"In your human terms, it's all self-inflicted."

The voice of the Ethereal Merchant echoed in Anduin's mind: "You may not understand the loneliness and anticipation of wandering the Void in search of life, and every Ethereal Trader has to go through a long journey to find one unique civilization after another hidden in the depths of the universe, using knowledge and technology in exchange for things that interest us, such as magical items full of magical power and powerful artifacts. ”

"The two things I am most proud of in life are being qualified to do business and leading my companions to discover this highly developed material world on a power level. Since I was born, I have lived a life of no fixed place, and suddenly I saw such a strange world that is completely different from my hometown, the Void, but so powerful, that I was directly carried away by joy, so that we forgot the rules of the traveling merchants, and used technology and knowledge to obtain magical artifacts without any investigation. ”

"In our past dealings, we have witnessed the process of knowledge changing the world countless times, but we have never seen what earth-shattering effects knowledge can bring when it falls into the hands of the supreme power."

"Like the resurrection of the old gods, or the world blockade?"

"Yes, as a member of the Ethereal Spirit Wanderer, a lot of technical knowledge can be known through the core analysis of the spaceship, and this knowledge is our wealth, but we don't have the power to match this wealth, at least not in front of the powerhouses of this world! When the abyssal race, known as demons, tore through their disguises and nearly enslaved me and took away our ship, the Elven Empress arrived in time, otherwise I would have been wiped out with the core of the ship. ”

"If time could repeat itself, I would never abuse knowledge as capital, but unfortunately, even the core of the spaceship does not have this technology, and I am under the most solemn care of the Abyss Lord! In an unfair forced transaction! Got this artifact-level demon chain! ”

One after another complained, Anduin felt the deep resentment in the other party's heart.

"At that time, the situation was very serious, the Chaos Ancient God hit the Elven Imperial City, and in order to resist the erosion of chains, I could only choose to seal it with the Well of Eternity, in exchange for promising the Elven Empress to take care of the sleeping Elven descendants."

"Hmm......" Anduin's expression was a little strange, "I don't seem to see the Well of Eternity or the Elven Descendants. ”

"Haha, don't worry, although I am not a professional nanny, I have the technology, strength, and capital to transform the Well of Eternity. The Elven Empress underestimated the extent of the pollution of the Well of Eternity, although with the life energy of the Elven descendants, it was true that the corrupting process of the Well of Eternity had been suppressed for a long time, but the source of the pollution was also constantly adapting and purifying, so when I was able to suppress the Demon Chains, I began to transform the Well of Eternity, and it was not until decades ago that it was completed. ”

Anduin heard the taste: "It was at that time that you got in touch with the Titans?" ”

"Very smart, when the Well of the Sun became the only source of light, I also gained control of this world, and contacted the Titan as soon as possible to reach a cooperation."

"So, that's how the Hearthstone system came about?"

"It can be said that the Titan has power, I have technology, but we are all cocooned because of the mismatch of strength and technology, so that he can't easily descend on his will, not only can I not return to the void, I can't even get out of this space, in the race against time, I lost, the price is that I have to merge with space, and suppress the source of pollution that is about to erupt."

The Ethereal Merchant's tone was full of helplessness: "We all need a suitable person to help us get out of this situation, so, you appeared, along with the system. ”

"I would venture to ask, why me?"

"I'm sorry, this is a difficult problem that cannot be solved from a technical level, but I summoned you by using the information device of the shipwreckage, the will of the Titans and the energy of the Well of the Sun, to get in touch with the Void. Even if I am in the sealed space, I can feel the various forces of this world ready to move, and just in case, we can only look for an outsider who has nothing to do with this world. ”

"Is this done to keep the Hearthstone system from falling into the wrong hands? But what if I, an outsider, am a bad person who does all kinds of evil? ”

"In that case, the system will close itself off and wait for the next destined person, fortunately, what you are doing so far meets the standards of a good person, although at some times you are greedy for money, black-bellied, and vicious......"

Anduin's head was full of black lines: "If we're in the middle of an important deal right now, I think we can get around this topic in order for the cooperation to continue well." ”

"Good proposal, fair trade is the first principle of the Ethereal Wanderer, just like the Hearthstone system generated by the combination of Titan power and ethereal technology, you use energy to collect information for the system, and the system converts the information into your power, everything is under the established rules, in an orderly manner. We use the system to help you reach the top of the world as soon as possible under reasonable circumstances, and at the same time you resolve the crisis of the world, but also ensure that our lives are perpetuated, this is a transaction that started decades ago, thank goodness you as an important partner finally arrived, and did not make us wait too long. ”

Anduin accepted this explanation with peace of mind, at least letting him know that the Hearthstone system did not appear out of thin air, and that he was indeed the predestined savior.

Well...... It doesn't feel good.

To get back to the point, Anduin no longer consulted about the cause: "So, what should I do?" ”

"First of all, help me completely get rid of the gift from the Abyss Demon, although I used the Well of Eternity to seal it, but the artifact is an artifact after all, and sooner or later it will break through the seal, and the price of the transaction is to add an ethereal technology to the system."

"Wait, since your purpose is to help me grow as quickly as possible, why don't you just give me the technology?"

"Through all the previous things, the Titan and I have realized that all development must follow the iron law of rules, and the ethereal technology is equivalent to the power of the Titan, and before you have enough will, forcibly instilling it will only lead you astray and get lost in the whirlpool of power, so we will feed you back according to your will, so that your growth rate can reach the limit of what you can bear."

"Well, what can I do to remove this demonic chain that even the Elven Empress can't handle?"

"Nope! I don't have to take it off, I actually like the look of this chain more than the bandage. ”

“……”

"I mean, it's actually to wipe the demonic aura from the chains, the way is simple, lend me the Holy Light Diamond for a few seconds."

Anduin did not refuse, and immediately threw out the diamond necklace, his action startled Sonia again, because the exchange of consciousness just now, in fact, it didn't take long, Sonia saw that Anduin did not move, so he was always careful to guard against the outbreak of danger, and suddenly saw Anduin throw out the diamond, and thought that he had found something wrong, and immediately held the double blade in his hand and put on a fighting posture.

The Ethereal Merchant caught the diamond, slowly landed on the ground, and greeted Sonia in a friendly manner: "My name is Raz, and I am an Ethereal Merchant, if you need it, we can trade fairly." ”

As the words fell, Raz returned the diamond to Anduin, and he was keenly aware that the sacred seal set by the King of the Red Dragon for the magic stone amethyst had been broken, and the purple light spots in the diamond showed a ghostly color.

Raz explained: "This Holy Light Diamond has inhaled a large amount of demonic aura, but the problem is not serious, the foundation of the Holy Seal has not disappeared, and it only needs a Holy Light believer at the Pope level to successfully repair it." ”

Anduin nodded slightly, anyway, when he planned to go to the Silver Fortress, by the way, through the teleportation array, he would find his teacher Holy Light to be promoted to bishop with his right hand, so that he might have to leave early, and Anduin also thought it was necessary to go to the fortress palace in advance to find out the news.