embarrassment and nervousness. Looking at her wheat-colored skin exposed beneath her very warrior-like attire—her shoulders, waist, chest, forearms, sides, hips, thighs, and the slightly curled feet beneath her leggings—you couldn't help but break out in a sweat.
"That, that woman, she's so hateful!" Ge Ying stammered. "I was here first, why did it turn out like this..."
A sharp stomachache struck you, and you quickly stopped Ge Ying from making her ambiguous statement, asking her what was wrong.
[Ge Ying took a deep breath, pushed you directly into the room, and used the powerful strength of a bloodline warrior to pin you to the bed. It has to be said that ordinary warriors are indeed born inferior.]
"The warrior's journey around the world is really tough." She squeezed out the words dryly, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally lowered her head and whispered, "Back then, I got separated from the group near the frigid ice walls of Andora and was trapped in a cave for four or five days... I thought I was going to die, but in a daze, my bloodline awakened..."
As if realizing she was only confusing people more, Ge Ying's face gradually turned red. She quickly used her bloodline ability to lower her temperature and continued, "What I want to say is! Knowing that you've been persisting in your revenge all these years reminds me of my parents... I don't mean you're like my parents! It just means that you're also avenging me..."
[Your legs are trembling, and you almost want to run away. Although the wheat-skinned loli is completely installed in your XP system, and although there are no XP police in this other world, you are very worried about being caught and thrown to your death from a moral high ground. Well, although you might not die from the fall, the process of falling would be too embarrassing, looking a bit like being caught cheating.]
[Ge Ying, seeing your shifty eyes and outward-pointing toes, frowned and angrily straddled you, shouting, "You foul-mouthed wolf uncle, don't even think about running away! I've wanted to offer myself as a gift to you for a long time! Just give in to me!"]
You voiced your worries with a helpless expression, but to your surprise, Ge Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Strictly speaking, I'm still a half-demon! The physiological age of demons is not exactly the same as that of humans. I remember my mother telling me when I was little that it took me three or four years from conception to birth, so I'm almost twenty years old now!"
Your heart finally settled, yet for some reason, you felt a little listless. You quickly shook off this subtle feeling and decisively pounced on it with a howl.
【…】
"Haha, being a male griffin isn't easy..." You wobbled as you sat on the roof of the cabin, looked at the already pale sky, sighed, and collapsed onto the roof.
Before falling asleep, you vaguely saw a small gray-feathered bird with a red collar circling around you before finally landing on you.
"Haha, little bird, you want that too..." Latis sat pale-faced in front of the ditch, splashed a handful of spring water on his face, sighed, and complained:
"Simulator, why don't you change the name? Your 'Magic University Study' is completely off-topic. I feel like running away every time I try it!"
He wiped his face and then looked down.
In the darkness of your dream, you hear a heavy howl, indistinguishable between the cries of different species and the breath of dragons. A voice in some unknown language echoes in your ears, lingering until it finally coalesces into a common tongue.
"Child, gather ten portions of flower dew to awaken your dormant bloodline... Child, gather ten portions of flower dew to awaken your dormant bloodline..."
[These words kept echoing in your mind. You slowly awoke from your slumber and suddenly felt a visible Holy Grail inside you. The Grail had ten markings on its surface, and you were currently at position 2.]
"This is... could this be the Titan bloodline? This 2 is... wow! Could it be the number of women?!" You instantly opened your eyes, looked at the azure sky, and gasped for breath. "Damn it, it seems I have no choice but to awaken this bloodline!"
"Damn it, what's the point of activating this bloodline?! What kind of ridiculous conditions are these?! How many harem novels are in your database?!"
Latis roared to the sky, gave the sky the middle finger, and still not satisfied, summoned the Mage Hand to give it the middle finger as well.
"Damn it! I'll get my revenge sooner or later!"
He exhaled a breath of stale air, forcefully plunged his head into the ditch, and only after half a minute did he shake his head and lift it out of the ditch.
Cool spring water overflowed from his ears. He emptied the water from his head, paused for a moment, sighed, and said:
"Forget it, let's think about it more carefully..."
Suddenly, you feel something strange in your body. You look up and are surprised to see a long-haired girl with wings on her back sitting on your chest, leaning against you with her back to you, seemingly doing something.
"Uh... a robin?" you asked uncertainly.
Upon hearing your voice, the long-haired girl trembled and froze completely.
"Robin, is that you?" Her tense reaction confirmed your suspicions. You chuckled, patted her waist, and said, "What are you doing sitting on your big brother? Get up, big brother needs to get up for breakfast."
The long-haired girl turned around shakily, and you were immediately startled, shouting, "Darling! Who are you?!"
However, after careful observation, you recognized her face. It was indeed a robin, but she looked like she had suddenly grown from a slightly immature child into a young woman. Her round face had thinned out a bit, and the corners of her eyes had lengthened slightly, giving her a more charming appearance.
[You asked with great curiosity, and under your relentless questioning, the robin finally turned its back to you, lowered its head, and explained, "I... I think I've differentiated..."]
[It turns out that after she gave you her magic core to use as a bomb, she suddenly entered a mysterious state, as if she could choose one star from among thousands to establish a connection with.]
She suppressed the urge until she returned home, when she carefully selected her favorite grayish-brown planet from among the stars and etched the words "Hert" into her mind. At the same time, her body finally began to develop sexual characteristics.
You were shocked to discover that the Keliqiu tribe's so-called differentiation ability was actually their true name! A sense of melancholy washed over you; the starting line for others was simply too far ahead!
The robin tells you that she finally understands the emotion she needs: "giving," a heartfelt yearning completely different from a forced task. She then tells you that her ability is somewhat like parasitism, allowing her to enter the hearts of others and hear a part of their inner voice.
Compared to the empowered true names of characters like Lycamore and Serfal, the robin's true name seems more like a functional ability.
"But speaking of which, why are you still sitting on me?" You scratched your head, then thrust your pectoral muscles forward, bouncing her a few centimeters.
However, in that fleeting glimpse, you'll be shocked to discover that she's holding your staff with both hands, secretly observing you!
Chapter 58 was truly a thrilling and exhilarating battle in Red Stone! (Two chapters combined)
Although the current situation is difficult to explain to you, I believe you can try to understand it yourself.
"I don't understand anything!" Latis shouted after a long silence. "What other abstract stuff are there? Bring it all on at once! Hurry up, I need to go save Arte!"
You feel a tingling, itchy sensation all over your body; it's a very strange feeling.
"Robin, what are you doing?!" you yelled, staring wide-eyed at her.
"Hmm..." The robin's soft hair fell loosely. After a long pause, she whispered, "I thought I could..."
"What do you mean you can do it too?!" you yelled in frustration!
"Wait, wait!" you yelled, turning your head away as you looked at the robin. "Do you know what you're doing, robin?"
"I know," the robin nodded, took a deep breath, and turned around.
[Actually, you originally wanted to tell her that picking up a corpse on the rooftop is illegal and advised her against it, but this series of actions made your pupils dizzy and you completely forgot what you wanted to say.]
[That robin isn't just acting recklessly! She came prepared, to pick up the loot, to ambush you, you twenty-four-year-old old man!]
However, as your hands caress her perfectly fitted, soft pantyhose, the words of condemnation vanish into thin air, and only the words of a philosopher from a past life remain in your mind.
[You deeply feel that this code of conduct should be strictly followed by all creators. For works that fail to adhere to the code, the creators should be made to apologize by dressing as women.]
"What...what is this?" You couldn't help but look up at the robin, whose expression was contorted in disbelief, seemingly beyond her comprehension.
[A few months later, when you stepped outside for the first time with the little snake and bird, you were pale and emaciated, practically skin and bones. This was probably what was meant by so-called secluded, arduous cultivation.]
Although the two children were still somewhat unfamiliar with each other, they forged a deep friendship during their shared battles.
When you took them on a long trip to relax, Yashutia returned to Going's Hut, clutching the tiny, hairy hut you'd left in the wilderness, her face filled with shyness and longing. However, when she opened the door, the pungent smell that hit her made her expression change.
"Damn it, that bastard Latis!" she slammed the door shut, her chest heaving. "You didn't take me to the party? I'm going to kill you!"
The corrupted Yashutia activated her alloy cabin, which rumbled away into the distance.
After traveling for several months, you've recovered to your former state, but at the cost of a five-percentage-point decrease in vegetation cover across the entire Senhai Territory.
[During this process, your warrior rank will once again advance to Legendary, and with your Challenger stance reactivated, you will no longer fear the combined attacks of the Serpent Birds, utterly defeating them.]
A year has passed in the blink of an eye. Your beacon received a farewell letter from Frico. She has embarked on her journey to the stars. Although you have also entered the ranks of legends, you ultimately cannot abandon the two girls and go to the stars alone. So, in your final beacon message, you bid her a final goodbye.
[In a chance encounter, you meet your former classmate from the Civil Engineering department, Tu Mugou. He has already reached near-perfect sixth-ring cultivation, but his obsession with materials and mortar makes him fixated on raising the power of his magic engine to an unprecedented level, thus preventing him from reaching the legendary level.]
Facing you, already a legend, with your still-thick hair and two girls by your side, Tu Mugou touched his bald head and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
When you parted, he gave you a magic furnace he had made himself. It was a very magical object, and he proudly explained its functions to you.
"We who deal in materials and crafting often have leftover scraps, right? Sometimes it's difficult to get a complete set of materials again, and this furnace can help you. As long as it's the same recipe, it can refine the corresponding finished product, although the effect will be a bit unconventional." He patted his leather shoes without the slightest embarrassment. "These shoes were originally supposed to have a combined effect of Lightness Spell, Speed Spell, and Feather Fall Spell. Back then, I couldn't get any Skybone Bird feathers, so I used Skybone Bird's anal feathers as a makeshift solution, and guess what?"
He burst into laughter, "Now these shoes can accurately step in every poop on the streets of Londia, making a significant contribution to Londia's cleanliness!"
You couldn't help but shudder; this effect wasn't just offbeat, it was downright evil!
However, after much hesitation, you accepted the gift. What if you got some amazing equipment from it?
A year later, your mage level has advanced to the sixth rank. At this point, you finally remember that you haven't yet studied the key that dropped from the griffin. Having not had any conflicts with wild monsters over the years, you'd completely forgotten about it.
Just as you're about to lie in bed and study the key, suddenly, with a thud, someone falls from the ceiling and lands right at your bedside.
Upon closer inspection, you realize it's Yashutia, whom you haven't seen in years. She's holding a hammer, forcing an awkward laugh.
You asked her suspiciously what she had been trying to do. Her dark eyes darted around, and she stammered, "I acquired a fine hammer and wanted to present it to you, esteemed Brother Latis."
[You know Yashutia too well; you can tell whether she wants it or not just by the way she bends over. Her little tricks don't fool you at all, so you yell "Give it to me!" and snatch the hammer from her.]
After getting rid of the aggrieved Yashutia, you were comfortably lying in bed, about to try to synchronize the key, when two more people fell from the ceiling.
You looked closer and saw it was Ge Ying and the Robin. They stammered that they were cultivating on the rooftop, but you knew in your heart that these two naughty kids' voyeuristic tendencies had kicked in again.
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